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Prin’s Second Verse: From 9/11 Hospitalization to Wellness-Centered Music Production
Host Becky Boyland interviews New Jersey-based music producer, author, and educator Prin, who began playing piano by ear at age three, worked as a paid musician by 15, and built a thriving NYC gigging and composing life while at Fordham. After graduating in 2001, untreated bipolar disorder and substance abuse led her into a free inpatient case-study program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, where she was hospitalized on 9/11, prompting a renewed commitment to mental health. A back injury halted performing for years, shifting her into counseling, education, and writing. After leaving higher ed, she was hit by a car and suffered lasting left-hand nerve damage, later returning to gigs and releasing her first album in 2016. Subsequent car accidents, disc replacement surgery (2019), the pandemic, and her brother’s death after COVID led her into music production, sound healing, and an ambient grief project, “The Calm Principles.”
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Featured Song:
- ”A Long Time Coming” by Prin, written by Princess Yvonne Duma (used with permission). All rights reserved.
Timestamps:
- 00:00 Teaser: Prin's Interview
- 00:26 Introduction
- 01:30 Meet Prin
- 01:53 Early Piano Roots
- 03:16 Stage Fright Breakthrough
- 06:40 Fordham and NYC Hustle
- 09:15 NYC Artist Community
- 11:55 Fear of Original Music
- 13:24 Mental Health Pivot
- 16:30 In the Hospital During 9/11
- 19:36 Back Injury Ends Gigging
- 20:46 Career In Counseling Education
- 22:23 SPONSOR: She Produces Music
- 25:22 Quit Job Then Car Accident
- 28:57 Return to Music and First Album
- 30:45 Finding New Creative Tools
- 31:36 Album Release Gets Derailed
- 33:34 Surgery Recovery Meets Pandemic
- 34:33 Learning Production Independence
- 36:22 Grief Becomes Healing Project
- 38:54 Mental Health and Balance
- 43:19 Letting Songs Be Imperfect
- 47:50 Reinventing Old Songs
- 52:26 Production Tips and Tech
- 01:00:34 Artist Identity and Where to Find Me
- 01:03:05 Coda
- 01:06:20 Featured Song: "A Long Time Coming" by Prin
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