Amplifico are a

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comprising Donna Maciocia ( keyboards and

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), Ross Kilgour (

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) and Dave Brunton (

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s). The name Amplifico was chosen from a

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dictionary (meaning to increase or enlarge).

Origins

Amplifico's roots are from an early teens friendship at Balwearie High School,

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. Donna Maciocia started song writing and performing in 2004 following her completion of an art degree at the

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. In addition to playing across the UK and Ireland with Amplifico, she provided backing vocals for

KT Tunstall Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall (born 23 June 1975) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She first gained attention with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on ''Later... with Jools Holland'', and h ...

on her live '' Acoustic Extravaganza'' album, sang with Tunstall on her tour in 2006, appeared in Tunstall's "

Another Place to Fall "Another Place to Fall" is a song by Scottish singer KT Tunstall. The song was written by Tunstall and produced by Steve Osborne for Tunstall's 2004 debut album, ''Eye to the Telescope''. It was released as the album's fifth and final single (mu ...

" video, and in 2007 joined Aberfeldy onstage as backing vocal and keyboard musician.

Awards

Amplifico won the 'Best Scottish Band' title in a national UK competition for unsigned bands, playing Glasgow Carling Academy and London Astoria within a year of forming. During this period, the band recorded and self-produced their first material (Hometakes 1 & Hometakes 2) and gained both live and internet based followings.

Studio work

Unsigned and unmanaged, they utilised their fan base and internet following to fund their first full studio based work. This brought the group to the attention of the Scottish media with an article about their efforts to fund their first album being seen in 2006 on BBC Scotland main news programme, ''Reporting Scotland''. The album was largely funded through individual donations and via a live web-streamed "webathon" fundraiser gig. Via their own ‘record label MDM Creations, Amplifico published ''See Heart, See Muscle'' on 3 March 2008. Immediately upon release, BBC Radio 1's Vic Galloway awarded Amplifico the 'Album of The Month' status on his show.

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