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Gianluca Firmo
Gianluca Firmo (born August 1st, 1973) is an Italian singer, songwriter and keyboard player. Firmo was also the main songwriter on '' Room Experience'', an international melodic rock project featuring David Readman. Musical career In 2013, Firmo met Davide Barbieri and Pierpaolo Monti and created a melodic rock project called Room Experience, based on his own songs and featuring David Readman (Pink Cream 69, Voodoo Circle) on vocals, as well as many other guest musicians from the European AOR/Melodic hard rock scene. His debut album Room Experience (released in 2015 by the Australian label Melodic Rock Records, and distributed by Cargo Records UK) was well-received by critics. In 2015, Firmo was recruited by producers Pierpaolo Monti and Davide Barbieri to be part of the I.F.O.R project (Italian Forces of Rock). He co-wrote lyrics and sang the melodic rock anthem "We Still Rock" alongside Alessandro Del Vecchio, Josh Zighetti, Franco Campanella, and others from the Italian ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brescia
Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the second largest city in Lombardy and the fourth largest in northwest Italy. The urban area of Brescia extends beyond the administrative city limits and has a population of 672,822, while over 1.5 million people live in its metropolitan area. The city is the administrative capital of the Province of Brescia, one of the largest in Italy, with over 1.2 million inhabitants. Founded over 3,200 years ago, Brescia (in antiquity Brixia) has been an important regional centre since pre-Roman times. Its old town contains the best-preserved Ancient Rome, Roman public buildings in northern Italy and numerous monuments, among these the medieval castle, the Old Cathedral, Brescia, Old and New Cathedral, Brescia, New cathedral, the Renaissance ''Piazza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Room Experience
''Room Experience'' is a rock album that was released in both a regular and a 500 copies sold out limited edition by Melodic Rock Records on 22 May 2015. It is distributed worldwide by Cargo Records UK. Vocals are led by David Readman (Pink Cream 69, Voodoo Circle), while renowned musicians from all over Europe (Ivan Gonzalez, Sven Larsson, Boris Matakovic amongst the others) make their guest appearances in the record. The album was produced by Davide Barbieri and Pierpaolo Monti, while star producer Alessandro Del Vecchio took care of mixing and mastering duties. It received enthusiastic reviews all over the world, being named as one of the best albums of 2015 by selected websites and magazines specialized in this kind of music. Band members :David Readman: vocals, backing vocals : Gianluca Firmo: keyboards, vocals, backing vocals :Steve De Biasi: electric guitars : Davide Barbieri: backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitars :Amos Monti: bass guitar :Pierpaolo Monti Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Readman
David Readman (born 6 July 1970) is an English singer best known as the vocalist of hard rock band Pink Cream 69 and former vocalist of progressive metal band Adagio. He released a solo album in 2007 and was part of German guitarist Alex Beyrodt's band Voodoo Circle, from 2008 to 2016, returning in 2020. In 2015, two new projects featuring Readman on lead vocals were announced. The first called Room Experience, is a melodic rock project led by Italian musician Gianluca Firmo, with a self-titled album released in May 2015. And the second is Almanac, the new heavy metal band led by former Rage guitarist Victor Smolski. In September 2016 it was announced he had reformed the David Readman Band, his solo band that he founded in Germany. It now features Dutch musicians Emile Marcelis (ex-Vengeance, bass), Eddie Claessens (Vandale, drums) and Bram Engelen (Ostrogoth, guitars). Readman joined British heavy metal band Tank in 2017. In October of the same year, a new project called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Barbieri
Davide Barbieri is an Italian singer, keyboardist and producer born in Italy. He is the founding member, main songwriter and mastermind of the Italian melodic hard-rock band Wheels Of Fire and the founding member, singer and songwriter behind the AOR all star project Charming Grace. Artist career Barbieri started his career in music at the age of 9 as keyboards player in some local bands, but it's only in the beginning of the new millennium that he discovered his passion for singing: he soon decided to approach Italian renowned rock/metal singer Michele Luppi (Vision Divine, Secret Sphere, Los Angeles, Killing Touch, and now official keyboards player and backing Vocalist of legendary rock masters Whitesnake) who became soon his vocal coach. In the second half of 2000 he joined New Jersey (Bon Jovi's tribute band), and then recorded the full-length debut albums of two progressive metal acts called Seventh Archangel and Liquid Shadows. Anyway his passionate love for hard-rock and me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierpaolo Monti
Pierpaolo Monti is an Italian drummer, songwriter and producer born in Italy. He is the founding member, main songwriter and mastermind behind the AOR all star projects Shining Line and Charming Grace. Musician career Monti founded his first band, Sovversivo, in 1999 before leaving it in 2004 to pursue a personal career in Melodic Rock and AOR music. In 2008 he founded, with his longtime friend Amos Monti, an AOR all-star project called Shining Line, that was officially released in 2010 by German label Avenue Of Allies Music, receiving acclaim from fans and critics. In 2011 he founded, with Italian singer/songwriter Stefano Lionetti and Italian progressive rock mastermind Alessandro Del Vecchio, a new AOR project called Lionville, released the same year by Avenue Of Allies Music. He took part in the recording sessions playing drums and providing lyrics for all the tracks of the album, except for the cover songs "Thunder In Your Heart" (originally recorded and performed by John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Cream 69
Pink Cream 69 was a German hard rock/ heavy metal band from Karlsruhe, formed in 1987. History The band was formed in 1987 by Andi Deris, Dennis Ward, Kosta Zafiriou and Alfred Koffler. They gained their first contract by winning music magazine ''Metal Hammer''s newcomer competition in Ludwigsburg one year after forming. In 1994, Andi Deris left the band to join Helloween. He was replaced by British singer David Readman in August 1994. The band, often referred to as ''The Pinkies'', became a five-piece in 2003, when Uwe Reitenauer was hired to support neuropathic guitar player Alfred Koffler. In March 2012, it was announced that drummer Kosta Zafiriou had left the band, due to his various activities as a manager at the company Bottom Row and as the drummer and manager of the new band Unisonic. He was replaced by Chris Schmidt. In 2019 and 2020, respectively, bassist Dennis Ward and guitarist Uwe Reitenauer announced their departure from the band. They were replaced by Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voodoo Circle
Voodoo Circle, also known as Alex Beyrodt's Voodoo Circle, is a German hard rock band founded in 2008, as a project of Silent Force guitarist Alex Beyrodt (currently also playing with heavy metal band Primal Fear (band), Primal Fear) who had the idea to re-think his personal vision of music, making songs more based on his early influences, such as Whitesnake, Yngwie Malmsteen, Deep Purple and Rainbow (English band), Rainbow. After the debut album called ''Alex Beyrodt's Voodoo Circle'', the project became a collaborative band, composed mainly of Alex Beyrodt on guitar together with vocalist David Readman (Pink Cream 69) and bassist Mat Sinner (Beyrodt's bandmate on bands Primal Fear, Sinner and Silent Force) with the addition of a keyboard player and a drummer. On 5 May 2016, after doing 4 albums and tours, it was announced that original vocalist David Readman was leaving the band to focus on other activities. He was replaced by Herbie Langhans (Beyond the Bridge, ex-Sinbreed, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cargo Records (UK)
Cargo Records is a record label based in London, England, which distributes musical recordings in the United Kingdom and Europe. The company currently distributes records in a wide variety of genres, both as a label in its own right and as a distributor for other independent record labels. The company was first established in 1992 as a division of the Canadian record company Cargo Records."Cargo Files for Bankruptcy". ''Billboard'', 24 January 1998. When its original founders sold the Canadian parent company to new owners in 1995, the British office was not part of the sale – instead, it became a separate company which continued to be owned and operated by founder Phillip Hill. At the same time, his former business partner Eric Goodis took over ownership and operation of the former parent company's office in the United States to form Cargo Music Cargo Music Inc. is an American punk rock record label based in San Diego, California. It distributes records for other labels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Del Vecchio
Alessandro Del Vecchio (born 21 April 1979) is an Italian musician, singer, record producer and songwriter. He is a current member of hard and heavy bands Edge of Forever, Hardline, Jørn Lande and Vanden Plas. He is also well known for his collaborations with hard rock and heavy metal artists such as Revolution Saints, Fergie Frederiksen, Ted Poley, Kelly Keeling, Mat Sinner and Alex Beyrodt, and for his work as the in-house producer for Neapolitan record label Frontiers Music SRL from his personal Ivorytears Music Works Studio located just north of Milan. Biography Formation Born and raised in Italy, his career started at a very young age while honing his skills as a singer, songwriter and versatile instrumentalist. Among his many musical accomplishments, Alessandro found himself at the pinnacle of the industry's most difficult processes. Alessandro began indulging in producing, engineering and mastering hundreds of world-class ''Billboard'' chart topping albums includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Male Songwriters
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marination * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus * ''Italien'' (magazine), pro-Fascist magazine in Germany between 1927 and 1944 See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
