Collecchio Film Festival 2013

Hey!

I want to show you a little work I made last summer with my friend Fabio "Zedd" Cavallo, a local director. 

Together we made the opening video for the Collecchio Film Festival 2013, he created the animation and I took care of the audio part.

In my opinion it's a nice thing, I like that little alien!

September Sun

Hi everyone!

Today I would like you to listen one of my first songs I've written after my band broke up, it's titled September Sun. 

This song means quite much to me, since I wrote it in a very bad period of my life, it took quite a long time to be completed, since I wanted it to be the most emotional and authentic as it could be.

To record it I've used:

"Jackson RR24" Guitar

"Vox VT-100" Amplifier

"Line6 POD 2.0" Multi-effect processor for guitar

"Steinberg CI 1"USB Audio Interface

Listen to it if you have some time and let me know what do you think about it and maybe which emotions does it inspire to you.

First impressions about the discover of the Line6 POD HD500X!

Hey!

Today I was looking for a new piece of gear, and since I really like Line6 products, I've decided to go that way, so looking at Line6's site (http://line6.com/) I've found this:

The Line6 POD HD500x, I already have the POD 2.0, which is very good and I still use it to reach a very good tone, but now it's a bit old and I need to evolve my gear in relation to my needs. Reading the description of the HD500x I've realized that it would be the perfect choice for me, it has an enormous variety of sounds and effects in it, so it can be suitable for a blues guitar player and for example a player more oriented to a metal style. 

This is a digital pedalboard and a processor for guitar, so it has all the base functions of the POD series: you can edit your sound in may ways and assign it to a specific channel, the software seems to be very cool and gives you the possibility to edit your sound using a PC or a Mac, instead of doing it directly from the POD, this makes things pretty easier. As you can see from the pic, there is an expression pedal already built in, but if you wish, you can connect another one.

One particular thing that I really appreciate is the Send/Return connection, this means you can connect other pedals if you wish to personalize your sound in every shade.

I have to admit, Line6 wins easily on me, since I've already got the Line6 Spider IV 30 Amplifier and the POD 2.0, which never got me disappointed. So I'll be saving money to buy this little thing, and I'll certainly write a better and more detailed post about it! You can watch this meanwhile, it's the official ad of the POD HD500x, from the Line6 website, enjoy it! It really worked on me!

Musicoff guitar contest 2012

Hi everyone!

Today I'll show the video of my second guitar contest, it was in 2012.

The request of the contest was about writing a solo on a Steve Vai's backing track.

I have to say thanks to my friend Fabio "Zedd" Cavallo for having filmed the whole thing.

So, here it is!

The gear consisted in:

"Jackson RR24" Guitar

"Ernie Ball Slinky 0.11-0.48" Strings

"Vox VT-100" Amplifier

"Line6 POD 2.0" Multi-effect processor for guitar.

Having some fun!

Hi there!

This afternoon I was jamming a bit on some backing tracks, and then I've found this one.
I really like it, so I've decided to record a short solo on it (BTW first recording of 2014, yay!), just in order to have some fun!

The track is in Em, a great occasion to use an Armonic Minor scale, which I personally love for its versatility!
Listen to this and let me know what do you think about it!



By the way, as you can see in the picture below, I've tried to experiment a bit to find a nice sound for my guitar, but in the end, I've just decided to put the microphone in front of the amplifier and connect the guitar through an eq pedal.

So, the gear I've used is:
"Jackson RR24" Guitar
"Ernie Ball Slinky 0.11-0.48" Strings
"Line6 Spider IV 30" Amplifier
"Boss GE-7" 7 bands EQ pedal
"Hardwire HT-6" Polyphonic Tuner
"Shure SM57" Microphone
"Steinberg CI 1" USB Audio Interface

Credits for the backing track go to gilneiroot, you can find the track here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMhszkq1sGg

My first guitar contest!

Ehylà!

Vi voglio far vedere il video che ho usato per partecipare al mio primo contest di chitarra, alla fine mi sono piazzato quinto, quindi come prima esperienza direi che non è andata nemmeno troppo male!

Per l'occasione la mia strumentazione era:
Amplificatore "Fender Mustang I"
Chitarra "Jackson RR24"

Corde "Ernie Ball Slinky 0.11-0.48"
"Line6 POD 2.0" (multieffetto per chitarra)
"Zoom Q3HD" (registratore audio/video)

Hi there!

I want to show you the video which I used to partecipate to my first guitar contest, I placed myself at  the 5th place, so as first contest experience it didn't end so bad after all!

For the occasion, my gear was:
"Fender Mustang I" Amplifier
"Jackson RR24" Guitar

"Ernie Ball Slinky 0.11-0.48" Strings

"Line6 POD 2.0" (Multi-effect processor for guitar)
"Zoom Q3HD" (audio/video recorder)

Let's start jammin'!

Ciao a tutti. Mi presento, sono Disturbia Jk.
Suono la chitarra elettrica da 8 anni, e da un po' di tempo mi sono appassionato alla composizione musicale grazie anche all'acquisto di nuovi mezzi digitali. A settembre ho pubblicato il primo pezzo su iTunes e da circa un anno faccio parte di SoundCloud.
Collaboro attualmente con Fabio "Zedd" Cavallo, regista di grande impronta artistica che ha a sua volta lavorato con J-Ax, Gemelli Diversi, Sisley. Attualmente è impegnato nella produzione di un suo film intitolato "Il segreto del lago". Ho realizzato per lui la sigla del Collechio Video Film Festival 2013 e ho scritto la musica per altri video in collaborazione con ElisaEly Photography, emergente fotografa del territorio.
In questo blog vorrei proporvi le mie recensioni di alcuni strumenti che ho in casa e che acquisterò a scopo musicale, discutere di vari compositori e musicisti e proporvi alcuni miei lavori. Spero che vi possa piacere! Stay Rock!!!


Hi everybody, I'm Disturbia Jk.
I started playing guitar 8 years ago and over the last two years I've been writing music with my guitar and my computer. In september I've published a track on iTunes and for a year I've been publishing tracks on Soundcloud.
At the moment I'm working with Fabio "Zedd"Cavallo, a very creative director who worked with J-Ax, Gemelli Diversi and Sisley. Now he's working on his own movie, titled "The secret of the lake".
I've written for him the opening theme of the "Collecchio Video Film Festival 2013", and I've written some music for other works with ElisaEly Photography, a local emergent photographer.
In this blog I would like to share with you my reviews of the instrumentation I already have and of the gear that I'm going to buy in the future. I'll be telling you about my favourite musicians and composers and I'd be very glad to know what do you think about my own works. Hope we can have some fun together! Stay Rock!

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