Issue Five Issue5 - TheZoom Magazine | Page 7

What’s your biggest screw up in the kitchen? Who were the first influences on your music and style? The only thing I can think of messing up was over salting food and breaking a glass. The book is available through the website below www.beautifulmwiza.com There’s a long list but artist that come to mind in this moment is Amel Larrieux, Lauryn Hill, Amy Winehouse, John Mayer, Bon Iver, Donny Hathaway, later in my life I fell in love with Cesaria Evora, Lianne La Havas, Matt Corby and recently I’ve been inspired by Flamenco artist like Buika and Estrella Morente. How do you stay inspired? For music specially, exploring new artist, new sounds, and different styles inspires me. It’s a never ending flow of inspiration there. For other forms of art like writing, I’m usually inspired when I have something I need to release. Sometimes I don’t have much to say so in those moments there’s sort of stillness or I may be taking life in rather than releasing. For visual arts I’m constantly inspired by too many artist that I don’t know on Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest and more. Also the fact that I get to further explore the depths of myself through art inspires me. Listen to Uncertainty EP on SoundCloud @Yvette Mushimiyimana