BUILDING a musical estate inspired by life experiences and imaginations is a way of unlocking the true authenticity of every artiste world over, says Traver Marumise.
Marumise, a Kwekwe-based rising jazz musician, known by his stage name Traver The One, is currently promoting his latest single titled Ziya Rangu.
He said most musicians were struggling to maintain relevance in the cut-throat industry due to the inability to understand music as a craft.
“I believe that music evolves around passion and the ability to be true to yourself at the initial stage of launching a career,” said Traver The One.
“Like most crafts, maturity and preparations are very sentimental if one is to come up with consistent products.
“And this should be preserved as a brand.”
“For that to happen, one has to grow with their respective art. Music is highly influenced by experience and longevity in the industry.
The dreadlocked artiste said when he started his musical career it was considered a hobby.
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“We moved to an era where music is big business.” he said.
“Being art and a hobby for others was an old time perception that saw many professional musicians dying poor.
“Now it's an era we are talking of invoicing a client because it's a business. And l am a businessman.”
He said the song Ziya Rangu in which he featured Carlton Salan, was based on life experiences.
In the song, the lanky musician portrays a character who is living a depressed life.
Judging from the imbalances of his labour and the wooden earnings he gets from his efforts, he believes there are some supernatural forces at play.
The song title loosely translates to “my sweat”, a reflective regret for working for peanuts.
Although the portrayed character doubles as the musician himself, the old skool jazz beat laced with Afro-fusion elements comes like a jewel in his ears.
“As the voice behind the melodies l also was wondering how it was going to sound,” Trever The One said.
“It was an experimental adventure where l was like how is the producer going to do this, was our instrumental going to merge well with the vocals.
“It's fun to be expectant and artistic at the same time.”
Traver The One said the song Ziya Rangu is one of the many singles he recorded and shelved hoping for the “right time” for release.
