MYND

Who are you?

Hey y'all, it's Mynd. I'm from the northside of Houston, I'm a singer/songwriter, artist,  poet. You name it.

What artists inspire you?

Definitely H.E.R., first and foremost, and other artists who are very soulful, like Erica Badu and Beyonce, India Arie, Jill Scott. My favorite right now is Lianne la Havas. Some local artists, Lily Aviana and Dende, who I really enjoy. Those are two local artists I've really been watching and following.

What inspired you to go towards the arts? Where did it start for you? 

It started when I was pretty young, it is 100% personal. I am breathing music. I'm thinking of music. I'm singing music. I can't function without it. There's not a day in my life that I can remember that I'm not singing. It's just really how I process life, how I experience life is through music. What got me in the studio was actually one of my friends. She goes by hearing bones, she's an artist as well. She was one of the first people who was like, "Hey, you could really do this. Like you could really go to the studio." This is the world that I didn't know about this whole time, but this is where I was supposed to be. 

How did Magenta’s sound differ from the sound you want to move toward?

Magenta was very romantic, and it was relational, like with the partner romance and then like a romance with myself, like nurturing and comforting myself. I was having my winter blues and that's where a lot of that inspiration came from in my writing. But this new sound, I want to try and be positive and encouraging. I want to stray a little bit from writing so much about romance. That is my biggest inspiration, but I want to allow myself to create from all of my experiences. 

How did the pandemic shift how you approach your music?

So it was really more so 2019, that whole year. I took a lot of L's, like friendship, losses, and things of that nature. So I really had to really figure out who I was and what I was doing. Then 2020 came along and that is when I was kind of exploring and experimenting and I didn't release a lot outside of the features that I did. For 2021, I'm definitely out of that “banger” phase. I don't care if you like my music or don't like it, I'm putting music out for me. That's why I'm building a studio at my house. It's all about me. I'm just trying to live and let that living be reflected in my music because for a while, I just kind of been going through the motions and I know I can sing, but singing to me is spiritual. So like when I'm releasing in those ways, it needs to be okay.

Is there anything else you want the people to know?

Moving in 2021 for me looks a little bit more selfish, a little bit more self-centered and intentional in that way, because I haven't been that way before. I've been more concerned with, “Oh, how is this going to look to them or to everyone and for everyone.” 2021 is definitely going to be more about me.