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Leonardo Abbate

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Autore di canzoni,cantante e vocal coach per cantanti in studio,arrangiatore. Strumenti: voce (anche in inglese, spagnolo), piano, chitarre, basso,programmazioni su Nuendo, Cubase SX. Home studio in Firenze. Ha lavorato con: Cosmo Parlato, Raf , Dirotta su Cuba, Laura Pausini , Giancarlo Bigazzi, Umberto tozzi, Aleandro Baldi, Mietta, Fiordaliso, Loredana Berte', Lisa Stenfield, Marco Masini, Stephen Hague, Carla Boni, Cristina D'Avena, Dado Parisini, Riccardo Cocciante, e molti altri.Tre volte al Festival di Sanremo come corista live per Tozzi e Aleandro Baldi. Autore per Laura Pausini , con "Angeli nel blu",vincitrice nel 1996 del Platinum Music Award per i due milioni di copie vendute nel mondo,Mina con "Fragile" con il doppio disco di platino in Italia,per Raf con "Stai con me", mezzo milione di copie vendute in Italia. Iscritto alla SIAE e dal 2006 all'ASCAP americana. Collabora con produzioni Mediaset televisive e discografiche. Insegna canto moderno al Laboratorio Musicale di Firenze,Medialab, alla Blackdog e alla scuola Diapason di Siena. Sostiene seminari sull interpretazione vocale nei vari generi e nel musical.
songwriting arranger and producer INSTRUMENTS:Lead and backing vocal, piano, guitar, bass, programming and arrangements, owner of a professional home recording studio in Florence (Italy).SKILLS:Songwriting and composer for documentaries and radios. Play electric guitar, bass and piano. Backing vocals in recordings for many famous italian producers and artists. Backing vocals, bass, guitar, in various major italian tours.Arranger and producer: pop,lounge,electronic recording studio abilities. Music softwares used: Nuendo, Cubase sx.EXPERIENCE:As songwriter:Song for the singer Laura Pausini: “Angeli nel blu”. two million copies sold all over the world Song for the singer Mina: "Fragile" double platinum disc in Italy Song for the singer Raf; "Stai con me" five houndred thousand copies sold in Italy Song for the singer Amanda Miguel: "Quiero volar junto a ti" five hundred thousand copies sold all Latin America and United States. Brief Jazz collaboration with Lisa Stenfield for a song of mine (This boy) never published because of problems between Lisa and her label of that time.As a studio backing vocal:In various records for some italian famous artists such as Mina, Laura Pausini , Umberto tozzi, Marco Masini, Riccardo Cocciante, Raf and many others. vocalist in italian, english, spanish As a Live backing vocals:Three times at Sanremo's Festival (the most famous italian musical attraction, broadcasted live on RAI UNO every year at the end of February). two years with an italian famous band (Dirotta su Cuba).PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND HONORS:Member of SIAE (Italian society of authors) and ASCAP (American society of authors) In 1996, Platinum Europe Award with the singer Laura Pausini for 2.000.000 copies sold all over the world. In 2005, Platinum disc with the italian singer Mina for over 200.000 copies sold in Italy

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Member Since: 25/08/2007
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