We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Bäsmini Hayes a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Bäsmini , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. If you could go back in time do you wish you had started your creative career sooner or later?
This has to be one of the best questions I’ve heard. I do wish I started taking music/modeling seriously a lot earlier because of how difficult it’s become to “catch up” at my age.
Both industries are pretty competitive and I feel like those with the training and experience have been able to navigate through easier! But that doesn’t stop me from doing my best and working harder!
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
Well hey there! I’m Bäsmini!
I began my journey through the music industry around 17 years of age. Then, I really had this goal of working with tons of talented and unique people and create a new sound for myself.
Music wasn’t always easy for me, since I wasn’t very musically-inclined and clueless when it came to production and recording. Now going on 5 years, I’ve become so much more confident in my craft and ability to create something new within a day’s time.
I definitely had to learn a lot about patience and working hard for each and every project I did, because if I didn’t enjoy it, who says anybody else would? Coming 2023, now I have 9 projects out and each perfectly describe each and every emotion I’ve felt throughout that period of creating!
In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?
I feel like supporting artists can come in many forms. My favorite being showing appreciation by sharing and leaving messages about the project!
Other ways also include going to their website specifically and investing directly into them through apps like cashapp, PayPal, etc. especially considering the streams-to-pay ratio artists receive compared to streaming platforms.
Any resources you can share with us that might be helpful to other creatives?
If 2018 me had known about the countless apps made specifically to help growing artists gain platforms like distroKid, Amuse, UnitedMasters, etc… the process of releasing music without relying on a label would’ve been a whole lot smoother.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fhyperfollow.com%2Fbasmini&e=AT0eX4FJMS2NvsV5XUR06G3RrVSVsEjlLCI8RzsT_X3FmoCZTeDf_vAL6xEcYSYWb6E7NpLRr2IKqQhQYu_IhTQWL3zDNxQ1HHDsiw
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- Facebook: Basminibasminibasmini
- Youtube: YouTube.com/bäsmini
Image Credits
@patokartstudio @999hoto @neonhippie