WHO AM I?

I was born in Rome on the 22nd of September 1972 and basically from the beginning I had my first steps into music, thanks to the help of my family.

I was only 4 when I played the guitar, entertaining a whole bunch of astonished friends and relatives.

HOW DID IT START?

In sixth grade instead an event that eventually changed my life happened: tired of the lesson, I had asked the teacher if I could go to the toilet and, outside my class, I met the music teacher who was carrying in his class a complete drum set! I stood there fascinated by that ensemble of pieces, drums, cymbals, mechanical parts up to the point I asked the teacher who’s gonna be the lucky player of that beauty. He answered he did not know yet, and I immediately offered volunteer and - this was incredible! - as soon as I sat on the stool I already knew where to put and how to move my hands!

TIME FOR PRACTISING!

After the first years of "pure" delight, I started the real studying of the instrument thanks to the first suggestions of my forever friend Massimo Rosari. At 16 I studied with Cristiano Micalizzi and at 19 with Vincenzo Restuccia.
I have attended the clinics by Dave Weckl, Pete Zeldman, Virgil Donati, Joey Heredia, Steve Smith, Kim Plainfield e Massimo Pacciani.

LET’S GO TO WORK...

When I was only 22 I have began playing as a professional with many bands of the roman scene and I had my first tour experience with Kay Bianco. From that moment it has been a continuous follow up of works that made my play with artists such as: DBboulevard, Moony, Max Gazzè, Franz Di Cioccio, Teo Mammucari, Patty Pravo, Phil Palmer, The Mothers Of Invention, Grazia Di Michele, Eagle-Eye Cherry, I Ragazzi Italiani, Brusco, Massimo Nunzi, Deborah Johnson, David Colaiacomo, Achtung Babies, Claudio Insegno, Wess, Scialpi and many others

I have worked also for BMG, Virgin, EMI, Polygram and Warner Bros.

Pizza and Fruit pics by Gianni Podda (xersee@libero.it)

Drumsticks and cymbals pics by Franz Benvenuti

A very important moment in my life has been when I started working with The Grandmothers, the band formed by the mythical Frank Zappa’s Mothers of invention.

In that period I moved to London and I toured the world playing an incredible music that contributed in enlarging my views and improving my technical performances on the instrument.

Back in Italy, I took back my contacts and started back my activity as a session man, alterning it with the live performances and my job as a drum teacher in the schools " Donna Olimpia " and " Piano B ".

I’m also an UFIP , B-Stick and DAILA ’s endorser.

...NEED A DRUMMER?

I’m available for whatever concern the world of drumming: touring, visuals, studio sessions and private lessons.

I’m also available for recording sessions in my own studio. Tracks can be exported in AIFF or WAVE format, 16 or 24 bit and 44.1 or 48Khz.

DROP A LINE IF YOU NEED ME!