MySpace a place for friends

With the sexy, sultry attack from vocalist Cara Young, Inner Frequency's adventurous rhythms and soaring melodies satisfy rockers and popsters alike. Based in Dallas, TX, this pop/rock band is creating a buzz with their fresh take on creating and performing catchy tunes. Inner Frequency’s style revolves around three distinct elements:

1. THE TUNES-hooky and original…you can’t help but sing along
2. THE VOICE-Cara’s sultry alto is truly unique
3. THE RHYTHM-Luke’s percussive guitar style is infectious


THE TUNES: Cara and Luke connected through a musician website in 2005 and discovered a strong song-writing chemistry. Both were writing songs alone, but needed a partner to complete the picture. Some songs in the Inner Frequency catalog were written by Cara (Big Talker, Satellite, I Like You Better), others by Luke (Sometimes, Preacher Man, Luv Drug), and some were collaborative efforts (Inner Frequency, Yeah Yeah, Fairy Tale You, Exposed). “Luke and I balance each other out really well. Though we rarely sit and write a song together in the same room, our ideas always seem to complement each other,” says Cara.

THE VOICE: Cara’s strong, sultry voice has reminded listeners of Annie Lennox, Grace Slick, and Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde). She grew up singing in church, musical theater, and pageants (yes, that makes her cringe). After college, Cara moved to Nashville and worked in the music business for a few years. Her plan to sneak into the spotlight through the backdoors of the industry backfired. “Working in the music biz sucked all the pleasure out of creating music for me and turned me off to pursuing music at that point in my life. It’s almost like one day a switch flipped inside of me and I just quit writing, quit singing.”

Years later, living in Dallas, the switch was flipped back on when she was encouraged by some words from vocal instructor Mark Carroll. Mark had worked with many singers for decades, including jazz legend (and one of Cara’s musical idols) Peggy Lee. “Mark told me that I had the kind of voice that you can listen to song after song without getting tired of it…that it had a very pleasant quality.” Inspired by Mark’s influence, Cara began singing old-school vocal jazz again. She wrote a few jazz-influenced tunes and recorded a demo with Mark at Crystal Clear Studios. Her heart wasn’t completely into the jazz style though, so she began searching for a guitarist on the internet, where she found Luke and…

THE RHYTHM Taking turns meeting at each other’s homes, the duo began combining their skills. Luke was able to transform Cara’s song ideas into full songs with his guitar and Cara was the catalyst behind getting out in public. They weren’t even planning on playing the first time they attended an open mic night, but were coerced onto stage to play the only two songs they had learned together. Luke admits to being “terrified” that night. “I still had to sit down when I played,” he laughs, “and I remember being so nervous that I totally destroyed the guitar solo in Sometimes.”

Adding members to create a full band after just a few months, Inner Frequency graduated from coffee shops to bars and festivals and recorded their debut EP The Lemmontree Project with Dustin Mason at Lemmontree Studios in 2005.

Today, Inner Frequency includes Brad Brock on bass and Jon Mosig on drums, who replaced existing members at the end of 2007. Highlights from last year included opening for Eddie Money, headlining the Deep Ellum Arts Festival, and participating in the GoGirls Musicfest.


Inner Frequency plans to return to the studio this summer to finish their full-length album with Will Hunt. The tunes on Surge will be on the release, along with at least seven more tracks from their accumulating set list of originals.

Layout by CoolChaser