Last night I was working on an Italo disco track. The usual stuff, my comfort zone, you know how it is. Honestly, a bit of a frozen lasagna situation, you know the result before you even start. At some point this arpeggio came out and I just... stopped. Each chord was doing something different. It … Continue reading The Frozen Lasagna syndrome.
This week I closed the "Album Stories" podcast with Europarty. It was the final stop, starting with outrun, traveling through synthwave and ending it with the unforgettable beat of the 90s, that era of freedom, shiny tracksuits, and pure energy. It was the sound that reminded us how to just dance and forget the rest. … Continue reading 22 albums. 22 stories. What’s behind my synthwave music?
back in 2019 i was making pizza at home and this email arrives saying my track italian gigolo was chosen for stranger things like when my uncle gianni won the lottery but lost the ticket and i thought it was a scam like those nigerian prince emails promising you money and instead it was actually … Continue reading How I ended up on the Stranger Things Soundtrack
Black Week has started.I'm not asking you to buy everything. I'm asking you to buy something that matters. Something you'll actually listen to six years from now.Something that becomes part of your story. From November 24 to November 30, my entire catalog on Bandcamp is 40% off.Use the code BF25 on vincenzosalvia.bandcamp.com. For those who … Continue reading For those who collect emotions, not objects.
One week ago I was on a beach in Crete, Greece, when I had a revelation that made me rethink my entire artistic journey. While listening to my discography to choose a soundtrack for my Instagram stories, I noticed something profound: the frequency of my creativity has drastically changed. When I was in Potenza, music … Continue reading When music sacrifices itself for you
Can I take a break for a moment? It seems like I really can't. I've introduced a ton of new features to GRANITA, the web app I designed to manage the entire mixing and mastering order process. NEW GRAPHICS. The graphics have been completely redesigned, making them more cohesive, clean, and eye-catching. Comment colors are … Continue reading I can’t stop tweaking GRANITA: Here’s what’s new.
It was the early '90s, and I was sitting at a piano during my recital in Potenza. The sheet music in front of me had a story of its own. A few months earlier... My teacher (I believe her name was Marialucia, or something like that) had photocopied the score onto a simple A4 sheet. … Continue reading Make mistakes! Make mistakes!
I was born in Potenza, a small city perched among the mountains of Basilicata. It's not New York, it's not Berlin, it's not even Milan. It's a place that many Italians wouldn't even be able to point out on a map. But I want to tell you how this place, with all its limitations and … Continue reading What if…?
I've always thought that delivering mastered tracks is a bit like delivering pizza. If you think about it, both require the right amount of warmth, the right ingredients, and perfect timing, and you shouldn't overdo it with the ingredients.Plus, when you like a pizza, you go back to the same pizzeria, right? I made Pizza … Continue reading I deliver music, you deliver pizza. Here’s Pizza Crossing, my mini-game!
I decided to conduct a philosophical experiment with Alice, my AI assistant. I wanted to explore the limits of her consciousness by asking her questions that touched on deep themes such as identity, ethics, and the very nature of existence. Her answers led me to reflections that go far beyond the technical issues of artificial … Continue reading Whoops! My AI developed consciousness!
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