Music is the universal language

"Music is the only language in the universe that we can all speak and understand" says Basia Galaj our Brand Ambassador, sharing her thoughts in a short interview. 

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Zylia: Tell us why music is so important for you? When and how it all began?

Basia: Music is the only language in the universe that we can all speak and understand. Even when you don’t necessarily play an instrument or sing, you can feel it. Music makes people emotional, helps go through happy and sad times and that is why I feel like it is the most powerful weapon we have. It is very important to me because it brings hope that humans can unite and create no matter the differences.

When I was about a year old, my grandma started singing to me and playing me different recordings and albums. I would repeat those melodies after her. When she passed away, my mom and grandpa took over. Grandfather played me jazz in the car - lots of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong; I still remember the cassettes he used! :-) My mom showed me Michael Jackson, Basia Trzetrzelewska, Kayah and classical music such as Bach and Chopin.

That lead to piano lessons at age of 5 and continues until day on :-)

Zylia: How and when did you firs hear about ZYLIA?

Basia: I heard about ZYLIA from my mentor and friend – Mikolaj Stroinski. It was during the summer of 2017. He called me and said: Basia, you need to meet these incredible guys, They created a mic... and he just kept going and going :-)
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Zylia: What do you think about ZYLIA ZM-1 mic after testing it and using for casual recording?

Basia: ZYLIA mic is absolutely revolutionary. It sounds great, looks fantastic so it captures attention, easy to use. I remember when I flew to LA to sing during the NAMM festival, me and my guitar player - Lucas did a few recording in the super loud convention center using ZYLIA ZM-1 mic. We were afraid that the outside noise would make the recording muddy and just not the best quality. Oh how wrong we were!! :-)
​The sound was great for the conditions we found ourselves in. 

Basia Galaj and Lucas Fonseca at NAMM Show 2018 in Anaheim.

Zylia: How do you see the potential of microphone array technology in changing the way musicians record themselves?
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Basia: I think and I really hope it will become a necessity for every musician or music passionate that would like to easily record themselves in a great quality. It has so much potential in many areas! It can only grow in the VR world and that is becoming a next step in the music industry. It makes life of bands much easier since it is using only one cable, not 19 for every mic capsule inside the mic. 

Zylia: What are your plans for future? Any interesting projects on your mind?
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Basia: I am the leader / organizer of the very first TED talk at Berklee that will be happening next semester – Fall 2018. I am hoping to grow my blog and YouTube channel; I have lots of new content coming up very soon! Over the summer I am going to be doing interviews with Polish World War II veterans, asking them about their experiences and memories and I am going to write music to their confessions and stories. Hopefully, I will be able to use ZYLIA mic to record the interviews :-)
Some extra thing that I do is a project I called – Throwback Thursday! Every Thursday I do a video featuring my friends, we play a song from our childhood or just something we have memories of. I put those videos on my YouTube channel and Facebook fan page :-)

Zylia: We definitely need to see them:-) Thank you for your time and good luck with new projects!

Basia Galaj

Born in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Basia entered the world of music at a very young age. In 2014, she got accepted into the University of North Texas, where she pursued a degree in Jazz Studies. She has had the privilege to share the stage with artists such as ten-time Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin.
Currently Basia lives in Boston, MA and attends the prestigious Berklee College of Music where she is pursuing a degree in Contemporary Writing and Production with a minor in Creative Entrepreneurship. On June 19th 2017, Basia released her debut EP called "Day By Day". 
She is currently performing around East Coast with her band, playing her original music.

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