Paolo Guiducci is an Italian composer, currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Soundscape Metamorphosis's music is minimally edited. No overdubs.
"On the cords of Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, through (with a PowerBook and some minimally used [+]Paolo Guiducci is an Italian composer, currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Soundscape Metamorphosis's music is minimally edited. No overdubs.
"On the cords of Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, through (with a PowerBook and some minimally used software) seasons and landscapes, changing, yet always faithful to his style. The minimalist arpeggio of "Metamorphosis #1". The Sylvan-like ambiance in "Metamorphosis #2", that thickens in exhaustion. The delay fresco of hispanic transparencies in "Metamorphosis #3". The luminescent droning of "Metamorphosis #5". Of course: Toral, Fripp, Hassell, Fahey... completely Guiducci. (7/8)" Blow Up Magazine N. 94, March 2006
Short bio:
1967. Paolo was born in Gambettola, a small town between Rimini and Cesena, Italy.
1981. Pink Floyd's Ummagumma was a cognitive revolution, besides an intro to a bunch of rock stuff.
1983. Early sound experiments with absolutely no knowledge of music theory, using the PC Commodore 64. Wrote several programs for sound / noise improvisation and random music generation. This was the beginning of his new obsession.
1985. Started to study music and guitar, mostly self-taught.
1986. Played drums in a short-term blues band with no name, based in Gambettola.
1987. Classic and Contemporary music was the second revolution: Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mahler, Bartok, and so on.
1988. Bought his first electric guitar, a Fender Telecaster.
1988. Started to play, as lead guitarist, in a rock-blues cover band called Outsiders, based in Cesena. It was a short-term project.
1989. Played in another cover-band called Capo Nero Blues Band, based in Cesenatico. The repertory included long psychedelic jams, west coast style (Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, etc.). It was another short-term project.
1990. Formed, together with my friend guitarist Paolo Bondi, a rock band called Andalusian Dog, based in Cesena. The band's repertory included mostly our own music, a crossover of hard, punk and psychedelia.
1992. Joined the art association Sinapsi, based in Cesena. Composed the soundtrack and played on the live act Assedio alla Rocca, the show took place at the Forlimpopoli's Castle. With Sinapsi he also did an exposition of pictures about the making of the short
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