The Dankles interviews David Starfire

Last week we brought you our first artist spotlight for this years Sonic Bloom with a little piece on west coast bass chef Dubvirus. This week we’re keeping the ball rolling by shining the spotlight on yet another talented producer hailing from the west coast, more specifically, California. David Starfire has truly been making the most of 2013 so far! With his most recent release ‘Ascend’ getting great reviews and his music being highly demanded by other outlets we’re sure he must truly be grateful. While we over here at The Dankles are familiar with Starfire and his sound we thought that might just not be the case for some of our viewers out there! With that being the case we got the chance to chat David up a bit to see what he has been up to and we even have a little stream of his latest release so you guys can get a better idea at some of the flavors you might expect to catch in a set from David Starfire.

The Dankles: How has the universe been treating you lately?
David Starfire: Things are really awesome and blessed to have this amazing life. I feel really good where I am at in life and really appreciate things and try not to take too much for granted.

TD: To get things rolling can you tell us a little about yourself to familiarize the unknowing viewer//new listeners we have out there?
DS: David Starfire, I’m originally from Dallas and spent a lot of time in New Orleans and currently live in Los Angeles and before that I was in San Francisco for 7 years. I travel back and fourth to Hawaii and San Francisco and I’m on the road with shows quite often.

TD: Being that you have had your hands in the scene for a good little while now how did you get entwined in the industry in the first place?
DS: Well the very beginning was probably playing shows at my high school in a rock band. Then went on to being signed to a label and touring when I was 19. I was in bands on and off for years with different deals and then finally went solo and created music on my own. I eventually signed with Six Degrees records as David Starfire and have 2 albums and 4 EP’s out.

TD: Having lived in the Bay Area where there’s a thriving bass scene as it is how did you begin diving in and getting involved with other producers already doing their thing?
DS: There are a lot of producers in the Bay Area and Los Angeles and there is a lot of respect when you reach a certain level. At some point, you want to work on music with people that approach things differently. Also sometimes things get boring working by yourself and you always learn something by working with other people.

TD: What influences drive you towards making the type of tunes you do to this day?
DS: I like to listen to whats current, different, and what moves me. I’m obviously a big fan of dance music and world music and always looking for something that I haven’t heard before.

TD: It has become pretty clear to us that you’re a fairly multifaceted and dip your toes in all kinds of styles, would you say you have a favorite when it comes down to producing?

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xo