In the halls of Accademia Del Suono in Milan, an explosive band has just been born: ROCKIN’THE ACADEMY! In this wonderful band I have the honor of collaborating with: Luca Milieri (guitar) Francesco La Rosa (drums) Francesco Arzani (bass) With musicians like them, only something amazing can come out, and the first rehearsals confirm this theory!! I’ll keep you updated!
First of all, happy new year to all of you! Karnak is changing its name, the new chosen name is… COSMO CODE! Let’s hope it brings us lots of luck…
Finally our adventure has come to an end! Last week we worked on the mixing, and it was a thrilling experience!! Giovanni Nebbia (the sound engineer at Ithil World studio) demonstrated great professionalism, expressing his abilities to the fullest. During this time spent working I understood that he’s number one. I had sensed it when I recorded with Mauro Vero and had it confirmed when I decided to entrust him with the recording of our album. He was never satisfied until he knew he could push further. ...
Here’s the video of Octavarium (Dream Theater) performed by Silent Sea on July 28th: Your browser does not support the video tag.
Recordings completed!!! Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th we recorded the vocals! It was a lot of fun even though quite demanding. Great job Daniele Baglietto, who gave us some thrilling performances. Next Stop: Mixing!! Thanks to Stefano Maccari! for the wonderful photos!
Sunday, December 2nd, I’ll be presenting the RLS Extreme course by Donato Begotti at the Panta Musica school in Imperia!! The guitar meeting will begin at 4:00 PM and will be free!!
Guitar solos recorded! As soon as I entered the studio this morning, while the sound engineer was mic’ing the cabinet (see photo below) I warmed up for half an hour. Then we dialed in the sound and got to work! By 3:00 PM we already had all the material ready! We worked calmly, we had 2 hours to spare and even had time to relax and chat (which is important when recording solos)! ...
Tuesday and Wednesday the bass and keyboard tracks were completed! Gabriele Chiusano and Tomaso Delfino did a truly excellent job, I can only thank them for contributing to bringing this creation to life. Hearing these pieces that I composed over the years take shape was truly exciting. Now only my solos and vocals are missing, so some segments are complete!! I can’t contain my excitement! The sound engineer at Ithil World Recording Studio, Giovanni Nebbia, is doing a sensational job. I’m sure that listening to the final result you’ll hear his added value! ...
Here, for those interested, is the signal chain with which the rhythm guitars were recorded at Ithil World Studio in Imperia last week. Here’s the complete signal chain: My legendary Ibanez Prestige RGT 3020 MESA DUAL RECTIFIER head MESA RECTO STANDARD 4x12 cabinet Expertly mic’d with three microphones:- U47Fet i (NEUMANN) Shure SM57 MD 421 II (SENNHEISER) all through:- 3 Solid State Logic “super analogue” Pre Solid State Logic SL4000G+ “black eq” Mixer (This is history!! this mixer produced 3/4 of the world’s hit singles, and albums like Metallica’s “Black album” or Dream Theater’s “Awake” just to name 2) Empirical Labs EL-8 DISTRESSOR (Queensrÿche, Mr. Big, Joe Satriani, Metallica, Megadeth, Aerosmith) Finally passing through the Prism ADA 8XR “dream” converters and into Protools!!! Phew… But what an enormous sound!! ...
Rhythm guitars are also finished! We worked all day without stopping and at the dawn of 6 PM we reached the end! The legendary Ibanez RGT3020 once again proved to be an extraordinary guitar. Not that I needed confirmation!! Giovanni Nebbia (the sound engineer) was incredibly patient with my perfectionism and made today’s recordings a breeze! In the coming days, a detailed diagram of the signal chain used for the rhythm guitars! ...