Session Bassplayer/Composer

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

A: You will like everything of my basslines, from the line itself to the bass tone.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Doing what I really like, and put my skills to help the ones who want a bassline for their song

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

A: "Ok, but what is your REAL job?"

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

A: If you want a professional musician, who completes the work in a short time and following your precise directions, I'm your guy!

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

A: I'm really proud of everything I did until now. Every album by Skassapunka, which I worked on. Especially "Revolutionary Roots", full length album published in 2020, just before the pandemic. It's been the first time that I compose some songs from the beginning, writing lyrics and melody, to the final result. I'm so proud of these songs, also because they are about some very important events and ideals of my life.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: I'm recording some covers of Status Quo, for a Scottish Tribute Band of this band.

Q: Analog or digital and why?

A: Both. Because I like the warm sound of a bass cabinet, but I love also the tones you can get with some plugins.

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

A: Fender precision bass (any model!), Rotosound strings, a pick, an Ampeg. And London Calling by The Clash ;)

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

A: I begin to study music and electric bass when I was in high school, when I was 16. I play in bands since I was 17. I've played may live shows and festivals, also sharing the stage with great bands like Bad Manners and Bad Religion.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Precise and effective

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

A: Ska, Punk, Reggae, Rock and its derivates, Folk, Pop, Hip/hop and Rap.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Fingerstyle and picking, fantasy and precision on playing.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I always try to give a little more than a basic bassline, working hard on composition, pursuit of the right tone nd effects. I'm not a "Root-note-guy".

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: I begin to study the backing track, playing some ideas over it. Then I deal with the song author, and try to find the right solution for the song. Then I'll record it.

Q: Tell us about your studio setup.

A: I've a Fender Nate Mendel p bass, a Squier CV50 P bass, Musician Sterling 4H and Ibanez SR605 5 strings bass. I've also an acoustic bass by Eko Guitars (historical italian brand). I play through a Gallien-Krueger MB500 or a Darkglass Vintage Ultra pedal. I record bass with a Scarlett 2i2 by Focusrite and Logic Pro X, with some plugins (Ampeg, GK and Darkglass).

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

A: I'm inspired by musicians like Duff Mckagan, most of all, and other rock and hard rock bass players, like Roger Waters, Jeff Ament, Flea and so on. I love ska, punk and reggae; so, my main influences are Paul Simonon (The Clash), Matt Freeman (Rancid), Roger Lima (Less Than Jake) and many others.

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

A: I offer professional bassline composition and recording for your song. I've solid experience in studio recording: I've recorded 3 albums (for a ska punk band) and various singles (from ska punk to beat and rock n roll).