Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Psyonik. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Psyonik, appreciate you joining us today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

I used to pull up the lyrics to my favorite Hip Hop music and rap it over and over until I got it perfect. Back then, I had no idea that I wanted to be an artist. I just loved the challenge. As far as my other disciplines, I credit my knowledge to YouTube University. There is an absolute mountain of free information available that empowers people to learn practically anything they want.

Knowing what I know now, I wouldn’t actually change that blueprint. For writers, you are who you read. For filmmakers, you are who you read. For musicians, you are who you listen to. Listening to and studying the greats lays the foundation for you to come into your own as an artist.

The most essential skill I think that I picked up was learning how to learn. Finding the science on how the brain best retains information and creates muscle memory, and applying that to tried and true methods of the acquiring the fundamentals of any skill. This set me up to be able to pick up skills very quickly.

The obstacle I’ve found the most challenging is time. It’s not always easy to carve out a time and space to set your thoughts and intentions on learning. To combat that, I like to listen to/watch educational material on a given subject anytime I can stick an earbud in at work, so even though I’m not physically doing something at least my mind is attuned to the things I’d like to do.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

I’ve been rapping since I was 10 years old. I was entering and winning rap battles until I left high school. Once I started working, I quickly bought my own studio equipment so I could record myself and really hone in on my craft. Not long after that I realized that buying instrumentals was expensive, so I began to learn how to make my own. Before I knew it that just became my modus operandi, and ever since I’ve created the overwhelming majority of my own music.

As for what I’m most proud of – I love the fact that everything you hear in my work is something I intended for you to hear. From the lyrics, to the music, to the audio engineering – everything is me.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

I think the most rewarding aspect of creativity is that you get to constantly challenge yourself as a human being. Art forces you to open yourself up to your own emotions, to embrace new ideas and new techniques, and to explore those together to create something that has your unique signature on it.

Before I made this thing, there was nothing in the world like it, and now it’s out of my head and living in the world. That’s a mind-blowing experience and I’m grateful for it.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

Absolutely. I’ve always been the kind of person that loves to make people think. And my work reflects that. I think we owe it to ourselves as a species to expand our horizons without and within, and art is the perfect vehicle to make that happen. There is a universe beyond us, and a universe inside. Let’s explore them both.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://open.spotify.com/artist/43frc5cw37YFbbnjBJjP01
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sifupsyonik
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@psyoniksoundz

Image Credits

Dedrick Pitter, David Bedee, Dejiah Archie-Davis, Bishop Chilton