Q1. What ‘s your name?
A- My name is Base the Great.
Q1.2. and why the name Base the Great?
A- Well when I think of the Base of something, I think a solid structure that holds everything together and I felt that matched who I was a person. A solid individual that can have everything built around me and regardless it would be solidified by my presence. My dad actually picked the great because we wanted something catchy.
Q2. Where are you from?
A- I’m from The Bronx, New York.
Q3. How old are you?
A- I’m 22 years old.
Q4. What nationality are you?
A- I’m Puerto Rican.
Q4. When did you start making music?
A- I started making music at the age of 11 years old.
Q5. How serious are you about your music career?
A- Extremely, music has always been a huge and significant part of my life. Music always played a massive role in my household, and my original connection with music was through dancing, so music itself and having an ear for it wasn’t anything I was foreign to. Originally when I started creating music, I myself, didn’t think it’d be something I was going to take seriously but as I dove into the culture, I found myself falling in love with creating music and becoming more passionate. During my freshman year of high school, I really started to understand that this was something I wanted to do really devote my time to.
Q6. Have you ever thought about quitting music?
A- Yes, I had a moment once before where I entertained the thought, but I felt that occurred at a time I felt really lost, not understanding where I really wanted to go with making music in regards to my career. But I decided to keep going because nothing is given, and everything is earned, so regardless of many hardships that I may have pertaining to music, this is something I believe in and I rather try and fail, then to quit.
Q7. Who inspires you the most?
Some artist that inspire me are guys like Drake and J Cole, not only are they my favorite artist but I just love the way they carry themselves, not having to follow the wave, and in turn becoming it.
Q8. What got you into making music?
A- I actually was in a small program in Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club where they actually taught us the beginning of production and writing music, now this was before I started making music consistently but because of that program it allowed me to realize that I liked to write, and after that I started writing poetry. When in terms of who really got the engine churning for me to make music consistently I’d have to say a good friend of mine who was making music at the time who had a small set up in his room and he’d record me, and make songs. That experience really got me started in understanding the skill set I had and what I wanted to develop as an artist.
Q9. Who is your favorite producer?
A- This is a tough question, because there’s a lot of different producers that I love and there’s so many sounds that and lanes that they’ve created that I appreciate but if I had to give a few It’d probably be Kanye, 9th Wonder, Hit-boy, Pharrell, Timbaland, man the list could go on forever but those are just a few, I’m sure I’m missing plenty.
Q10. What is your best song?
A- I have a lot of personal favorite songs of mine but I feel as though its always subjective to what I’m making the song for and how it resonates with me at the time. Usually my newer music tends to be my favorite, like right now “Aim” is a favorite, but its also my most recent record up to date.
Q11. Are you signed to a record label?
A- No, I’m actually independent as of right now and just working to build a base of foundation for my career and making sure things are done correctly.
Q12. Have you ever performed?
A- I’ve performed a lot in my life, before making music full time I used to travel and dance across the country from the ages of 8 to 18. I also had a few shows for my music as well small venues just to get used to having a different role on stage. Performing 3- minute dance routine and performing a 3-minute song have different sets of challenges.
Q13. Who would you most likely collaborate with?
A- Most likely? I’m honestly not really sure right now at this stage because I feel like I’m always developing and crafting my current sound to a new sound. Just experimenting to be organically myself, but I would love to work with plenty of artist I think that’s when music can become the most fun. One person I will most likely be collaborating with will be Jahlil Lemay, as we’ve done a lot of work together for the next few singles, and have so music together already, so that’s definitely an artist that I’ll be getting in tune with asap.
Q14. If you could open for any artist who would it be?
A- If I could open for anyone right now? I’d have to say either A boogie, J Cole, or maybe Jay Z. Ideally, I’d love to open from someone from my city because I think it would be big and guys like that are legends and id love to learn and soak in what these guys do and how they go about handling themselves in those high-pressure situations.
Q15. What’s next for you?
A- We have music videos on the way. The newest single being “TIME” dropping on may 5th. Pushing campaigns for the next few singles coming out and working on more content overall.
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