Sonya Kates Forum Interview with Mystik Seydina 2015
The
Sonya Kates Forum would like to thank songwriter/music
producer/performer, Mystik Seydina for taking the time to respond to our
following Interview questions:
Q1: How long have you been a
songwriter/performing artist/producer?
Q2: Who inspired you to sing and
perform live music?
Q3: What was your very first
experience as a music performer, and who was your audience?
Q4: You seem very comfortable with
your music genre choice, how did you decide your music style?
Q5: Do you have a music hero? Who
inspired you to sing?
Q6: Were you always confident from
the beginning as a musical artist?
Q7: Were you surprised when people
embraced your songs from around the world?
Q8a: Your song "Homeless (Help
Them) is very powerful. Was this song inspired by a personal experience or does
your lyrics have a more rooted groundation, bringing an awarness of the
homeless problem around the world?
Q8b: Tell us about your song "bou lene
niou yapp" What does it mean?
Q9: Let's talk about Gainde Culture
Studio, how did it come about?
Q10: Have you ever performed in the
United States of America? If so, where?
Q11: What place do you enjoy
performing live the most?
Q12:Tell us about Cultural Vibration
Group. How can individuals join this wonderful group?
Mystik Seydina - In his own words:
1° I became a songwriter in 1996 .And it was in
2005 that I I produced my first album humanity suffers
2° I can say that I started singing at young
age, but it was my mother who give me strength and courage to become a singer.
She used to tell me you have a very beautiful voice why you can throw you into
a musical career.
3° my first
music experience it is with rap group with 3 friends the group called BLACK
MASTER XIBAR , my audience was mboro Mboro the town where I grew up
4° you know
I have not chosen reggae music , reggae music chose his missionaries because it
is a divine music
5° Tiken Jah Fakoly, Lucky Dube, Alpha blondy, Burning Spear, and Jamaican Group Culture have
inspired me a lot
6° always
confident and determined I never do half measures listening to my messages that
proves that man is ready
7° I can
tell you that I was not surprised when I discovered that my music traveled to
all four corners of the world is the fruit of my work, I have always believed
in me and I never try to abandon the music to do something else. I know that I
have a very beautiful voice and my message is positive.
8a° Homeless
song I respect very much by the power of his message, the riddim and the melody
of the song. I have never been homeless but I lived a bit of a hard life.
seeing the living conditions of homeless I wonder if in fact we live in a world
of sharing and solidarity. the human being owes much see his behavior towards
his neighbor
in all
developed countries the homeless live in
suffertion, homeless need assistance are hunted, abandoned and in some
countries even the municipality removes public bench frequented by the
homeless. we can not continue to let them suffer must have reintegrate them
into society
8b: Bou lene
niou yapp it is a message against the president who take their people hostage
and hijack their property. before being in power, they make promises and once
elected they forget everything and never hesitate to fire on the people,
defraud elections to stay in office
Title is in
Wolof language spoken across Senegal
/ bou lene niou yapp means you must not make fun of our mouth
9° Gainde
Culture is my label created in 2005 its aim is to produce new talent to Senegal in Africa
and around the world
10° I have
not yet been in USA probaly with the music I'll be there one day to
deliver a concert to my fans who live down
11° the
best place to sing to me that's where my message will be welcome to just cause
a peaceful world
12° Cultural
Vibration is the name of my facebook group that is intended to share any roots
music primarily because the music comes from a culture and every man have his
own culture
it is open
to everyone but is careful to share a natural vibration
Thank you, Mystik Seydina for sharing this music
Interview with our roots culture audience.
Félicitations! Pour Tiken Jah Fakoly, vainqueur des candidats du Meilleur album reggae africain, les Victoires du Reggae Prix 2015.
