Musician with wide knowledge of modern music theory and execution technique on electric and acoustic guitar and with a solid 7 years experience in the music business. He possesses excellent abilities in communicating with his colleagues. He is also highly skilled in music creation, using softwares like Pro Tools and Studio One very efficiently. He has played in bands with a range of styles that goes from Pop and Rock to Blues, RnB, Acoustic and he has participated in numerous concerts in Italy with experiences abroad as well. Versatile guitar player with a vast background in performance and teaching. Meticulous and charismatic musician able to master modern repertoires and an extensive catalogue of styles. Really passionate musician, comfortable as part of an ensemble an as a soloist. Thanks to his study path at Musicians Institute and to his willingness to always be up to date, he can bring s lot of value to the team and the the project.
His gigging experience that he had with various bands and trio in his are and working on cruise ships (Azamara, Celebrity and Norwegian) as orchestra musician really improved his sight reading and performance management skills.
I composed a song that has been included in a compilation called "Hellawood Hotel Pt.2". The compilation has been put together by a guitar player whom I met at the time I was studying in Los Angeles at Musicians Institute. His name is Andrea Chiarini, his artistic name "Candyboy". The song I wrote is called "Striking" and it is available in every digital store and has been published on Youtube on September the 30th 2022. Andrea gave me the loop you can listen at the beginning of the song and told me to write a song around it. The compilation is co-edited and distributed by Universal Music Italy and has been mastered at the legendary Capitol Studios in Hollywood (Los Angeles, California, USA)
I started playin' the guitar at the age of 13.
At 16 I joined his first band "The Truffle Dogs" renamed "Doblò" three years after.
At 19 I started to collaborate with his teacher in the acoustic trio "Magacustica". With Magacustica he partecipated to several contest winnin an award for best lyrics at the "Live Song Festival" in 2018.
After this experience, I graduated at Musician Institute in Hollywood (California, USA). In America, I collaborated with Billboard top charting singer/songwriter NIKKOLE in her latest album "Vulnerable" produced by Leon Sylver III (multiplatinum selling and grammy nominated producer).
During that period I have also developed a relationship with Koch Amps (the amp company from Netherlands) and I released a demo and review video of the Studiotone XL head (one of their products). In March 2022, the compilation Hellwood Hotel pt.2 has been published. The compilation contains a song written by me called "Striking" that has come out on YouTube on September the 30th 2022. The compilation has been put together by Italian guitar player Andrea Chiarini and it is co-edited and published with Universal Music Italy. It is also been mastered at the legendary Capitol Studios
Between mid 2021 and late 2022 I played in two band that are active in the area where I live: one is a Top Of The Pops tribute and the other one is a 70’-80’ Dance band which has a partnership with Italian porn actor Rocco Siffredi. In Nov 2nd 2022 I got offered my first contract on a Cruise Ship. Two and a half years later I can say that I got along pretty well in my ship career having completed 5 contracts succesfully. The companies I worked for are Azamara, Celebrity and Norwegian
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
From 2013 to 2018 I played for a cover band. We went out and play under the name of “Truffle Dogs” and our repertoire was made of English and American rock/blues songs from the 70s and 80s. In 2015 we decide to change our name - we called our band Doblò - and our repertoire which consisted from then in Italian rock/pop music and songs from the great Italian songwriters of the 70s. We use to play in bars and squares in our geographical zone.
From 2016 until 2018 I played with my guitar teacher's acoustic trio in Italy. The trio name was Magacustica. We use to play our original music on the streets and we use to attend contests for original music. We won the prize of best lyrics in 2018 at the Live Song Contest in Traversetolo (Parma, Italy). After that experience the people who organized the festival asked us to open for Italian multiplatinum selling singer Federica Carta.
In 2018 I moved to Los Angeles to study guitar at Musicians Institute. After my graduation in December 2019 I started running an intense activity mainly as a studio player playing in other artists' records (due to COVID).
In September I connected Leon Sylver III: former bass player of the family group “The Sylvers” (Funk, RnB, Disco music group very active in the 70s) who turned into producer. He wrote many song which topped in the billboard charts, had several platinum records and in 2010 he was nominated for a Grammy.
He made me play guitar parts in NIKKOLE's new record which is going to be released soon. NIKKOLE is an American singer/songwriter best know for her singles “Zero” and “Gonna Get It Right” from her fourth studio album “Hallucinations”. The songs have reached respectively #7 and #20 of the Billboard Dance Club chart
I have also developed a relationship with Koch Amps (an amp company from Netherlands) and I have released a demo and review video of the Studiotone XL head (one of their products). The video has been shared in their social media pages
I have also developed a relationship with Koch Amps (the amp company from Netherlands) and I released a demo and review video of the Studiotone XL head (one of their products).
In March 2022, the compilation Hellwood Hotel pt.2 has been published. The compilation contains a song written by me called "Striking" that has come out on YouTube on September the 30th 2022. The compilation has been put together by Italian guitar player Andrea Chiarini and it is co-edited and published with Universal Music Italy. It is also been mastered at the legendary Capitol Studios
Between mid 2021 and late 2022 I played in two band that are active in the area where I live: one is a Top Of The Pops tribute and the other one is a 70’-80’ Dance band which has a partnership with Italian porn actor Rocco Siffredi.
In Nov 2nd 2022 I got offered my first contract on a Cruise Ship. I started working for the cruise company Azamara Voyages onboard of the Azamara Onward. After finishing this contract in March 2023, I got on my second ship contract (always as orchestra musicians) on April 2023 this time for Celebrity Cruises
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