Session Guitarist

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both of them. Each one has better applications depending on the situation and the requirements.

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

A: If there's one thing I can promise to my clients is to put heart and soul in every track. Working on someone else's tunes really is a deep commitment for me.

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

A: Feel free to dig deep in requests if you're looking for something specific. My job is to transform your words into music.

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

A: I've always been into music. My dad played keyboards and Hammond organ and introduced me to music when I was really young. At 6 I wanted to play drums, at 10 I was playing my first show in front of hundreds of people, at 13 I started studying guitar and at 20 I was touring Europe with bands and at 21 I was touring with some of the top-selling artists in Italy. I graduated with honors at the Conservatory when I was 26 and here we are. I signed up to SoundBetter at 27.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: Stay true to the idea that drives the song. No matter if that means to build or destroy boundaries. This idea is hopefully what the listener will perceive at first.

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

A: I normally operate in the pop-rock area.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I believe that versatility is what got me in so many gigs and in so many musical environments. Listening carefully and understanding your customer's needs is what I believe being the strongest skill in a session musician. Its' about bringing smiles to their faces and this is what I try to achieve all the time.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: Having spent years on big stages and in the studio and playing guitar other people's songs, I got to ask myself this question a lot of times. Emotion is what I'm after all the time. I tend to look for what moves me inside when making musical choices, even when playing music genres that I'm not very familiar with.

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

A: Tim Pierce is the guy behind a lot of tracks by artists I've toured with, so I got to study and understand his arrangements, use of effects and so on. I may refer to him as my main inspiration when it comes to studio work. I grew up listening to Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Jimi Hendrix though, so they are and will always be a huge influence in my playing. I always try to keep it personal nevertheless.

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

A: I normally receive an instrumental track without guitars on it and a separate guitar reference track. I typically listen to the whole thing and then get into the tune mentally, trying to understand my client's needs and wishes. I then lay down the tracks and most of the time provide a number of alternatives to the customer, all named and labeled properly.