Today we’d like to introduce you to Mycah Brown.
Hi Mycah, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I’ve always been a storyteller at heart. Over time, the only thing that changed was the medium.
I recently moved to New York City, and it’s been extremely transitional for me. Not because I’m turning into someone new with new hobbies and interests, but living here has expanded my worldview of possibility, allowing me to return to the things I’ve always loved.
From as early as I can remember, I’ve loved music, entertainment and performance. I started on stage in 2005 as a dancer in the stage production of Annie when I was three years old. I don’t have a lot of memories of this, but my mom, dad and grandparents who were in the audience said I did not follow the routine. Apparently, I got on stage and started doing my own thing.
Little did they know, that was the first spark for the fire that has burned inside me for my life up until this point. As my love for creativity has grown over time and expanded across disciplines, I’ve become more secure in the idea of marching to the beat of my own drum.
In my early childhood, I moved around a lot. From Atlanta to Dallas to Jacksonville, and finally settling in Laurel, Maryland in 2009 when I was heading to second grade. I lived there up until my high school graduation, so that’s the place I call home.
My childhood hobbies included playing the piano, singing, cheerleading and acting. Through the years, I starred in several musicals and stage productions at Drama Learning Center, and performed in my first professional musical “Once on This Island” with the Red Branch Theater Company.
At school, I played the clarinet in band and my favorite subject was English. Looking back, these experiences set the foundation for all that I do creatively. After learning about poetry, I made the connection between the songs I sang in my musicals and the poems I was reading in class, and realized that poems were songs on paper. Stage shows taught me how songs can tell a story and often help move the plot along. Band taught me the music theory to create the harmonies, melodies and cadences for the songs I write today.
I’ve carried this skillset with me, from writing and directing ‘Homecoming’ for Atholton High School’s Black History Month show as President of the Black Student Union in 2020 to leading Journey Magazine as Editor-in-Chief during my time in college at Florida A&M University.
I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Broadcast Journalism in Spring 2024. As a graduation gift to myself, I wrote, recorded and released my debut musical project, an EP called ‘Metamorphosis.’ Since then, I’ve been running Beyond the Myc, my media house and community platform for emerging cultural decision-makers.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Absolutely not. Early on, I faced a lot of self-doubt because I felt like my reality didn’t have the capacity for my vision. But I’ve been teaching myself to just follow through on what’s in my heart, because I don’t want to regret not trying later.
I am extremely independent, so I tend to try to do everything myself, solve my own problems. But then I end up isolating myself and digging myself in a rut. So, I’ve learned to lean on people that care about and support me. I’m grateful for my team at BtM because we’ve been able to make so much progress since they’ve been on board. We’ve been able to host virtual panels, secure partnerships and we’re planning for our first in-person event in October.
And, my family has always believed in me even before I fully believed in myself, so that’s what’s kept me going over the years.
As an independent music artist, you learn quickly that creating music can become an expensive hobby. So I’ll write songs and have them in my notes app for years. Because I write so much, the recording aspect is severely delayed and it causes decision fatigue when deciding which of my songs will resonate with an audience. It gets hard to separate the art from the business goals, because the songs are so reflective of my real experiences it makes it hard to decide which ones would get the most streams.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
My work lives at the intersection of media, music, community and culture. I founded Beyond the Myc after graduating from FAMU in 2024 and seeing firsthand how brutal the job market was. My peers and I were struggling to find careers in the fields we had spent so much time studying for, but I still wanted to grow as an editorial leader—and my business brain just turned on, especially after landing roles in adjacent fields like media sales and advertising technology.
Over the last two years, Beyond the Myc has evolved into a media and lifestyle platform for emerging cultural decision-makers: the young women and creatives who are not only consuming culture, but actively shaping what comes next. Through editorial storytelling, career-centered programming and our Muse Circle community, we help people feel informed, connected and empowered as they grow into who they are becoming. We also create virtual and in-person experiences that connect emerging creatives with industry professionals, collaborators and tangible opportunities.
Music has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. As I grew as a student journalist, my storytelling skills became more refined, and my songwriting became more intentional. Now, as an R&B artist, I use music to explore womanhood, transformation, love, loss and self-discovery. My work as an artist and my work through Beyond the Myc are distinct, but both are rooted in the power of storytelling and creating space for people to be heard.
I’m most proud of my ability to connect different industries and business systems to build my own ecosystem of opportunity. Journalism taught me how to find and tell meaningful stories. Media sales taught me how to communicate value. Advertising technology taught me how audiences, data and digital media intersect. Music keeps me connected to the creative experience at the center of it all.
What sets me apart is that I don’t only participate in these industries individually. I recognize how they can work together. I can understand the artist, the audience, the platform and the business behind an idea, then turn that understanding into something tangible. Beyond the Myc is not only the result of my creativity; it reflects my ability to take everything I’ve learned and use it to create opportunities for myself and others.
Do you have any advice for those looking to network or find a mentor?
Well since I have a journalism foundation, I find it really easy to just talk to people. Go to places where the people you want to meet will be, find events and organizations, and just talk to them. Have a conversation, and don’t be intimated, which is easier said than done sometimes. As a young saleswoman, I learned to talk to business owners and decision makers, and in order to make a sale, you have to be sure of yourself. But, I’ve also worked in social media marketing for recording studios like Patchwerk in Atlanta, which has some of the highest caliber clientele in music, so I’ve learned to be in the rooms with people with more seniority, influence or industry stature and still hold my own. So selecting mentors has been a really natural process for me, because I just start a conversation, talk about what my goals are and see where it goes.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://beyondthemyc.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/beyondthemyc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Beyond-the-Myc/61566392994718/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beyond-the-myc
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beyondthemyc
