““I picked up the guitar when I was really sick in the hospital, and it was important for me to have something that I didn’t associate with pressure or stress. Even after I left the hospital, the guitar has stayed my primary emotional outlet. That’s what keeps me writing music.”
-Yvette Young
A visual artist, as well as a musical one, Yvette Young’s could be described as a modern Renaissance person. Her impressive dexterity and complex two-handed tapping create undulating atmospheres and contrapuntal melodies for the math-rock band, Covet.
The artist’s singular approach has caught on with players and guitar fans alike, as hundreds of thousands of YouTube viewers devour her songs, she becomes one of the most iconic players of the 21st century, and a welcome proof that the instrument does not - as it never truly did - belong to any gender, social or ethnic group.