Federico Accardo

BIO - ENGLISH
Born on August 1982, in La Spezia Italy, Federico Accardo decided to leave school at the age of 18 to dedicate his entire life to the world of music and specially the guitar instrument.
He started studying classical guitar at the age of 17 taking lessons from a good friend of him that attended the Conservatory. The first time he picked up an electric guitar he understood that it'll be his main instrument and musical expression, so he decided to quit the classical study to concentrate in the "electric world".
He started studying and practicing hard, playing in various local cover bands that brought the great sound of real hard rock like Van Halen, Whitesnake, Extreme, DLR band... He continued practicing and studying hard, taking some private lessons from local guitar players, but most of the time and work was self-taught. At the age of 21 he decided to attend the most important musical institute in Italy, Lizard Accademie. The year after, he succeeded to complete the studies and gained the certification of the 3rd year with an honor mention and maximum votes.
The next years were very proficient. In July 2004 he was asked to collaborate with the "Lizard Academie" to record two songs for the "How our electric guitar can play" album, released on January 2007. So he had a "hot" summer of full immersion spent between valves, amps and guitars to transcribe, record, mixing and mastering all by himself the two songs "Always with me, always with you" and "Echo" (Joe Satriani).
In 2005 he was asked to join a band which had to come out with his 2nd album. “Shining Fury” is the band name, with heavy power metal influences, that kept him busy writing, recording and playing on stage their music for almost a year. This new great experience helped him to grow as a musician, working with professionals and experienced individuals at higher levels, also expanding musical versatility to a genre that was not too familiar with. The album was released on January 2006 with the name of "Another Life" under the well known "Metal Blade Records".
At the end of 2006 he decided to leave the band to concentrate on his own music, expanding the study of his instrument, influences and knowledge. The New Year brought him lot of inspirations and positive vibrations useful to write new material and focus on the recording process. He always values new bands projects and studio works if they are interesting and professionally good...
BIO - ITALIANO
Nato nell'agosto del 1982, Federico Accardo decide di lasciare la scuola all'età di 18 anni per dedicarsi completamente al mondo della musica ed in particolare alla chitarra. Inizia a prendere lezioni di strumento classico a 17 anni dall'amico Damiano Mainenti (diplomato in conservatorio) e nel contempo comincia a suonare con diversi gruppi cover della zona, partecipando a concorsi e concerti locali. Dopo poco decide di lasciare gli studi classici per concentrarsi maggiormente sullo strumento elettrico, e quindi approfondire e studiare musicisti e generi quali rock, blues, funk, hard rock e affini sotto la guida di alcuni insegnanti della zona (Pavoni e Manuguerra).
A 21 anni comincia a frequentare L'Accademia Musicale Lizard di Firenze, inizialmente con l'insegnante Osvaldo Di Dio, proseguendo poi gli studi con Alex Stornello (ex allievo di Frank Gambale e Shawn Baxter e insegnante del Musician Institute di Londra).
L'anno successivo ha conseguito il diploma del 3° livello accademico con il massimo dei voti e menzione d'onore.
Nel luglio 2004 viene contattato da Giovanni Unterberger (maestro internazionale di chitarra finger piching e direttore della Lizard Accademie) per registrare 2 brani strumentali ("Echo" e "Always With Me, Always With You" di Joe Satriani) che saranno inseriti in un album chiamato "How Our Electric Guitar Can Play".
Nel 2005 il batterista Ross Lukather (Athena, Death SS, Labyrinth, Shining Fury) gli propone di entrare negli Shining Fury in pianta stabile al fine di collaborare alla stesura di nuovi brani per l'uscita del secondo album della band.
Il disco esce nel 2006 con il nome di "Another Life" sotto la nota etichetta discografica Metalblade Records.
Questa esperienza lo aiuta a crescere ulteriormente sotto l'aspetto professionale, collaborando con musicisti di livello e lavorando in noti studi di registrazione quali "Rodger's Studio" (Mantova) e "FP Studio" (Lucca).
A fine 2006 decide di lasciare la band per concentrarsi sulla propria musica e sull'attività didattica che detiene da alcuni anni come insegnante privato di strumento.
Attualmente alterna l'attività live con quella in studio, dedicandosi in modo prioritario all'insegnamento.
La sua prerogativa è la versatilità, ha difatti suonato e collaborato nelle più disparate situazioni, spaziando dal rock blues al pop rock, dal funk all'hard rock sino ad arrivare al metal e affini.
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