In 2011 I took part in 3 Meet & Greet contest, and I won twice. For a musician it’s really like win the lottery, but the day after your wallet is still the same – actually it weighs less because you payed for the ticket. Still, you feel rich.<\/p>\n
When I was lucky to meet Symphony X<\/strong>, in october, I already was a Meet & Greet veteran.<\/p>\n Quando ebbi la fortuna di incontrare i Symphony X<\/strong>, in ottobre, ero gi\u00e0 un navigato dei Meet & Greet. I won one a few months earlier, that teen emotion to meet your idols thinking that such a thing could never happen to you, had passed. I was wandering between the band casually, but as all roads lead to Rome, all the steps led to Michael Romeo. I completely ignored the others. After, I was a little\u00a0sorry, Jason Rullo for example seemed a very\u00a0friendly guy.<\/p>\n Yeah, guitarists.<\/p>\n Angra and Kiko Loureiro<\/strong><\/p>\n When I was still a newbie in Meet & Greet I met Angra. We were about twenty\u00a0people in a\u00a0square meter,\u00a0and we had a quarter of an hour to enjoy that opportunity. For the first 5 minutes I was moving into that small space staring the other winners with murderess look, as if everyone wanted to steal the last piece of cake, or the last 10 seconds to talk to Kiko Loureiro. I had some Ravenscry EP’s in one\u00a0hand and a marker in the other.<\/p>\n Finally, my moment comes. I thought about the question to do for hours, but the childlike thrill had kidnapped me and I did not understand a bat. So, once I was in front of the good Kiko, I went out with this very common\u00a0question:\u00a0“What would you suggest to a musician to become a professional?<\/em>“. I know,\u00a0so sad.<\/p>\n And moreover, I thought “Okay, I have failed in the question, but it could still give me an illuminating answer<\/em>“. I hoped he did not come out with a suggestion in a\u00a0Michael Angelo Batio instructional videos style – Practice, practice, practice.<\/p>\n And\u00a0what did he said?<\/p>\n “Be like a priest. Dedicate your life to this”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Although it took him five minutes to find the word “priest”, I was pretty happy.<\/p>\n Shortly after I asked him\u00a0autographing a pick, and his eyes became strangely darker. I thought I heard her inner voice to exclaim, “Where do I sign on this tiny Jazz 3 with this giant marker<\/em>?”<\/p>\n But you did it man.<\/p>\n Once upon a time there was a lucky guy. I’m not talking about the kind of luck that make you win a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[267,291,16,290,293,273,155,151,136,143,144,109,295,294,292,118,137,140,154,296,148,139,7,289,276,8,146],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mauros-corner","tag-267","tag-angra","tag-attrazione-degli-opposti","tag-behind-the-scenes","tag-contest","tag-facebook","tag-female-fronted-metal-bands","tag-female-metal-bands","tag-heavy-metal-bands","tag-heavy-metal-music","tag-heavy-metal-songs","tag-ilivealive","tag-kiko","tag-kiko-loureiro","tag-meet-greet","tag-metal","tag-metal-injection","tag-metal-music","tag-metal-shirts","tag-michael-romeo","tag-new-metal-albums","tag-opposites-attract","tag-ravenscry","tag-scenes","tag-symphony-x","tag-the-attraction-of-opposites","tag-top-metal-bands"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["en"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"\n![\"Me](\"http:\/\/www.ravenscryband.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Schermata-06-2457560-alle-08.15.01-1024x766.png\")
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