Kristine Mills - As Yet Untitled (2013)

Award-winning vocalist/songwriter Kristine Mills' fifth album, entitled as YET untitled supported in part by the 2012 Houston Arts Alliance Established Artist: Individual Arts Grant for Music. Art is revealing. Art is personal. Art is moving. It is exciting, scary, joyful, and beautiful - sometimes all at once. It reveals universal truths, yet remains utterly subjective. As YET untitled is the examination of all these experiences found throughout the creative process. It is with heart in hand that this is offered to you for your own discovery. The songwriting process - whether crafting melody or lyric - has allowed me to work through experiences in my life. Sometimes it reveals something that otherwise I would have chosen not to face. To remain authentic to the (true) story - one must accept and respond through the process of writing. Triumph and failure, love found and lost, life and death, are the foundations of the stories in this collection. These songs start with me, but end in collaboration. They culminate and flourish through the contributions of brilliant artists, poets, musicians, and arrangers. We blended favorite influences of our generation with the musical masters that inspired us - to shape the stories into songs. Thank you to two special poets, David and Brian, as well as my musical conscience, David Craig, and Ilya, my heartbeat. Without you many of these songs would not exist. The lyrics and music came together in a new way - on an aural canvas. And, ultimately, a musical "exhibition" was created and offered here to you to "view" with your eyes and.