Marco Rodi

Yesss February 28th is a university competition in arts. We have 10 minutes on stage and we can do anything we want. I decided to show my drawing skills. I will paint and people will admire my artwork. Ok. I will play bass.

So I have 10 minutes to show my sickest compositions. 10 minutes to show my best stuff. 10 minutes to entertain the audience. 10 minutes. Its hard! In my last solo bass set, I had 35 minutes and I had a hard time trying to fit my best stuff in it! Before it was easy, I ONLY had 10 minutes of bass stuff! Now, I think I can do a 1:15 solo bass set. I have too much stuff going on. For sure I will play a 2-3 minutes slap fiesta, I will play Nascosto Sole and 2008 jam ( my newest youtube video). And I will finish by a crazy improvised distortional solo. I think I will go crazy on stage. I want to do more shows. I’m missing it. Before I was doing at least 1 show per week. Now its 1 show per 2 months if I’m lucky. I want to wear a bandana. Its cool wearing a bandana when you have long hair. Bah I don’t want to wear a bandana. BUT for sure I will do a huge Afro like I did on my first competition. It will represent luck for me. Last competition was so perfect, in fact, that was the period in my life I achieved perfect happiness. I was out of this normal world. I created my own. I was in the sky and my ego was huge. Now I’m normal. I guess Im more mature and more realistic. Its all good. So come and see me guys man, come on.

COME AND SUPPORT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey alllll!!!!!!!!!

Ok. I did a solo bass set last Wednesday and it went SO great!!!!! It seems that I’m starting to get really confortable with every of my solo bass songs. SO confortable that I can improvise in them and change some little stuff here and there. My groove improved ALOT! I’m so proud of it!! My biggest stress in shows is that I am afraid that people will talk really loud during my set. When you are in a band, it’s not bad because even if people are talking, you are playing really loud so you wont hear them. But as a solo bassist, YOU HEAR THEM. And i get really distracted with that. But last wednesday, people were not talking. It was all silent exept for my deep bass notes. I felt like in another planet. I got so much into my bass playing during that show that I forgot I was on stage… it was awesome. I played 2 of my new songs and people seemed to enjoy them!

It’s so cool to do a solo bass set in front of people who never heard of solo bass. People are there, chilling, and suddenly they see a skinny guy with a huge affro going on stage with only his bass on. People are always like: Where the hell is the band?

But when I start playing, people are having fun. This is what makes me so happy: I am able to connect with people with only my bass. I never talk during my set. I only say OK THANK YOU SO MUCH!! at the end. But I never explain my songs or say jokes. I dont like that. I’m shy. haha.

I have to return into the studio soon to reccord 4 other solo bass songs. This reccord is going to be amazing. check out my new solo bass song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GExNHMqXjes

Have a nice day allllll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peace!

Marco

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey allll

Sorry its been a while i didin’t post anything in here!
I live in Montreal so now it is the Jazz Festival! I’m spending all my nights there! I saw some incredible shows:

Soulive
A really funky groovy band that has so much charisma and energy on stage. And they don’t have a bass player, it is a keyboard player who plays the bass sound. It really sounds like a bass.

Nomadic Massive
A freestyle hip hop band. I really liked them except I found the band a little bit boring. They played some stuff a bit 2 simple and it gets annoying after a while. But I guess it’s their style. But I really liked the rappers.

Erik Mongrain
This genius montreal acoustic guitarist did a one hour solo set. He threw me out of the planet with his complicated beautiful original guitar melodies.

Seun Kuti
I really liked that show. They are a 18 musicians band. African hip hop groovy music. The bass player was able to hold a single bass line for about 20 minutes. it was so amazing to watch this energy going on. Everybody was dancing. Beautiful moments.

Bob Dylan
My father had free tickets so I went. I didn’t like that show at all. It was 2 much Old Blues type of stuff. And Bob Dylan’s voice is way too old and rotten. But he his a legend. So it’s cool.

Ok. and now me and my buddy Angelo Riuscitti are starting to write our bass and drum project. I’m going to post some of our stuff here http://myspace.com/thewhiteelephanto

I did alot alot alot of free style videos these past days. you can all watch my latest videos by clicking on this link: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=propea

And for my second solo bass record, I don’t think I will have the time to release it this summer. I 2 much in the mood of free styling and jamming. I left the composition mood for a while hehe. But don’t worry, it will come back naturally. I have 7 new solo bass songs but I want to have at least 12 to record my album. hehe.

BUT, since I’m not releasing it this summer, I will do an arrangement with all of you. I’m going to do a little video which will answer/explain/talk about anything you all want. So just write me a quick email with the question you want me to answer marco@marcorodi.com and I will take the coolest questions and will do a video which will answer them all. hehehe

Ok I have to go. ciaooooooooooooooooo