This British born poet/vocalist, born to Jamaican parents, has been singing and performing for over twenty years. Her alto voice has been described as “rich”, “sensual”, "soulful", “therapeutic”, "old-school" and "raw". The versatile music she creates falls under the categories of rock, hip hop, soul, reggae, funk and trance music. On stage, Chin-Yer is usually belting out confessional songs accompanied by the acoustic guitar or she can be found wilin out with her live rock band.
Chin-yer was the champion of Mustang's King of the Hill "Battle of the Bands" as lead vocalist/songwriter. She and her band have rocked stages at Ram's Head Live, the 8x10, 98 Rock's "Noise in the Basement" at The Ottobar, The Baltimore Convention Center, Power Plant Live, African-American Festival, Harbor Fest, 13th Floor at The Belvedere, Fletchers, Bedrock, Sonar, Club Reality, Eden's Lounge, Nowchild Soundstage, Pan African Fest, Tea Evolve, Chapalas,Yabba Pot, Urban Soul Cafe, Peace and A Cup of Joe and more. She was selected to open for Grammy Nominated Van Hunt and Def Poetry Jam's Black Ice. She and her band have also entertained crowds at Six Flags and Adventure World.
Music and writing are her life and passion. Chin-yer holds a Bachelors of Art Degree in English: Literature and Language arts and is currently working towards her Masters Degree in Creative Writing. She is the 2015 recipient of one of the nation's most prestigious creative writing awards/prizes (The Adele V. Holden Award) where she was recognized for demonstrating "an understanding of craft, distinctive literary vision and voice, and superior poetic/narrative ability".
When she is not on stage, she is teaching writing, judging MC Battles/slams, and/or promoting Baltimore’s artistic scene through her company “The Baltimore Scene” and supporting Bmore's youth via artist/activist organization 'Dewmore Baltimore'. Her 'Baltimore Scene' events “The Baltimore Crown Awards”; “Word War 1-7 “ poetry slam series; “The Masters” MC Battles; “$1100 Song Battles”; Producer beat battles; Rap God; "Hip Hop is.." live band ciphers; "The Movement" and various showcases, meetings, fundraisers, and online shows have been enhancing Baltimore’s underground scene over the last decade. Chin-yer is determined to share her art…and the art of her fellow artists (and youth artists) with the world. Check out her music AND her movement.
For more info-visit:
www.chin-yer.com
www.youtube.com/chinyermusic
www.reverbnation.com/chinyer
chin-yer.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/chinyer
www.instagram.com/chinyer
www.twitter.com/chinyer
www.thebaltimorescene.com
Commitment to my legacy..
I'm scared but as my favorite saying advises, I'm going to "feel the fear and do it anyway". I can't take full credit for this decision. It's really my intuition and gut forcing me to do what I need to do. I've never felt so sure about anything in my life. So, I'm going to go ahead and devote myself full-time to leaving my legacy. I don't know the specific steps that I need to take. I don't know how I'm going to achieve this but the higher power assures me to go for it so that's what I'm going to do.
Over the last twenty years, I've been reading and watching biographies of people who have left huge legacies. The common thread between the most successful artist, visionaries, and business man/women is that at some point they had to go "all in" and go for it as if their life depended on it.
When you think about it, our lives DO depend on us being brave enough to carry out our mission. When we die, no one is going to care how "secure" you were or how regular your checks came. You will be remembered by the work you left behind. Ironically, when you do put your all into your passion, you are paid off financially and spiritually as well. I think the riches should be in the hands of the brave ones with good intentions so that there can be some real change in this world.
Last week, I made a private commitment to commit 100% to my dreams and today, I'm making a public commitment to fully hold myself accountable. As they say "go hard or go home". The problem with most of us is that we only give 25% to our dream. I've been guilty of that. When you think of it, this thinking makes no sense.
If you went to the store with only 25% of the price of the item, you're not going to get it but somehow when it comes to our dreams, our goals, our legacy we feel like we can somehow half-ass or quarter-ass our efforts and expect miracles. So today, I devote my heart, soul, energy, resources, thoughts to leaving my legacy. Please send me all of your positive energy
Over the last twenty years, I've been reading and watching biographies of people who have left huge legacies. The common thread between the most successful artist, visionaries, and business man/women is that at some point they had to go "all in" and go for it as if their life depended on it.
When you think about it, our lives DO depend on us being brave enough to carry out our mission. When we die, no one is going to care how "secure" you were or how regular your checks came. You will be remembered by the work you left behind. Ironically, when you do put your all into your passion, you are paid off financially and spiritually as well. I think the riches should be in the hands of the brave ones with good intentions so that there can be some real change in this world.
Last week, I made a private commitment to commit 100% to my dreams and today, I'm making a public commitment to fully hold myself accountable. As they say "go hard or go home". The problem with most of us is that we only give 25% to our dream. I've been guilty of that. When you think of it, this thinking makes no sense.
If you went to the store with only 25% of the price of the item, you're not going to get it but somehow when it comes to our dreams, our goals, our legacy we feel like we can somehow half-ass or quarter-ass our efforts and expect miracles. So today, I devote my heart, soul, energy, resources, thoughts to leaving my legacy. Please send me all of your positive energy
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