I split my life between England and Italy - In Rome "in" places were the Piper Club and the

Titan Club. - Of course I had to buy a Rickenbacker and played in group ... called The Noise. - At

the end of school, during holydays I used to come to Swinging London, and go to the Windsor Jazz

Festivals, the Marquee, Tiles, Middle Earth, and the Speakeasy where I photographed The Beatles,

Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Stones, The Who, (of which I recently sold the negatives through Christies).

I then worked as (single frame) Vertical Animation Camera Operator at Harry Hess Studio, had

a go at working for RAI, but eventually ended up as International Product Manager at Phonogram

Italy (now Polygram). During the eleven years with them, I was able to organize a few N°1's, such as

Blondie, Dire Straits, Santa Esmeralda, Barry White and Genesis. In the meantime I also contributed

to leading music magazines such as Big, Ciao 2001, Muzak and SuperSound, as well as to RAI's main

national radio programme "Per Voi Giovani". I eventually became an independent producer with,

amongst others, a band called Ella & The Angels. With the ever growing convergence of audio and

video, I set up my own studio, not an elaborate affair, just a Fostex 16 track and a couple of