Francesco Taranto

Interests:

Music, Guitars, Effects, Skateboarding, Movies

Hobbies:

Playing guitar, Making music, Skateboarding, Watching Good Movies

Television:

Later... With Jools Holland, Live from Abbey Road

Movies:

The Matrix Trilogy, Star Wars, The Shawshank Redemption, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, High Fidelity, The Game, He Was A Quiet Man, American Beauty

Music:

Frank and Dweezil Zappa, Rage Against The Machine, Incubus, Steve Vai, Stevie Wonder, DAG, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Billy Talent, Linkin Park, Audioslave, Jamiroquai, Moloko, John Mayer, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Depeche Mode, Dredg, Pendulum

Books:

Musicofillia

About me:

Hi!

My name is Francesco Taranto.
I'm a guitar player from The Netherlands.
I love playing and listening to all sorts of music, but lately I'm very much into Funk, Rock, Jazz and Fusion.

Some artists that have(or have had) a great influence on me include:
Dweezil and Frank Zappa (ofcourse)
Mike Einziger
Tom Morello
Eric Johnson
David Gilmour
John Mayer
Steve Vai
Mike Stern
John Frusciante
John Petrucci
Eddie van Halen
Guthrie Govan
Greg Howe

I love effects pedals and use lots of them!
My rig includes:
Digitech Whammy
Gig-fx Megawah
Z.vex Fuzz Factory
MXR Blue Box
Pigtronix EP-1, Disnortion and Mothership
EHX POG
Boss Loop Station (for live sampling)
And there's much more!
This is an old/outdated picture, but you get the idea: ( http://94.100.118.37/995950001-996000000/995989701-995989800/995989705_5_mzLa.jpeg )

I also have a modest fetisj for old guitars, I have some pictures posted here: http://www.facebook.com/francescotaranto.aladin?v=photos#!/album.php?aid=8905&id=100000633550606

I have several bands for you to enjoy!
www.myspace.com/aladinband (Funk Rock/Acid Jazz)
www.myspace.com/harakirisuspect (Alternative (Punk)Rock)
www.myspace.com/theladybugbluestrio (Blues and Rock 'n' Roll)
www.myspace.com/medousamusic (Acoustic/Easy Listening/)

My myspace is www.myspace.com/francescotaranto and you can also find me on www.facebook.com/francescotaranto.aladin

Please take a listen, enjoy my (and our) videos, leave a nice comment and add me (or us) as a friend!

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Corné wrote on Aug 3, 2010 at 08:04 AM

Hello Francesco,

Kind greetings from the Netherlands!

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JulieRed wrote on Jul 31, 2010 at 02:42 PM

Hello there. Thanks for the add :D You really look like someone I know from Scotland it's so weird!!!

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Francesco Taranto wrote on Jul 30, 2010 at 01:21 PM

Thanks everybody!

I'm really glad to have discovered this medium. Been a fan of The Man Himself (Frank I mean) for a long time and since I saw ZPZ live a couple of years ago, my love for Franks music, and maybe even more importantly Dweezils absolutly excelent playing, has grown an undiscribebly vast way!

Hope to meet, and converse with a lot of great people here. Everybody here must have a great taste in music, no doubt about that!

Interesting anekdote: After seeing Dweezil and ZPZ live I asked him to sign the Zappa T-shirt I had bought at the venue. When he asked me what my name was he was quite pleasantly surprised (His fathers full name being Francesco aswell)! The autograph, however, cannot be read clearly anymore. Since I was so proud of the T-shirt I have been wearing it at least weekly since the concert, and no black ink can withstand that much washing!

Feel free to listen to my, and my bands music, and look me (and us) up on myspace, facebook, bandcamp etc.:

My band A La Din (Funk Rock and Acid Jazz):
http://www.myspace.com/aladinband
http://www.facebook.com/aladinband
http://aladin.bandcamp.com

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Loves All Music wrote on Jul 30, 2010 at 09:11 AM

I like your eclectic taste in music! Audioslave, Chili peppers, Depeche Mode, Stevie Wonder,Jamiroquai. I didn’t name any on my page because there is just too many I like. Great Taste!

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