Talk Like A Champion, Walk Like A Champion

About Me

I spent a few years reading 1's and 0's if you know what I mean. Since then I've spent my time writing & producing music, traveling and touring the world over on planes, trains & automobiles. At a young age I developed an affinity and love for music, as I got older I began to understand what Louis Armstrong meant when he said "music is my mistress and she plays second fiddle to no one." I'm passionate about my family, friends, life, love, spirituality, laughing, art, dreams, cultures (especially european), music and having a blast. Reading and writing poetry and philosophy helps to keep me sane. I am thankful every day for being blessed to have achieved success at what I love. In a business where no one is really your friend I am lucky to be surrounded by people I consider my extended family. I lived in London, Spain, France & Italy before moving to the big apple. I am an Italian & Australian mutt born & raised in London with a Scottish name, go figure...
Music is the life and language of the soul and it's the emotion that puts our lives in motion.
Character cannot be developed in ease & quiet. Only through experience of trial & suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, & success achieved.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
I have written, produced and remixed for the likes of Janet Jackson, Nikka Costa, Stacie Orrico, Sander Kleinenberg, Conjure One/Delirium, William Orbit, Juliet, N.E.R.D, Danny Tenaglia, Steve Lawler, Puff Daddy and the list goes on. To find out more about my music and the artists I have worked with, click the logo below
My job is difficult but somebody has to do it:
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My Interests

Music and then some, football/soccer - Forza Azzurri, Chelsea FC, AC Milan, NY Giants and Mets. Going to the gym, reading and writing poetry and philosophy, classic muscle cars ('66-'69), surfing, movies in case the list below didn't make that obvious enough, going for walks, the beach at night, friends and family, helping people, fighting my brother, drinking, cooking, going to great restaurants, walking around the village and soho, obscure lounges, laughing cause its good for the soul, driving around at night, road trips, some more music, tattoos, PBR, Stella, Makers Mark, Wild Turkey, Jim Beam, Grey Goose and beautiful women that make you go mmmm...people watching, boxing, muay thai, traveling, business class, poker, white sand beaches and crystal clear oceans, scuba diving...collecting hotel key cards, dive bars, buck hunter, disco bowling and playing pool, learning about new cultures...Technology...
Repping The Plantation Nation
...enjoying the finer and not so fine things in life alike...

I'd like to meet:

Down to earth, eclectic and artistic people who love life and music. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of The Clash, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis...

Amazing people who can make me laugh til my sides hurt...People who are passionate about life, driven, ambitious, laid back and a tad bit crazy with dreams and aspirations who can appreciate the little things life has to offer...people who walk their own paths and don't follow the pack...anyone comfortable dressed to the 9's or in ripped jeans and a wife beater...

People I can learn from. Other singers, writers, lyricists, musicians, philosophers and artists from all walks of life. Anyone who can beat me at the drinking game called last man standing

Music:

Al Green, Thin Lizzy, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Smashing Pumpkins, Thievery Corporation, Massive Attack, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Budha Bar, Rod Stewart, David Gray, Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Louis Armnstrong, Ray Charles, The Cure, Audioslave, Live, Chilli Peppers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bjork, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Peter Gabriel, Fleetwood Mac, BB King, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Ben E King, Miles Davis, George Michael, The Roots, Bob Marley, The Clash, Tribe Called Quest, Outkast, INXS, Moby, Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, Aretha Franklin Jimi Hendrix, Steve Miller, Beatles, David Bowie, Cold Play, G n' R, NIN, Alice Cooper, Stillwater, Janes Addiction, The Stones, AC/DC, Sean Paul, Sinead, Nirvana, Ramones, Joy Division, New Order, Iggy Pop, Sex Pistols, The Stones,Morcheeba, Damien Rice, The Weepies, The Cure, Devotchka, Beth Orton, Ryan Adams, Black Sabbath, Little Richard, Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, Dirty Pretty Things, Libertines, Citizen Cope, Blonde Redhead Bob Dylan, The Smiths, Lynrd Skynrd, Cat Stevens, Tom Waits, U2, Breaking Benjamin, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Finch, System Of A Down, Slipknot, Pantera, Samite, Geoffrey Oryema, Khaled, Maria De Barros, Cesaria Evora, Fela Kuti, Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. Timbaland, The Neptunes, Mobb Deep, 2 Pac, Biggie, Nas, Common, Jurassic 5, The Fugees, Ill Al Skratch, Mad Lion, Wu Tang, Pete Rock, CL Smooth...Chemical Brothers, Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, John Digweed, Steve Lawler, etc etc etc etc...

Movies:

goodfellas, casino, donnie brasco, glory, braveheart, true romance, pulp fiction, in the name of the father, ghost dog, the usual suspects, sexy beast, lock stock and 2 smoking barrels, snatch, rocky, unforgiven, fargo, the big lebowski, bad santa, crash, old school, coming to america, office space, anchor man, sideways, made, dodgeball, wedding crashers, spinal tap, the insider, casablanca, godfather 1 and 2, il postino, american history x, scarface, shawshank redemption, bronx tale, heat, the crow, apocalypse now, traffic, american beauty, step into liquid, trainspotting, requiem for a dream, stand by me, high fidelity, the commitments, platoon, sin city, man on fire, million dollar baby, raging bull, kill bill, the good, the bad and the ugly, blade runner, full metal jacket, memento, beverly hills cop, blackhawk down, courage under fire, batman begins, run lola run, life is beautiful, deer hunter, the thin red line, donnie darko, dead presidents, top gun, trading places, the blues brothers, the warriors, lost highway, mulholland drive, better off dead, Layer Cake, Classic James Bond with Dalton, Connery & Moore...and many many more...

Television:

the ali g show, rescue me, family bonds, curb enthusiasm, deadwood, deadliest catch, entourage, inked, miami ink, daily show, brotherhood, mxc

Books:

Douglas Hofstadter "Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid", Tao Te Ching "The Tao of War", Alessandro Baricco "Questa Storia", Pietro Aretino "Dubbi Amorosi", Thich Nhat Hanh "Living Budha Living Christ", William Cooper "Behold A Pale Horse"

Heroes:

My Mother, My Grandmother, James J Braddock, Bob Marley, Nelson Mandela and Terry Tate Office Linebacker

My Blog

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I hardly come on myspace anymore, if you want to facebook me use my email address, [email protected] grazie
Posted by Talk Like A Champion, Walk Like A Champion on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:47:00 PST

Letting Go...

To let go isn't to forget, not to think about, or ignore. It doesn't leave feelings of anger, jealousy, or regret. Letting go isn't about winning or losing. It's not about pride and it's not about how...
Posted by Talk Like A Champion, Walk Like A Champion on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:46:00 PST

bring clean water to 1.1 billion people who lack it

charity: water is a quickly growing grass-roots initiative based in New York City that began work in August 2006.1. Through high profile multimedia exhibitions and events, and an online presence, we i...
Posted by Talk Like A Champion, Walk Like A Champion on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:10:00 PST

Be Willing...

Be Willing What are you willing to create in your life? How are you willing to spend the precious resource of your time, and what are you willing to accomplish?There are countless things that you are ...
Posted by Talk Like A Champion, Walk Like A Champion on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:51:00 PST

Inspiration, Creation, Beauty

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True Lies

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Change The World

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Let Your Light Shine

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be br...
Posted by Talk Like A Champion, Walk Like A Champion on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:43:00 PST

Jolene

Cocaine flame in my bloodstreamSold my coat when I hit SpokaneBought myself a hard pack of cigarettes in the early morning rainLately my hands they don't feel like mineMy eyes been stung with dust, I'...
Posted by Talk Like A Champion, Walk Like A Champion on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:06:00 PST

Life's Been Good To Me

I have a mansion, forget the priceAin't never been there, they tell me it's niceI live in hotels, tear out the wallsI have accountants pay for it allThey say I'm crazy but I have a good timeI'm just l...
Posted by Talk Like A Champion, Walk Like A Champion on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:04:00 PST