Queen, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Genesis, ELP, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Ten Years After, Billy Cobham, Dave Matthews band, Chicago, Van Halen, Yes, PFM, Le Orme, Osanna, Il Volo, Buddy Rich, Eugenio Finardi, Blues Brothers, John Lee Hooker, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jefferson Airplane, Dire Straits, The Trip, Santana, Barry White, Isaac Hayes, Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Henry Belafonte, Phil Collins, Beach Boys, Sly and the Family Stone, Dave Weckl, Aerosmith, Nirvana, The Darkness, Randy Crawford, Beethoven, Steely Dan, Mozart, Alan Parson Project, Ennio Morricone, Mina, Lucio Battisti, Dire Straits, Anna Oxa, Elisa, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Winter, Rolling Stones, Jaco Pastorius, Vinnie Colaiuta..
Music is life!
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Alessandro Bonacci was born in south of Italy. He begins playing drums at the age of seven studying with Carlo Caligiuri and then continued with Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti. He attended Berklee Summer School where he had the pleasure to study with RON SAVAGE, KEN CERVENKA and MATTHEW NICHOLL and to meet many great artists like PAT MARTINO, MIROSLAV VITOUS, DARYL LOWERY, etc. He become the official "Vincent" band's drummer in the 2005. He won Sanremo Rock Festival 2005 (An important event of music in Italy) with the band. In this event he had the chance to play on the same stage on which famous people were playing (i.e. IAN PAICE - Deep Purple's drummer). The band is currently playing in Italy. He took part in many radio and television programs (RaiDue, RadioDue, Sky, etc.) and in many important music contest with different artists (Coca Cola contest, Premio Musicultura, Rock Targato Italia, etc.). He also takes part in the project "Renilin: OFFSIDE", produced by Renilin, with other ten artists of all over the world.
Now he is working in other important projects too, like Alessia D’Andrea (Ian Anderson, David Arch, Florian Opahle, Stephan Zeh, Steafan Hannigan, ecc.), Iveline (Eurovision 2009 finalist) and Ivan Battistella (Tony Levin, Brian Ray, James Raymond, Roberto Diana, Simone Borghi, ecc.).
-) "Converting Italian PopularClassics to Jazz" - Luigi Tessarollo, Paolo Porta, Claudio Zanghiari, David Lo Cascio.
-) "Simple Yet Powerfull Improvisation with triades" - Daryl Lowery, Matthew Nicholl, Ron Savage.
-) Studies with Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti.
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Alessandro Bonacci si avvicina alla batteria all'età di sette anni, iniziando gli studi con il maestro Carlo Caligiuri per poi proseguire con Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti (Mina, Renato Zero, Lucio Dalla, Alex Britti, Bennato, ecc.). Svolge il corso Berklee Summer School studiando batteria con RON SAVAGE, teoria e solfeggio con KEN CERVENKA, composizione con MATTHEW NICHOLL. Tra i maestri che ha avuto il piacere di conoscere nell'occasione: PAT MARTINO, MIROSLAV VITOUS, LARY MONROE, DARYL LOWERY, e molti altri. Matura da ragazzo l’idea di un percorso professionale, durante la collaborazione con i chitarristi Fabrizio Bonacci e Francesco Ianni. Subentra quindi nel gruppo musicale "Vincent" nel 2005 Vincent Official Site. Nello stesso anno partecipa e vince con la band Sanremo Rock, dove ha modo di suonare sullo stesso palco dove si esibiscono a seguire musicisti del calibro di IAN PAICE (Deep Purple), SOLIERI (Vasco), PORTERA (Dalla), e molti altri. Accompagna differenti artisti in molti contest come Premio Musicultura (Ex premio Recanati), Cornetto Free Music, Coca Cola Contest, Rock Targato Italia, etc. Seguono partecipazioni e passaggi radio/televisivi (Rai Due, Radio Due, Sky, Telespazio Calabria, RTL 102,5, Radio Suby, Subasio, Rts, ecc.). Ha il piacere di partecipare al progetto "Renilin: OFFSIDE", prodotto dalla Renilin, con artisti nazionali e internazionali.
Attualmente, oltre a seguire Alessia D’Andrea (Ian Anderson, David Arch, Florian Opahle, Stephan Zeh, Steafan Hannigan, ecc.), svolge concerti in tutta Italia come batterista ufficiale della band Vincent ed è impegnato in vari progetti internazionali come quello di Iveline, rinomata artista bulgara (finalista all’Eurovision 2009) e Ivan Battistella (Tony Levin, Brian Ray, James Raymond, Roberto Diana, Simone Borghi, ecc.).
TODAY, Ill be co hosting on the Dave Charles radio show 102.3 hfm. Im nervous so to have you listening would be great, from 7pm (GMT) on line or radio x
thanks a lot Alessandro!! I really appreciate that, nice to meet you :) would you like some free song downloads? I have a way to get them to you using gmail.... I made it so you can grab them whenever you have time. (you won't need a gmail account to do it) just send me a myspace message with the subject "downloads" and I'll take care of ya :) let me know Dylan
Hi "picciotto beddissimo"! It's all right! And you? Last friday the DrumTech has started...it's actually cool! Yesterday I felt a sort of Star, the staff took few pictures of me while playing, with the chairman...really nice! Have a nice day my friend and...NSD...NEVER STOP DRUMMING...it's a new drug! ;-)
