Session Guitarist/Songwriter

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

A: An electric guitar, my Pc, some back-up batteries, an external audio device and an audio monitor

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

A: I've been playing guitar for 14 years so far. At the very beginning it was just an hobby, namely spending hours strumming basic chords, but shortly after I started to dive deep into this world, by taking lessons for a couple of years and then as a self-taught guitarist. During all of these years I honed my technique along with my songwriting skills and I took part in different band mostly in the modern metal/rock scene here in Italy, but recently I've even cooperated with overseas project as a studio session guitarist and songwriter. With some of these bands I played as an opening act for some prominent bands in the metal genre, such as Loathe, Origin, Bleed From Within, Make Them Suffer, Novelists.

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: I reckon it's quite technical, but with a strong emphasis on melody and feeling. I always try to experiment in order to find unconventional but yet working solutions for my own songs and those on which I have to work. To give you a feel, my main influences are Brandon Ellis(The Black Dahlia Murder), Aaron Marshall (Intervals), John Petrucci, David Maxim Micic

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

A: I usually take care of the guitar recording and writing part. It all depends by what I'am asked to do. Sometimes I'm required to just tracking the guitar parts as they've been already written without changing a single note, or rearrange them by following some guidelines provided by the customer. To be honest, the latter type of work it's what excites me most, since I'm really excited about implementing other people's music with new solutions put over the different sections of a song.