1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,240 Speaker 1: I've been a part of sharing the story of NBC's 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:06,240 The Voice since twenty sixteen, but they've been scattered across 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,919 all the digital platforms. Now all of those conversations are 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:14,359 in one location. Arro dot net a r Oe dot 5 00:00:14,439 --> 00:00:18,760 net look for that voice. Trinity. Congratulations on this present 6 00:00:18,839 --> 00:00:21,879 day journey, because you are in such an amazing place 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,000 and man, I just cannot wait to watch you grow 8 00:00:25,199 --> 00:00:28,559 beyond where you were not even five six months ago. 9 00:00:30,399 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 2: Thanks so much, It's been very exciting for me. 10 00:00:33,439 --> 00:00:36,200 Speaker 1: What is it like for your creativity, because that's one 11 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:38,039 thing that a lot of people don't put focus on 12 00:00:38,039 --> 00:00:41,560 that it took that creativity to get you to this stage. Now, 13 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:42,640 how do you nurture that? 14 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:51,119 Speaker 2: I really just try to compete with my previous self 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,799 from the past round each time. I just try to 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,759 reimagine how can I actually push myself and make certain 17 00:00:57,799 --> 00:00:59,799 songs my own even more than before. 18 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,159 Speaker 1: When you make a song your own, though, because if 19 00:01:02,159 --> 00:01:04,120 there are many times my dad would turn around in 20 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,680 the car and look at me saying, stop, let the 21 00:01:06,719 --> 00:01:09,799 original singer sing it, how do you deal with people 22 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:11,680 that are do you even get that look? 23 00:01:14,239 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 2: I don't really get that too much. I really try 24 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,079 to make changes, but be tasteful about it. I don't 25 00:01:20,159 --> 00:01:21,799 like to change certain things too much. 26 00:01:22,159 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I got to ask you one thing about your question, 27 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,159 and Bill can chime in on this as well. There's 28 00:01:26,159 --> 00:01:29,760 something about your voice that is absolutely magnetizing because the 29 00:01:29,799 --> 00:01:32,000 way that you're delivering the air from your lungs with 30 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,280 your vocal cords, that is exactly what producers are looking 31 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:38,680 for when it comes to commercial copy and or just speakingly, 32 00:01:38,879 --> 00:01:41,079 if you were to read a book on tape or whatever, 33 00:01:41,599 --> 00:01:44,760 You've got something with your voice that is just amazing 34 00:01:44,799 --> 00:01:46,879 your speaking voice. 35 00:01:47,159 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 2: Oh thank you? 36 00:01:48,599 --> 00:01:51,319 Speaker 1: Okay, So then where did that come from? Has somebody 37 00:01:51,319 --> 00:01:53,159 sat down with you and said, okay, here's what I 38 00:01:53,159 --> 00:01:55,480 need you to do, Trinity, When you deliver a thought, 39 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,480 you need to give me some pitch, volume and tone. 40 00:01:57,359 --> 00:01:59,599 Where did that come from? Because that is a god 41 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:00,920 given talent that you've got. 42 00:02:02,359 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 2: Oh I mean, I really didn't think about it too much. 43 00:02:04,519 --> 00:02:07,120 I'm just talking, and. 44 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,759 Speaker 1: Yet radio people will spend years trying to develop that 45 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:10,360 kind of talk. 46 00:02:11,879 --> 00:02:13,759 Speaker 2: Oh wow, I probably got it from listening to the 47 00:02:13,879 --> 00:02:14,560 radio growing up. 48 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,759 Speaker 1: Where does your connection with music begin? 49 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: Then? 50 00:02:19,039 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: Because I mean, for so many people it's like it 51 00:02:21,439 --> 00:02:23,319 could be listening to a song. It could be your 52 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,000 grandmother in the kitchen or just being outside in the 53 00:02:26,039 --> 00:02:27,080 forest like freaky me. 54 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 2: Well, I got it from my family. My family's pretty musical, 55 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,120 and I would just grow up listening to my aunt 56 00:02:37,159 --> 00:02:40,240 sing I would listen to all the greats and they 57 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,960 would play like a lot of the classic people like 58 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,639 the Whitney, Houstons and Prints and just so many great singers. 59 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,039 I would grow up listening to Beyonceday, And I feel like, 60 00:02:50,039 --> 00:02:52,360 when you're able to listen to the greats do what 61 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,879 they do, you pick up on that and it just 62 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,479 becomes a part of you. When you what it's time 63 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:01,199 for you to be creative in your own way? 64 00:03:02,039 --> 00:03:04,039 Speaker 1: How do you answer that call? Because I mean, look, 65 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,319 I mean as a radio person of forty six years, 66 00:03:07,479 --> 00:03:09,639 I mean I get that call at two three o'clock 67 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,560 in the morning, Get up, go to the studio, do 68 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:13,639 your thing, because when you wake up, it ain't gonna 69 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:13,960 be there. 70 00:03:17,319 --> 00:03:19,439 Speaker 2: How do I instit the call in a way of life. 71 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:21,439 Speaker 1: And create trinity in cre Yeah? Because I mean, I 72 00:03:21,439 --> 00:03:23,439 mean I may listen. I mean Lil Wayne will tell 73 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:25,680 you his best time to be inside that studio is 74 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:28,000 two o'clock in the morning. Well, what about Trinity. 75 00:03:29,439 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 2: Oh, for me, if I have to get an idea, 76 00:03:33,199 --> 00:03:34,759 I'll just I mean, I'm so glad we have our 77 00:03:34,759 --> 00:03:38,199 phones now because I can just do the voice. Yeah, 78 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,159 it's so much better this way, and I just take 79 00:03:41,199 --> 00:03:42,960 some voice memos, I come back to it at a 80 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,879 time where I can really do something about it, and 81 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:46,120 it's just been a lifesaver. 82 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: I laugh at that only because in my early years 83 00:03:49,879 --> 00:03:53,240 of locating music in my own soul, you went to 84 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,280 kmart because that was the cheapest reel to real tape 85 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,159 you could get, or you could get a thing called 86 00:03:58,159 --> 00:04:02,120 a cassette tape recorder. Oh my god. So, I mean, 87 00:04:02,159 --> 00:04:05,360 I'm so jealous of today's generation of just whip out 88 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,639 the phone. Let's let us lay this down right now. 89 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:11,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty convenient. Wow. 90 00:04:11,759 --> 00:04:13,719 Speaker 1: So that one of the things that I find so 91 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,879 inspiring about you, Trinity, is the fact that you are 92 00:04:15,879 --> 00:04:19,360 committed to collaborations, and that has always been my game. 93 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,680 But I've written so much on iHeartRadio about the team 94 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,480 of one, and I hope and pray that you do 95 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,800 not become the team of one, and that you surround 96 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:30,319 yourself with people that will take your gift and it 97 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:32,480 will and you'll share it with the rest of the world, 98 00:04:32,519 --> 00:04:35,800 because being a team of one is something that it 99 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,399 can be kind of lonely at times, but you seem 100 00:04:38,399 --> 00:04:40,720 to be the one that's gonna go, ah, I'm moving 101 00:04:40,759 --> 00:04:42,480 through and these guys are coming with me. 102 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 2: Absolutely, When I look at all of our most successful 103 00:04:49,319 --> 00:04:53,959 artists from the past, it was never just them. It 104 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,639 was never a team of one. You need people with you, you 105 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,879 have to collaborate, but it has to be you know, 106 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,319 of course the selection people who are on the same 107 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,439 level as you, and it has to be people who 108 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:07,279 have the same vision as you. So I really pray 109 00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:10,040 that I come across my tribe with people who are 110 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,720 gonna do things the way I want to do them, 111 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:14,759 you know, or be able to show me a new 112 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,399 way of how to really be successful at you know, 113 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,399 having a great career and putting out great music and 114 00:05:23,319 --> 00:05:25,680 you know, carrying myself a certain kind of way that'll 115 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:27,800 get me far. Don't know, I definitely don't want to 116 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:28,480 do a team of one. 117 00:05:28,759 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: Don't you love those moments? So when you learn something 118 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:34,040 new and it's like your imagination doesn't want to let 119 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:35,759 it go because it's like you want to perfect it. 120 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,600 But in martial arts they say you have to do 121 00:05:37,639 --> 00:05:39,680 it ten thousand times in order to master it. So 122 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:42,399 what about as a vocal artist with music, how many 123 00:05:42,399 --> 00:05:45,160 times do you have to practice it before you know it? 124 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,680 And you basically you're you're not going through the motions, 125 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:48,720 but you're living it. 126 00:05:50,399 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 2: Oh, I'm I'm like a tyrant to myself. Not okay, 127 00:05:55,639 --> 00:05:58,360 that might be like a bit strong, But when we 128 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:02,560 were gearing up for battles and knockouts, especially knockouts, I'll 129 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:06,319 say me and a few of the contestants would just 130 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:11,199 go and do like a boot camp situation like every 131 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:14,240 night and just run our songs and critique each other. 132 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:17,600 And that was really important to me because I feel 133 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,199 like you can be talented, but without the hard work 134 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:24,519 of actually exercising those abilities that you have, it doesn't 135 00:06:24,519 --> 00:06:25,959 really matter. You know. 136 00:06:26,079 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: Let's talk about those knockout rounds, and the reason why 137 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,279 is because I swear to you this was the first 138 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,759 season and I've been a part of NBC's The Voice 139 00:06:33,879 --> 00:06:37,319 for decades, all the way back, and the thing is 140 00:06:37,319 --> 00:06:40,639 is that those knockout rounds have been exciting, but I 141 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,319 don't know what it is about this year, Trinity that 142 00:06:43,439 --> 00:06:46,279 I literally will remove myself from the sofa and sit 143 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:48,600 right in front of the TV. I think it's because 144 00:06:48,639 --> 00:06:50,519 I want to get so close to what you are 145 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,720 guys are doing vocally as well as you know, visually, 146 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:56,920 because I mean, it's like you guys are doing something 147 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,800 different this season that I've never seen before on NBC's 148 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:01,480 the Voice. 149 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,759 Speaker 2: Really, So what would you say that you think is 150 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:07,959 different from other seasons. 151 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,279 Speaker 1: I think that it's about, you know, showcasing the individuality, 152 00:07:12,279 --> 00:07:15,800 but at the same time, it's also showcasing a common 153 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,720 thread of creativity in the way of saying, let me 154 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,319 share with you how I do it, now, what is 155 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,000 your interpretation so that we can work together. I mean, 156 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:29,120 I see smiles between everybody who's singing. I see it, 157 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,120 even even with the judges. There's such a realm of 158 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,079 something that is happening this season during the knockouts, and 159 00:07:35,079 --> 00:07:36,920 when you go back and watch it, I swear to God, 160 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:37,720 you're gonna feel it. 161 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 2: I definitely have to go back and look at what 162 00:07:41,519 --> 00:07:44,759 you're saying, because I haven't noticed it. I've just been 163 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,639 so present in the moment when I'm up there and 164 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:50,319 it's just usually so much fun and you don't even 165 00:07:50,399 --> 00:07:52,720 notice how much fun you're having and you look back 166 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:55,160 on it and everybody's like beaming. 167 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad that you said fun, because so many 168 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,720 people still call it a competition and I don't get 169 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,680 that vibe at all. I get that it's it's it's 170 00:08:02,759 --> 00:08:05,399 even bigger and better than band Camp. This is an 171 00:08:05,439 --> 00:08:08,480 opportunity for the future of music to have a place 172 00:08:08,519 --> 00:08:09,040 to grow. 173 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 2: I think so too. 174 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, so let's talk about your hometown, Locke City, USA. 175 00:08:17,879 --> 00:08:20,439 I giggled like a child when I saw that because 176 00:08:20,519 --> 00:08:23,759 I love locks. Why am I not living in your hometown? 177 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,680 Because that's what I love in life, Locks. 178 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:28,639 Speaker 2: In Stanford. 179 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's called Locke City, USA. And it just blows 180 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:34,360 me away when I find out little stuff like that, 181 00:08:34,399 --> 00:08:35,960 because it makes me want to come there. Now. 182 00:08:36,879 --> 00:08:38,679 Speaker 2: You know what's funny, I didn't even know that myself 183 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:44,559 been here for Yeah, that's crazy. Yeah, I love Stanford. 184 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,600 People who are not from here don't or they haven't 185 00:08:48,639 --> 00:08:51,840 been here don't necessarily understand why I love it so much. 186 00:08:51,879 --> 00:08:54,440 And it's just like a such it's us a nice 187 00:08:54,519 --> 00:08:58,919 place where it's kind of like city suburban. Yeah, And 188 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,399 people always like, oh, so where would you want to 189 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,559 live like after everything? And I'm like, I don't think 190 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:07,600 you guys have been to Stanford. I would study here forever. 191 00:09:07,799 --> 00:09:08,679 It's really nice. 192 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this question. Only because creative people 193 00:09:12,279 --> 00:09:15,519 are attached to the atmosphere around them. Is it because 194 00:09:15,519 --> 00:09:17,480 of the song of the bird. Is there something that's 195 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,559 happening in Stanford that is universal that is getting you 196 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,480 by the creative control and saying, hey, listen to this, 197 00:09:24,159 --> 00:09:27,600 grow this were you there? In other words, the energy 198 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,360 of the city is using you as a tool to 199 00:09:30,519 --> 00:09:31,720 embrace the rest of us. 200 00:09:34,919 --> 00:09:40,879 Speaker 2: Funny enough, Stanford is not a very like artsy musical 201 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,679 kind of scene. Like there's not much of that here. 202 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,639 Like I really have to go to the city or 203 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,720 go further up Connecticut to get that whole musical feel. 204 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,480 It's really not the place that does that. But I 205 00:09:55,519 --> 00:09:59,279 think there's some grounding about it for me because I 206 00:09:59,279 --> 00:10:01,360 guess it gives me a break from that scene. 207 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:03,519 Speaker 1: No, I totally get that because you know, being here 208 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,000 in Charlotte of two point one million, what happens is 209 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,519 is that you know, if I were to go in 210 00:10:07,639 --> 00:10:10,039 uptown Charlotte, it would drive me insane. But being out 211 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,679 here where I am in the city with this forest 212 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:14,440 and stuff like that, No, I totally get it. And 213 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:16,360 I think maybe that's the reason why I'm in love 214 00:10:16,399 --> 00:10:18,519 with it with your town because it is you know. 215 00:10:18,519 --> 00:10:20,639 I mean, you're thirty miles from New York City. That's 216 00:10:20,679 --> 00:10:23,120 a place where you can go and just be yourself 217 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:24,399 and be creative. 218 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 2: Absolutely, and it's so convenient. People think it's like so 219 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,360 far away, and I'm like, guys, I'm like an hour 220 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,679 car ride. It's not that serious. But you know, it 221 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:37,799 just gives me the right balance that I need to 222 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:39,159 turn it on and turn it off. 223 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,799 Speaker 1: So do you take the train into town? Because build 224 00:10:41,919 --> 00:10:44,240 us your producer there, he takes the train in all 225 00:10:44,279 --> 00:10:45,919 the time. So what is it like for you to 226 00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:46,600 take that train? 227 00:10:50,399 --> 00:10:53,039 Speaker 2: As a woman, I don't necessarily feel the safest on 228 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:55,759 the train, especially because if I'm doing music, I have 229 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,919 to travel later in the evening, so I will drive. 230 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:04,399 But you know, it's clol was enough to do either. 231 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:07,799 Speaker 1: Or please do not move. There's more with Trinity coming 232 00:11:07,879 --> 00:11:12,080 up next. Hey, thanks for coming back to the conversation. 233 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,480 Let's check in with Trinity from NBC's the Voice. What 234 00:11:15,639 --> 00:11:19,039 are your disciplines when you're inside that studio? Marvin Gaye 235 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,679 was known for grabbing a broom and sweeping the floor. 236 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:24,080 Bon Jovi was all about setting up the studio for 237 00:11:24,159 --> 00:11:26,480 other bands. Is there something that you do as a 238 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,879 ritual that really does bring up that relationship between you 239 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:30,840 and that studio. 240 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,159 Speaker 2: You know a lot of people have these things that 241 00:11:37,159 --> 00:11:39,159 they do, and I've heard about them growing up, but 242 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,279 I don't think that I have one yet, And if 243 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,039 I do, I don't necessarily realize it. I kind of 244 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:47,600 just go in. I lock in, and it's music until 245 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:48,279 it's time to go. 246 00:11:49,879 --> 00:11:51,960 Speaker 1: How are you protecting that voice? Because my god, when 247 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,559 I get in there, everybody says, oh, I want to 248 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,279 hear you do a radio commercial, and it's like, oh, 249 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:57,919 this is going to cost me money if I blow 250 00:11:57,919 --> 00:12:00,240 out a vocal cord. What are you doing to check 251 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,000 that voice? 252 00:12:02,279 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 2: I just try to drink tea. I eat a lot 253 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:09,080 of soup. Right now. I think the weather kind of 254 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,759 has me with a little cold, but you know, we're 255 00:12:12,759 --> 00:12:16,279 getting through it. So I just try not to I 256 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,639 don't smoke or anything. I just try to like stay 257 00:12:19,639 --> 00:12:21,240 away from things I could hurt my voice. 258 00:12:21,279 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: Do you make your own soup? Because I'm here in 259 00:12:23,039 --> 00:12:24,799 Carolina where can get cold as well. In fact, this 260 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:26,720 weekend it's going to be cold up there where you are, 261 00:12:26,799 --> 00:12:28,360 so there for me? Are you making soup? 262 00:12:29,799 --> 00:12:33,480 Speaker 2: I do make soup quite more than the average person, honestly, 263 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:36,120 I just yeah. 264 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: What did your favorite go to? Because I am on 265 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,159 this real big kick right now to reinvent hot and 266 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,919 sour soup that usually find at an Asian restaurant because 267 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,879 I believe it should be the main course and not 268 00:12:45,919 --> 00:12:46,759 the beginning course. 269 00:12:48,919 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 2: Well, I also I love Asian food. It's my favorite. 270 00:12:51,159 --> 00:12:55,799 And yeah, I usually make like a chicken noodle soup 271 00:12:55,919 --> 00:12:58,600 or actually I just started making egg drop soup. It's 272 00:12:58,600 --> 00:12:59,080 pretty good. 273 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: Nice. Nice. Now, when you're making the chicken soup, do 274 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,440 you go overboard on the pepper because you know it's 275 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,279 going into your sinuses and you got to clear that 276 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,480 monkey out. I do. 277 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,799 Speaker 2: I'm kind of like a pepper. 278 00:13:11,759 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, and people will come up and say, 279 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,159 why you got so much pepper in it? For me? 280 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,080 I'm so sorry that you're having your participating in your buddy, 281 00:13:18,039 --> 00:13:21,559 it's for me. 282 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:22,279 Speaker 2: Yep. 283 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,600 Speaker 1: So at the age of twenty five. I know where 284 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:27,480 I was at twenty five, And the thing is, is 285 00:13:27,519 --> 00:13:29,759 that to me, that was the jumping point. In other words, 286 00:13:29,799 --> 00:13:31,840 it's like, get on with it, let's make it move. 287 00:13:32,039 --> 00:13:34,440 What is it like for you in your stage of 288 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,960 life where you're on this gigantic NBC's the Voice, and 289 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,360 it's like, you're at that that one point where it's like, 290 00:13:40,639 --> 00:13:42,559 what do I do for my next path? Are you? 291 00:13:42,639 --> 00:13:44,159 Are you writing it out? Are you what are you 292 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,759 doing to plan for it? After NBC's the voice? 293 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 2: WHOA that is a great question. I mean personally, I'm 294 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,919 very excited to work with new people so that I 295 00:13:56,919 --> 00:14:00,279 could map that out, because I can be very honest 296 00:14:00,279 --> 00:14:02,200 and saying that I don't know everything, and I think 297 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,639 that's the first step in success is knowing that there 298 00:14:06,639 --> 00:14:08,360 are other people who know more than you that could 299 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,879 help you. And I'm very open to whoever that may be, 300 00:14:12,799 --> 00:14:14,960 you know, in the future. So like, while I know 301 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:18,639 the artistic side, I don't know about like managing or 302 00:14:19,039 --> 00:14:22,240 what it takes to handle all of those business aspects 303 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,960 and putting myself in other rooms. So I'm really excited 304 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:28,440 to see who I'll be working with in the future 305 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,600 that will make that come to life and care about 306 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,360 it as much as I care about my artistry. 307 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,519 Speaker 1: That's so interesting that you bring that up because in 308 00:14:35,679 --> 00:14:39,000 my research of this conversation, one of the things that 309 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:41,519 I put on my paper in big letters, it says 310 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:45,519 she makes herself available. So in doing research, that's exactly 311 00:14:45,519 --> 00:14:47,639 what I picked up on you, is that you make 312 00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:51,200 yourself available. And I believe is the secret sauce to 313 00:14:51,279 --> 00:14:54,240 making music. And I mean, you're wearing it people can 314 00:14:54,279 --> 00:14:55,559 see on the outside. 315 00:14:58,399 --> 00:15:01,159 Speaker 2: Wow. I mean it's so funny, like when you're you, 316 00:15:01,159 --> 00:15:04,000 you don't notice how people are seeing you. But if 317 00:15:04,039 --> 00:15:06,919 that's what I'm giving off, I absolutely love that. And 318 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:10,080 I am available, which is usually why things tend to 319 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:12,120 work out in a very positive way for me. So 320 00:15:12,639 --> 00:15:13,799 I want to keep being this way. 321 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: When critics call you an indie artist, I mean I 322 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,200 came up in the nineteen nineties on the air, there 323 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,399 were a lot of indie artists trying to do things. 324 00:15:20,399 --> 00:15:23,039 I mean, the Vans Warped Tour, everything was all about 325 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,799 being an indie artist. What is that in twenty twenty five? 326 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:27,559 Growing forward? 327 00:15:29,879 --> 00:15:31,799 Speaker 2: So I feel like with this access that we have 328 00:15:31,879 --> 00:15:36,279 to the internet now we don't necessarily have to fit 329 00:15:36,399 --> 00:15:40,120 one box because we've discovered so many audiences for so 330 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:44,559 many different things. So it allows me to be whatever 331 00:15:44,679 --> 00:15:46,360 kind of niche that I want and know that there 332 00:15:46,399 --> 00:15:47,600 will be support behind it. 333 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: That is so true because I mean, look at Shaboozi. 334 00:15:50,559 --> 00:15:53,080 I mean, come on now, ten fifteen years ago, Shaboozi 335 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,200 would not be on a top forty radio station. It 336 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,440 would be country, and even then people would be going, 337 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,399 what we don't have that kind of base beating country music? 338 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:03,240 But yet what is Shaboozie doing right now but breaking 339 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:05,879 down the doors? And so now here comes Trinity. 340 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,879 Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, funny you said Shaboozi because it brings 341 00:16:10,919 --> 00:16:14,840 me to Beyonce, who has currently just been breaking down 342 00:16:14,919 --> 00:16:19,960 doors and like basically showing people I can sing whatever 343 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,240 genre that I want to sing and you're gonna love 344 00:16:22,279 --> 00:16:25,320 it every time or hate it. But I don't think 345 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,960 they hate comes from a technical place. But you know, 346 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:31,120 I really appreciate those kinds of people who really just 347 00:16:31,399 --> 00:16:34,600 carve their own path, regardless of whatever the feedback is 348 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:36,759 going to be, and just do an amazing job at it. 349 00:16:36,960 --> 00:16:39,399 Wow speak, I can't wait to do that myself. 350 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: Speaking of Beyonce. Way way way back, there was there 351 00:16:43,159 --> 00:16:46,200 were these three girls that came to Gastoni and North Carolina, 352 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,279 which is just up the highway, and they were gonna 353 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:51,279 do an outdoor performance as total nobody's and with them 354 00:16:51,279 --> 00:16:54,000 they brought all of these fashions. They gave away the 355 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:58,399 clothes to the locals while performing a song. Beyonce did that. 356 00:16:58,399 --> 00:17:00,919 That was her mother's designs when it came to clothing. 357 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,600 She was so into the community at that time. That's 358 00:17:03,639 --> 00:17:05,079 why I mean, I was like, I got a player. 359 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,160 I got a player. She loves the community. I gotta 360 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,200 play Beyonce. What do you what do you see in 361 00:17:09,279 --> 00:17:12,119 something like that when these invisible stories of the artists 362 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,960 that have made it, well. 363 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:19,200 Speaker 2: She's She's honestly one of my I would say she's 364 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,359 definitely a blueprint for anybody who wants to be great 365 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:25,160 at this. And one thing I noticed about her early 366 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,640 career is that she also made herself very available and 367 00:17:28,799 --> 00:17:30,960 she worked so hard. And a lot of people don't 368 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,279 understand that because they just think, oh, Beyonce, she's perfect. 369 00:17:35,319 --> 00:17:37,480 She has everything handed to her, and you know, just 370 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:39,759 because she didn't start off like struggling or anything, but 371 00:17:39,799 --> 00:17:42,640 I think there's something to be said about somebody who 372 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,400 has come from a great background and a great family 373 00:17:45,799 --> 00:17:49,880 and still decided to have that drive. And she would 374 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:52,559 do a bunch of shows like I know Destiny Child 375 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:56,319 has performed at like Mall's before, and like they just 376 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:59,400 they would just take any opportunity to perform and to speak. 377 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,839 And her work ethic is just so inspiring to me, 378 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,680 and it just lets me know, like even like as 379 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,079 another black female artist, and lets me know that if 380 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:11,839 you actually work hard at it, like even though certain 381 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,160 doors may be close to you, you are able to 382 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,799 bust those doors down if you just stick with it 383 00:18:16,839 --> 00:18:19,960 and you actually believe in what you're doing. And that 384 00:18:20,079 --> 00:18:23,359 has been true in so many scenarios on my own journey. 385 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,079 So I really do have a lot of respect for 386 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,200 artists like Beyonce, because I mean there's a lot of 387 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:30,799 things that I probably wouldn't be able to do if 388 00:18:30,839 --> 00:18:33,839 she hadn't. Right, No, it's right, put that work in. 389 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,319 Speaker 1: Well, what do you think you're doing that is going 390 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,119 to inspire somebody that's going to be on season number 391 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:44,839 forty one on NBC's The Voice. 392 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 2: I think that me just staying true to myself and 393 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:53,079 advocating for how I want to appear on stage, how 394 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,599 I want to sound, and really being grounded in my 395 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:00,359 own artistry and my own identity is going to well. 396 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:03,079 I've already been told like back home, like oh, you're 397 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,000 so inspiring to me, and like my little cousin loves 398 00:19:06,079 --> 00:19:07,880 up to you. And it's a really cool thing to 399 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,599 hear back because I'm just moving through this thinking that 400 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:15,359 I'm fighting for myself, and whole time I have to 401 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,039 look at it on a broader scale and realize that 402 00:19:17,079 --> 00:19:19,960 I'm fighting for other little girls that want to do 403 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:23,799 what I'm doing. Someday. It just makes me feel good 404 00:19:23,799 --> 00:19:26,279 to know that, you know, like staking true to myself 405 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:28,200 is always going to be rewarding. 406 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,559 Speaker 1: That is very inspiring because you're absolutely right about that. 407 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,480 Because someone who's listening to this conversation right now could 408 00:19:34,519 --> 00:19:36,240 be locked up in their bedroom right now or a 409 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,799 business office. They've got the skills to be a singer 410 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,200 or a songwriter, and the thing is is they don't 411 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,559 have someone like you to say just do it, just 412 00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:45,680 do it. And you're the one that's stepping forward saying 413 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:47,200 just do it, just do it. 414 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean yeah, like, just do it. And I 415 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,240 always feel that way, especially when I meet other people 416 00:19:54,279 --> 00:19:57,920 that I think are super talented and doing the same 417 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,279 thing as me. It excites me and I feel like, 418 00:20:00,319 --> 00:20:02,119 you know, there's room for all of us to shine, 419 00:20:02,799 --> 00:20:04,880 and it doesn't take anything away from me to see 420 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:06,920 other people do well as well. So I hope that 421 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:09,759 I can inspire somebody, or that I am inspiring somebody 422 00:20:09,799 --> 00:20:11,079 right now when they hear this. 423 00:20:11,279 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: Where can people go to find out more about U, Trinity? 424 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,119 Because I want them to understand your entire journey. That's 425 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,119 the martial artist coming out of me, because we're all 426 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,000 about what what is today had to happen a different 427 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,640 time that creates this moment. So I want people to 428 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,640 really dive into your story. 429 00:20:27,799 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 2: I think, uh, I don't really have much posted anywhere 430 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,720 about like my actual story itself. I think, you know, 431 00:20:36,759 --> 00:20:40,440 we use social media casually and I'm starting to get 432 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:45,279 more into opening my personality up to people, and I 433 00:20:45,319 --> 00:20:49,240 think through these interviews is actually a place where you 434 00:20:49,319 --> 00:20:52,359 can find more about me, and it's making me more 435 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:53,960 comfortable to actually share myself. 436 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,319 Speaker 1: But you know, a little bit of mystique is perfect 437 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,119 because led Zeppelin, they always say, is the greatest mysterious 438 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,279 band of all time. And look at the group kiss 439 00:21:01,279 --> 00:21:03,480 with their makeup. Oh would they have been popular without 440 00:21:03,519 --> 00:21:04,960 that makeup? I'm not thinking so. 441 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:10,319 Speaker 2: Wow. 442 00:21:10,519 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 1: Wow, Trindy, you got to come back to this show 443 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,680 anytime in the future because I love being with those 444 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,519 that are appear on the show, because you've got the 445 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,519 guts to grow forward and that just inspires me. 446 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 2: Thanks so much, And it's been great like talking to you, 447 00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:30,960 and honestly, you've had pretty like unique questions that really 448 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,039 excited me and like, okay, great, like I can dive 449 00:21:33,079 --> 00:21:37,000 into something else. So just thank you for opening the 450 00:21:37,039 --> 00:21:39,720 floor and give me the chance to speak on you know, 451 00:21:39,759 --> 00:21:42,720 my journey and it's just been great talking to you. 452 00:21:42,759 --> 00:21:43,759 So thanks so much for having me. 453 00:21:43,759 --> 00:21:45,240 Speaker 1: Would you be brilliant today? 454 00:21:45,279 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 2: Okay you as well. Happy holidays.