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June is a professional session guitarist based in Seoul, Korea. June’s early music life began as early as seven when he first encountered a piano. Then he fell in love with guitar upon reaching the age of 16, and it let him to spend most of his days as a youth practicing techniques of world-famous guitar players. His passion for guitar, renewed with broadened interest in music, continued in his college education. There he explored numerous styles of music including blues, country, funk, rock, jazz and fusion, getting inspired by guitarists like Dan Huff, Michael Landau, David Gilmour, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Metheny, Scott Henderson and Guthrie Govan, and many others. These experiences served as a foundation for his music career in broadcasting, concerts, musicals, games and films. At the same time, he is a guitarist of rock band “MeV.” June also endorses Wildwood Guitar, a Korean guitar manufacturer that recently made him two unique signature electric guitars.
Artist Bio
June is a professional session guitarist based in Seoul, Korea. June’s early music life began as early as seven when he first encountered a piano. Then he fell in love with guitar upon reaching the age of 16, and it let him to spend most of his days as a youth practicing techniques of world-famous guitar players. His passion for guitar, renewed with broadened interest in music, continued in his college education. There he explored numerous styles of music including blues, country, funk, rock, jazz and fusion, getting inspired by guitarists like Dan Huff, Michael Landau, David Gilmour, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Metheny, Scott Henderson and Guthrie Govan, and many others. These experiences served as a foundation for his music career in broadcasting, concerts, musicals, games and films. At the same time, he is a guitarist of rock band “MeV.” June also endorses Wildwood Guitar, a Korean guitar manufacturer that recently made him two unique signature electric guitars.
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2009 was the 20th year anniversary and on February 14th they released their 14th album ""Paradise Blue"". On August 8th 2009, the band hosted their festival ""Tokyo Ska Jamboree"" for the first time at Yamanaka lake. The New York Ska-Jazz ensemble, See Spot and others gathered from all over the world. 8,000 ska fans gathered at Yamanaka lake and for the last session, all the performers got on stage with almost 80 performers playing together, making it a legendry music event. Starting from a live show at Tokyo NHK hall on September 28th 2009, the band goes on a national tour titled ""and PARADISE goes on...TOUR"". On October 7th, their first single in 3 years ""KinouKyouAshita"" is released. The drummer Kin-ichi Motegi sings as the lead vocalist. The lyrics by Atsushi Yanaka shows the band's attitutude towards yesterday, today and the future. On January 27th 2010, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra collaborate on a single with Tamio Okuda. ""Ryusei to Ballad"" is released and their memorial album is released in March. On March 27th 2010, the band performed a 20th year anniversary live show at the center stage of Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan followed by the live show on Tokyo Taiikukan on April 24th as a kick off performance for their 21st year anniversary. Not ending at their 20th year anniversary, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra will keep running to a 21st year, 22nd year and so on. They will host the festival Tokyo Ska Jamboree vol.2 on August 7th 2010. Like last year, ska bands from all over the world will gather and it will be a day for ska music for the whole day long.
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Osvaldo Di Dio is an italian guitar player and composer, born in Naples, June 18, 1980. He has played and toured with some of the most important italian artists such as Franco Battiato, Eros Ramazzotti, Cristiano De André, Alice, Mario Venuti, Lorenzo Fragola, Pilar, Paolo Vallesi and Lisa. On his musical path, he's had the chance to play with Lucio Dalla, Mauro Pagani, Claudio Baglioni, Cher, Paolo Fresu, Luca Carboni. From 2005 he worked with Francesco Cameli at Sphere Studios in London and with rock legend producer Chris Kimsey (The Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton, Marillion, ELP, Duran Duran): in 2013 Sphere Studios moved to Los Angeles. He's the author of guitar book ""Lizard S.S.M.: Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Vol.1"" (Universal) and has worked, as guitar player and arranger, on the soundtrack of Gabriele Muccino's ""Ricordati di Me"". With visionary trio Post Jazz Mistress, he released the critical acclaimed album ""Global Warming"" in 2011. Osvaldo has been voted by All About Jazz USA contributor Karl Ackermann in ""Guitar"" section at El Intruso 4th Annual Critics Poll - 2011, alongside Bill Frisell. In 2012, his personal approach to classical music attracts the attention of international director and choreographer Massimo Moricone, who wants him in Don Juan, a new production at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, starring the legend of classical ballett Luciana Savignano: on this occasion Osvaldo Di Dio performs Alessandro Scarlatti's sonatas K32 and K213. Osvaldo is also an educator: he has collaborated with some of the most important music academies in the country, taking courses and workshops throughout Italy. 'Fandango' is the first single from his solo album: released January 26, 2015, it reached number 7 on iTunes Rock chart in Italy. 'Better Days', the first solo album, was released on Sept. 7, 2015: it reached number 3 in Rock chart and the number 17 in the overall ranking of iTunes, the only instrumental album in the top 40; it reached number 2 on the Rock chart, the number 2 in the overall standings and was ""the product of the moment"" on Amazon. The track ""Rosso Ducati"" has been chosen by Ducati Motor to be included in the soundtrack of season 2015/2016. He's the guitarist of the band of X-Factor 2015. At NAMM 2016 plays demos for F-Pedals with Eddie Kramer, producer and sound engineer for Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, David Bowie. FEATURED IMAGE TWEET SHARE MORE Osvaldo Di Dio Osvaldo Di Dio thumbnail Hercules Music MINI .
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The genesis of Lacuna Coil can be traced back to Milan, 1994 when guitarist and songwriter Marco Coti-Zelati and his friend, Andrea Ferro, form the band Sleep of Right. Marco plays guitar, Andrea plays bass, and Raffaele Zagaria joins them on guitar and Michelangelo on the drums. The band plays their first live gig in Bologna, Italy in 1994. They record Bleeding Souls which sees release in 1995 on the Noise of Bolgia compilation CD.
Marco soon moves to playing bass so that Andrea can concentrate on vocals and they are joined by Claudio Leo, as second guitarist, and Leonardo Forti on drums; following the departure of Michelangelo. Their next decision no doubt changes the direction their future music would take forever; they ask a female friend, Cristina Scabbia, to sing some backing tracks for them. It is clear that Cristina’s soaring, natural vocals, perfectly compliment the deep growling of Andrea Ferro and they ask her to join the band permanently. After the inclusion of Cristina Scabbia as female vocals the band changes their name to Ethereal and in May 1996 a two-track demo tape, with the songs Shallow End and Frozen Feeling, is recorded and sent to several European record labels. The band receives responses from Nuclear Blast and Century Media and decides to sign the deal with Century Media. Now, with the record deal in place the band discover that the name Ethereal has already been taken by a Greek band. The bands now firmly established line-up – Cristina Scabbia, Andrea Ferro, Marco Coti-Zelati, Claudio Leo, Raffaele Zagaria, and Leonardo Forti – settle on the name LACUNA COIL, meaning “Empty Spiral”, reflecting their vision on life.
The following year, Lacuna Coil recorded its first EP – “Lacuna Coil” in Germany with producer Waldemar Sorychta at the Woodhouse Studios and 1 month later found themselves on tour in Europe supporting Moonspell. 2 months after this, Lacuna Coil performed for the first time at the Lisbon Coliseum in front of more than 5,000 people.
Subsequently, Lacuna Coil has spent the last two decades performing all over the world with many notable and legendary established bands such as The Gathering, Sentenced, Lacrimosa, Dimmu Borgir, Samael, Tiamat, In Flames, Grip Inc, Anthrax, Typo 0 Negative, POD, Disturbed, Static X, Megadeth, Alice in Chains, Rob Zombie, Black Sabbath, Black Label Society, Dragonforce, Lamb of God, Hatebreed, Slipknot, Deftones, Korn, System of a Down.
In addition to Headline and supporting tours, Lacuna Coil has performed at many of the most prestigious festivals around the world including Dynamo Open Air, Gods of Metal, Graspop, Heineken Jammin Festival, Ozzfest, Gigantour, Wacken Open Air, Rock am Ring, Rock im Park, Sonisphere, Rockville Festival, Rocklahoma, ShipRocked, 70000 Tons of Metal. The band has also played the main stage of the legendary Download Festival in England and has gone on to sell in excess of 2 million records worldwide. Among the achievements of the band, its songs have been used in the films Resident Evil - Apocalypse, Alien vs. Predator, The Devil's Hideaway - The Cave, Alone in the Dark, Underworld: Evolution, Masters of Horror II and indeed during 1 episode of the TV series Criminal Minds. Furthering its audience even wider, it’s music has also featured on videogames including Vampire the Masquerade - Bloodlines, Guitar Hero III - Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band I and II.
A stand out point remains that Lacuna Coil are the only Italian band apart from the historic PFM band (Premiata Formerai Marconi) who have entered the chart Top 200 of the American Billboard Chart. This began with its third album Comalies in 2006 at 178th place, in 2008 at 28th place with Karmacode, in 2009 at 16th place with Shallow Life, Dark Adrenaline in 15th place in 2012 and again at 27th place in 2014 with Broken Crown Halo.
Currently, after having toured the world with the Delirium World Tour throughout 2016/2017, Lacuna Coil concluded with a sold out show in London at the 02 Kentish Town Forum on January 19th 2018 in celebration of the 20th. Anniversary of the band. This will also be released a DVD in the Autumn of 2018.
Endorsements: Ibanez, Chapman Guitars, Ovation Guitars, Gallien & Krueger, Blackstar, Positive Grid, Line6, EMG Pickups, Seymour Duncan Pick-ps, D’Addario Strings, Dunlop Picks, Planet Waves, Mapex, Evans, Pro - Mark, Sabian Cymbals, Ultimate Ears, Scott Dixon flight cases, Affliction, Blackcraft Clothing.
Discography:
Sleep of Right:
NOISE OF BOLGIA - BLEEDING SOULS - 1995
Ethereal: PROMO 96 - SHALLOW END - FROZEN FEELING - 1996 Lacuna Coil:
LACUNA COIL - EP - 1997
IN A REVERIE - 1999
HALFLIFE - EP - 2000
UNLEASHED MEMORIES - 2001
COMALIES - 2002
KARMACODE - 2006 VISUAL KARMA (BODY,MIND & SOUL) - DVD LIVE - 2009
MANIFESTO OF LACUNA COIL - BEST OF - 2009
SHALLOW LIFE - 2009
DARK ADRENALINE - 2012
BROKEN CROWN HALO - 2014
DELIRIUM - 2016
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Graduated at GIT in Hollywood Ca.in 1998. I teach and write my music. I also own www.suonarelachitarra.it wich is a video based free web site devoted to teach guitar.
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Corrado ""DADO"" Sezzi
Multipercussionist
Dado was born in 1958 in Genova (Italy); after twenty years as an autodidact he majored in percussion at the Conservatory of Alessandria; starting from the Latin-American music, has widened the field with the Songwriters (he had tours and records with Giorgio Gaber, Gian Piero Alloisio, Max Manfredi, Maurizio Lauzi, etc.), the New Age (Giangi Sainato), the Jazz- Rock with, among others, the Scalinoscaleno group, Bob Callero Stick Band and Picchio Dal Pozzo) and the Folk-Traditional Music (with ""I Suonatori Delle Quattro Province"" and ""Birkin Tree""). It's remarkable his experience with orchestras such as the ""Big Band Scuola Jazz di Quarto"", the ""Orchestra Laboratorio"" of the Conservatory of Alessandria, the ""Impressive Ensemble"" and the ""Great Naco Orchestra."" He has worked - among others - with Armando Corsi , Vittorio and Aldo De Scalzi, Carlos el Rumbero (ex Gipsy King), Brazilian singer Marçia Maria, the Cuban violinist Alfredo De La Fe, the Marçio Ranger Brazilian guitarist and Taufic brothers.
He participated in the creation of incidental music for several performances in Stable Theatres of Genoa, Catania, Florence and Rome, and has collaborated with the Piccolo Regio in Torino and the Piccolo in Milano. Many are the recordings and instructional videos with him as protagonist and collaborator. In June 1997 he won the first ""PercFest Memorial Naco"" (international competition for creative percussionists) ensemble category in Laigueglia (Italy). In January 2013 he attended with the BANDAGABER the special episode of the TV show ""Che tempo che fa"" dedicated to Giorgio Gaber and in July of that year to ""FESTIVAL GABER"" of Viareggio (Italy).
He has been teaching drums and percussion privately since 1982 proposing permanents courses and internships. He is also endorser of LP for ethnic percussion, of REGAL TIP for drumsticks, of Mapex for drums and hardware, of UFIP regarding cymbal and metal percussions, of HERCULES for stands and of CVL DRUMS for FingerSnare2.
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TODAY WE ARE LA VERDI SHOW & MARCHING BAND ... ..
AND THIS AND 'OUR HISTORY FOUNDED 1904
2002/2016 Ten Years MARCHING successes!
The Corpo Musicale Giuseppe Verdi was founded in 1904 as a band of Lonate Ceppino in Varese district/Northern Italy and playing up to the year 1996, the only typical civic and religious activities of traditional Italian bands, it is only in 1997 that the then young band members start a new, gradual training, valuing over time the discipline and artistic technique/instrument typical of the marching show band! the wave of enthusiasm generated by the first performances start a long period of artistic development that has been able to contemplate the civic/religious role with that of marching show band.
But it is only on the occasion of the 1st world championship marching bands and show ""Monza 2003"" full band his conversion, performing her 1st marching show finishing in 2nd place among Italian bands, starting from then a long period of success that will lead the group to experience great artistic and musical experiences both locally, nationally and internationally, also received in 2004 the award of the silver medal of the President of the Republic ""Carlo Azeglio Ciampi"" for the centenary of foundation.
By 2015 we decided to start a new journey changing the name of art in: La Verdi Show & Marching Band!
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Mikki JayDee is DeeJay And Producer.