• Over 10 years experience • Regular live performance history, from age of ten until now; from big-band to orchestra (pop,classic), jazz, pop, hip hop, R&B, funk, blues, fusion, rock and latin • Various Italian tours with bands and Orchestra • Performs regularly with functions band • Drummer for Marco Mestichella, Elena Fariselli, Alexandro Schillaci, The thirteen club, Yuri Goloubev, Paolo Losi, London meltin pop, Rocca brothers, Banda Castellamare Del Golfo (orchestra pop,classical), Brass group- Palermo (jazz big band) • Writes and performs with original funk, rock, pop bands and original pop, rock, classical, jazz songwriters/composers • Recording Studio experience (2 EP, and various tracks) • Sound engineering skills • 'Click-friendly' and sight-reading skills (drum, G cleff, bass cleff) • Skilled in a variety of percussions, backing vocals, drum programming and music production and arrangement • Knowledge of musical theory and harmony • Teaches drums privately to beginners, intermediate and advanced players • Rockschool grades teacher • Versatile and open minded drumming • Own equipment Personal attributes • - Excellent time keeping skill • - Excellent personal grooming • - Positive attitude • - Excellent initiative • - Very adaptable to any situation • - Dependent and Quick Learner • - Fluent Italian and English speaker TRAINING AND EDUCATION: • Studied with with some of the best Italian and non Italian drummers: Dom Famularo, Ernesto Simpson, Gregory Hutchinson, Francesco Mendolia, Mark Fletcher, Dexter Hercules, Marco Volpe, Massimo Russo, Alfonso Vitale, Emiliano Caroselli, Felipe Drago, Francesco Canturi, Angelo Spataro, Giuseppe Nuccio, Felice Cavazza, Ivano Augugliaro • Partecipated many clinics and masterclasses hosted by some of the best drummers worldwide: Gavin Harrison, Chris Coleman, Dave Weckl, Antonio Sanchez, Aaron Spears, Dom Famularo, Benny Greb, Peter Erskine, David Garibaldi, Steve Gadd, Alfredo Golino, Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti, Gabor Dornyei, Maxx Furian, Silvano Del Pesce, Lucrezio De Seta, Emanuele Tienforti, Enzo Augello • School Diploma in drums&percussions in 2008 graded with 10/10 as mark