Maurizio Schiavi - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I began my career as a Sound Engineer 7 years ago after several years of being a trained musician/arranger, performing in many bands encompassing different music genres (blues, soul, funk, rythm & blues, jazz, rock, reggae, ska and some weird experimental/electronic music) as well as hosting the radio show Sinergia (broadcasted on Radio CittÃ Futura) and organising music events.
I graduated from the SAE Intstitute in September 2001 and after gaining some experience in recording studios in Rome, in 2002 I decided to move to London where I had the chance to be at the court of great Sound Engineer/Producer Gwyn Mathias, at the Odessa Wharf Studios in Hackney.
During my "London days" I also collaborated with fellow countryman and talented Musician/Engineer/Producer Andrea Terrano at Iguana Studio in Brixton, being credited on the Sarah Blair & The Union album "Institutions" (Establishment Records).
In January 2004 I returned to my native Rome where I started dealing with Live Sound Engineering, working on concerts and television broadcasting (for Rai, the Italian national broadcaster, Mediaset, MTV, Sky TV), as well as theatre in a range of different roles.
These included Monitor Engineer (my main specialisation), FOH Engineer, PA Systems Tech, Backliner/Stage Tech, RF Systems Tech, Location Sound Recordist.
Since November 2007 I have been living and working in the UK once again, this time moving between England and Italy according to where I am needed for work.
Aside from my technical work I am also the UK representative of the
(POP)CORN CHIC *InDieDisco* events and GRAV!TY FESTIVAL in Rome.
I am interested in hearing from signed/unsigned bands and solo artists who wish to take part in these events.
A list of gigs I worked on:
International artists:
UNKLE (feat. Ian Brown, Ian Astbury, Gavin Clark, Joel Cadbury), Massive Attack, Anoushka Shankar, Eric Bibb, Ronan Keating, Courtney Pine, Hot Chip, Late Of The Pier, Florence And The Machine, Tilly And The Wall, Iglu & Hartly, Modeselektor, Reverend And The Makers, Deadmau5, PNAU, Anthony Rother, Lindstrom, Emperor Machine, Malakai, Chris Cain, Siouxsie, Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau Quartet, Genesis, Sonic Youth, Biffy Clyro (as opening act for The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang Tour), The Cult, Badly Drawn Boy, The White Stripes, Good Charlotte, Earth, Wind & Fire, Toto, Steve Vai, Alan Parsons, Grupo Compay Segundo, Jimmy Cliff, Ky-Many Marley, Damian Marley & The Empire, Barry Harris/Tony Scott/Steve Grossman, Jonathan Gee, Morrie Louden, Nicola Piovani, Adam F.
Italian artists:
Pop & Rock:
Casino Royale, Bluvertigo, Caparezza, Afterhours, Verdena, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, Vanilla Sky, Sud Sound System, Quintorigo, Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters, Bugo, Mau Mau, Linea 77, Baustelle, NiccolÃ² Fabi, L'Aura, Paola Turci, Mietta, Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, Orchestra di Ambrogio Sparagna.
Jazz:
Maurizio Giammarco, Cinzia Spata, Roberto Gatto, Bruno Tommaso, Nicola Stilo, Giovanni Amato, Javier Girotto, Luigi Bonafede, Pietro Tonolo, Salvatore Bonafede, Pietro Ciancaglini, Fabrizio Sferra, Davide Pettirossi, Nicola Puglielli, Stefano Sabatini, Furio Di Castri, Enzo Scoppa, Fabiana Rosciglione, Claudia Mar.S.S.

My Interests

Music, Films, Art, Philosophy, Literature, Traveling, Gourmet Food & Wines, Having a good time

I'd like to meet:

Bands, Solo Artists, Sound Engineers, Producers, Promoters, Tour Managers and in general everyone who shares with me the same love for the greatest art form that human beings can conceive...MUSIC!!!

Music:

Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, Chet Baker, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Wes Montgomery, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarret, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Tony William's Lifetime, Return To Forever, Oregon, Pat Metheny, Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Steve Ray Vaughan, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles (only from "Sgt.Pepper" onwards), Bob Dylan, johnny Cash, Pink Floyd(only until "Dark Side Of The Moon"), Genesis (with Peter Gabriel), Soft Machine, Gentle Giant, Area, Perigeo, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Cream, Traffic, Free, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Police, Paul Weller (with The Jam, The Style Council as well as a solo artist), U2 (only until "The Joshua Tree"), The Smiths, Joy Division, Litfiba (only until "Litfiba 3"), Diaframma, CCCP, CSI, Marlene Kuntz, Verdena, Massimo Volume, (early) Afterhours, The Cure, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Devo, Nick Drake, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Tortoise, Radiohead, (early) Oasis, Dinosaur Jr., Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, dEUS, Pavement, Einstruzende Neubauten, Afghan Whigs, Melvins, Queens Of The Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Interpol, Bloc Party, Sigur Ros, Nick Cave, P.J.Harvey, The Clash, Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Stone Roses, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, Grant Lee Buffalo, Gomez, Metallica (only until "And Justice For All"), Rage Against The Machine, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Primus, Living Colour,Red Hot Chili Peppers (only until "One Hot Minute"), Neil Young, Frank Zappa, Tom Waits, Stevie Wonder, Sly Stone, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Womack Aretha Franklin, Earth Wind & Fire, Blood Sweat & Tears, Tower Of Power, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Quincy Jones, Commodores, Gil Scott-Heron, Bob Marley, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, India Arie, Sade, Prince, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest, US3, Guru's Jazzmatazz, The Roots, Kanye West, Kelis, Common, N.E.R.D., Outkast, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards Of Canada, Pansonic, Amon Tobin, Cassius, Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Four Tet, Massive Attack, Tricky,Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Shadow, Peace Orchestra, Tosca, Jazzanova, Thievery Corporation, Portishead, Mr.Scruff, DJ Spooky, Carl Craig, Jeff Mills, Carl Cox, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Air, Matmos, Supersilent, Susanna And The Magical Orchestra, Mouse On Mars, Mira Kalix, John Zorn, Squarepusher, Cinematic Orchestra, Future Sound Of London, Bjork, Beck, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ravi Shankar, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Egberto Gismonti,Wendy Carlos, L.V.Beethoven, J.S.Bach, W.A.Mozart, Eric Satie, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Bela Bartok, Luciano Berio, Steve Reich, John Cage,Edgar Varese, Olivier Messiaen, Igor Stravinsky, Iannis Xenakis, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ennio Morricone and...well...that's all..for now...

Movies:

Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson), All That Jazz (Bob Fosse), Apocalypse Now (F.F.Coppola), Taxi Driver, Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese), The Blues Brothers (John Landis), Amadeus (Milos Forman), The Big Lebowski (Joel Cohen),Brazil (Terry Gilliam),Blade Runner (Ridley Scott), 2001:A Space Odissey,Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange, Dr.Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick),Do The Right Thing, Mo Better Blues, Clockers,
Malcom X, Crooklyn (Spike Lee), M*A*S*H (Robert Altman),
Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet), Tommy (Ken Russell), Quadrophenia (Franc Roddam),
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman),
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen),
Ghost Dog, Dead Man, Coffee and Cigarettes (Jim Jarmush),
The Addiction (Abel Ferrara),Phantom Of The Paradise (Brian De Palma), Clerks (Kevin Smith), La Haine (Mathieu Kassovitz), Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks), Akira (Katsuhro Otomo), Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook), Leningrad Cowboys Go America (Aki Kaurismaki)

Television:

The Simpsons, South Park, Scrubs, The Office, Little Britain, Saxondale, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Bo Selecta, The Muppet Show

Books:

On The Road (Jack Kerouac),
The Catcher In The Rye (J.D.Salinger), Wait Until Spring Bandini (John Fante), Erections,Ejaculations,Exhibitions And General Tales Of Ordinary Madness (Charles Bukowski),
A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick),High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)

Heroes:

Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Quincy Jones, Nile Rodgers, Alan Parsons, Jason Corsaro, Trevor Horn, George Martin, Bob Clearmountain, Walter Afanasieff, Geoff Emerick, Andy Wallace, Brendan O'Brien, Tony Visconti, Tchad Blake, Leonardo Da Vinci, Bertrand Russell, Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Che Guevara, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Steve McQueen, Muhammad Ali, John McEnroe