CLS: I have observed that you guys degree
holders in other fields of study aside music.
What is about music that is pulling you into it?
BST: Music lives in us. We are doing what we
love.
CLS: What’s the future for Basstrvpz?
BST: The future is already here and laid out.
Release contents and perform of the biggest
stages. We are focusing on content develop-
ment now. In the past we were focused on our
brand image now we are focusing on is produc-
ing great content. Some guys hit us up on Inst-
gram one time to congratulate us; and they are
coming from Nigeria – that to us is awesome.
CLS: One of things I have observed in our part
of the world is that people don’t like to pay for
services rendered especially in the arts indus-
try. How is your art paying for you?
BST: It’s not easy to come out with masterpiec-
es. Its takes sleepless nights at the studio just to
produce that one material so when you finally
bring it out and people don’t wish to pay for
it; it heartbreaking. This is our hustle and we
deserve to be paid for it. It is different if the fans
don’t want it but if they do, then they should
pay for it. That’s how we can continue to bring
them the best of us always and we are not
speaking for ourselves only.
CLS: Are you not taking advantage of modern
distribution platforms?
BST: We are on the various digital distribution
platforms particularly Soundcloud.
CLS: In my opinion, if every artiste in Ghana
decides to sell his music; people will be forced
to pay for them.
BST: Yeah, they will. We are at the point where
we deem it important to sell our content and
fans purchasing them. The only way we can
quantify the love our fans have for us is when
they buy what we sell to them.
CLS: What are some of your challenges?
BST: Driving attention to what we do is one of
the major challenges we face. We are doing a
genre that isn’t much known here. Outside we
may not face this challenge but over here adap-
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tion is slow and that is a challenge.
CLS: What’s the social impact of Basstrvpz?
Are you giving back to your fans and society in
general?
BST: Giving back to society is top on our chart.
We have been sharing knowledge with our
producers who are not even doing EDM. We
sometimes produce songs for some music ar-
tistes for free. We also use social media to touch
lives out there with our craft and music.
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