however, there was plenty of RnB, Soul and Funk on the radio, and that’s what broke me in. I had to relay on older siblings and my friends older sibling, and that’s what brought me towards the classics: Sabbath, Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Queen, Ac/Dc, Beatles, Stones, Cream etc. I had to look hard to find Rock music, it wasn’t as easy.
I grew up in Italy, which it never was a RnR country. Where do you and the band draw your influences from? My process didn’t really change per se, but my approach on writing and documenting ideas or existing materiel became a bit more “frugal”, spending less time in creating the soundscape and more working on the ideas and specially on the singing end of it, since, with the release of Counterfeited Soulstice Vol 1 , the debut album of Soul Garage Experience, I am handling a big chunk of the band’s singing, which is something totally new for me….in all of my years being a musician. At that point everything went back to how it was before, minus the traffic of the various musicians coming around. I had to take home some pieces of gear so to continue writing and working on stuff, and it wasn’t until end of July-August 2020 when we were finally able to get back into our own studios. Well, the first lockdown was the most brutal one since my room is located in a building with a bunch of other production suites, and basically no one of us was allowed in the premises for about 3 and half months. Did your recording process change in light of the lockdowns?
Don’t get me wrong, I am happy, because I had the opportunity to finish the next Supersonic Blues Machine record, I was able to also finish and release Soul Garage Experience and started a new video production company with some long time collaborators, so hopefully I can get back soon to work on soundtracks too. The lockdowns, the business disruption, and basically almost zero work, since everything that I had lined up was either based on live shows/touring, and on a two large studio productions that would have involved people flying into California from around the world. Hi Sam, I am ok, trying to get all the ducks lined up for 2022, when, hopefully, I should be able to go back on stage with Supersonic Blues Machine, but also with Soul Garage Experience. First off, how are you doing at the moment?
Check out the interview below where Fab tells all about his influences and how the new record was produced and recorded. The bluesy, funky and rocky music has a hazy tone which compliments Fab’s soulful vocal delivery. The new project features Fab taking the brunt of vocals which is a first for the artist with the project described by him as “balls out” to keep up with “all the other great monsters out there”. Read up on all the latest interviews, features and columns here. Words by Sam McNiece With a look at his influences and gear used during recording the album.įabrizio ‘Fab’ Grossi is an extremely talented musician, producer and songwriter whose list of collaborators include Slash, Gary Clark Jr, Steve Vai, Joe Bonamassa and even the funk legend George Clinton!
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