About Me
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name: Valerio D'Andrassi
EDUCATION:
1999: Linguistic High-School Diploma (Nostra Signora della Mercede Anzio -Rome- Italy) vote 80/100
2001: Master in Industrial Applications of the Music (Conservatory L. Refice - Frosinone- Italy)
2003: Master in Midi and Sound Engineer (Saint Louis Music College -Rome- Italy)
WORK EXPERIENCES:
1994 - 2006:
Disc Jockey in many Italian and European clubs:
Virtualia - Rome Reggae Night - Rome Deportivo - Rome La Scialuppa - Rome Rivazzurra - Rome Tanaliberatutti - Rome Felix -Latina Makkeroni -Latina I Gufi - Latina Dada - Latina Valentina Beach - Latina On Air - Latina Don Juan - Latina Jungle - Rome Alibi - Rome Cafè Latino - Rome Art Cafè - Rome Noy - Milan Hulala NIP Club - Rome
2000 - 2006:
Sound Engineer / Composer in my own studio recording (Little House Studio Anzio -Rome- Italy) 2004: Sound Engeneer / Composer to Circe Digital Studio Recording (Sabaudia -Latina- Italy) 2005: Sound Engeneer / Composer to Melodica studio (Milano - Italy)
Exclusive V.I.P. Party:
2005: MTV Music Awards unofficial party. Hulala Rome Italy (with Pharrel, Black Eyed Peas, Naomi Campbell)
2005: Cirque Du Soleil after party. Paris France (with Claude Challe, Guy Laliberté) 2006: First of the year Flavio Briatore's Party. Malindi, Kenya (with Flavio Briatore, Naomi Campbell, Simona Ventura)
2006: Cirque Du Soleil after party. Hulala NIP Club Rome, Italy (with Guy Laliberté, Patrick King, and many Italian V.I.P.'s)
DISCOGRAPHY:
Genre:
Electronic
2003:
Frank'O'Moiraghi & Jonathan Meyer - Tribal Experience (Tambour - EMI) 2004: Frank'O'Moiraghi & Jonathan Meyer - Tribal Experience 2 (Tambour - EMI)
Frank'O'Moiraghi & Jonathan Meyer - Tribal Experience 3 (Tambour - EMI) Simple Minds - Alive & Kickin' (Home Made rmx) (Absolutely records)
2005:
Dj Dandrassi - Discomputer (More Money records)
Julie Marghilano & Dj Dandrassi - Embrace the light (White Label)
2006:
Vivie-Ann Bakos & Dj Dandrassi feat. Opus III - It's a fine Day (coming soon)
Michael Wattford - Back 2 my Roots (Home Made rmx) (coming soon)
P.M. Dawn - Gotta be... Movin'on Up (Home Made '06 rmx) (coming soon)
Genre:
Lounge
2006:
Jonathan Meyer - Tribal Funk [ALBUM] (kernel records)
Genre:
Hip-Hop/Rap
2005: Barry Convex - Mr. Kirbi [ALBUM] (Hip-Hop Magazine)
COMPUTING EXPERIENCES:
Perfect knowledge of most diffuses OS: Windows 98, ME, XP. MacOS 9.x, OSX Perfect knowledge of most diffuses musical softwares: Apple Logic Pro (from v.4 to v.7), Steinberg Cubase SX3, Motu Digital Performer 5, Digidesign Pro Tools 7, Arturia Minimoog - Moog Modular - CS 80V - ARP 2600, Native Instruments Battery 2 - Kontakt - Pro 53 - FM7 - Intakt - Reaktor, Spectrasonics Trilogy - Atmosphere - Stylus RMX, Korg Legacy Collection, Novation Bass Station - V Station.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCES: Perfect knowledge of synthesis creation: Addictive / Subtractive Perfect knowledge of sampling synthesis: Sample rate, bit rate Perfect knowledge of mixer: Stage mixers, Studio mixers, Master section, Channel section, Bus, Aux sends, Aux returns, Machine Returns Perfect knowledge of outboards: Reverbs, Delays, Compressors, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger Discrete knowledge of musical composition: Scales, Chord, Time, bpm.
LANGUAGES:
Italian: perfect in both writing and speaking
English: semi-fluent in conversation , some reading / writing skills
French: semi-fluent in conversation , some reading / writing skills
Spanish: Some conversation skills, some reading / writing skills