Fin de la collaboration entre Ruggero Catania et Romano Nervoso

Je ne serai pas sur scène avec Romano Nervoso ce soir.
Il y a parfois des choses dans la vie qui vont dans une direction que c’est pas la direction attendue et espérée.
C’est bien le cas.
La collaboration entre moi et Romano Nervoso arrive donc à la fin. Les raisons, on pourrait en parler pour des heures, mais ce ne sont pas des raisons intéressantes ou importantes pour ceux qui nous suivent.

Je veux donc remercier les gens qui ont rendu cool ces années de rock’n’roll. Le public d’abord, les fans, les techniciens, les musiciens, les salles de concerts, les festival, les organisateurs, les labels, attachés de presse, les booking agents, promoteurs, la crew des concerts, les studios et les autres. I care about you all. I really do.

Je remercie également les Romanos passés, présents et futurs et je souhaite au groupe une bonne continuation.

Moi, j'arrête pas la musique, au contraire, je suis sur plusieurs projets.
Si vous lisez ça, vous savez où me trouver.
A bientôt.

Ru

My students will play at Winterfeest - Schaerbeek

Some of my students are going to play some songs this Saturday at 20h.
Good luck you all.
💛

Romano Nervoso tickets 50% OFF this week & New Videoclip OUT NOW!

My Belgian band Romano Nervoso realised the new clip last week.
We're offering a 50% discount for the Lessines gig next Friday.
Drop me a line at ru@ladylovely.it with the promo code: CHITARRA NERVOSA.
Enjoy!

How to make your guitar solo louder (with a TC Electronics MojoMojo) - Gain stage and volume between pedalboard and amp

I’m not an endorser, and the fact they are part of the same brand was not intentional. Instead, that’s the result of many trials and price comparisons. For me these guys are just the best value/size/money ratio on the market. Nothing fancy, but put them in your backpack when you’re in a rush and you won’t be disappointed. A real guitarist survival kit! #guitarplayer #guitar #electricguitar #rocknroll #musicproducer #musicismylife #homestudio #recordingstudio #mixing #studiogear #rock #music #tutorial #ontheroad #ontour #survivalkit #tcelectronicflashback #mojomojooverdrive #polytunemini #polytunemini2 @tcelectronic @guitarsarebetter @guitarsdaily @guitarstagram @guitarworldmagazine @all.things.bass

Un post condiviso da Ru Catania (@ru_catania) in data: 24 Ago 2017 alle ore 00:26 PDT

Even on the same amplifier, every channel will react in its own personal way to the sound coming out from your stompboxes.
This is particularly true for the LEVEL coming OUT from your pedal rig, which will influence the way you may DRIVE and BOOST the INPUT stage of your amp.
Unlike you could think, the cleaner the channel, the more it will react in terms of VOLUME.
The clean channel of a Fender Twin will increase the volume A LOT as you increase the OUTPUT VOLUME on your overdrive pedal*. And what's more, it will preserve your transients.
While the lead channel of the same amp (let alone a Marshall) will result in a more saturated and compressed sound but the VOLUME will nearly stay the same.
The more you push your input stage, the most muffled and confused your sound will come out from the amp, due to the circuitry of your amp, like tube load and stuff like that.
Which is pretty cool in terms of SOUND, but it is totally useless in term of "song arrangement" such as PUMP UP your volume during a solo.
So it really depends on your needs. You just have to look around a little bit with your settings and try different pedal order in your rig to find what works for your personal needs. Both with your own amp, and every time you're going to play with a backline amp.
Sometimes I end with using the crunch cannel for the clean parts, and switching to the clean channel + overdrive* for the solo section.
You may think it is a paradox and yes it is, but it works.

Check it out, your sound engineer will be happier than ever!

It happened to me during a gig to use my regular fuzz setting I was used to use on the crunch cannel of my VHT Pitbull amp on the clean channel of a Fender amp.
Don't do it, unless you want to transform your reggae party in a Manowar show.


* or no matter what other kind of distortion / boost unit.

Sziget Festival 2017 with Romano Nervoso

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Pellegrino - Carl Sagan live set : Ableton, Novation Launchpad and AKAI MPD 32

OK, OK, this post is not guitar-related.
But maybe you know I run and indie label with some friends of mine, and this guy called Pellegrino has just joined our roster.

This video is a preview of how his live-set will look like.
Minimal.

An Ableton Live Session with some controllers like the well known Novation Launchpad and the AKAI MPD32.
Images, animations and light show will be part of the performance.

Straight from the Lady Lovely website:

"Carl Sagan" is a tribute to the well known astronomer (born in Brooklyn on the 9th of November 1934), who wrote "Reflections on a grain of Dust" which inspired the musician Marco Pellegrino's work. The description of the last photograph of the Earth taken in 1990 from the spacecraft Voyager 1 from a distance of six billion miles from Earth is the starting point a journey into darkness, floating in outer space. Pellegrino is a musician and video maker. He tells the story of Sagan using an eclectic, coded message which is Intense and dreamlike using images, sound and light and shade. Marco Pellegrino was born in Novara, Italy and now lives in Rome. 

Kiss & Drive live at Theaterfest in St.Vith

I'll play guitar and bass with the good friend of mine Elisabetta Spada,
better known as Kiss & Drive.
Come and check her music, she's awesome!
And check out the Theaterfest in St.Vith (B), it seems to be a nice one.
We will play October the 19th.
Com'on, last ten days to book a nice B'n'B over there!