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I Am / I Was DELUXE EDITION (with Bonus Tracks)

by Didascalis

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Lovely Day 04:25
When I wake up in the morning, love And the sunlight hurts my eyes And something without warning, love Bears heavy on my mind Then I look at you And the world's alright with me Just one look at you And I know it's gonna be A lovely day (lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) (Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) A lovely day (lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) (Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) When the day that lies ahead of me Seems impossible to face When someone else instead of me Always seems to know the way Then I look at you And the world's alright with me Just one look at you And I know it's gonna be A lovely day (lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) (Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) A lovely day (lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) (Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) When the day that lies ahead of me Seems impossible to face And when someone else instead of me Always seems to know the way Then I look at you And the world's alright with me Just one look at you And I know it's gonna be A lovely day (lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) (Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) A lovely day (lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) (Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) A lovely day (lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) (Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) A lovely day (lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) (Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day, lovely day) Du du du du mmm oh Just one look at you... And I know it's gonna be...
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Scissors Cut 04:55
"If they ever drop the bomb, " you said "I'll find you in the flames" But now we act like people Who don't know each other's names Well, sometimes it makes me sad, you know Sometimes it makes me smile 'Cause you know how the game goes, honey We all eat it once in awhile Scissors cut, paper covers rock Breaks the shining scissor You hurt me, I hurt her And she goes and he will miss her Well I sure am glad I found someone I hope that you do too That is gonna take a lot to fill All the shoes of me and you Now I look around at people Playin' children's games And I wonder if you're still thinkin' You might find me somewhere in flames Scissors cut, paper covers rock Breaks the shining scissor You hurt me, I hurt her And she goes and we will miss her Scissors cut, paper covers rock Breaks the shining scissor You hurt me, I hurt her And she, she goes and he will miss her Scissors cut, paper covers rock Breaks the shining scissor You hurt me and, I hurt her and she Goes and he will miss her
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Hey commander It's your cadet I'm only a rookie And you're a vet I've got this ship It's kinda like my car Hey commander New to the game It's called survival What's my name For this mission Behind bars Don't you know It's getting kinda strange Mars needs woman Can that be arranged You best buckle up Before you hit the roof Mars needs woman Needs woman too Climb aboard With the speed of light See the stars Before it gets night Hang on thight The earth's gonna move Hey commander It's your cadet I'm only trying But not quite there yet I've got this cause It kinda seems so far Don't you know It's getting kinda strange Mars needs woman Can that be arranged You best buckle up Before you hit the roof Mars needs woman Needs woman too Don't you know It's getting kinda strange Mars needs woman Can that be arranged Oh I'm all buckled up Gonna hit the roof Mars needs woman Needs woman too So floating... So floating... So floating... So floating... So floating... So floating... So floating... So floating... So floating...
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Her green plastic watering can For her fake Chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from a rubber man In a town full of rubber plans To get rid of itself It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out It wears her out She lives with a broken man A cracked polystyrene man Who just crumbles and burns He used to do surgery For girls in the eighties But gravity always wins And it wears him out It wears him out It wears him out It wears She looks like the real thing She tastes like the real thing My fake plastic love But I can't help the feeling I could blow through the ceiling If I just turn and run And it wears me out It wears me out It wears me out It wears me out And if I could be who you wanted If I could be who you wanted All the time All the time
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It wasn't the rain that washed away... Rinsed out the colours of your eyes Putting the gun down on the bedside table I must have realized It wasn't the rain That made no difference And I could have sworn it wasn't me Yet I did it all so coldly Almost slowly Plain for all to see Oh c'mon please now Talk to me Tell me things I could find helpful How can I stop now Is there nothing I can do I have lost my way I've been losing you I can still hear our screams competing You're hissing your s's like a snake Now in the mirror stands Half a man I thought no one could break It wasn't the rain That made no difference Nervously drumming on run away But I want the guilt to get me Thoughts to wreck me Preying on my mind So, please now Talk to me Tell me things I could find helpful How can I stop now Is there nothing I can do I have lost my way I've been losing you You...! Oh yeah... Uhhhhh uh uh uh.... Please now Talk to me Tell me things I could find helpful How can I stop now Is there nothing I can do? (Please now) Talk to me Tell me, tell me what to to (Helpful) How can I stop now Is there nothing I can do? I have lost my way I've been losing you
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Turn down the lights Turn down the bed Turn down these voices inside my head Lay down with me Tell me no lies Just hold me close, don't patronize Don't patronize me 'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't I'll close my eyes, then I won't see The love you don't feel when you're holding me Morning will come and I'll do what's right Just give me till then to give up this fight And I will give up this fight 'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't You can't make your heart feel something it won't Here in the dark, in these final hours I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power But you won't, no you won't 'Cause I can't make you love me, if you don't
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I still recall those crazy nights Days our love was at its height The madness and the passion that we shared Waking early in the gloom Beside you in that bedsit room Magazines and letters everywhere Pay phone ringing in the hall Cheap emulsions on the walls The smell of winter in the air With you I feel alive and clean And happier than I've ever been When I'm alone it's hard to bear One day I will lose you and that I know But sure as hell I'm gonna be yours, sure as heaven And till that day I'll still be loving you The way I do while we're together I'll be loving you, still loving you The day we went back to the place You spent your wild unhappy days The hometown of a teenage refugee I lay beside you on the grass As trains to London thundered past The ghost of who you used to be One day I will lose you and that I know But sure as hell I'm gonna be yours forever And till that day I'll still be loving you The way I do while we're together I'll be loving you, still loving you Silences and sudden strains Fall between us now again I know you're always on your guard But you don't have to be sweet to me Be what you want to be Be rude and brutal if you are One day I will lose you and that I know But sure as hell I'm gonna be yours forever And till that day I'll still be loving you The way I do while we're together One day I'll lose you and that I know But sure as hell sure yeah yeah And till that day I'll still be loving you The way I do while we're together Yeah Loving you Oh I'll be loving you Loving you I'll still be loving you
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Who's gonna tell you when It's too late? Who's gonna tell you things Aren't so great? You can't go on Thinking nothing's wrong, oh oh Who's gonna drive you home Tonight? Who's gonna pick you up When you fall? Who's gonna hang it up When you call? Who's gonna pay attention To your dreams? Who's gonna plug their ears When you scream? You can't go on Thinking nothing's wrong, oh oh Who's gonna drive you home Tonight? Who's gonna hold you down When you shake? Who's gonna come around When you break? You can't go on Thinking nothing's wrong, oh oh Who's gonna drive you home Tonight? No, no you know you can't go on Thinking nothing's wrong oh oh Who's gonna drive you home... Who's gonna drive you home... Who's gonna drive you home... Tonight?
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When you're close to tears remember Someday it'll all be over One day we're gonna get so high Though it's darker than December What's ahead is a different color One day we're gonna get so high And at The end of the day remember the days When we were close to the edge And we wonder how we made it through the night The end of the day remember the way We stayed so close till the end We'll remember it was me and you 'Cause we are gonna be Forever you and me You will always keep me flying high In the sky of love 'Cause we are gonna be Forever you and me You will always keep me flying high In the sky of love Don't you think it's time you started Doing what we always wanted One day we're gonna get so high 'Cause even the impossible Is easy when we got each other One day we're gonna get so high And at The end of the day remember the days When we were close to the edge And we wonder how we made it through the night The end of the day remember the way We stayed so close till the end We'll remember it was me and you 'Cause we are gonna be Forever you and me You will always keep me flying high In the sky of love 'Cause we are gonna be Forever you and me You will always keep me flying high In the sky of love High, high, high, high High, high, high, high And at The end of the day remember the days When we were close to the edge And we wonder how we made it through the night The end of the day remember the way We stayed so close till the end We'll remember it was me and you 'Cause we are gonna be Forever you and me You will always keep me flying high In the sky of love We are gonna be Forever you and me You will always keep me flying high In the sky of love 'Cause we are gonna be Forever you and me You will always keep me flying high In the sky of love (Forever, that's forever) (Forever, you mean forever) (Forever, that's forever) (Forever, you mean forever) (Forever, that's forever) (Forever, you mean forever) (Forever, that's forever) (Forever, you mean forever)
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Where the cars go by All the day and night Why don't you say What's so wrong tonight? Pray for me Praying for the light Baby, baby Let's go out tonight Where the lights all shine Like I knew they would Be mine all mine Baby, I'll be good Pray for me Praying for the light Baby, baby Let's go out tonight I know a place, Where everything's alright Alright Let's go out tonight Where the cars go by All the day and night Why don't you say What's so wrong tonight I pray for love, Coming out alright, yeah, Baby baby, Let's go out tonight, yeah. Baby, be my baby Let's go out tonight Tonight Tonight Yeah Tonight
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I love you but you don't love me I need you but you don't need me I follow you but you don't follow me How funny all it is x2 I wait for every post Downloading you like a ghost A butterflies collection But the butterfly is you I check you by remote I read the words you wrote Your life within a folder But I can't explain my world I love you but you don't love me I need you but you don't need me I follow you but you don't follow me How funny all it is x2 I like the way you pose The way you move your toes Don't ask me 'bout your smile The answer would be a lie Don't ask me 'bout your eyes It would melt all planet's ice I'd sell my soul for you Could be the last thing left to do I'll never get to know you You'll always be a dream A wish of pure perfection Not worthy I'm to will (I settle for your pics While I wish to kiss your cheeks But all I'm able to Is writing a song to you) I love you but you don't love me I need you but you don't need me I follow you but you don't follow me How funny all it is x2
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These are strange times I never would've imaging I feel like being on a train Stopped at the station The landscape is moving Inside a display Yes these are strange times Hours on social-media Waiting for a bliss from a click By any stranger When things become square-shaped All is ok Watching other people's life On device screen Everyone starring their own world Na na na na, na-na Watching other people's life With greedy eyes Getting rid of useless weights Na na na na, na-na Writing songs Killing time Trying to find a meaning to it all Leaving all In the past Trying to make more comfortable my zone
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They never met They never have could They were in love Something went wrong But life is strange Sometimes is a tape Sometimes is deranged Just like a wave that never reached the shore Or a climber that never reached the top A white flag was raised A dream stopped the chase Just like a rocket that never reached the moon Or fire that stopped to burn too soon A white flag was raised A dream stopped the chase At first was a week Then ten years long Was the wait worth? Maybe yes, but who knows Fighting is good Hold on is best But comes a time Mind/heart has to rest Just like a wave that never reached the shore Or a climber that never reached the top A white flag was raised A dream stopped the chase Just like a rocket that never reached the moon Or fire that stopped to burn too soon A white flag was raised A dream stopped the chase At the end of the day The reason was else Eroded by time There was nothing left. Just like a wave that never reached the shore Or a climber that never reached the top A white flag was raised A dream stopped the chase Just like a rocket that never reached the moon Or fire that stopped to burn too soon A white flag was raised A dream stopped the chase Just like a wave that never reached the shore Or a climber that never reached the top A white flag was raised A dream stopped the chase Just like a rocket that never reached the moon Or fire that stopped to burn too soon A white flag was raised...
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Unsuitable 04:25
(Unsuitable, Unsuitable, Unsuitable, Unsuitable, Unsuitable, Unsuitable, Unsuitable, Unsuitable) Let's go out somewhere Let's sit down where we can talk Shall we drink something And enjoy what's going on It's been so long since the last time It's been so long that I feel It's been so long since the last time Since the last time, that I feel (Unsuitable) telling jokes (Unsuitable) without my couch (Unsuitable) with no mike (Unsuitable) or guitar (Unsuitable) telling jokes (Unsuitable) without my couch (Unsuitable) from my home (Unsuitable) so afar (Unsuitable) oh please don't get me wrong (Unsuitable) yes I like what's going on (Unsuitable) chatting easy that's all (Unsuitable) now I want to go home There's no need to flaunt It's no race neither a hunt But there's something wrong Feel I'm not in the right song It's been so long since the last time It's been so long that I feel It's been so long since the last time Since the last time, that I feel (Unsuitable) telling jokes (Unsuitable) without my couch (Unsuitable) with no mike (Unsuitable) or guitar (Unsuitable) telling jokes (Unsuitable) without my couch (Unsuitable) from my home (Unsuitable) so afar (Unsuitable) oh please don't get me wrong (Unsuitable) yes I like what's going on (Unsuitable) chatting easy that's all (Unsuitable) now I want to go home (Unsuitable) now I want to go home Seeing faces everywhere But it doesn't make me scared It's just that it's not my world I don't belong here anymore Seeing faces everywhere But it doesn't make me scared It's just that it's not my world I don't belong here anymore
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At every moment of the day At every moment of the night Whenever I open my eyes I can see the shade of you Twenty days you've been gone away And I cannot stand your missing baby All my friends keep asking me about you And I keep on feeling sad Fool I have been To think it always would have last You were a dream Someone I could ever afford If you were here Guess I would have made the same mistake Fool I have been Cos you're beatuiful for me Remember when I asked your name You seemed so shy and overwhelmed I thought you'd be the one for me Cos you act so naturally Twenty days you've been gone away And I cannot stand your missing baby All my friends keep asking me about you And I keep on feeling sad Fool I have been To think it always would have last You were a dream Someone I could ever afford If you were here Guess I would have made the same mistake Fool I have been Cos you're beatuiful for me Fool I have been To think it always would have last You were a dream Someone I could ever afford If you were here Guess I would have made the same mistake Fool I have been Cos you're beatuiful for me Cos you're beatuiful for me But what a fool I have been
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Distractions Is all we need Getting away With something to think Are you down, are you blue? All you need is something to think Is there turmoil in your news? All you need is something to think. It may be a kiss, it may be a bliss It's not so easy to come up with But what can save us from this in a wink Is having something... Something to think Distractions Is all we need Getting away With something to think Distractions Is all we need Getting away With something to think Are you hungry, are you sad? All you need is something to think Tossing and turning in your bed? All you need is something to think. Waking up in the middle of the night Without any more strength to fight Like a written made of ink All we need is something to think Distractions Is all we need Getting away With something to think Distractions Is all we need Getting away With something to think Distractions is all we need Good or bad, better if good With something to think Distractions is all we need Good or bad, better if good With something to think
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Making a choice it's never easy You choose one in spite of endless possibilities. To make a choice you gotta be sure Of what you lose and what you take. Not choosing is freedom Freedom to dream Not choosing is freedom Freedom to consider Not choosing is freedom Freedom of deciding Not choosing is freedom Freedom regretless Freedom must be managed Are you able to? Are you able to? Making a choice must be managed Are you able to? Are you able to? Not choosing is freedom Freedom to choose again Not choosing is freedom Freedom to think it over and over again Not choosing is freedom Freedom to say "I could've" Not choosing is freedom Freedom regretless Not choosing is freedom Not choosing is freedom Freedom regretless Freedom regretless Freedom regretless Freedom regretless Freedom regretless
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I'm tired of waiting for something that's not coming I'm tired of waiting for someone who's not caring I'm tired of waiting for something that's not coming I'm tired of waiting for someone who's not caring You never call, you never text or say hi You follow me in every story but never move a finger I don't really understand why all of this What do you want from me? What do you want from me? You never said something reasonable You never said something from the heart You never spoke clear What the hell is in your head? You never said something reasonable You never said something from the heart You never spoke clear What the hell is in your head? I'm tired of waiting for something that's not coming I'm tired of waiting for someone who's not caring I'm tired of waiting for something that's not coming I'm tired of waiting for someone who's not caring I gave you my time, my dedication My inspirations and my loyalty I stayed at your rules but that wasn't enough No gratitude nor a pat on my shoulder Only your throne and your reign that must be kept and fed You never said something reasonable You never said something from the heart You never spoke clear What the hell is in your head? You never said something reasonable You never said something from the heart You never spoke clear What the hell is in your head? I'm tired of waiting for something that's not coming I'm tired of waiting for someone who's not caring I'm tired of waiting for something that's not coming I'm tired of waiting for someone who's not caring
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Sometimes I'm going over all that has been The way we met, the way we did not catch up The more I try the less understand to give it it all a sense But there's only one thing I have clear on my mind With you or with no one That's what my heart is yelling We know there are so many things unsaid But I don't know if we will have the chance to fix it all In the beginning it has been quiet easy But as the days go by that rage was fading I don't want to ask friends any advice I want to get by on my own Cos there's only one thing I have clear on my mind With you or with no one This time is so short to throw it all away We know there are so many things unsaid But I don't know if we will have the chance to fix it all We know there are so many things unsaid But I don't know if we will have the chance to fix it all To fix it all To fix it all With you or no one
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There's no one else I could like The way I know I like you I face it everyday, every time I get to know someone new. It's hard to manage, it's hard to pretend nothing happened, it's hard to live with it. I try to avoid it or to let loose, but something always underlines how things are. You put a spell on me, you sowed a seed in me It keeps on growing without me hosing It down down down. There's no one else I could like The way I know I like you I face it everyday, every time I get to know someone new. There's no one else I could like The way I know I like you I face it everyday, every time I get to know someone new. It would be so easy to throw it all away It would be so easy to forget all those days But there's no one else I could like The way I know I like you. ...... There's no one else I could like The way I know I like you I face it everyday, every time I get to know someone new. There's no one else I could like The way I know I like you I face it everyday, every time I get to know someone new.
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Don't leave me here Don't leave me here Don't leave me here Don't leave me here Don't leave me here Don't leave me here Don't leave me here Don't leave me here
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"Drago! Sei sotto scacco" Mai mettere un drago sotto scacco, in un angolo. E proprio in quell'angolo che quel drago affonda, dispiega le ali e attacca. E se a mettere sotto scacco il drago è il drago stesso? Scivola leggera questa storia, scivolano via le parole come se una volta pronunciate volassero altrove senza farsi più vedere né leggere. La verità è che questa storia è dipinta di impermanenza. Nessuno è abituato a fare i conti con essa perché nessuno ne ha mai carpito l'essenza, di questa impermanenza. Lasciate che sia la storia a leggere voi stessi, lasciate che sia lei ad accarezzare e scorticare la vostra pelle, solo cosi ne riuscirete a catturare il senso. Se questo senso riuscirete a coglierlo. Come bruciava. Nessuno avrebbe mai potuto immaginare come bruciava la gola di quel drago. Di solito i draghi vengono percepiti come possenti, anime imperiture destinate a far tremare e non a tremare loro stessi, di solito le cose sono cosi. Ma non era questo il caso: quel drago soffriva enormemente per il bruciore proveniente dalle sue fauci, dalla sua gola. Sputava fiamme ardenti e roventi ma poi era destinato a soffrirne, silenziosamente, al riparo della propria caverna scavata con il tempo e con le cose che il tempo porta con sé. Scacco al re. E' questa la frase che si pronuncia quando, durante una partita a scacchi, si mette in pericolo il re e l'avversario deve pensare ad una mossa o ad una strategia efficace per mettere in salvo quella pedina, per poter continuare la sua partita. Essere sotto scacco è pericoloso. Quel drago era finito sotto scacco, ma non a causa di un avversario bensì per colpa sua, per colpa del suo lanciare fiamme. Può un drago mettere sotto scacco se stesso? A quanto pare sì. Quel giorno, al riparo della sua grotta, quel drago stava osservando minuziosamente la propria pelle. Le zampe erano rugose come le cortecce di antichi alberi, colorate di tante tonalità di grigio. Una profonda cicatrice mal rimarginata sprofondava tra le dita, segno di un inciampo. Un banale inciampo della vita. Ricordava quel giorno in cui stava zampettando verso la foce di un fiume, per dissetarsi. Fu un attimo banale, un rovo incise profondamente la sua carne tanto da farla sanguinare in modo copioso e poi impetuoso. Ci volle tempo a rimarginare quella ferita, ma il tempo si sa alla fine lenisce, guarisce e cicatrizza sempre tutto. Quel drago tornò con la mente al tempo presente, tornò ad osservare se stesso e la propria pelle e si chiese se ne era valsa la pena... Vivere, lanciare fiamme e poi soffrire per quelle fiamme che lasciavano la gola bruciata. Vivere, lanciare fiamme. Vivere. Amara, com'è amara la vita per certi draghi. Essere sotto scacco da se stessi fa male. Ma a ben pensarci non si tratta di uno "scacco matto", in questo caso si tratta solo di un comune "scacco al re” e quindi ci si può ancora salvare. Occorre essere strategici, visionari e temerari! Strategici, visionari e temerari!
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about

Most of these songs were written during the global lockdown due to the pandemic.

Some are reflections, some are descriptions, some are outlets.

Some are for someone who's not part of my life anymore, or maybe, being in these songs, will be part of it forever.
On the other hand, life is tape...

I take the chance to make available via Bandcamp and on my website www.didascalis.it, a Deluxe Edition with 21 instrumental bonus tracks: I latley see it is something common among the artists I love and I purchase their music.

If it is too much for you, you can easily purchase or stream from your favourite platform.

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released March 9, 2022

DAVIDE MARANI:
all lead & backing vocals, piano,
electric piano, keyboards, electric bass,
acoustic / classical / electric guitars,
melodica, oboe, shakers, whistle

ANDREA GUERRINI:
open & muted trumpet, flugelhorn brass section

ENRICO FARNEDI: trumpet

MARCO LAZZARINI: tenor saxophone

GIANLUCA NANNI: drums

ROSSELLA BIOLO: lead & backing vocals

LUCA 'GARDUZ' GARDINI:
tenor saxophone

GIACOMO ROCCHI: drums

IRIS QUARTET:
Stefania Pozzi (I violin)
Cecilia Bramucci (II violin)
Ginevra Ravagli (viola)
Virginia Grassi (cello)

Arranged & Produced by Davide Marani
Mastering: Carlo Biondi

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Didascalis Italy

Didascalis is the chill-out project, behind which lurks Davide Marani.
Born in Cesena August 10, 1973, graduated in oboe at the Conservatory of Cesena 'B. Maderna ', keyboardist, bass player, singer, composer, arranger and studio musician.
The project was born by chance, earlier "live" during his evenings as a piano-man and lately developed in studio.
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