Mindy McQ Nominated Cleveland’s Best Female Singer/Songwriter
Cleveland) Singer/Songwriter MINDY McQ has been
nominated by The Cleveland FREE TIMES, Ohio’s Premier Arts and
Entertainment magazine for “Cleveland’s Best Female Singer/Songwriter.”
Mindy McQ, who has just completed her new CD with top producers Jon
Denney and Mike Farona at Neon Cactus Studios in Akron Ohio exclaimed
“For me just being nominated by the Free Times is such an extraordinary
honor. I never expected it.”
Born and raised in Berlin Center, Ohio, a town so small and isolated it
still doesn’t have cable TV, McQ’s interests as a child were art and
gymnastics. “My dream was to be in the Olympics,” she says. “That was
my life. And the things that I learned I think help in life. It’s 90%
mental in the sport. If you can believe you can do it, you can make
your body do amazing things. I think that holds true for everything in
life. If you think you can do it, then you can.”
Mindy, moved to the Cleveland area in 2003. Things happened quickly for
McQ in Cleveland, thanks to her determination, as well as her talent.
Going out to hear local musicians, she met local duo called 2 Skinny
Dorks who asked her to go into the studio to record with them. There,
at Akron’s Neon Cactus studio, she met producer/musicians Mike Farona
and Jon Denney who, impressed by her voice, asked her to record with
them. At first they gave her some of their songs, but soon she and
Denney and Farona became a writing team.
With her music being described as a cross between Norah Jones and
Alicia Keys, Mindy replies, “I want to keep it organic, but more
sophisticated. I do this because it feels good and it feels right. It
feels natural, like something that I should be.”
Mindy McQ and her 7 piece band play throughout the Ohio Valley and are
preparing for a coast to coast small venue tour this summer.
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