massimo34427 + Musician in Dublin

SEEKING

ABOUT

The candidate performs actively as a professional musician (percussionist) since he was 7 years of old and still continues his work. Actively he plays congas, bongos, timbales, cajon, shaker, tambourine, cymbals, chimes hangdrum, and he uses the independence of the arms to play multiple instruments together simultaneously (ex shaker-congas, timbales-congas, tambourine-congas, cajon-congas, cajon-cymbals-congas, congas-bongos, congas-cowbell, timbales-shaker, etc). He began his studies at the music school of his hometown, studying drum set and percussions. In 2014 he went to Perugia and attended the Clinic of Umbria Jazz held by the american college the "Berklee College of Music" in Boston (MA), going to get a scholarship of $ 18,000. He continued his studies with the ex-drummer of Jamiroquai, Maurizio Ravalico; he continued with a big Italian percussionist Leo Angilla, active in the study of the independences (so he can play multiple instruments together at the same time); he develops some Cuban tradition techniques with Valerio Perla and ends with Ron Savage, one of the most important jazz-drum and percussions masters at the Berklee College Of Music. His professional career continued playing in Italy and abroad with big band jazz, Latin-American groups, funk, acid-jazz, pop, rock, swing, acoustic and musical groups. During the summer of 2016 he decided to go to London for a few months to pursue a musical way, being able to play with the percussionist of the legendary band "Incognito" Joao Caetano, being able to be recognized within the jazz club "Ronnie Scott's" and various London music sectors. He also makes percussion courses for children from 10 to 18 years and he also carried out a project of Drum Circle with a group of disabled adults experiencing serious medium as the rhythmic stimulation could affect motor coordination in the users with excellent results and developing a thesis project still in the research phase. On May 2017 he auditioned for the Cirque Du Soleil and he entered into the database as percussionist waiting for a call.

Screen name:

massimo34427

Member since:

July 26 2017

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Touring

Years playing music:

15

Gigs played:

Over 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Influences

Cuban tradition, jazz, funk, soul, R&B, swing.
Irakere, Chucho Valdes, Maceo Parker, Stevie Wonder, Robert Glasper, Sting, Incognito, ecc.

Instrument experience:

Other Percussion:

Expert

EQUIPMENT

Congas, bongos, timbales, cajon, cowbells, tambourine, shakers, cymbals, chimes, little percussions.

MUSIC