Rock Session Guitarist

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

A: In how much time will I be able to deliver the requested tarck/solo. usually I take within 3 days and one week, depending on the tasks and my other appointments.

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

A: Probably that being proficient in music it's just a matter of nature. On the opposite, being skilled in any artistic expression, it's the result of years of practice and dedication.

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

A: I wrote, arranged and recorded my first solo album, under the name of Dark Side Bright Side. I have been heavily touring with the band Mono & Nikitaman, appearing in many festivals, Novarock (Austria) among others. I started playing guitar in the orchestra of the Theater des Westens and played in various critically acclaimed german musicals I wrote the last al album for the hard rock band Mammoth Mammoth, and the single Tear it Down reached over 300k streams on spotify.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I am now working at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. I am recording the new album of my band The Shell Collctro and working as a session guitarist for Monzi band (singer songwriter from Irland)

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

A: Yea definitely, Enrico Tiberi and Alessandro Vagnoni

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: I prefer the digital. Nowdays guitar plugins are extremely realistic, and in just one software you have some many different sound options that you wouldn't have with analog amps. I recorded the guitars and bass of the debut album of my project Dark Side Bright Side using exclusively plugins

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

A: I'll try my best to help them carry on their message, and I would work for the song.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: I like the moment when I have to "dissect" the song, and try to focus on the small details that I'm gonna use for my arrangements.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: What would you like to say through your song, what is it your message?

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

A: Give as many instructions as you can regarding the song.

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

A: I would take just my acoustic guitar, on a desert island there's no electricity, right!?

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

A: I play guitar since twenty years, I work professionally as a musician since 2014, right after I finished studying and moved to Berlin. I teach guitar and play with various bands since then.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I learned to be versatile. I study a lot of jazz music and try to implement it in my way of playing. I come from the world of rock and heavier music, so I guess my style is a mix of those two worlds.

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

A: I would love to work with the band Karnivool. They're approach to harmony melody and rhythm is just amazing, and they songwriting skills are just terrific. Another band would be Sleep Token, their versatility it's just astonishing, I love that.

Q: Can you share one music production tip?

A: If you feel stuck with a song, leave it there for a day or maximum two, listen to some other music, and find a message you want to deliver with it.

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

A: I work mostly on any kind of rock music, including pop and modern jazz.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I would arrange the guitars in order to serve the song, and create the best artistic product as I can.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: Depending on the track that I am working on, if I have to write a solo I would analyse the song in any small harmonic and rhythmic detail in order to enhance some specifics treats of the song. If have to arrange the whole guitar parts then I would discuss about the details with my customer.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I use as DAW Logic ProX. For the guitar sounds I use several Neural DSP Plug-ins and my Neueal DSP Quad Cortex digital amp. Fender Hot Road De Ville Orange Rockerverb MKII with it's own cab speaker PCP 212 Regarding the audio interface, I use an Audient iD22. To record the acoustic guitars I use an Audio Technica AT 2022 condenser microphone. Guitars: Vola Vasti PDM J2 Mozer Chariot Classic Marco Gennaro signature Model Mozer Eclipse 7 String Dark Sides Marco Gennaro signature model Fender Strat 60 Reissue Ibanez Artstar semi hollow body (90's model) Takamine G series (acoustic) I use a MacBook Pro from 2020

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: I am really in love with composing, either a whole songs or just solos or sections. So I would say that writing music.

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

A: I am strongly influenced by musicians like Mateus Asato, Rabea Massaad, Sleep Token, Periphery, Karnivool, Julian Lage and many more

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

A: I take care of the guitars arrangement for the whole track or I just play some specific parts of the songs like solos or riffs.