electric guitarist

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: ,I am a music producer,multinstrumentalist,composer and songwriter.I love all music but I am very experienced and proficient in indie rock,dream pop,psychedelic rock,lofi bedroom pop.I will surely make you sound unique and professional

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: In all my productions and guitar playing I have a distinctive, original and innovaytive sound that can be easily recognized and enjoyed for its unique quality.. This is true also for my album Sunset Kiss under my stage name of Shiny Glide. There are some magic songs and guitars into it and I have written recorded, produced,mixed and mastered the entire album in my home studio.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I bring some magic, something original and unique but most of all I want my clients total satisfaction and ask them for reference tracks and similar sounding artists they are inspired by.

Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?

A: there amany musicians I love and get inspired,new and old ones,like David Gilmour, Pink Floyd, Billy Idol, Radiohead, Freddy Mercury, John Lennon, Nick Drake, Cocteau Twins, the Black Angels,The Black Keys,and some dream pop artists like Castlebeat,and some Ariel Pink, Connan Mockassin, Chelou,Tame Impala and many more. Generally I like to discover and listen to new music recently released expecially lofi pop,dream pop and neopsychedelia.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: Presonus Sudio One 4 professional and Presonus Studio 26 C audio interface, Arturia Keystep midi controller and sequencer and a Rode NT1-A condenser cardioid microphone, BehringerXenix 1832 mixer.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: First I get into a creative flow, and feel the emotion,the energy and the vibe of the song and the artist.Then I start having musical ideas and after that I give shape and the best expression to those ideas.It is a very natural and istinctive process I apply in music and in life.I always need inspiration before action. My ultimate goal is my client satisfaction and I work as hard as possibile to achieve that

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Digital, because it is cheaper,it doesn't need much space, and it works faster and better and it represents the natural evolution of making and sharing music and it is great for upcoming and indipendent artists. Analog can give a warmer sound, I expecially like analog mastering.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I am busy with my new album with some great alternative,psychedelic rock songs and guitar playing by Shiny Glide.

Q: Is there anyone on SoundBetter you know and would recommend to your clients?

A: they are all great,it depends on the music taste and genre of the artists,anyone should make their own choice.What matters is not how famous or with how many famous people they worked with. What is relevant is how much passion and inspiration they can bring to your song.Plus not all that glitters is gold and there are many hidden treasures in this world.

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: I promise that I will listen carefully to their suggestions and ideas and I will work hard to achieve the sound and the result they are looking for

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: What I like most about my job is that it is about music. I love all about music, creating it,sharing it,listening to it, dreaming of it and evolving and progressing through it.

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A: How long does it take to finish the job...and I answer that I will do it soon and the job will be really done when they are really satisfied with it.

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: some people think it is easy but it is not.It requires a lot of skills,hard work, patience, energy and time.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: I want to make sure if they love what they do and if they do it for love before anything else.There are plenty of masks,robots and machines in this world.Artists must be artists.

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: Choose your best and favourite songs and tell me about your similar artists and songs you want to sound like.

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: My guitars, my laptop,my audio interface, my microphone and my midi controller to keep on making and sharing my music with the inspirational and wonderful support of beauty and nature.

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I had ups and downs in life,maybe more downs than ups. Noone really supported and supports me in my dream and love for music except my passion,perseverance and determination. Anyway I still follow my dream and do what I want, in the end nothing can stop an inspired soul and I am proud to share music and reach more and more people globally and on such a deep level.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: poetic,free,sensual,elegant and spiritual and powerful and apparently with no efforts like an albatross gliding.

Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?

A: New artists with genuine inspiration and motivation, that don't want to fit into fashions and commercial values but still aiming for success, which is the Whole point of being an indipendent artist.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Be as original, true to yourself and real as you can be.

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: I work on alternative rock, blues rock,indie,psychedelic rock,dream pop,rock ballads,singer songwriter music.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: My strongest skill is writing songs and playing guitar in timeless,free and poetic ways,simply following my own inspiration, I can bring the right emotion and power to the song, it is not always easy but I am not satisfied until I do that.