Marco Rodi

I was listening to my recordings of my upcoming album and I was thinking, man, this music is cool but will get me anywhere. I’ve been writing solo bass songs for 2 years and i’m starting to realise that it’s only cool to play live. It’s a live act, a performance where people can enjoy and feel my vibe and energy. Not some songs you listen in your car or in your ipod on the bus. It dosen’t feel the same. I have to find a way to transform my vibe on mp3.

And now, a new phase is coming.

Everyday I’m thinking about my own band. It’s the only way to go to the next step. To do an album with a band, but with my own songs. With that, I will be able to do longer shows. I can do a 40 minutes show with my solo stuff and the audience is not bored at the end. So imagin with a band AND my solo songs. We can do easily a 1 hour or 1:30 of pure sickness. hehe

But I’m thinking to much. Do I want a impro band? An Experimental band? Funk Band? Everything together? Sure. Most people think just play and you will find your sound… it’s true. So ill soon start jamming.

Hello all!

I’ve been part of a cool virtual musical project. A guitarist from brazil contacted me and asked me if I would like to put some bass in a song. The song is played by 5 musicians all over the world and it has been written by the guitarist/composer Franco Rossi. So each of us recorded our part, we sent it to Franco and he did the final mixing. It’s amazing.

You can all check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXifYo3eGlI

Stay tuned for the bass solo at the end hehe

Heyyy allll!!!!!!!

WOW 2 months with NO blogs?!?!?!?! What the hell! Well it was summer and I had a blast. I took all my energy back after a long depressing year in music school. Now its gone. No more music school, no more blasting summer, Serious Engenering School hehehe.

I realised something. My biggest bass playing motivations comes when I have alot of things to do. I spent one year in music school and in summer vacation and at the end, i was lazy with the bass. I was playing everyday but it was only jamming, not serious composing bass songs. Now that school started, in Computer Engenering, I have alot alot alot alot of work to do with school and I have alot alot alot alot of crazy bass ideas. I remembered when I won the competition that brought me to France, I was in school and I had shitload of work to do and I was working part time… so the little amount of time I had left playing bass was crazy. I wrote my first 3 solo bass songs and won the competition.

So that’s just the way I am I guess. It’s really weird but the more work I have, the more bass playing motivation I have. I was thinking last year:” Wow, wouldn’t it be cool if I had ONLY bass in my life? Each second I have I could spent it on finding new Ideas with bass, playing, jamming etc…”

I did this and I fell into a deep depression because it was boring. haha. I need to do other stuff in life.
On one my favorite guitarists is John Frusciante and I was really inspired by him at that part of my life. He dedicate his entire life to guitar playing. He practices 15 hour per days… wow. I just can’t do that.

So this Sunday I’m going to record 4 of my songs in a professional studio. One of my friends studies in a recording school and he can reserve the studio anytime to do any kind of projects… for free…. how cool is that?

So I will post them on my myspace page as soon as I got them. I can’t tell you the 4 songs, I want to keep it as a surprise but I can tell you that it’s 3 compositions and 1 impro/jam song.

The shows section will be updated soon I have alot of school shows in the next 3 months. Plus, I’m going to participate into another huge university talent competition hehehehee.

So my second solo bass album Nascolto Sole is on HOLD for the moment.

Bye bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nascosto Sole
My second solo bass album Coming out in August!!

Yup yup. I found the name. What does it mean? In Italian, it means Hidden Sun. I believe that anyone who is in a deep depression, or crazy madness, or big sadness, or anything bad, it’s just a normal phase in anyones life. When we are in this kind of mood, we usually think that our world became dark and there is no issue to it. Well, I personally think it’s wrong. In any dark places on earth, if we light a match, open a flashlight, we will see light… When the sun is hidden on the other side of the planet, it’s dark… but we all know that the sun will come back no matter what.

And another cool thing about the title Nascosto Sole is that SOLE in italian means SUN and ALONE. So when we are in our dark mode, we usually think we are alone in our own dark bubble. Anyways, the point is, no matter what we do wrong, or what we do right and go wrong, or anything that kills our happiness, there is always a solution to light up that mean dark world. Sometimes the solution can take time… Slowly but surely….

I’m a strong person. Not physicaly strong, but emotionaly strong. Like I said, I spent nearly 8 months of dealing with personnal emotional problem, my world was dark, sad, depressed, I wasen’t in the mood of doing anything. But now, its all over. I’m back, I killed the dark and the light is shining so I can start writing the best solo bass record Ever.

Peace.