Keith Nickson-Romagna
Keith Nickson-Romagna
Just my own compositions: a "one man band".
I'm a beginner studio engineer, but I can compose songs and be able to produce it exactly for what I want. I can sing, play guitar and keyboard.
My music is one of the only things that is so important to me and I feel like sharing it for other people to listen to and enjoy, (or to criticise!)
Have a good listen =)
- Keith
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
I used to have a band, which mainly did covers of Red Hot Chilli Peppers' songs. It was very much of a 'hobby band' as I was halfway through secondary school!
That band then developed, (with the change of a few members), into "Acolyte", which covered popular heavy metal songs. We did compose as well, but due to lack of effort, we only managed to get the one original played live.
Now, due to university circumstances, the band had split up. I took a Music Practice course, which specialised in gigging, so I gained a lot of experience there. At present, I'm in the same situation where I've been set a band and asked to play live as part of my University course. So my main creativity is just on my own at the moment, but I like it and want to go far with it.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I don't play this music live as I don't have the expertise, but would love to consider it one day. Perhaps if enough people are interested?
Your musical influences
Anything rocky, so basically, Nickelback, Foo Fighters, Metallica. I do enjoy Heavy metal as much as Hard Rock, for example; Killswitch Engage, Machine Head, SOAD, As I Lay Dying, etc.
What equipment do you use?
I have a Macbook Pro laptop system, with Logic Pro, Nuendo 2 and Garageband installed. I also have an Ibanez Guitar and a MIDI keyboard, with a couple of microphones available to me to record the instruments.