“The music is not in a rush. Why should I be?” — SPCMN

From a fogged-up DJ helmet to building an entire universe around HELLOSPCMN, CJ’s creative path has had a few side quests.

SPCMN joins the Intrisio crew to talk teaching himself production, letting big ideas change, and finding a new kind of chemistry with Piper Byers in thehousehold. We get into the JONAVI remix, the groove behind “notsober,” and the nerves of taking lead vocals on “no bounds.”

There’s plenty of studio talk, but CJ also gets honest about self-doubt, taking care of himself, and making room to try again. His why, in one word? Discovery.

Press play and meet the person behind the projects.

MUSIC DISCUSSED — KEEP THE LISTENING GOING:

SPCMN — HELLOSPCMN

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/hellospcmn-ep/1753430035

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0RkI1O4MGMRqhqMmTCDKOA

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_klICSdsDEFj6FeHoYWMATRVbmPCR7h0dg

SPCMN — FEVERDREAM (feat. Sudie & I’m Jack)

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/hellospcmn-ep/1753430035?i=1753430042

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/3r9HZLFtFxyhcR9F6FpiSg

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wpi4NYRbObE

JONAVI & SPCMN — easy peasy (SPCMN Remix)

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/easy-peasy-spcmn-remix-single/6801614834

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6iocMpwxOoNhl34LrqMbbm

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRfr6LoMB9A

SPCMN — INFINITI CLUB ONE

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/infiniti-club-one-single/1813022689

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7A0gHypCpWpj53Kg63JBEY

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mg8Y-A4zq7-u53aATnEsYm96mqtci23vg

SoundCloud — “SAY U DON’T KNOW” from the project:
https://soundcloud.com/hellospcmn/say-u-dont-know

thehousehold — notsober

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/notsober/1851606042?i=1851606044

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/0rD5w2dPyAIrqveD2BxRQt

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCZrG_Vwrp0

thehousehold — no bounds

Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/no-bounds-single/6803551238

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6FlT87ImXVZVGNyk4ovEJi

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8tB4spy1Hg

We are @intrisio.
We are Original Minds.
Your story matters.

Making the music is one part. Learning how to get people to care is another.

@wolfiemoncler talks about studying the business, building relationships, and understanding what actually connects with people. We get into what changed when we started putting our own faces and voices into the content, too.

People want to know who’s behind what they’re supporting.

Wolfie Moncler’s Artist Spotlight episode is out now. 🎙️

We are @intrisio.
We are Original Minds.

#WolfieMoncler #ArtistSpotlight #IndependentArtists #MusicBusiness

We showed up to Amplify 817 with cameras, microphones, and something to prove. Then the microphones stopped working.

What stayed with us was the people.

This mini-doc is a look at Fort Worth’s music community and the lives behind the songs. Artists balancing music with jobs and family. People building a legacy, finding healing through sound, and helping each other keep going before the rest of the world starts paying attention.

Thank you to Amplify 817 and everyone who welcomed us, shared their story, and gave us a chance to be part of the night.

There are people in your own city making something worth hearing. Find someone new below. Follow their work, listen to their music, and show up when you can.

We are @intrisio.
We are Original Minds.
Your story matters…

FOLLOW & LISTEN

Amplify 817
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amplify817/

Fort Worth Public Library
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ftworthlibrary/

Rita Alfaro
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/music_rita_fwpl/

Gabby Minton
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabbymintonmusic/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/gabby-minton/1592533091
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4z29ZvfWECHU6uaGuYgPSl

David Tribble
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidtribblemusic/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/david-tribble/448865774
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ps4UtgRq8GoWaZ29V2qdJ

ItsErnie
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsernie__/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/itsernie/1354803704
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ZMTLKg5BhkxmQeDXQm92Z

Blake LaBella
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakelabella/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/blake-labella/1298349797

Roane
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roanemusic/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/30aCSh8hshF0LdXIvPRL6r

Yung Deco
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealjuicelord/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/yung-deco/1203239273
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xnPCO9yobbg7NkJowFvAW

ASA ACE
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dj_asa.ace/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/asa-ace/1759705019
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0xSLZuaPf1SceokWCBP8ek

Kevin Wellendorf — Heavy Petal (band links)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heavypetalmusic/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/heavy-petal/1848075843
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4IvHovcWnFs0iA0acmYW2D

Samuel Culp & Hannah Witkowski — Yokyo (duo links)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yokyoofficial/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/yokyo/1484024243
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5KGQ4QwTNZgxQYvAq6aogB

Cameron Smith
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cameronsmithsongs/
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cameron-smith/1524640714
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5uEvjHI302opCRKABKHACR

PHOTO & VIDEO CREDITS

David Tribble video: CBS News Texas
https://www.instagram.com/cbsnewstexas/

Photo credits / source pages:
https://www.instagram.com/joepatnev/
https://www.instagram.com/ftworthlibrary/
https://www.instagram.com/hearfortworth/
https://www.instagram.com/staceybarefield.music/
https://www.instagram.com/fwplf/
https://www.instagram.com/frankieeag/
https://www.instagram.com/stephen_cervantes_film/
https://www.instagram.com/cocosolo.png/
https://www.instagram.com/leeonlean/
https://www.instagram.com/birdiessocialclub/
https://www.instagram.com/beccawaugh/
https://www.instagram.com/thepostfw/
https://www.instagram.com/elizabethfordistrict9/
https://www.instagram.com/cameronsmithsongs/

For BNG Nostalgia, music is cleansing.

On this episode of Original Minds: Artist Spotlight, Intrisio sits down with BNG Nostalgia to uncover the experiences, emotions, and growth behind his sound.

Growing up as more of a loner, BNG often felt like people heard him without fully understanding what he was trying to say. Writing became the place where he could release those thoughts. Finishing a song allows him to let go of the weight he carried and turn it into something another person might finally understand.

That honesty is matched by real dedication to the craft. BNG taught himself production through YouTube, absorbed knowledge by asking engineers questions, and carefully narrowed roughly 40 songs into a 22-track project. After moving home, he has continued creating mostly through headphones out of respect for his older father—proof that the work continues even when the environment changes.

As BNG explains, “I think of my life as a movie, and my music as the sonic movie to my life.” Today, he no longer creates because he needs outside validation. He creates because the process is honest, freeing, and his.

This is BNG Nostalgia’s story while it’s still being written.

Original Minds — an Intrisio podcast.Original minds of one kind.

NUBIWXRLD: Emotion, Evolution & “Suffer to See” | Artist Spotlight

On this episode of Original Minds: Artist Spotlight, we sit down with NUBIWXRLD—an artist, producer, guitarist, and engineer whose sound moves between hip-hop, alternative rock, grunge, and metal.

Nubi shares how he went from recording early songs on school laptops to teaching himself production, engineering, guitar, singing, and screaming. He opens up about changing genres, overcoming perfectionism, recording vocals in his car, trusting collaboration, and continuing to create when the support or numbers are not there yet.

His one-word “why” is emotion. Even at its heaviest, Nubi’s music is grounded in hope—the belief that pain can reveal the truth and help you find a way forward. That idea sits at the heart of his latest single, “Suffer to See,” where his hip-hop roots collide naturally with his evolving rock and metal sound.

Stream “Suffer to See,” follow NUBIWXRLD on all platforms, and follow @intrisio for more stories from artists building their careers in real time.

For C-Ciety, music has always been an outlet.

On this episode of Original Minds: Artist Spotlight, Benlo sits down with C-Ciety to talk about the person behind the music, how his sound has evolved, and why creating has become such an important form of expression in his life.

C-Ciety opens up about growing up as a competitive swimmer and how constantly trying to beat his own time built a drive that eventually followed him into music. That same mindset shows up in the way he creates — experimenting with his sound, learning how to do things for himself, staying persistent, and continuing to push even when he’s his own biggest critic.

We also talk about finding confidence in your own voice, taking yourself seriously before expecting anyone else to, and the freedom music gives you to express something without immediately questioning whether you should.

His one word for his “why” is Outlet — because sometimes creating gives you a place to say what you couldn’t say anywhere else.

This is C-Ciety’s story while it’s still being written.

Original Minds — an Intrisio podcast.
Original minds of one kind.

Viktoria.XO has spent much of her life feeling misunderstood. Her word, Discern, reflects her desire to be heard clearly—and to create art that says what spoken words sometimes can’t.

In this Artist Spotlight, the Louisiana-born, Dallas-based pop artist and photographer opens up about growing up undiagnosed, experiencing selective mutism and finding it easier to express herself through writing. She explains how those experiences shaped her music, her attention to detail and her need to build visuals that show people exactly what she means.

Viktoria.XO also takes us inside the creative worlds behind her music—from the circus-inspired Big Top era to the church imagery and personal healing of her upcoming project, Rebirth. She talks about turning anger, anxiety and being underestimated into dark pop wrapped in pastel colors, vintage fashion and childlike imagery.

She also gets honest about sobriety, performing through anxiety, letting go of old grudges and learning that standing up for yourself doesn’t make you difficult.

This is a conversation about being misunderstood, reclaiming your voice and refusing to let other people decide who you are.

Her word is Discern.

Artist Spotlight is part of Original Minds — an Intrisio podcast.

Follow @intrisio and stream the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

TrippyChidi doesn’t make music just to express himself. He makes it to survive.

In this Artist Spotlight, the Oak Cliff artist opens up about using music as a “medkit” through his darkest moments—and as an outlet for people who don’t always feel heard. He breaks down the mix of dark plug, trap, ethereal sounds, pop and alternative rock behind his music, along with the inspiration behind Arkham and his upcoming project, Bruce Wayne.

TrippyChidi also gets honest about losing momentum after his early success, working long days to fund his vision, rebuilding without chasing numbers and leaving old habits behind as he becomes a stronger artist and more balanced person.

From the work ethic passed down by his Nigerian parents to the Spartan mentality that keeps him moving forward, this is a conversation about identity, discipline and continuing when quitting isn’t an option.

His word is Survival.

Artist Spotlight is part of Original Minds — an Intrisio podcast.

Follow @intrisio and stream the full episode on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Content note: This episode includes an honest discussion of suicidal thoughts and mental health.

In this Artist Spotlight, Studio.E sits down with Benlo and Big B to talk about the journey behind his sound and why the word at the center of it all is peace.

Studio.E shares how music became a universal language for him—something that can hold every emotion, bring different people together, and create a sense of calm even when life itself doesn’t feel peaceful. For him, music isn’t limited by language or background. It’s a connection almost everyone can understand.

The conversation follows his growth from making music wherever he could, freestyling and learning through experience, to developing his identity as a producer, engineer, and artist. He talks about his appreciation for real instrumentation, creating music that feels authentic, and pulling inspiration from different sounds, genres, and even the immersive worlds created through video-game soundtracks.

They also get into collaboration, listening closely to an artist before deciding what a record needs, finding purpose in your creative gift, and the growth that comes from staying committed to the process. Studio.E explains the joy he feels when someone hears his music and genuinely connects with it—not just because they listened, but because it made them feel something.

Studio.E’s one-word why is Peace because music is more than what he creates. It’s how he processes life, connects with others, and puts more peace into the world.

88Killa is an artist who thinks beyond just making songs. From music and clothing to performance and presentation, every part of the process matters to him.

In this Artist Spotlight, 88Killa talks about creating on his own terms, the Fort Worth music scene, and why independent artists still have to hold themselves to a high standard. He also opens up about the work injury that changed how he viewed his relationships, a label situation that pushed him toward independence, and why success means having freedom over his time.

His one-word why is Balance—between ambition and peace, taking the work seriously and enjoying life, and representing a different side of his city without losing who he is.

Honest, hilarious, and full of perspective, this episode captures 88Killa exactly where he is right now: still building, still evolving, and doing it his way.

Stream the full episode of Original Minds—an Intrisio podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.