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In the last century of contemporary music, very few artists have left a mark of indelibly stature more than the late great David Bowie. The English artist has inspired and still inspires, to these days and through his immense body of work, millions of musicians around the world in many different art forms, at times, even not necessarily related to music per se.
One of these many musicians inspired by the magnitude of Bowie's songbook, is Monica Frank, a classically trained pianist originally from the States, but currently based in London. After getting her master's degree from New York City's Manhattan School Of Music, Frank has been mentored by the "historical" Bowie's pianist and composer Mike Garson, who, since her invitation to perform at 2019's A Bowie Celebration show in London, has been working closely with Frank via online meetings and email, while the young London-based artist was working on the arrangements she wrote of some of David Bowie's music for piano solo.
Read more: Traces Of Bowie - In Conversation With American Pianist Monica Frank
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- Written by Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Negli anni Ottanta in Italia, la musica stava accogliendo a braccia aperte le nuove influenze Synth-Pop provenienti dal Regno Unito, attraverso nuove ondate musicali come quella dei New Romantic e della New Wave, oppure quella del Rock e del Pop Americano di artisti emblematici di quella decade, come Bruce Springsteen o Michael Jackson, tra molti altri.
In tutto cio', nel contempo, la macchina musicale italiana si reggeva fortemente ad un numero cospicuo di artisti la cui vena e stile prettamente cantautoriale, sebbene supportata da grande creativita' lirica, non offriva molte alternative o innovazioni ne' sonore' ne' tantomeno liriche.
Read more: Da Berlino All'Eternita' - In conversazione con Garbo (Versione Italiana)
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- Written by Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
One of the greatest pleasures of life, unknown to us, especially in the first part of our growth and formation as human beings, it is to walk a path that changes, depending on who we come across, circumstances in which we find ourselves involved and coincidences that happen to us at unexpected moments.
A path that can bring either whirlwind turns to our lives, or just change the perspective of our daily life in an increasing way, pushing us to experiment with new working highways and human paths with a different eye, attentive to our substantial values, but widely, at the same time. to new perspectives and to those around us, at that moment in time.
Read more: Between Alchemy And Mysticism - In Conversation With Gianni Maroccolo
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In one of the most difficult and challenging times ever known in the history of the world, we are all trying to fight the right motivations and reasons to our everyday's life and in our own way. For music artists in general, these are even harder times than many other walks of life, because the absence of live music has become an aspect increasingly more significant to their livelihood, given the huge falls that music industry has faced (and still face) in the last two decades.
Obviously, to battle issues that may rise through a long period of live performance inactivity, the most effective way to, at least, let the musical mojo going for an artist, it is to continue to make music and let their creativity flow, just as British singer/songwriter Mark Reilly, the Commander-In-Chief of Matt Bianco, does.
Read more: Releasing Anxiety Through Music - In Conversation With Mark Reilly (Matt Bianco)
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- Written by Giovanni "Gio" Pilato
Uno dei piu' grandi piaceri della vita, sconosciuto a noi nella prima parte della nostra crescita e formazione come esseri umani, e' quello di percorrere un cammino che cambia di frequente a seconda di coloro nei quali ci imbattiamo, circostanze nelle quali ci troviamo coinvolti e coincidenze che avvengono in momenti inaspettati. Un cammino che puo' apportare o delle virate vorticose alle nostre esistenze, oppure solo cambiare l'ottica del nostro quotidiano in maniera accrescitiva, spingendoci a sperimentare nuove strade lavorative e personali, con un occhio diverso, attento ai nostri valori sostanziali ma aperto allo stesso tempo a nuove prospettive e a coloro che ci circondano, in quel momento.
Quando concetti del genere vengono apportati alla musica, in Italia non c'e' quasi nessuno che ha avuto l'istinto e il coraggio di sfidare nuovi sentieri sonori accoppiati con romantico e profondo misticismo lirico nella stessa maniera che uno dei piu' talentuosi musicisti e produttori in Italia, Gianni Maroccolo, ha saputo fare ed ancora fa nel corso della sua brillantissima carriera.
Read more: Tra Alchimia e Misticismo - Intervista con Gianni Maroccolo (Versione Italiana)