Like Frank Zappa Twenty small cigars per day ?
In fact, he was smocking a lot, but Winston cigarettes.
You donāt want to compare me to Zappa??? 
Many years ago, when I was at the piano bar, I sang āCarusoā by Lucio Dalla in the original keyā¦ now noā¦ noā¦ 
I think this album of mine could be titled: āProvando Follemente il Meglioā (PFM) in english āMadly Trying the Bestāā¦ Iām definitely exaggeratingā¦ but itās all schoolā¦
Finally Lanfranco @Lanfranco!
I was expecting you sooner or later on this Italian 1970s progās sort of Anthem of the Decade.
Great PFM song, modernist atmosphere, inspired rendition of yours! 
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Iāve always loved P.F.M and the Bancoā¦ but itās technically too much beyond my capabilitiesā¦ But since Iām crazy, Iāll tryā¦ after all itās not my job, but my great passion and I enjoy it ā¦ The problem is yours who have to put up with my follies.
No 
But, Iām missing him so much. Fortunately he has produced such an incredible quantity of music. ā¦
But I want you To continue to make me discover Italian songs. So stay safe 
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For meā¦
- PERIGEO!!! (number 1 for me)
- P.F.M.
- Banco del mutuo soccorso (Banco),
- Area
As far as this or similar genre is concerned, to my taste, there are no groups at the level of these today. Their songs are never boring or going around in a tournaroundā¦ They continually amaze you with changes in tone, sound, rhythm (also considering the years in which these people played) and for me, music must amazeā¦ as Iāve always said, I canāt stand songs with three chords or which at least do not have continuous rhythmic, harmonic and melodic changes. But this is my tasteā¦ itās not law! 
Another beautiful song by P.F.Mā¦ unfortunately these days my already bad voice is blockedā¦ Iāll do it again when it gets betterā¦ within the limits of my abilities.
To help me on the choruses I used Waves Harmony which gives me a third aboveā¦ you can hear it below at a low volume.
Suonare suonare (P.F.M.)
Arturia Augmented Piano: Piano
Arturia MiniMoog: Moog solo and pads
Omnisphere: Bass
Yamaha: El Guitar (Lanfranco)
EZDrummer: Drums
Waves Harmony: vocal background
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I think Iām a masochistā¦ At my technical level, wanting to record a CD dedicated to P.F.M. is pure madnessā¦
This song has few chords, but it changes tempo continuouslyā¦ This that Iām publishing is the first draft, itās not mixed and I only put a reverb in the voiceā¦ but I wanted to share @le51 with this other Italian pearlā¦
I used the legends of the Syhth of the time, the ARP 2600, the Yamaha CS-80 and the Oberheimā¦ in addition to the Hammond B-3ā¦ all Arturia.
La carrozza di Hans (P.F.M.)
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Enjoyable listen.It certainly gets the periodā¦!
It has the air of the UK proggers.
Is the string entrance going to transit from the opening passage?
Course if It was me Iād add a mellotronā¦!
Thanks @wyleu.
There are no strings, only Pads.
For the Mellotronā¦ thanks for the idea Iāll try to use it for the first timeā¦ Always Arturia.
La carrozza di Hans, itās a song from 1974ā¦ Unfortunately in Italy these great musicians were not very appreciated due to the invasion of American pop musicā¦ Only a few of my peers know these groups WELLā¦ Groups like AREA or Banco.
Do you alter the patches in the ARP2600 & CS-80 or are they factory presets?
I chose some sounds that I liked and changed the Cutoff a little. These are the sounds used:
ARP 2600 : Fifftheese (PAD)
CS-80 : Deep Modulator (PAD)
OP - XA V : A lonely Sunday (PAD)
My existence, today, in a nutshell.
There are two of usā¦ my wife is looking after her disabled mother because her father died two months agoā¦ Iāve only seen her for a coffee in the morning for 25 days and then I go back homeā¦
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Finishedā¦ One of the hardest jobs of my musical life. Obviously recorded in pieces of maximum 8 barsā¦
UPDATE UPDATE!!!
Zynthian . Piano
Arturia: OBX, ARP 2600, CS 80, Hammond
SWAM: Flute
Omnisphere : Bass, EL.Guitar, AC Guitar
Native Instruments : Stradivari Violin
EZDrummer: Drums
La Carrozza di Hans (P.F.M.)
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Interesting, tried to start both videos (Marimba + Piece of wood) at same time
Surprisingly, they sound good together 
If I were asked I would say PFMā¦
Here in Italy āPremiata Forneria Marconiā, an Italian jewelā¦
If any of them will listen to my work, I hope they will forgive me. 
I would be interested to hear what a Really good mix engineer would make of it. There is a dynamic, good people at that level add that really allows changes to punch thrroā
And thatās not in any way a criticism. This is a process pretty much everything goes throuā nowadays. Itās worth of it.
I would also love to learn something from a sound engineerā¦ I am self-taught with infinite limitsā¦ If you want to pass the song on to someone, go ahead and I accept criticism VERY willingly. For this reason I publish my works here, to hear criticism and advice, not to make myself look good (also because I am very self-critical and humble).