***Most recently, Mayda was dubbed Minnesota's Best R&B Artist of 2010 (via Citypages).
Feb 20, 2011 "Stereotype" was featured on MTV's Jersey Shore episode "Should we just break up"
April 2011 Mayda catalogue is used on Real L Word (Showtime)
April 18, 2011 "Smoke" and "The Interrogation" was featured on Bad Girls Club (The Oxygen Network)
After a summer of touring the Midwest and South Korea, MAYDA is just about to release her second full length album entitled, Tusks in Furs with the help of world-class drummer, Michael Bland, Sonny Thompson, and Tommy Barbarella (Prince, Soul Asylum, Nick Jonas & the Administration…). Teaming up once again with Bland and company, the album will continue the new brand of funk pop that remains to be a mystery to name yet rightfully belongs to the self-taught songstress herself.
BIO:
Standing just 2 inches below 5 feet, Mayda is a triple minority hailing from the land of 10,000 Lakes. Adopted from South Korea, Mayda was raised by the typical midwestern family only to become a not so "typical" young lady. She found a passion in rhythm and blues music at the tender age of 10 yrs. At 12 yrs, she taught herself Beatles tunes while at a cabin by a lake with some family friends. Since then, Mayda fell in love with writing and performing her own music.
MAYDA’s music has been featured locally (KARE 11, KSTP, The Current 89.3 FM, MyTalk 107.1 FM) as well as nationally (The Rachael Ray Show, KFC, MTV Real World DC episode 3, Good Morning America). She has written the signature blog song for KARE 11’s news show as well as KFC’s online advertisement for Teriyaki Wings.
