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Drummer and composer, self-taught in either role, apart from a drum of learning in later life by his friend and great drummer Mauro Gherardi (V. Rossi, L.Carboni.L.Dalla, P. Bertoli name a few), was born in Mesagne (BR) town of his father but has lived most of his life in fields of Campi Salentina (Lecce), the mother town. A Salentino D.O.C. and we all know how generous this land is rich in culture and folk traditions also expressed in the dance that integrates with the music (The Taranta, Editor's Note), land that is in his DNA, and even clothing for many years now through the capital of Emilia even today it retains not only the accent, but also difficult to eliminate gradually forcing the dialect as the other places to learn and even to mention the rest of pronuncia.Del his son who was born in Scandiano (Reggio Emilia) from Emilia's mother, speaks as it should be the language leccese.Fin beat on drums as a child of a famous soap someone still remembers them, instinctive now able to "accompany" the rhythmic songs of the time. In those years it is hard to find who teaches the drums lack a knowledge of the instrument all boils down to a study of music and snare drum run of the many local bands that just leads to a purely expressive "band" that Al (Fonso) do not care even bores him. Another possibility is the High School Musical (Conservatory) in Lecce, but there is a section dedicated to drumming up must still be in Bari and percussion symphony, not the "Drum". Around eighteen years with the master Elvino Pozzi, a teacher of High School Musical Lecce, who majored in percussion began to implement a Drum's method on American models, he began to take lessons almost immediately interrupted by transfer of the latter in a high school closer to his home town, Cattolica (RN). The music is in any case in his DNA as his land the absorption of continuous listening, singing from an early age too. The first real effort to get the battery after long ill-treated his father and mother who wanted only to high school, is a "Tama Swingstar" begins to play well in various situations in the street parties that raged in the south due to the many opportunities given from religious festivals. After this 'disappointing experience in some ways, look for a different project focused on the possibility of having a group to make music a little' more committed to the square of the songs. It would take a encyclopedia "Treccani" to tell the whole story, know that it has always been taken by many interests and the battery is only one of them is also attracted by the new wind of communication and so-called free radio fascinates him so much that for many years puts the instrument in the second floor to take a lot of satisfaction with musical entertainment on the road "ether." The passion for music that is heard, played on the radio (listen then done), or even played it ever made does not change even when it soothes and 89 seems to close its doors and hang the sticks to the nail after a night of carnival with the latest travel companions, his music is there in ambush ready to rise again at the right time. Just landed in Reggio Emilia comes after a very short time involved in around the piano singing and playing keyboards, although much work is done by the midi. Circumvent this business obliges him until 2002, turning half "Emilia" using from time to time as needed for different patners where women were required to "Duo." No more shots chopsticks until then, riscocca a sudden spark of his first "love" the drum.
He does not remember how it was that he remembers only found in a store and have seen a mail with the pads, so that they can also be used in an apartment. Since then he has thrown headlong into learning his instrument and has not stopped since and the rest is history, that of "Zona Cesarini," the ATB (Around The Blues) and many other projects will be born, for him as for Leo (Toncelli pianist: "ZONE", "ATB) music is really the" love of his life "are struggling to understand her companions who regularly loses because of this they can not rival with which to deal. It 'used to say: "My girlfriend will love the music first and then me!