Giuseppe
My new friend from China, “Giuseppe”, has been studying Italian for 1 year only, but speaks amazingly fluent! Considering that he has never been to Italy, not only he owns an impressive vocabulary of words but he also knows lots of Italian slang and ways of saying. As if it weren’t enough, he is a lyrical singer, a tenor: well, actually he’s still studying on that, but he (just few days ago) won the second prize during a competition among all Guangdong province universities. In a couple of years he will travel to Italy mastering his talent at the Milan Conservatorio where many famous musicians have studied in the past. I wish him good luck and I will soon upload some of his demo of “La donna e’ mobile”.
I can play guitar! This is the first song I’ve learnt (or almost) … It’s based on D , G , C , Am , F# chords , which is so far the only notes I can play, but I already improved the speed of my fingers on the tabs , so I will be able to switch to other songs soon! Download my first guitar playing test , after around 20 hours of practicing. Don’t mind about my voice that is absolutely not tuned, just pay attention to the strings.
Alan Rooster at Holliwood, California, Michael Jackson star , 1994
I have been listening to music since very young, first initiated by my parents who, while traveling by car, were playing classical tapes like Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Albinoni, Richard Clyderman and some jazz by Glenn Miller or Frank Sinatra.
However, the first time I started to listen to some music by my own, in my room, with my own tapes, started around my 11th or 12th birthday, when my best friend (Antonio U. “Tony”) got me the album Dangerous (Michael Jackson). It was the first musical experience in my walkman and in my room’s stereo. Soon after, I turned on the radio and started to learn many different kind of music, especially eurodance during the ’90 (Regina, Corona, Double You, Alexia, ATB, Snap, Ace of Base etc…), and the general pop at the time. Queen, Backstreet boys, Britney Spears, Pink Floyd, Metallica, Nirvana, Oasis, Thake that, Spice Girls and the other big names in the pop scene.
After couple of years, I moved my attention to the ’80 with Bee Gees, and the other oldies.
Some italian artists in my personal collection are Lunapop, Laura Pausini, 883 and Articolo 31.
Let’s say, till now, im still stuck back at the 80′ and 90′, it seems nowadays there are not so many great artists as they used to be before, dont know why.
