Balt Getty – Money

By starrymag | January 28, 2019

By: Jamie Steinberg

 

 

Q) What are the recent projects you’re working on?

 

A) We’re working on getting my clothing line Monk Punk and Purple Haus Mafia off the ground and into consumers hands. We’ve got a couple big releases musically coming out over the next few months. We have the series, a digital doc, a day in the life and a whole movement…DJing…music…Purple House…world domination.

 

Q) How would you describe your sound?

 

A) I have a lot of different sounds and a lot of different genres, but primarily what I’m doing now is I definitely like to be in tune with what’s happening musically at the moment on a street level. Just being in tune – music, fashion and all these different things are constantly cycling. I’ve been calling it “emo-trap” or “trap rap” or “dance music,” but I definitely like to take that trap sound and put my sauce on it.

 

Q) Who are some of your musical influences?

 

A) Bob Marley is probably my all-time favorite artist. In terms of influences, everybody from DJ Premiere to Metro Boomin to, of course, Kanye [West], Portishead and Radiohead. Just good music you know? I love dance music. I love electronic music.

 

Q) Talk about the story behind your new song “Money.”

 

A) “Money” is the single and it’s a crossover record it’s a pop record with Neeve and Devante and it’s a good time. I’s a banger, a dance song. It’s a feel-good record that makes you move, and I think it takes into account what’s happening sonically now.

 

Q) What do you think it is about the song that fans connect to?

 

A) Like I was saying, I think it’s been a record we’ve been sitting on while we released “Retail” and “Porche.” We’ve always known that certain records you just hear and you know that they’re catchy, you know that they have legs, that they’re going to speak to a wider audience. I think it just has that base that hits you where it needs to and it’s a catchy melody.

 

Q) How did you come to work with NEVVE and Devante on the track?

 

A) It was all sort of slow and organic. Devante is a newer collaborator of mine and he’s on a few records with us and I think a talented young rapper that I see a lot of big things for. Nevve is one of the homies and brought a lot to the record and when it was all said and done it was like “that’s it.”

 

Q) How does the video play into the message behind the song?

 

A) I don’t really think that they line up per say. We don’t follow the story in the song in the video, but the song has this sort of youthful spirit about it. A spirit of being at a party or in a club or at a concert. In the video your following me playing at a live show with a lot of energy and the video was just an opportunity to tell my story more and more and to introduce myself to the fans. A lot of people know me as an actor, or they know me in different sort of areas, but not necessarily the whole story – more and more with the content we are trying to tell the story.

 

Q) What is your songwriting process? Do you need music before you write lyrics?

 

A) Yeah, normally if I’m not collaborating or working with somebody, normally, I will write a melody and a beat. Lyrics and melody come to me very quickly – I don’t want to say it’s a gift and overdue it, but I think I have a knack for lyric and melody, and I’ve been lucky in the way that they come to me very quickly. Normally, I’m able to write a hook and a melody in a half an hour or something.

 

Q) How much of a hand do you have in the production of your music?

 

A) It varies, but quite a bit. I’m pretty controlling, of course. There are people that, depending on the track, help with production and shape and sound. I pride myself on really being a producer and I think of myself as a music producer – so pretty hands on.

 

Q) Will there be a full EP or album coming in the future?

 

A) That’s the plan. I think we’ll hit them with an EP in hopefully the next six months. I just don’t think there’s an appetite for LP’s right now – I know I don’t even have one. In the tradition of less is more, I’d like to hit them with six to seven records and then maybe then I think it would be fun to maybe do a Purple House album with little bits of all the different artists that I’ve worked with and call it a posse album.

 

Q) As a musician where are some of your favorite places to perform and what makes those places so significant to you?

 

A) I’ve been lucky. I was able to tour with my first project, Ringside, all over the country in big venues and it’s less about the actual place more about the people and the vibe so it could be fifty people in the back room of Bootsy Bellows, or it could be two thousand at the Waldorf or wherever. It’s just more of the energy, I’m a showman and I love the energy of the crowd.

 

Q) Who would you like to collaborate with?

 

A) Presently, I love the whole A$AP crew and artists. Brockhampton, some of those guys. Of course, there’s all of the usual suspects – the Jay-Z’s and the Kanyes, but I’d love to work with like Smokepurp.

 

Q) Why’s social media an important way to connect with your fans?

 

A) I was kind of late to social media and didn’t see its relevance or place that much importance on it. At some point I just started using it as a creative medium. It’s not something I feel like I have to do, it’s something I actually enjoy doing. If you think about it, it’s just a creative medium and so between records between this between that your filming little bits of content and you’re uploading them and receiving immediate feedback. I just see it as a creative medium.

 

Q) As an actor, you often take on dramatic roles is there something about this genre that really draws you to it?

 

A) I mean, I’ve done everything. I love characters and I love to get lost in a role. Whether it’s a cop or a fire fighter or a drug dealer or an attorney – I like to get lost in those roles.

 

Q) We recently saw you on “Twins Peaks” – what does it mean to be part of such an iconic series?

 

A) Well, David Lynch is a mentor and I’ve been lucky to work with him a few times. Of course, when he called me and they asked me to be a part of that, it was huge. To be back on set with David was a lot of fun. I feel like I got to do some good work.

 

Q) Do you get recognized more for your work on Lord of the Flies or another project you worked on?

 

A) A little bit of everything. I did five years on TV and I still get quite a bit of recognition for that. I think people know of my celebrity and are aware that I’ve been in the game for a long time and have had a certain amount of exposure. A lot of people and some of my favorite actors tell me that Lost Highway is one of their favorites and thanking me for that. It’s more like emo kids and goth girls.

 

Q) What have been some of your favorite roles you’ve played?

 

A) They are yet to come, but I’ve been able to play a lot of great roles.

 

Q) What would you like to say to everyone who’s a fan of you, your music and your acting work?

 

A) I just want to thank everybody and let them know to stay tuned and tell their friends. The best is yet to come.

 

 

 

Watch The Video for “Money”

 

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