"O Sole Mio" is the well known Italian traditional song.
No, it's not a joke...
How did I come up with this idea? I was explaining some "improvisation concepts" to some of my students and this melody suddenly came out and I thought: "I need to produce and record a metal version of this track". So here we are...
Many thanks to Strobe (video shooting & editing) who did an amazing job as usual, Eric Meyer @ the Noiz Faktory recording studio who mastered the track, Igor Dunderovic for playing accordion & of course all my sponsors, Hotone Audio, Randall amps, Legator guitars & Lundgren Pickups for their constant support.
I did produce the whole thing playing all the guitars, mandolins, bass and programming (drums & keys) as well as mixing.
Ladies & Djentlemen, here is "O Sole Mio (Goes Metal)"...
The Frankfurt Musikmesse days have been amazing: all my demos for Hotone Audio were extremely crowded; thanks a lot to anybody who showed up, Hotone audio crew & Gurus amp...
What am I working on? I am preparing for the shooting of an instructional dvd for chitarraheavy.com The name of the dvd is "The Art of Shredding".
On 5 September 2016 I'll release my new single both on YouTube (official video) and Itunes. The song is an Italian cover from the 17th century revisited in a progmetal version.
I'm starting tracking demos for the next Arcadia's album; my plan is to have them finished by the end of summer.
Still no news about the label involved in releasing the disk or release date but I believe the entire process will take some time.
Last but not least update: These are my latest 2 demos for the new Hotone Xtomp, both are Arcadia's song playthrough, "Scarecrows' dance" and "Art of Darkness".
Being endorsed by Randall has been my dream during the latest 3 years, the dream comes true now. In my opinion they are the no. 1 amps builder company in the world at present.
I have worked with Hotone for a long time since we first met @ Namm 2015. They have some new amazing products coming out soon that will make the life of a guitar player easier (pics coming soon).
I am so proud of working with those awesome companies & great people at the same time.
And here is the first official video, the song is "Last Night Fire". It's a live performance playing a Legator Ninja 8 string guitar through a Randall Rd20h, I also used a bunch of Hotone pedals, soulpress, grass, ravo & xtomp. The video has been produced by Strobe, from Tonsberg, Norway. The quality is impressing.
