We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful David Neckles . We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with David below.
Hi David , thanks for joining us today. If you could go back in time do you wish you had started your creative career sooner or later?
I wished I started my producer era earlier then i started because i feel
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I’m a 25 year old producer from Toronto canada, I grew up in rexdale Ontario. I started my producer era in 2020 when covid hit. I was literally bored one day and started playing with instruments at my grandma’s house. Back then I listened to a lot of Chief keef , lil Uzi vert & young thug music. Those artists influenced me to create my own sound for the city of Toronto. Funny thing is I never once took a music course in high school even though I was told I should. Around 2021 I teamed up with “SeebinOnTheBeat” & “Wustin” as they were my first Collabs they taught me so much and helped me grow as a producer. During 2022 my name grew in the city and around the states as plenty of artists and producer msgd me for collaboration deals. I also started to bring back instrumental albums. I feel that as a producer we don’t always need an artist to be on our beats for us to be recognized. So therefore I started to drop albums Atleast twice a year. One thing that I think producer need to know is that we all need to stand our ground and be firm and direct with what we want, I do feel that artist try to walk over us when it comes to splits etc & I think that comes down to discipline. As much as we want our placements we need to know our worth and value & if you don’t take that serious in this business you’ll get walked over. As a loop maker I don’t really find any problems, when I work with people I understand what they want and they understand what skills I have to complete the job so everyone that I’ve worked with is fast and easy to deal with. My creative mindset and timing is what sets me apart from others, I just have to close my eyes for 40 seconds and make a melody in my head based on how my emotions are. I could be at work doing paper work and something just hits me and I start making melodies in my head. I’m extremely proud of my streams from the past two years. My debut single “Exasperation” has around 64k streams since 2021 with no promo. In total I have 128k streams combined with all my EPs & albums. My goal in 2024 is to hit 150k total streams. Everyday I wake up I appreciate the love and support I receive from my city and worldwide, I just want to give a special shoutout to seebin, wustin , JordanLyn , Lacrystt, Rtob , blindfucker & Anna Petridis for helping me grow as person!
New album this summer.
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
My goal as a producer is to bring peace and positivity not only to my city but the world. I’ve seen and known to many artists that have past away due to rivalry and jealousy. I feel that people need to support the underground artists & producers just as much as they support the artists and producers that are already established in the industry. My mission is to be the producer that everyone knows that brought back beat albums and spreaded the positive energy around the city and world
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
I started to build my social media network by dropping beat snippets on my instagram and YouTube. I knew during covid there would be an increase in artists and producers. I used that strategy by showing my audience what I’m all about and what I have to offer. I also gave out 2 extra beats for first time buyers. I think dropping 1 min snippets on instagram, TikTok etc will really help you build and grow. As till this day I continue to do so
Contact Info:
- Website: https://linktr.ee/DTurbo?fbclid=PAAaZvYbj-6Yg41aWRc-t7A7KrWUbfNBt6rjFZlQV9rhQ-z760k3tkUw7hJMs_aem_AeTNDI7ZIvw1Jc_HCKGFGVwYu8fyoxZogf_uCEUBN3SuKDs-4q0WXA7HnBGvckRUOp0
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/proddturbo?igsh=MWFjZ3diNXY2dGFoOQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/@stormgvngdturbo893?si=F5Rq0xe3tzA7hFKM