MICHELE GUAITOLI

STATS: Michele Guaitoli
BORN: April 12, 1985
FROM: Gorizia (Italy)
INSTRUMENT: Vocals
VITALS: Brown eyes, black hair, 1.78 meters

BACKGROUND: In 1992 he starts to attend the courses of "Classical Piano", "Chorus Singing" and "Musical Theory" at the Academy of music "Città di Gorizia" taught respectively by masters Riccardo Radivo and Gianni del Zotto. After 4 years he changes his theory teacher and starts to take lessons from Daniela Brussolo. In 2000 he decides to give up studying because of personal matters and starts to play "Rhythm and Electric Guitar" as a self-taught.  In 2003, after having joined "Overtures", he resumes his studies at the Roland® Music School of Gorizia attending the "Modern and Jazz Singing" course, taught by Irene Pelihan and the "Musical Theory" course taught by Patrick Magnarin. In 2004 he gets diploma in "Musical Theory" at the "Giuseppe Tartini" academy of music of Trieste. In 2004 he starts to attend the "Complementary Harmony" course at the Roland® Music School with Patrick Magnarin. In 2006 he is awarded as "best male vocalist" at the "Mastro Rock" contest in San Giovanni al Natisone (UD). In 2007 he attends some "Modern Singing Masterclasses" with Michele Luppi (ex-Vision Divine, Mr.Pig) from whom he also begins to take private lessons; in the same year he gets diploma in "Modern Singing" at the Roland® Music School of Gorizia and, after that, he starts to teach both at the Roland® institute ("Modern Singing" and "Musical Theory") and privately. In 2010 he attends additional masterclasses by Alejandro Martinez.  Since September 2007 he also collaborates with the Città di Gorizia Civic Winds Orchestra singing as tenor in its choir. Apart from Overtures, in 2003 and 2004 he is the lead voice in the trash-metal band "Hammered"; from 2004 to 2006 he figures as lead voice and rhythm guitar in the heavy-metal band "Mindlbast". From 2007 to 2009 he joins "Rain", Deep Purple tribute band on the stages from more than 20 years and with whom Ian Paice himself played. In 2009 and 2010, he's one of the lead voices of "Off & Brau Sisters", a 13-elements big-band based on the classical sounds of Hard Rock & Heavy Metal.

INFLUENCES: Edguy, Iron Maiden, Gamma Ray, Manowar, Helloween, Deep Purple

EQUIPMENT:
Wireless Microphones: Shure Beta58A
Wired Microphones: Shure Beta58A, Shure 55SH
Wireless Systems:  Shure ULX-P, Shure PSM200 In-Ear Monitoring
Effects & Others: Lexicon MPX110, Lexicon A-Lex