We had the good fortune of connecting with Kenneth Kynt Bryan and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kenneth Kynt, why did you pursue a creative career?
It’s always something that I just did naturally without knowing people considered it art of creativity.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I’m inspired by many different artists, styles, genres, moods, and things. I have perfect pitch so when I’m listening to old records I may hear a melody or section of a song that speaks to me. So I’ll write lyrics to it. Sometimes my producers will send songs to pen lyrics too. I really just enjoy the creative process. If I hear a loop of something or if I’m creating an original song, working on the bass line, strings, drums, the lyrical rhythm arrangement that I hear in my head always tends to flow out into the writing process. I draw from personal, other people, and imaginative experiences to craft songs. It’s a very similar process when I’m working on choreography. My uniqueness can’t really be defined.

Wow! I am really excited for 57 Seconds. An upcoming film project I worked on this summer alongside the incomparable Morgan Freeman and amazing Josh Hutcherson. The film centers around a tech blogger that lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him. He finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past. It’s directed by Rusty Cundieff and written by Macon Blair. I was so blessed to work with the amazing Mr. Cundieff previously on the reboot of the classic horror cult franchiseTales From The Hood 2 as Golliwog. Filming 57 Seconds was totally a dream come true! My role in the film is very fun, mysterious, and a must see!

I recently released my new remix album, Club Electronica (The Remixes). Club Electronica (The Remixes) is a celebration of my work as New Orleans first documented House Music recording artist. I’ve been performing, recording, and releasing original songs for more than two decades. Artist like Beyoncé, Rihanna, Dua Lipa, and many others are now taking House Music mainstream and it is becoming more popular and accessible for independent artists like myself to find larger audiences. This album is a collection of past, new, and present singles with some of my most favorite Billboard ᴰᴶ/Remixer/Producers that have been released worldwide on many different record labels throughout the world. New Orleans’s isn’t really known for House Music but I have been at the forefront representing my city in the global spectrum. This album came from years of dedication and from my love of creating music. It’s an eclectic mix of electro tribal circuit house with a hefty serving of big room arena synergistic anthems that will uplift your spirit and transport you to the dance floor.

My grandmother started me on the path to being a musician. I wanted to be a drummer like my dad because I heard he played with different bands in the French Quarter. So I asked my grandmother if I could join the band at my elementary school. From there, while I lived at Boystown of New Orleans, I continued to study music and eventually became drum major at Walter L. Cohen Senior High School. I played clarinet, saxophone, flute, drums, and anything I could pick up basically. It was a very exciting time in my life! Bounce music was just taking off. We had DJ Jubilee, arguably one of the founders of New Orleans Bounce Music, as our Gym Coach, Mystikal, UNLV, and Big Freedia, all of whom were attending Cohen while I was band drum major.

My love for House Music began when I would hear artist like Deee Lite, Crystal Waters, CeCe Peniston, Ten City, PM Dawn, Boney M, Petshop Boys, C&C Music Factory, Kevin Aviance, Mariah Carey, Junior Vazquez, Peter Rauhofer, David Morales, by either playing them at home on my CD player or blasting from the speakers at night on the dance floors of the Legendary black gay clubs Club Lexxus, Club Attractions, Wolfendales, Pin Stripes & Lace and Society Page. I had an extensive collection of all sorts of music, like every album, remix album, import album, hard to find mixes unreleased songs you name it! I had it! I’m mean that’s my thing. While at Boys-town New Orleans, I started writing and recording original songs. Bootleg remixes of my song “Day After Day”, thanks to Napster and the newly developing mp3 technology, began to surface in clubs around the world for which I was offered my first recording contract.

I would have to say listen to your heart artistically and make sure that you are well informed on the business aspects of the music industry if you intend to pursue music a career. Be open and willing to accept criticism from esteemed professionals. Protect your art! Make sure you copyright your songs. Build a team that you can trust. Trust your instincts. And most importantly never give up! Because you’ll never know how far you’ll go!

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Omg! New Orleans is the best city in the world! There are so many diverse and creative people from every walk of life living in the Big Easy! There is always something fun to do! Aspiring artists flock to New Orleans in hopes of mastering at their craft. There’s delicious food (gumbo, pralines, beignets, seafood) fabulous live jazz music venues, bars that stay open all night, dance performances, burlesque shows, parades, second lines, the New Orleans Saints football team, and always a reason to party everyday! Here’s a list of fun places to visit and things to do in New Orleans:

Food:
Who Dat Cafe, Jack Dempsey’s. The Joint, Drago’s Restaurant, Plum Street Snow Balls,
Bywater Bakery, Gambinos Bakery, Five Happiness, Phoneicia Restaurant, Down The Hatch, Laundry’s Seafood House, Tropical Isle, Pat Obriens , Cafe Du Monde, Rum House, and Elizabeths Restaurant.

Places to hang out:
The Columns, Bettys, Snake and Jake’s, Oz New Orleans, DBA, Blue Nile, The Fly, Bywater, Felix’s, JamNOLA. Lafittes Blacksmith Shop, Four Seasons, and Carousel Bar to name a few.

Visit:
New Orleans Museum of Art, Audubon Zoo, French Market, Bourbon Street, Frenchmen Street, Decatur Street, Magazine Street, WWII Museum, Walking Tours, Air Boat Rides, Swamp, Haunted Ghost, and Voodoo Tours, Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise, New Orleans Sightseeing and Cemetery Tours.

Dance Classes:
Flashmob New Orleans, Dance Fitness New Orleans, New Orleans Dance Academy, Schramels Conservatoty of Dance, Dancing Grounds, Anne Burr Dance Studio, Giacobbes Academy of Dance, and Jefferson Ballet.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My success comes thanks in part to a very wide and vast assortment of phenomenal human beings, organizations, producers, directors, and teachers that have given me their time, commitment, and magnificent unyielding support since I was a child. While in foster care I lived at Methodist Home and Boystown of New Orleans. Boystown afforded me the opportunity to have a stable environment, invested in my education, and helped me to pursue my modeling and musical aspirations.

It wasn’t until I attended Loyola University of New Orleans that my dreams began to fruition. Gayle Parmelee, Director of Loyola Ballet, inspired me to take my first ballet class as an elective my freshman year. I had no formal dance training. Immediately, I fell in love with the performing arts. I went on to become the first student to graduate from Loyola University with a Double Major in Communications and Dance. From the ballet studio to the stage, I am able to apply my training when creating new pieces for my dance company Flash Mob New Orleans, live shows, and choreography for film. I had some of the best experiences at Loyola University. Mr. Robert Reed, Director of Residential Life and Mrs. Anna Easterling nurtured me with their wisdom while I worked as an Office Assistant and Resident Assistant. At that time there were no rules protecting LGBT citizens but Mrs. Chandra Reed, Loyola Staff Member, and Dameia Dupas, Loyola Security Officer, always kept a watchful eye and made sure I was always ok.

Working with AmeriCorps, City of New Orleans, New Orleans Public Library, The Light House For The Blind, St. Annas Episcopal Church, New Orleans Recreation Department, Renew Schools, Young Audiences, New Orleans Ballet Association, FitNOLA, YMCA Learning Center, and Upturn Arts has helped me to grow as an artist, teacher, performer, and continually allows the opportunity to share me talents with the community.

Musically, I learned so much from my first recording sessions with Kurt Brunus, George Piazza, John Larner Aka DJ Cyberjive, Josh Eustis aka Tel Fon Tel Aviv, and Star Wilson. All of these extraordinary humans helped me to find my true voice.

A few personal career defining moments for me was when Jerome Farley, Continuous Cool Label, told me that Legendary DJ Producer Junior Vasquez was playing all of the remixes from my single “Makes Me Hot”, DJ Roger Sanchez playing my song Show The Dj Some Luv on his popular radio show Release Yourself, having my songs on DJ Charts along side Beyonce and Britney Spears, and having radio and club play all over the world.

I am very thankful for my brilliant team of producers around the world: Fred De France, Stephane Sheben, Edson Pride, Dith Ithell, Michael Lynskey, Erick Ibiza, Altar and so many others that have believed in my talent. I am forever indebted and humbly grateful.

I would also like to ShoutOut all the record labels, remixers, producers, and DJ’s around the world that have supported my music over the past twenty years! You are greatly appreciated!

Website: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kynt/47179341

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/kyntmusic?lang=en

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/kyntkenneth.bryan

Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/KYNTKennethKyntBryan

Other: IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5426897/ www.DanceFitnessNewOrleans.com www.FlashMobNewOrleans.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7JUJ5xZuns1j6rK3AVsVsM ITunes: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kynt/47179341

Image Credits
Curtis Knapp

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