CLAUDIO SIMONETTI: KEYBOARDS

Composer, arranger, producer and keyboard player, Claudio Simonetti (www.simonetti.org) was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 19th of February 1952, zodiacal sign: Acquarius. He studied composition and piano at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome.

1972: He forms his first "rock progressive" band: "IL RITRATTO DI DORIAN GRAY (THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY)".

1975: Simonetti starts his recording career with the band Goblin (www.goblin.org): he writes and records the soundtrack of the film of the famous italian director Dario Argento: "PROFONDO ROSSO (DEEP RED)", which has sold over 3 millions copies.

1976: With Goblin realizes their second instrumental album entitled "ROLLER".

1977: Always with Goblin he composes and records the music for a film "SUSPIRIA" again with Dario Argento.

1978: With Goblin he writes the soundtrack for the film "ZOMBI (DAWN OF THE DEAD) " directed by George Romero, a great box-office success in USA in the 1978. After realizing their last album entitled "IL FANTASTICO VIAGGIO DEL BAGAROZZO MARK (THE FANTASTIC JOURNEY OF THE BEETLE MARK) ", Goblin split up.

Simonetti starts his solo career and began to work as composer and record producer with the producer Giancarlo Meo. He writes songs and produces the albums for the band EASY GOING; the song "BABY I LOVE YOU" set the beginning of a long story of success of ITALIAN DANCE MUSIC abroad.

1979: The song "GIVE ME A BREAK" sung by Vivien Vee and her first album reaches the top dance charts in USA.

1980: He writes the Italian "hit"song "GIOCA JOUER" presented and performed at the Sanremo Festival by the Italian famous D.J. Claudio Cecchetto.

1981: He enters the European market with the songs "KASSO" and "WALKMAN" wich went gold in France and in the same year Simonetti release his first solo album simply called: "CLAUDIO SIMONETTI". The album contains the songs presented in the Italian RAI TV SHOW "SOTTO LE STELLE (UNDER THE STARS)" directed by Gianni Boncompagni.

1982: He writes the soundtrack for Argento's film "TENEBRE".

1984: One most of prestigious events in Simonetti's career took place in January when he was called to write the music for the saturday night Italian TV SHOW entitled "BUON COMPLEANNO TV (HAPPY BIRTHDAY TV)" with an orchestra of more than 50 young musicians, which he also directed, in the a show wich celebrated 30 years of existence of the Italian Broadcasting Corporation RAI: all the most important stars of television took part in the show. This experience led two more studio performances "I LOVE THE PIANO" and "JAMAICAN STYLE" released also in USA by Salsoul Records.

The succesfull collaboration with the director Dario Argento continues with the soundtrack "PHENOMENA (CREEPERS)".

1985: Produced by Dario Argento and directed by Lamberto Bava, Simonetti writes the soundtrack for the film "DEMONS".

1987: Later have worked with many directors like Ruggero Deodato, Salvatore Samperi, Sergio Martino, Enzo G. Castellari, Castellano & Pipolo, Simonetti participates at the RAI TV SHOW "PRONTO, E' LA RAI ? (HELLO, IS THIS RAI ?) as musician and animator with Giancarlo Magalli and Simona Marchini.

1988: He writes the soundtrack for the film of Dario Argento "OPERA".

1989: Simonetti partecipate at the TV SHOW "DOMANI SPOSI" con Giancarlo Magalli.

1991: After many live concerts, Simonetti with his band records the CD: "SIMONETTI HORROR PROJECT" wich contains the new versions of the soundtracks of Argento's films: "PROFONDO ROSSO (DEEP RED)", "SUSPIRIA", "TENEBRE" and "PHENOMENA (CREEPERS)". In the first few weeks after his release the album has sold more than 120.000 copies and it reaches the top of the Italian charts. "SIMONETTI HORROR PROJECT" is also avaiable on a 47 minutes HOME VIDEO wich contains all the versions of the album recorded in a theater where Simonetti and his group stage a powerful performances, completed by suggestive effects and images taken from horror films.

1992: Releases "HORROR PROJECT II-DAYS OF CONFUSION" wich contains a new versions of "1997-Escape from New York", "Halloween", "Carmina Burana", "Albinoni's Adagio", "Blade Runner" and new songs: "I'll take the night", "Searching" and "To Federica".

1996: Simonetti releases a CD called: "X-TERROR FILES" (more of 200.000 copies sold) wich contains all the new versions of most famous "Horror" soundtracks like "X-FILES", "TWIN PEAKS", "HALLOWEEN", "BLADE RUNNER", "1997:FUGA DA NEW YORK", "GAMMA", and all Dario Argento soundtracks completely re-arranged.

1997: Inspired by the "rock progressive" of '70s, he releases the CD "CLASSICS IN ROCK" where Simonetti re-arrange the famous classicals themes such Beethoven's "FOR ELISA" and "MOONLIGHT", Bach's "TOCCATA E FUGA IN D MINOR"and "AIR ON THE 4th STRING", Ravel's "BOLERO" and "PAVANE" and many other famous classical themes.

1998: He composes and releases the CD of the soundtrack for the USA film "THE VERSACE MURDER" directed by Menahem Golan and releases the CD "THE END OF MILLENIUM" his first "Greatest Hits" plus 6 new songs..

1999: With Nicola Di Staso on guitar, Federico Amorosi on bass, Titta Tani on drums and Simonetti on keyboards, he forms a new band: DAEMONIA and produces their first album entitled "DARIO ARGENTO TRIBUTE".

2000: "DARIO ARGENTO TRIBUTE" is released and distribuited by S4/Sony. The CD contains 13 new versions of most famous soundtracks taken from the films of Dario Argento including the soundtracks composed by Keith Emerson e Ennio Morricone played by the band with a Symphonic Orchestra.

With DAEMONIA he records during their Italian tour with the MOVIE STRINGS ORCHESTRA, formed by thirty young musicians, an LIVE ALBUM and in November they play in New York at CULT-CON 2000 in a concert organized by the Americans fans.

2001: After Simonetti having taken part in several international festivals of the fantastic films as juryman (Brussels, Barcelona, Rome, Seoul, Skopje) meets in Barcelona Dario Argento. Argento proposes Simonetti for his new film "NON HO SONNO (SLEEPLESS)" to reconstitute the legendary group of Goblin. With Massimo Morante on guitar, Fabio Pignatelli on bass, Agostino Marangolo on drums and Claudio Simonetti on keyboards, the band Goblin composes and records the soundtrack of the film keeping unchanged the old sonorities linked with the new technologies.

Goes out in November, given with his new recording label DEEP RED distributed by of Florence the "DAEMONIA - LIVE… OR DEAD" ( www.daemonia.it ), with the new guitar player Bruno Previtali, the new album record live during their Italian tour accompanied by the MOVIE STRINGS ORCHESTRA, formed by thirty young musicians.

Email: simonetti@simonetti.org

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SILVIA SPECCHIO: VOCALS

As singer her training starts from classical studies with tenor Luigi Rumbo, follows black music with the vocalist Jho Jhenkins, up to the Voicecraft e.v.t.s. method with the coach Elisa Turlà.

Her carreer starts from Musical Theatre being the main female character for "Singing in the rain", "Saturday Night Fever", "Joan of Arch" and the remake for the stage of Dario Argento's "Deep Red".

She has worked for national italian tv" RAI" in the shows: "Francamente me ne infischio" with Adriano Celentano, The italian movie award "David di Donatello" , was chosen by the presenter Pippo Baudo, as performer in broadcasting "San Remo Estate" and "Novecento", and later she has performed in the shows "Mattina in Famiglia" and "Domenica in".

She has also worked as dancer and actress in the italian rockstar Vasco Rossi's videoclips: "Buoni o cattivi" and "Vieni qui".

She has worked in music projects as singer and songwriter with many important italian musicians such as : Marco Rinalduzzi, Massimo Calabrese, Sandro Centofanti,Mauro Paoluzzi and Gianluca Cucchiara with whom she founded the rock band "Rabba2Rouge".

At present she is working with Claudio Simonetti and Daemonia, taking part to the making of the new music project and tour.


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BRUNO PREVITALI: GUITAR

Place and date of birth: Castel di Sangro (AQ) – 05/15/1973. He started to play the guitar (self-taught) when he was 15 years old. In the 1998 he graduated in modern guitar at the University of Music in Rome. Afterwards, he graduated in classic guitar.

In the 2000 he has became a member of the band “Daemonia”.

In the same year he recorded his first album “Live… or Dead” e has started to play in the most important cities of the world. He played for RAI and important Cinema festivals. His guitars are in “Dawn of the dead”; in this album rock, pop, blues, jazz and funk pieces are recorded; “Mater Lacrimarum”: Daemonia and lead vocal by Dani Filth.

He has been teaching for years. At the moment he is the guitarist of C. Simonetti / Daemonia and the bassist of the “Goblin”.


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SILVIO ASSAIANTE: BASS

Place and date of birth: Formia – 12/23/1978.
He started to study the electric bass when he was sixteen years old with the prof. Ennio Messore.
1996 – He became the bassist of the prog-metal band “Jester’s Tears”.

2000 – He improved his technique attending courses concerning slap and harmonic and melodic tapping.

2006 – He started the project “Aporia” (prog-metal band), which won several events, among which the “Formia Rock Festival” in 2008; in that occasion the band was awarded by Claudio Simonetti.

2008 – He has started to collaborate with the “Glass Shadows”, tribute band of the “Dream Theater”.

2009-2010 – He played the bass for the albums “Judgement of Silence” and “Magnitude” with the “Aporia”. He has become the new bassist of the “Daemonia”. He has become endorser of the Rush Guitars & Bass.

At the moment he plays with the “Daemonia” and with the “Glass Shadows”.

Instruments:
Bass: Tobias Basic 6 Strings
Rush Mr Meter 6

Amp: Mark Bass Rocker 500
Ada MB-1

Speaker: Mark Bass 151 NY
Hartke 4x10 Trasponder


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TITTA TANI: DRUMS

Was born in Rome in May, 20th, 1970, zodiacal sign: Taurus. He plays drums since 1993 and singed in about 20 groups (HEAVY METAL BANDS) of the roman underground scene.

Some names: MINDSCAPE (Drums), GLORY HUNTER (Voice) YTSE JAMMERS (DREAM THEATER's cover band), recognized by the same Italian Fan Club as the best cover band of ever, where he sings and plays drums at the same time.

Furthermore he partecipates with the EMPTY TREMOR (Prog italian band from Ravenna) to the 3rd CONVENTION OF THE ITALIAN DREAM THEATER FAN CLUB (www.italiandreamers.net) and one year later at the 4th edition of the same convention he plays with ABSTRACTA in front of the DREAM THEATER members as spectators.

In 1998 he records, as singer, with the Italian band called ABSTRACTA for ELEVATE RECORDS/99th FLOOR the CD entitled "T.R.I.P".

In 1999, Claudio Simonetti, ex GOBLIN keyboards-wiz, called him, as drummer, to form the new group "DAEMONIA" with Federico Amorosi on bass and Nicola Di Staso on guitar. With DAEMONIA he records the album "DARIO ARGENTO TRIBUTE" for S4/SONY.

In 2001, Titta records as singer with the Italian Prog band DGM (http://web.tiscali.it/dgmsite), the album "DREAMLAND" for the ELEVATE RECORDS/AUDIOGLOBE mixed by Claudio Simonetti.

Email: tittamusic@libero.it