[{"content":"Photos by Gwenyth Janssen Lok.\n","date":"23 August 2019","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/photos/delft-jazz-festival-2019/","section":"Photos","summary":"Live at the Delft Jazz Festival, Netherlands, 23 August 2019.","title":"Delft Jazz Festival 2019","type":"photos"},{"content":" With Mauro Pagani at Officine Meccaniche, Milan, shooting the video for TAO’s “Nessuno ti ama per quello che sei”2007 With Paola \u0026amp; Chiara, Radio Bruno tour with TAO, Modena2007 With Andy (Bluvertigo)2007 With the TAO band2007 With TAO and Red Ronnie at Roxy Bar2007 With TAO at Radio 1052007 With TAO at Le Scimmie, Milan6 October 2007 With TAO at Le Scimmie, Milan7 October 2007 With TAO and Red Ronnie at MEI, Faenza, in front of the Love Bus2008 c. 2009 c. 2009 Recording at At Studio, Sulmonac. 2012 The Bollocks – Sex Pistols tribute bandc. 2012 With drummer Maxx Furian, Milan2014 Recording in the studio, Milan1 April 2014 Recording in the studio, Milan14 April 2014 Recording in the studio, Milan13 November 2014 Le Trottoir, Milan23 May 2015 Live at the former Teatro Smeraldo, Milan5 June 2015 Rehearsal8 November 2015 Reunion with my former teacher Aldo Leandro, years later, at L’Officina della Musica in Pescara (formerly Accademia dei Tamburi)July 2017 With Andrea Tirimacco at At Studio, Sulmona2020 ","date":"8 November 2015","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/photos/studio-and-stage/","section":"Photos","summary":"Recording sessions, rehearsals and gigs, 2007–2020.","title":"Studio and stage","type":"photos"},{"content":" My first ever gig, Sulmona1997 c. 2000 c. 2004 With Christian Meyer (Elio e le Storie Tese)6 February 2005 7 April 2005 c. 2005 29 August 2005 SAE Institute, Milan12 July 2006 Recording at SAE Institute, Milan12 July 2006 24 August 2006 Noise Factory recording studio, Milan22 December 2006 Live at Black Hole, Milanc. 2007 ","date":"1 March 2007","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/photos/early-days/","section":"Photos","summary":"My first gig, rehearsal rooms, first stages and the orange TAMA kit, 1997–2007.","title":"Early days","type":"photos"},{"content":"Portrait by Marika Esposto\nEnglish Italiano Photos Videos Gear About Hire me ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"","summary":"","title":"","type":"page"},{"content":" I\u0026rsquo;m Fabio D\u0026rsquo;Amico, an Italian drummer. I\u0026rsquo;ve been playing since 1997: from metal bands in my hometown, Sulmona, and touring with TAO to indie rock in Milan, funk in the Netherlands and a new start in London. My drumming journey # Where it all started 1997 Sulmona · metal, hard rock, rock, pop I started playing drums in 1997 in Sulmona, my hometown, where I also played my first ever gig. I took my first lessons with a local teacher and grew up playing with local bands and doing lots of local gigs across metal, hard rock, rock and pop. Metal was my main focus: progressive metal, and cover bands of Dream Theater, Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slayer. First records and training 2001 – 2005 Sulmona · Pescara I recorded my first album on drums for Adriano Lattanzio\u0026rsquo;s project Brest, with Pino Ferrone on vocals and the Sulmona-born jazz pianist Raffaele Pallozzi on piano. In 2003 I met Andrea Tirimacco: the start of a friendship and collaboration that is still going after twenty years, with many productions together at his At Studio in Sulmona, including the 23 Session videos Crazy and If I Ain\u0026rsquo;t Got You.\nBefore moving to Milan I studied at the Accademia dei Tamburi in Pescara (today L\u0026rsquo;Officina della Musica) with the drummer Aldo Leandro, who has played in the studio and on tour with Orietta Berti, Jimmy Fontana and Paolo Di Sabatino. In 2005 I also took part in several full-time drum seminars with Christian Meyer of Elio e le Storie Tese and the jazz drummer and teacher Paolo Pellegatti.\nMilan c. 2005 From metal to rock · cover bands and original songs Around 2005 I moved to Milan for university, left metal behind and turned to rock. I played with local cover bands and in bands writing original songs, which took me into the studio: in 2006 I recorded at SAE Institute and at Noise Factory recording studio. TAO 2007 – 2009 TAO Love Bus · tours, TV and big stages My most important experience was a professional one: drumming for TAO, aka Valerio Ziglioli, live guitarist for the Italian singer-songwriter Alberto Fortis.\nWith TAO I toured Italy aboard the TAO Love Bus: a 1970s Volkswagen T2 minibus turned into a travelling stage, with the band, instruments, mixer and a generator on board and speakers on the roof, so we could play wherever we stopped. I played sitting on the engine compartment. It all started with the Summer of Love 2007, a week-long tour along the Romagna coast; then came our Milan concert on 22 September 2007 and the Motorshow in Bologna that December, which RAI covered on TV. On the Radio Bruno Tour in Modena we shared the stage with well-known Italian artists such as Paola \u0026amp; Chiara, Roby Facchinetti (Pooh), Franco Mussida (PFM) and Roberto Dell\u0026rsquo;Era (Afterhours).\nIn 2007 we also played for Red Ronnie at Roxy Bar, stopped by Radio 105 and shot the video for \u0026ldquo;Nessuno ti ama per quello che sei\u0026rdquo; at Mauro Pagani\u0026rsquo;s famous Officine Meccaniche studios in Milan. In 2008 we took the Love Bus to MEI in Faenza, the meeting of Italian independent labels, where the tour won an award for its originality. We played Milan\u0026rsquo;s best-known clubs, many of which no longer exist, and in 2009 we appeared at Fuori Sanremo during the Sanremo Festival, broadcast on national TV.\nIndie rock c. 2010 – 2016 Milan · cover bands and local gigs After TAO I fully lived the indie rock years, playing with local cover bands and gigging in Milan and the surrounding area. Along the way came punk with The Bollocks, a Sex Pistols tribute band, studio sessions, and gigs at places like Le Trottoir and the former Teatro Smeraldo. The Netherlands 2016 – 2020 Funk In 2016 I moved to the Netherlands, where I mostly played funk. A highlight was playing the Delft Jazz Festival in 2019. London 2020 – today A new start in the UK In 2020 I moved to London. Between Covid and settling into a big new city, I mostly played on an electronic kit, as in the Shorts Rosanna and Firth of Fifth, and at local jam sessions in pubs. Now I\u0026rsquo;m planning to start drum lessons again and, eventually, to get back to playing live gigs. See it all in the photos, watch the videos and check out the gear I play.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/about/","section":"","summary":"","title":"About","type":"page"},{"content":" The cymbals, snare, hardware and electronic kit I play. Cymbals # UFIP Bionic, Brilliant and Class series Splash UFIP Class6\u0026#34; Splash Anatolian Kappadokia10\u0026#34; Hi-hats UFIP Brilliant14\u0026#34; Crash Zildjian A Custom16\u0026#34; Crash Paiste PST 718\u0026#34; Ride UFIP Bionic20\u0026#34; Snare \u0026amp; hardware # Snare Tama S.L.P. Dynamic Bronze14×5.5\u0026#34; Hi-hat stand Tama Speed Cobra 310 HH315D Pedal Tama Speed Cobra 310 HP310L Snare stand Tama HS800W Electronic kit # Roland V-Drums Acoustic Design VAD306\nModule Roland TD-07 Kick Kick pad18\u0026#34; Snare Snare pad12\u0026#34; Tom Tom pad10\u0026#34; Floor tom Floor tom pad12\u0026#34; Hi-hat Roland VH-10 Crash Crash pad12\u0026#34; Ride Ride pad13\u0026#34; ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/gear/","section":"","summary":"","title":"Gear","type":"page"},{"content":" Looking for a drummer for a gig or a recording? Interested in lessons? Or just want to say hello? Write to me here and I\u0026rsquo;ll reply by email. Your name Your email What\u0026#39;s it about? Choose one A gig A recording Lessons Something else Your message Leave this empty Send I\u0026#39;ll only use your name and email to reply to you.\n","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/contact/","section":"","summary":"","title":"Hire me","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/photos/","section":"Photos","summary":"","title":"Photos","type":"photos"},{"content":"The studio collaborations were recorded at At Studio in Sulmona, run by my friend Andrea Tirimacco, with whom I\u0026rsquo;ve been making music since 2003. Among them are the 23 Session videos Crazy and If I Ain\u0026rsquo;t Got You, plus covers with Stephanie: Nothing Compares 2 U and She Will Be Loved. Below them, my years with TAO, from 2007 to 2009, then a clip of me at At Studio recording the drums for Crazy and, at the bottom, a few drum covers I filmed as Shorts.\nStudio recording collaborations Crazy | Gnarls Barkley | 23 SESSION If I Ain\u0026#39;t got You | Alicia Keys | 23 SESSION NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU - Sinead O\u0026#39;Connor - STEPHANIE live @ AtStudio SHE WILL BE LOVED - Maroon 5 - cover di STEPHANIE \u0026amp; ANDREA TIRIMACCO Open playlist on YouTube → Playing with TAO (2007-2009) TAO - Nessuno ti ama per quello che sei TAO Love Bus Experience - Summer of Love 2007 TAO Love Bus Experience - documentary - un\u0026#39;avventura nello Spirito del Rock TAO Love Bus a Sanremo 2009 TAO Love Bus Experience - Motorshow 2007 TAO Love Bus Experience - Milano 22/09/2007 HD Open playlist on YouTube → From my channel Crazy - Gnarls Barkley drum cover Open videos on YouTube → Shorts Genesis Firth of Fifth - Drum cover (2023) Toto Rosanna - Drum cover (2023) Anderson Paak - Come Down drum cover (2020) Radiohead - Weird Fishes drum cover (2020) Open Shorts on YouTube → ","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/videos/","section":"","summary":"","title":"Videos","type":"page"}]