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Nikki Ferrari's talent, recording, and performance skills have landed him in world class recording studios and facilities from Boston to Tampa to New York and Los Angeles. Working in state-of-the-art recording facilities with the music industry's most successful, knowledgeable, proven producers and recording engineers Nikki has gained invaluable knowledge and experience from the industry's most sought after and respected masters. As a multi-talented musician, instrumentalist and vocalist, Nikki is also well known for his bass playing and has recorded with over 6 world renown drummers and many famous record producers . Winner of several awards, including the BMA Boston Music Awards as "Bass Player of the Year" his latest achievements have landed him landed him nominations two years in a row in Los Angeles for the Rock City Music Awards "The Rockies" where his previous band was awarded "Outstanding Hard Rock Band " in December of 2005 and most recently in in December 2006 were he was awarded the coveted music award for best "Male Solo Artist of the Year" ************************************************************
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****** Today Nikki's musical career has taken on some new twists and turns. He has stepped out front and has become a solo artist showcasing his stage energy and incredible vocal skill. At the current time he is working on a new solo album and has surrounded himself with top music industry professionals such as Billboard award winning Singer/performer John Valenti as well as very talented group of world reknown producers involved and working on the production of his solo album which is being targeted for a strategic release in just a few short months and a ten month national tour is currently being planned and organized. ************************************************************
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******** As well as establishing a World-wide fan base, Nikki Ferrari is well known as being a great team player and for being well received by music industry professionals everywhere ************************************************************
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******** Welcome to NIKKI FERRARI's rock life: licks, chops and babes, sort of an MTV video come to life... I don't know if its really that way for Nikki, but the ease with which he demonstrates his immense talent makes it hard to imagine otherwise. His is a bigger than life character, the kind rock loves. Music from him feels like it has to be governed like horsepower; you can feel that however powerful the thing he is doing, it is made richer by a sense that there's still more under the hood, which creates awe. Listening to the old Bill Withers chestnut "Ain't No (Sunshine When She's Gone)," below, you get the feeling that Nikki has done the definitive version. It opens with an urge to shred the acoustic guitar, so every well- phrased chord progression that follows feels on the edge of lift off, and then there is the voice. ************************************************************
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******* Nikki has a deep vein of soul particular to rock singers who came on the L.A. scene in the "modern era"; sound wise think Steven Tyler, David Lee Roth. He has that intimate gravel that butters out into sweetness. Then there are the guitar exercises, which are virtuoso in their precision speed dynamics; pretty extraordinary for anybody, and especially a guy who has made his mark as a bassist. Nikki threw together his demos for the 2006 Rock City News Awards - he was nominated in the Outstanding Solo Artist category - in three days, against the advice of his handlers. He wasn't after all, able to give them the "real stuff." Says Nikki - "The real material I'm working on for the new album I could not put out there yet as it will not be released for months and with the incredible vocal work and musical ideas we did not want anyone to jump on the band wagon and wipe me out before I get started on the marketing and PR campaigns. ************************************************************
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******* " Incredible vocal work and musical ideas? It ain't braggin' to state fact. Again, listen to the MP3s below, which may not be the real thing but leave no doubt about the truth to come. And by the way, Nikki won the Rocky for Outstanding Solo Artist. "The competition was huge man, didn't even get the votes, no album out and yeah still in shock!" Nikki said after the awards show. He didn't top the on line vote in his category, but vote totals in the Rockies only factor into the judges' decisions. ************************************************************
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******* Quality of musicianship and artistic expression are listed as other qualifiers, and Nikki clearly made up the difference with the acknowledgement conferred upon him by the panelists. Nikki is sort of undeniable. He is under the watchful eye of an industry veteran. "I am working with John Valenti as a collaborator and consultant vocal coach, trend coach, etc." (A trend coach?) "He had four albums out in the late 70's-early 80's as well as a 1 R&B hit and Overall Billboard's 37 top 40 in 1976. Valenti is just a great guy and so freekin' talented! Johns album's are on back order all the time and he is huge in Japan. I am also working with several famous producers on this one. Some other really exciting things have happened...just so much right now its quite overwhelming."
Rick A. Rice
RARWRITER MAGAZINE
www.rarwriter.com
