Davide Sportiello, the founder of Sinheresy, Elettra Storm, and SilentLie, was my guest last Friday and he told me some funny and insightful stories. Thanks to his touring experience, he got to share the stage Tarja, Lacuna Coil, Lordi, and many other bands. Multitasking, inspiration, mental resources, and lots of other interesting topics are covered in this video-chat.

More in the time codes below 😉

Time codes:
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Who’s Davide?
01:29 - Playing the keytar be like…
03:00 - Are all the three bands (Sinheresy, Elettra Storm, SilentLie) equally important to Davide?
04:02 - Performing at an Italian festival with two of his bands
04:48 - Sharing a stage with Elvenking a few times
05:40 - Famous musicians Davide has met backstage
06:48 - There's something fans don't always understand about this way of living
07:57 - Something funny happened on tour with Lordi
09:26 - Tarja’s keyboard player knows something special about Trieste
10:18 - What is the metal scene like in Trieste?
12:54 - Is it more sensible to play in Slovenia?
13:24 - How to satisfy Scarlet Records
17:40 - Elettra Storm musicians met in person for the first time on the day of their first video shooting
20:08 - A lot of bands these days don’t have “a country of origin”
20:47 - How he met Crystal (the singer of Elettra Storm)
22:04 - Something that musicians need to do to get noticed
22:50 - Is Villaggio Musicale still a thing?
24:02 - Who writes the lyrics in all the three bands?
24:44 - What are Davide’s lyrics inspired by?
25:56 - How is Elettra Storm different from other power metal bands?
29:18 - Being a judge at Rock X Contest
31:14 - Roberto De Michele (Rhapsody of Fire’s guitarist) is a judge at Rock X Contest, too
32:17 - The main criteria for Rock X Contest judges
32:43 - Which criterion is the most important for Davide?
34:18 - The best thing to do when something goes wrong
36:27 - Which is more important: lyrics or the music?
38:13 - Fabrizio De André
38:40 - Bands Davide would love to share the stage with in the future
39:23 - Tarja, Anette, or Floor?
40:29 - Sinheresy were supposed to play with Stratovarius in Moscow
42:23 - “We wanted to go anyway”
43:05 - Sinheresy were supposed to play with Amaranthe in Ukraine in 2014
44:40 - Blocking YouTube videos in Russia and Belarus for copyright reasons
45:42 - Any upcoming shows?
46:49 - Has Davide always been doing music for living?
47:54 - Inspiration and exhaustion

Music and audio used:
Elettra Storm - Origin of Dreams (Official video) -    • ELETTRA STORM - Origin of Dreams (Off...  
Elettra Storm - Sacrafice of Angels (Official video) -    • ELETTRA STORM - Sacrifice Of Angels (...  
Elettra Storm - Higher Than The Starts (Official video) -    • ELETTRA STORM - Higher than the Stars...  
Elettra Storm - Powerlords [2024] full album -    • Elettra Storm – Powerlords [2024]  
Toss A Coin To Your Witcher cover by Crystal Emilliani, Francis D. Mary, Gianluigi Crescenzi -    • "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher" cover b...  
Sinheresy - Castaways (Official video) -    • SINHERESY - Castaways (Official Video)  
Sinheresy - Event Horizon full album -    • Black Spirit  

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