Encore: Tell us about your upcoming tour.
Myron: The name of the tour is, "Love Without Limits" and it starts February 2020. We live in a very divisive time in the country, whether it’s politics, religion, or race, everybody is divided. I believe the love that we should show to each and every individual in the world should be without limits and unconditional, so I just want to spread that message and the music God has given me for the past twenty plus years. We will be going all across the country to Memphis, Nashville, Little Rock, Dallas, Atlanta and all the East Coast. What people can expect is an intense worship experience, we're going to laugh, cry, sing, and just have a good time. We really want to provide an opportunity for people to come together, love each other and go out and share that message with people in their own community.
Encore: Do you have a new album coming out?
Myron: The new album will also be coming out in February 2020. It’s a tribute record celebrating the life, legacy and the music of Andraé Crouch. I believe he is and will forever be a legend not just in Gospel music but in music period. I believe his music needs to be repeated in each and every generation, so that we don’t forget those songs. I got a lot of special guests on the album, Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Kim Burrell, Kelontae Gavin and a whole host of others coming together to celebrate the legacy of Andraé Crouch.
Encore: You are such a prolific gospel songwriter, can you share any tips?
Myron: One of the foremost tips I would give any gospel songwriter is to have a relationship with God and His word, because that’s what Gospel music is. Gospel music is the good news of Jesus Christ, it’s impossible or difficult to write about someone you don’t know and I think that transcends ability and technique. You have to have a relationship with God, the music and the songs are an outpouring of that relationship. My first bit of advice is to have an active, thriving relationship with Christ. It’s not just when you want to write a song or when you're feeling like you want to read your Bible, it's about having a daily relationship with God and letting the songs be an outpouring of that. Yes, I think it’s needful to be relevant to the times, but I believe on the foundational level, it is important to be able to communicate to the world in song who God is to you and the things you have seen God do in your life. The other tip for songwriters is to make sure they are studying up on the business side of things. I’ve encountered so many songwriters that were ignorant to a lot of the business aspects of things. For 2 years in a row, I did a songwriters conference here in Dallas Texas where I bought different songwriters together to talk about the technical, spiritual and business aspects of songwriting. We live in a information age, so I would encourage songwriters to seek out that information and understand those concepts.