Exclusive Interview w/
Pasadena, Maryland.
Mistah Wilson: Thanks, Starchild for coming thru
for this exclusive interview with ThaWilsonBlock.
How ya been?
Starchild: Hey thanks so much for having me and
reaching out. I've been doing well. Appreciate the
opportunity to talk with you.
Mistah Wilson: So our audience can get a clear
understanding of who you are, could you give us a
quick background on yourself?
Starchild: I'm a 36 year old wife and mother who
has a passion for music, especially rap. I've been
writing songs since I was about 13 years old and
just recently started to record some songs at home.
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to get into
the music business. I wasn’t as concerned about
being famous and being in the spotlight. What I
really want to do was write. I love to rap but would
really like to be one of those people working
behind the scenes. My dream has always been to
see my name listed as a writer and/or producer of a
song.
Mistah Wilson: So, you’re from Pasadena,
Maryland. What’s it like living there?
Starchild: It's great! I've lived in Maryland me
entire life but have been in Pasadena for about 9
years now. Pasadena is great because you're just
about 30 mins away from some of the bigger cities
in Maryland like Annapolis and Baltimore. Even
Washington, D.C. isn't that far from where we are.
There is a lot to see and do here which is great,
plus we love living near the water.
Mistah Wilson: Tell us about tha events that led you to
become an artist…
Starchild: For as long as I can remember, music has been
in my life. Back in the early 1990s when I was a teenager,
when you bought CD singles at the local music stores,
there was always an instrumental version of the track. I’d
play those instrumental versions and write my own raps
to them. Throughout my teenage years, I was able to use
my writing to help me through tough times. It was easier
for me to write in a song how I felt then say it out loud.
I’d find myself writing song lyrics just about everywhere.
Sometimes they were jotted down on the margin of my
notebooks at school. Other times I’d use cash register
receipts, when I worked retail, to write down lyrics that I
would come up with on the fly. I’d come home and
compile all of my notes and before you know it I had
songs written. Same thing happens today...I am always
jotting down song ideas somewhere.
Mistah Wilson: When writing songs, how do you deal
with tha dreadful writers block?
Starchild: It's kinda funny because I can normally write
song lyrics pretty quickly. Most of the songs that I've
written within the last few years I've completed in a day
Mistah Wilson: A good friend of mine’s mother has told me
that I am a Starchild. I looked further into it and it kind of
makes sense. How did you get tha name Starchild?
Starchild: I actually got the name from Mike Maven, lead
vocalist of the group Young Pandas. I came across his band a
couple of years ago and began chatting with him about my
music. I had been trying to think of a name to use as I began
to get my music out there for people to hear and Mike came
up with Starchild. As soon as I heard it I knew it was perfect.
It really fit...my last name is Stary and its been a childhood
dream of mine to be in the music business. So Starchild it is!
and it's always on the days I am home sick from
work! I don't know what it is...maybe I need to
be sick more often! I'm constantly writing down
notes or ideas for songs...either on scrap pieces
of paper or on my phone. If I get writer's block,
I'll pull out those notes and see what I can put
together. Even listening to other artists music
helps sometimes too. It puts me in the right state
of mind to get back and write more.