First, it was love at first sight: a “Bontempi” organ my dad would never let me play, until I insisted long enough he had to give up! I was only about 7, self though, introspect, playing that keyboard was a means for me to voice feelings I didn’t have words for.
Growing up it my second love was for guitar, taking me from heavy metal, to grunge, then blues and jazz. Composing my own music during these years was yet again one of the only ways I could let myself go.
Using some of Bruno Illiano’s words, people are like beacons of light in the darkness… when our lights shine brightly enough, we will always find each other… Bruno has been my vocal coach for a few years and gave me a solid foundation on the piano which I still treasure while always wishing I had done more!
Back to today, the idea of Metaphonic has evolved slowly throughout a timespan that goes a very long way back. Despite life hasn’t always brought me closer to Music, Music has stuck around me, kept coming, kept being part of who I am. So I decided to share my experience, or whatever this may be called, this goes beyond just myself or music and can’t be left to the shadow of some introspect who is too afraid to open up and share (aka: me). Metaphonic wants to represent the transcendent nature of this experience through life and the expression of ideas into the language of music.
If you’re really, really, curious about who I am, you might be interested in knowing that another artistic outlet, photography, has been constantly part of my life. I am integrating my photography work into the single album covers and most of the artworks for Metaphonic. Check out some of my work here: Salvatore De Cicco – Photography
