marcoolivotto - ProfilesArchive

About Me

What to say? I was born in Northern Italy and still live there. I run a recording studio (four people working) and have been a musician and record producer for, uhm, 12 years I guess. Projects... too many to mention! No specific genre either: I've done them all, from Baroque to Post-Punk. The idea is that the music counts, not the clothes it wears. Among my fondest memories are the albums I've done with Giovanni Sollima (Canti Rocciosi), Stefano Bollani (Gente In Cerca Di Nuvole), David Jackson (DVD), Judge Smith (The Full English), Paddy Milner (Based On A True Stories). And yes, my own Tantus Labor as well! I live next to the studio on the hills surrounding Rovereto, a little great town in Trentino, not so far from the Austrian border. I am married to Chiara, who works with me, and we try to escape from everyday's work routine by pretending that we are, respectively, a cat and an actinia. :-)

My Interests

Music, of course. Movies, philosophy, books... you name it.

I'd like to meet:

Musicians, singers, songwriters, talents... and essentially, interesting people! Before you ask: yes, I do listen to demos - always; but no, do NOT send them unsolicited... they may not be noticed, and then you'd be very, very pissed off. ;-)

Music:

Anything, really - as long as it makes sense and has The Power Of Music. I am not very interested in dance stuff, and I may have occasional problems with the most delirious fringes of contemporary music (sometimes too heady, dissonant and ultimately shooting onto itself), but in general I will listen to anything, really... from renaissance to post-punk. As long as it makes sense and has The Power Of Music. What's that? Well... uhm. Call me. :-)

Movies:

The Elephant Man - David Lynch... Eyes Wide Shut - Stanley Kubrick... Shining - SK again... a lot, really.

Television:

What's that?

Books:

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. No doubt!

Heroes:

A tough one... let's see. Well, my father, for sure. He died almost three years ago of lung cancer. The legacy he left - and I mean the ethos of a human being, and his teachings - still drives me onward today.

My Blog

GAME OVER

I came back from MIDEM... well, about a couple of weeks ago. Very little to say, or a lot to say - it really depends on the mood. The problem is easy to understand: the whole of the music business is ...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:56:00 PST

Mastering done

So, Paddy Milner's album is finished - really. Had a great time in London working with Duncan Cowell at Sound Mastering (love those B&W speakers, Duncan!!!) and with Gerry Bron. Now it's all about set...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:08:00 PST

The dream mix?

A funny story I've long had in mind to write...While I was mixing Paddy Milner's album two apparently uncorrelated events came about. First, we were listening to drums, bass and piano on a track we'd ...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:05:00 PST

I iPod!

Ah-ha! Paddy Milner's mega-mix burned out one of my discs (two actually... they went to sleep forever a few days after he left), and so I bought two new ones about 600MB each. I lovingly christened th...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:58:00 PST

Paddy Milner's album finished...

So, the new Paddy Milner's album is finished! We've had a final mixing session which lasted from Sunday 22nd to Thursday 26th, and we were graced by the presence of both guitarist Randall B, who was w...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:05:00 PST

VIV (Very Interesting Voice)

I just finished to cut a two-song demo with a young singer called Elisa Amistadi. Funny: I've heard her name for ages, and one day I discovered she lives literally one minute away from the studio... T...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:57:00 PST

Had to stop...

So, while Paddy is touring Germany these days, I am getting on with bits of work. In particular I am comping the vocals on a track called "Changes". The reason why I'm writing right now is... I've had...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:39:00 PST

(Not) For Tina's Eyes Only... :-)

So... hungry for news, huh?OK - let me unveil a few things about Paddy Milner & The Big Sounds' next album.Well, it's still untitled. We have a few runners, but no final decision has been made.The alb...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:08:00 PST

Always on the go...

So, another batch of mixes for the new Paddy Milner album is finished. These sessions often take a different direction than expected, and in this case we decided to get into some new recordings on the...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:52:00 PST

Harrowdown Hill

A friend told me the most recent Thom Yorke video was available on YouTube. I had a look, and was caught forever. Yorke has been slashed by some critics for his album "The Eraser", but I personally th...
Posted by marcoolivotto on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:51:00 PST