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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:54 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss" version="2.0"><channel><title>Photos</title><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>LOB Tech Tones Logo 2011</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20Logo%202011.jpg?pictureId=9692305</link><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20Logo%202011.jpg?pictureId=9692305&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20Logo%202011.jpg?pictureId=9692305&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>LOB Tech Tones Logo</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/lob%20tech%20tones%20trio%20logo.jpg?pictureId=598248</link><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/lob%20tech%20tones%20trio%20logo.jpg?pictureId=598248&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/lob%20tech%20tones%20trio%20logo.jpg?pictureId=598248&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>LOB Tech Tones - Line up</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Line%20up%20-%20logo%202011.jpg?pictureId=9666169</link><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Line%20up%20-%20logo%202011.jpg?pictureId=9666169&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Line%20up%20-%20logo%202011.jpg?pictureId=9666169&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Piergiorgio Lucidi - guitars</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Piergiorgio%20Lucidi.jpg?pictureId=599696</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="thumbnail-image-float-right"&gt;&lt;a href="/display/ShowImage?imageUrl=%2Fpicture%2FLOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Blue%20and%20Joy%20Club%20-%20Piergiorgio%20Lucidi%204.jpg%3FpictureId%3D1219780%26asGalleryImage%3Dtrue&amp;imageTitle=1128516-1219780-thumbnail.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=752,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no'); return false;"&gt;&lt;img src="/storage/thumbnails/1128516-1219780-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Piergiorgio Lucidi - guitarist" title="Piergiorgio Lucidi - guitarist"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="width: 150px;" class="thumbnail-caption"&gt;Piergiorgio Lucidi - guitarist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="sizeGreater80"&gt;Piergiorgio Lucidi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="sizeGreater20"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Jazz / Rock / Blues guitarist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My work is based on these artists: &lt;a href="http://www.scotthenderson.net/"&gt;Scott Henderson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.scotthenderson.net/tristage.htm"&gt;Tribal Tech&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.robbenford.com/"&gt;Robben Ford&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.therealallanholdsworth.com/"&gt;Allan Holdsworth&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.johnscofield.com/"&gt;John Scofield&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.patmetheny.com/"&gt;Pat Metheny&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt"&gt;Django Reinhardt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.chickcorea.com/"&gt;Chick Corea&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Report"&gt;Weather Report&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1997&lt;/strong&gt; I played into the Anagni&amp;rsquo;s blues/soul band &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="b"&gt;Tell Me Why&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and we classified to second position in the young musicians contest in Colleferro (Rome) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; 1999&lt;/strong&gt; I formed a quartet cover band &lt;strong&gt;Supergroup&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;Weather Report&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Chick Corea&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Tribal Tech&lt;/strong&gt;) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2003&lt;/strong&gt; I joined in the &lt;strong&gt;Jazz Big Band&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.musicbrema.it/"&gt;I Musicanti di Brema&lt;/a&gt; and I played with them for more than one year, this group is directed by master &lt;a href="http://www.musicbrema.it/insegnanti.asp?p=3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bruno Gianetti&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, during this period I learn dynamics and the jazz of '40's and '50's, playing with some masters of the &lt;a href="http://www.scuolamusicatestaccio.it/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Testaccio Popular School of Music&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in Rome. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 2006&lt;/strong&gt; I released my first &lt;a href="/discography/"&gt;solo&lt;/a&gt; album &lt;a href="/onlineshop-jazzmoves/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JazzMoves&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; under &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/"&gt;Creative Commons License&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;November 2006&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="/onlineshop-jazzmoves/"&gt;JazzMoves&lt;/a&gt; is released on &lt;a href="http://www.beatpick.com/Piergiorgio-Lucidi"&gt;BeatPick FairPlay Music Label&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;December 2006&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="/onlineshop-jazzmoves/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JazzMoves&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is released on DVD magazine &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rgbmedia.it/rgb-mensile-001-dicembre-2006"&gt;RGB Magazine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;(review in the magazine and music inside the DVD)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;February 2007 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="/onlineshop-jazzmoves/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JazzMoves CD&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is available for worldwide shipping on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/onlineshop-jazzmoves/"&gt;Lulu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;March 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/onlineshop-spontaneous/"&gt;Spontaneous&lt;/a&gt; is released under &lt;a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/"&gt;Creative Commons License&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/onlineshop-spontaneous/"&gt;Spontaneous&lt;/a&gt; is released on &lt;a href="http://www.beatpick.com/Piergiorgio-Lucidi"&gt;BeatPick FairPlay Music Label&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 2007&lt;/strong&gt; I perform at &lt;a href="http://www.festaeuropeadellamusica.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=23&amp;Itemid=30"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;European Festival Of Music on Second Life&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;July 2007&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="//"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LOB Tech Tones&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; trio is one of the finalist bands at&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.elettrowave.eu/micheleferrucci/wordpress/?p=12"&gt;ArezzoWave - Italia Wave Love Festival with live exhibition from Florence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;August 2007 &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="/onlineshop-spontaneous/"&gt;Spontaneous CD&lt;/a&gt; is available for worldwide shipping on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/onlineshop-spontaneous/"&gt;Lulu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 2007&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="//"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LOB Tech Tones&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; trio performs at &lt;a href="http://www.jazzforholiday.it/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jazz For Holiday Festival&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;January 2008&lt;/strong&gt; he performs as semifinalist soloist musician at &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.piergiorgiolucidi.com/blog/2008/1/11/piacenza-jazz-fest-2008-jazz-contest-photos.html" target="_blank"&gt;Chicco Bettinardi Jazz Contest for Piacenza Jazz FEST 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.piergiorgiolucidi.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Piergiorgio Lucidi Official Website&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-float-none"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/piergiorgiolucidi"&gt;&lt;img src="/storage/img/moreabout/myspace_130x55_07.gif" title="Piergiorgio Lucidi MySpace Official Site" alt="Piergiorgio Lucidi MySpace Official Site" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Piergiorgio%20Lucidi.jpg?pictureId=599696&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Piergiorgio%20Lucidi.jpg?pictureId=599696&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Angelo Orlando - bass</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Angelo%20Orlando.jpg?pictureId=598246</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="thumbnail-image-float-right"&gt;&lt;a href="/display/ShowImage?imageUrl=%2Fpicture%2FLOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Blue%20and%20Joy%20Club%20-%20Angelo%20Orlando%204.jpg%3FpictureId%3D1219799%26asGalleryImage%3Dtrue&amp;imageTitle=1128516-1219799-thumbnail.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=500,height=752,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no'); return false;"&gt;&lt;img src="/storage/thumbnails/1128516-1219799-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Angelo Orlando - bassist" title="Angelo Orlando - bassist"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="width: 150px;" class="thumbnail-caption"&gt;Angelo Orlando - bassist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="sizeGreater80"&gt;Angelo Orlando&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="sizeGreater20"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="sizeGreater20"&gt;Jazz / Rock / Progressive bassist&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When he was 17 years old he begins playing bass self-teacher, shortly undertake a study to ear &lt;strong&gt;note for note&lt;/strong&gt; groups-key music &lt;strong&gt;rock&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;rock-progressive&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Police&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ledzeppelin.com/"&gt;Led Zeppelin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;King Crimson&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.rush.com/"&gt;Rush&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Mahavishu Orchestra&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.livingcolour.com/"&gt;Living Colour&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When he was 20 years old he learned jazz and fusion without studying in depth, but always studying ear to the notes of &lt;strong&gt;Jaco Pastorius&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.jeffberlinmusic.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jeff Berlin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;And it is precisely in this period that he play jazz-fusion with &lt;strong&gt;OLTREQUANDO&lt;/strong&gt; basically a fusion trio with influences of progressive '70.&lt;br /&gt;With this group he perfects is as sound as technical as well as knowledge of harmony, studying on a few books. During the same period also undertakes projects of experimental music and ethnic (&lt;strong&gt;ANNO ZERO&lt;/strong&gt;), and situations even more mainstream music (&lt;strong&gt;DHARMA ONE&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When he was 30 years old he studied standard jazz, and the case study of some large bass (and techniques), including: &lt;strong&gt;Mark King&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.victorwooten.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Victor Wooten&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.johnpatitucci.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;John Patitucci&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Larry Graham&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.davelarue.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dave Larue&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Stuart Hamm&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Yoshihiro Naruse&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Jaco&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://www.jeffberlinmusic.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jeff Berlin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2007&lt;/strong&gt; he join &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kingcrow.it/"&gt;KingCrow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; hard rock progressive italian band&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;July 2007&lt;/strong&gt; he perform at &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.evolutionfest.it/"&gt;Evolution Festival 2007&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and at &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shammermetalfest.com/"&gt;S-Hammer Festival 2007&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;June 2008 &lt;/strong&gt;he will perform at&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.godsofmetal.it/bands/kingcrow.html" target="_blank" title="Angelo Orlando at Gods Of Metal 2008"&gt;Gods Of Metal 2008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.angelorlando.blogspot.com/"&gt;Angelo Orlando Official Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-float-none"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/angelorlando"&gt;&lt;img src="/storage/img/moreabout/myspace_130x55_07.gif" title="Angelo Orlando MySpace Official Site" alt="Angelo Orlando MySpace Official Site" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Angelo%20Orlando.jpg?pictureId=598246&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Angelo%20Orlando.jpg?pictureId=598246&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Lucia Palumbo - singer</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Lucia%20Palumbo.jpg?pictureId=3402762</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lucia Palumbo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 120%;"&gt;Jazz / Soul / Pop singer&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Festivals:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;Festival di Giffoni&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;Festival Europeo di Chianciano Terme&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;Il Canzoniere Italiano&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;Concorso Sanremo Musica e Spettacolo&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;Sanremo Nuovi Talenti&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;Festival Premio Mia Martini&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;Concorso Radio Italia Video Italia solo Musica Italiana&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;She opened the concert of the following artists:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nek&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alexia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gerardina Trovato&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Francesca Alotta&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="Lucia Palumbo official blog" href="http://www.luciapalumbo.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Lucia Palumbo Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-float-none"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/luciapalumbodevivo" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="Lucia Palumbo MySpace Official Site" src="/storage/img/moreabout/myspace_130x55_07.gif" alt="Lucia Palumbo MySpace Official Site" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Lucia%20Palumbo.jpg?pictureId=3402762&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Lucia%20Palumbo.jpg?pictureId=3402762&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Max Baldassarre</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/max%20baldassarre.jpg?pictureId=9650467</link><description>&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-float-none"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/maxbaldassarre" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="MySpace" src="/storage/img/moreabout/myspace_130x55_07.gif" alt="Max Baldassarre on MySpace" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/max%20baldassarre.jpg?pictureId=9650467&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/max%20baldassarre.jpg?pictureId=9650467&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Pino Liberti - drummer</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Pino%20Liberti.jpg?pictureId=3251178</link><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;&lt;span class="thumbnail-image-float-right ssNonEditable"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:showFullImage('/display/ShowImage?imageUrl=%2Fpicture%2FLOB%2520Tech%2520Tones%2520-%2520Pino%2520Liberti.jpg%3FpictureId%3D3251178%26asGalleryImage%3Dtrue%26__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION%3D1253447552754',559,369);"&gt;&lt;img src="../../storage/thumbnails/1128516-3251178-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1253447552756" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 152px;"&gt;Pino Liberti - drummer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pino Liberti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 120%;"&gt;Jazz / Rock drummer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;Professional training achieved in important Music Academies in Rome &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Participation in seminaries and stages by: &lt;strong&gt;STEVE GADD, BILLY COBHAM, CARL PALMER, VINNIE COLAIUTA, DAVE GARIBALDI, STEVE SMITH &lt;/strong&gt; and he studied about new orleans jazz and second line by &lt;strong&gt;HERLIN RILEY, JOHNNY VIDACOVICH, ZORO&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Cooperations and tours with many blues artists:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; JAIME DOLCE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JASON REED&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MASON CASEY (Wilson Pickett)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DAVE SUMNER (Camel- Motown..)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ERIC BELL (Thin Lizzy)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BUDDY MILES (J. Hendrix- C.Santana)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TED HALL (teacher at the Austin blues guitar school)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CARVIN JONES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHARRIE WILLIAMS (Buddy Guy)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CRISTAL WHITE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JOHN HENRY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HERBIE GOINS (E. Clapton)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NATHANIEL PETERSON (Savoy Brown, E. Clapton, Keith Richards)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GRAHAM OLIVER (The Saxon)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PTAH BROWN&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ULI JON ROTH (Scorpions)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ANDREA BRAIDO (Carl Palmer, TM Stevens)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MARIO SCHILIRO (Zucchero guitar player)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BOBBY DIXON (Willie Dixon son)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ERIC MARTIN (Mr Big)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;and others..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Participation in many Italian and European blues festivals such as:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ROVIGO DELTA BLUES &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; AVENTINO BLUES &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; TRASIMENO BLUES &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; MACCHIA BLUES &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; AFRAKA' FESTIVAL &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; LIRI BLUES FESTIVAL &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; CUPRA BLUES FESTIVAL &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; PONTINIA ROCK BLUES FESTIVAL &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; CAPO D'ORLANDO BLUES FESTIVAL &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; BIKER DAYS POLA (CROATIA) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; MONAGHAN BLUES FESTIVAL (IRELAND) in which also took part Eric Clapton and Gary Moore &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; DUBAI INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2005 (Arabian Emirates) in which also took part Mike Stern, Ana Popovic, Ray Gelato &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; RAPPERSWILL BLUESNJAZZ (Switzerland) in which also took part Robben ford, Andy J Forrest &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; BRITISH R&amp;amp;B FESTIVAL 2006 in Colne (UK) with John Primer, Lurrie Bell, Animals, Ten Years After, Carlos Johnson, Nine Below Zero&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; LEE DELTA BLUES FESTIVAL in Cork (IRELAND) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; BLUES ON THE BAY FESTIVAL in Warrenpoint (IRELAND) in wich also took part Van Morrison and John Primer &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; GASTROBLUES FESTIVAL 2005 in Budapest (H) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; EUROPA FEST BUCAREST 2008 (RO) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; He plays drums in a Italian little big band blues too, the &lt;strong&gt;T.O.B.O.&lt;/strong&gt;(The Original Blues Orchestra) taking part in several Italian blues festivals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; He played in European clubs of:&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GERMANY, FRANCE, BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, ENGLAND, SLOVAKIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, HOLLAND, IRELAND, AUSTRIA, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ARABIAN EMIRATES, HUNGARY, ROMANIA.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt; &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;In February 2003 he has been voted the second best blues drummer at Italian Blues Awards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-float-none"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/pinoliberti" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="Pino Liberti MySpace Official Site" src="../../storage/img/moreabout/myspace_130x55_07.gif" alt="Pino Liberti MySpace Official Site" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Pino%20Liberti.jpg?pictureId=3251178&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Pino%20Liberti.jpg?pictureId=3251178&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Andrea Nicolè - drums</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Andrea%20Nicole.jpg?pictureId=1147039</link><description>&lt;div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;&lt;span class="thumbnail-image-float-right"&gt;&lt;a onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=800,height=532,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no'); return false;" href="/display/ShowImage?imageUrl=%2Fpicture%2FLOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Blue%20and%20Joy%20Club%20-%20Andrea%20Nicole%209.jpg%3FpictureId%3D1219797%26asGalleryImage%3Dtrue&amp;amp;imageTitle=1128516-1219797-thumbnail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img title="Andrea Nicol&amp;egrave; - drummer" src="/storage/thumbnails/1128516-1219797-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Andrea Nicol&amp;egrave; - drummer" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="thumbnail-caption" style="width: 200px;"&gt;Andrea Nicol&amp;egrave; - drummer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andrea Nicol&amp;egrave;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 120%;"&gt;Jazz / Rock drummer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Influences:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span class="castititle"&gt;Kirk Covington, &lt;/span&gt;Man&amp;ugrave; Katch&amp;egrave;, Elvin Jones, Jojo Mayer, Gary Novak, "uncle" Derek Wilson, his teacher Ettore Mancini, Michael Lauren, Fred Klatz, Cristian Calcagnile, Michele Rabbia, Lucrezio De Seta.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;He studied at:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.conservatoriosantacecilia.it/" target="_blank"&gt;Conservatorio S.Cecilia - Rome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thecoll.com/drummerscollective.html" target="_blank"&gt;Drummers Collectives - New York&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Andrea has played also with:&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bludeepa.it/" target="_blank"&gt;Bludeepa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zeroestensionineuronali.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Z.E.N.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/adaleband" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;agrave;dale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-float-none"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/andreanicolebatterista" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img title="Andrea Nicol&amp;egrave; MySpace Official Site" src="/storage/img/moreabout/myspace_130x55_07.gif" alt="Andrea Nicol&amp;egrave; MySpace Official Site" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Andrea%20Nicole.jpg?pictureId=1147039&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Andrea%20Nicole.jpg?pictureId=1147039&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Carola Iapino - drums</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Carola%20Iapino%20-%20drums.jpg?pictureId=999168</link><description>&lt;p&gt; Nata nel 1986, &lt;strong&gt;studia con&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Luca Caponi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alex Pinnelli&lt;/strong&gt; (Gino Paoli, Paola Turci, Loredana Bert&amp;egrave;, Bobby Solo ecc..)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Claudio Gioannini&lt;/strong&gt; (Karl Potter Percassion Band)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Claudio Mastracci&lt;/strong&gt; (Fabio Concato, Eduardo De Crescenzo, Rettore, Patty Pravo, Loredana Bert&amp;egrave;, Renato Zero, Dionne Warwick, Scott Henderson, Gilberto Gil)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Davide Piscopo&lt;/strong&gt; (Alex Britti, Gae Manfredini, Francesco Lo Cascio, Cristal White, B.O.N., Anonimo Italiano, Rita Pavone); &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agostino Marangolo&lt;/strong&gt; (Pino Daniele, Neri per caso)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durante il suo percorso di formazione nel 2004 partecipa ad un corso di perfezionamento in musica brasiliana con Stefano Rossini e Giorgio Fontana presso l'Accademia Romana di Musica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Studiando presso il Saint Louis Music College di Roma ha occasione di studiare con vari insegnanti di fama nazionale e internazionale (Michelle Audisso, Lello Panico, Emilio Merone, Andrea Rosatelli).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Partecipa ai seminari di:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Roberto Gatto, Vinnie Colaiuta, Jack De Johnette, Horacio Hernandez, Nicolo Fabi, Dave Weckl, Virgil Donati.&lt;br /&gt;Durante l'inverno del 2006/2007 si occupa assieme alla contrabbasista Caterina Palazzi della direzione delle Jam session presso il locale Felt Jazz Club di Roma. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Band e Collaborazioni Musicali&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LOB Tech Tones - Jazz/Fusion Trio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/emiliomerone"&gt;Black Corner di Emilio Merone, jazz fusion band&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jazzitalia.net/VisEvento.asp?ID=9697"&gt;Satin Dolls gruppo Jazz al femminile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.giorgiocuscito.it/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giorgio Cuscito&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.crystalwhite.it/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crystal White&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Primiano Di Biase&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/lucanostro"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Luca Nostro&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Concerti e Spettacoli:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suona in vari locali della capitale (Felt jazz Club, The Club, Oppio Caff&amp;egrave;, Four XXXX, ecc..) e partecipa a varie manifestazioni musicali fra le quali: &lt;strong&gt;LUCCA JAZZ DONNA MARZO 2006&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;TERNI IN JAZZ GIUGNO 2006&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;VILLA CELIMONTANA JAZZ GIUGNO 2006&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Per conto della fondazione &amp;quot;Alberto Sordi&amp;quot; si esibisce nel giugno 2006 presso la sala &lt;strong&gt;Teatro dell'AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA&lt;/strong&gt; di Roma assieme alla band Black Corner e nel giugno 2007, con la stessa formazione, presso gli studi di CINECITTA'. Entrambe le manifestazioni indette in commemorazione dello storico attore.Durante la prima puntata della trasmissione CIAO DARWIN 2007, in prima serata su canale 5, si esibisce accompagnando la celebre cantante &lt;strong&gt;SAMANTHA FOX&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;p align="center" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-float-none"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/carolaiapino"&gt;&lt;img alt="Carola Iapino MySpace Official Site" title="Carola Iapino MySpace Official Site" src="/storage/img/moreabout/myspace_130x55_07.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Carola%20Iapino%20-%20drums.jpg?pictureId=999168&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Carola%20Iapino%20-%20drums.jpg?pictureId=999168&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Roberto Marziali - drums (ex member)</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Roberto%20Marziali.jpg?pictureId=700855</link><description>&lt;p align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nato nel 1959,&lt;strong&gt; nel 1977&lt;/strong&gt; acquista la sua prima batteria e comincia subito a frequentare la scuola di &lt;strong&gt;Fabrizio Sferra&lt;/strong&gt;, batterista tra i pi&amp;ugrave; apprezzati nell'ambiente jazzistico romano e nazionale, approfondendo gli studi in questa direzione per tre anni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1981 -&lt;/strong&gt; partecipa alla rassegna al &lt;a href="http://www.piperclub.it/"&gt;Piper Club&lt;/a&gt; di Roma con il suo gruppo jazz-rock &lt;strong&gt;Filtro Base&lt;/strong&gt; classificandosi terzo e contemporaneamente inizia la sua prima esperienza come insegnante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1983 -&lt;/strong&gt; si perfeziona con il batterista &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ettorefioravanti.com/"&gt;Ettore Fioravanti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, forma il gruppo &lt;strong&gt;Hi-Funky&lt;/strong&gt; suonando per quattro anni&amp;nbsp; nei maggiori club della capitale (&lt;a href="http://www.bigmama.it/"&gt;Big Mama&lt;/a&gt;, Grigio Notte, &lt;a href="http://www.fonclea.it/"&gt;Fonclea&lt;/a&gt;, ecc...).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1987 -&lt;/strong&gt; comincia le collaborazioni progessionali inizialmente con l'orchestra di &lt;strong&gt;Gianni Davoli&lt;/strong&gt;, dopo qualche mese con il cantante &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marcoarmani.it/"&gt;Marco Armani&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, successivamente con &lt;strong&gt;Tony Cicco&lt;/strong&gt; della &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.formulatre.com/"&gt;Formula Tre&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, riuscendo comunque a frequentare diversi seminari con grandi batteristi americani come &lt;strong&gt;Steve Gadd&lt;/strong&gt; e &lt;strong&gt;Billy Cobham&lt;/strong&gt;. Successivamente frequenta per sei mesi la Uno Accademia con &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baroneago.it/"&gt;Agostino Marangolo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; e &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.robertogatto.com/"&gt;Roberto Gatto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2000 -&lt;/strong&gt; entra a far parte del gruppo &lt;a href="http://www.individualchoice.it/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Individual Choice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, quartetto jazz-rock-progressive con il quale registra il CD &lt;strong&gt;Make your choice&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maggio 2005&lt;/strong&gt; entra a far parte del gruppo &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.terramaris.org/"&gt;Terramaris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maggio 2007&lt;/strong&gt; entra a far parte del trio jazz-fusion &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/"&gt;LOB Tech Tones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Roberto%20Marziali.jpg?pictureId=700855&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Roberto%20Marziali.jpg?pictureId=700855&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item><item><title>Michele Benigna - drums (founder - ex member)</title><link>http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Michele%20Benigna.jpg?pictureId=598247</link><description>&lt;div align="justify" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michele Benigna&lt;/strong&gt;, all'et&amp;agrave; di 7 anni intraprende lo studio della batteria con &lt;strong&gt;Alfredo Golino&lt;/strong&gt;, che lo segue per diversi anni. L'impronta e la tecnica appresi sono principalmente &lt;strong&gt;jazz&lt;/strong&gt;, ma la passione per il &lt;strong&gt;rock&lt;/strong&gt; anni '70 lo avvicinano a batteristi come &lt;a href="http://www.led-zeppelin.com/johnbonham/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;John Bonham&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://twtd.bluemountains.net.au/cream/mitchell.htm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mitch Mitchell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Keith_Moon.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keith Moon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Un approccio quindi pi&amp;ugrave; &amp;quot;fisico&amp;quot;alla batteria.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;A 13 anni entra a far parte della prima band e inizia a suonare i generi pi&amp;ugrave; svairati, dal rock anni 50 al country, dal rock anni 70 alla &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;new wave&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; anni 80.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Inizia a creare musica proprio in gruppi nella provincia di Bergamo e Brescia, che lo portano a vincere concorsi nazionali (&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.concorsomusicale.com/or4/or?uid=music2002.main.index"&gt;La musica nel Web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; - &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.concorsomusicale.com/or4/or?uid=music2002.main.index"&gt;Brescia on Line&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;/strong&gt;sezione&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alternative&lt;/em&gt;) e alle finali nazionali di &lt;strong&gt;Arezzo Wave&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2002&lt;/strong&gt; -&amp;nbsp; inizia una collaborazione con &lt;strong&gt;Dj Thor&lt;/strong&gt; (Otierre) e &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tonycorizia.net/"&gt;Tony Corizia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Maurizio Vandelli, Mod&amp;agrave;, Studio 3) con il quale collabora al cd &amp;quot;Bassology&amp;quot; distribuito da Warner Music. Insieme (con il brano &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;The King&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;) ottengono la copertina e l'allegato della rivista nazionale &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;Acid Jazz&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ha suonato con musicisti come &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pippomatino.com"&gt;Pippo Matino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Giorgia, Loredana Bert&amp;egrave;, Mike Stern), &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.roccozifarelli.com"&gt;Rocco Zifarelli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; (E.Morricone, Tosca, Cristiano De Andr&amp;egrave;), &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tollak.com"&gt;Tollak Ollestad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Al Jarreau, G.Vannelli, Seal, C.Aguilera, N'Sync, etc.).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2006 -&lt;/strong&gt; partecipa all' &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eurobassday.com"&gt;EuroBassDay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; come &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eurobassday.com/artisti/m_benigna.htm"&gt;Special Guest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2008 - &lt;/strong&gt;joined &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.mannfriday.com/"&gt;Mann Friday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.mannfriday.com/"&gt;Mann Friday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thesugarleaf.com/"&gt;The Sugar Leaf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="full-image-float-none"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/michelebenigna" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="/storage/img/moreabout/myspace_130x55_07.gif" title="Michele Benigna MySpace Official Site" alt="Michele Benigna MySpace Official Site" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Michele%20Benigna.jpg?pictureId=598247&amp;asThumbnail=true"/><media:content url="http://www.lobtechtones.com/picture/LOB%20Tech%20Tones%20-%20Michele%20Benigna.jpg?pictureId=598247&amp;asGalleryImage=true"/></item></channel></rss>
