PLAYLIST: Tino's Influences (Patreon)

Hey everyone! As part of a bunch of adjustments to things here in Patreon, we are bringing back the Ne Obluminati music club with a new playlist out each month with a different theme!

To kick things off Martino has created a playlist of his many influences on him as a musician! In addition he has written a bit about each artist chosen and why they have been an important part of his journey as an artist.

You can listen to this playlist via the below links via SPOTIFY  & TIDAL.

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/62OQxMR0neVKqYX8MylUFH?si=72f92c1ba7eb4c87

LISTEN ON TIDAL:

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/a09a9ae3-628c-4fc2-af03-154e1a3f073f

ABOUT TINO'S INFLUENCES

Hi everyone, Tino here!

This playlist is a mix of songs coming from my main influences through my life as a musician, in no specific order.

Some of the songs are just a random example for the artist itself which influenced me with a lot more tracks.

      This Will Destroy You

This is a band that I’ve sticked with for a long time, they taught me dynamics and heavy major riffs, which is not a thing to underestimate in rock/metal. Plus they’ve always put a smile on my face in every moment I needed one.

Pain Of Salvation

They’ve been one of my favorite bands for years in the past, and contributed to many ideas I had. The songwriting is free from preconceptions and always exploring every possibility they had. It took me a bit to understand them but, after that, I started following them constantly and saw them live around 15/16 times.

Avishai Cohen

This is a special artist to me as he is the one that motivated me to start playing the upright bass. The idea of mixing a genre with folk music is nothing new, but the way he does that is absolutely flawless, and that makes his phrases on the instrument something I’ve always tried to inspire myself from as I find ‘em perfectly balanced between nice simple melodies and intricate jazzy stuff.

     Ryuichi Sakamoto

Huge major influence in my listenings, it’s obvious how fascinating it is to me everything that comes from the Japanese culture, his melodies are no exception, with the addition of some original experimentation that makes him a true genius of film scoring.

Opeth

No presentation needed here. Every genre can become flat and redundant if we follow the guidelines and stick to the cliches. Opeth taught me: fuck that in a death metal voice.

Olafur Arnalds

Not really sure if I can consider him an influence, but for sure I learned how a simple and catchy melody can become perfect and original as long as we play it with purpose. “Purpose” could contain many details, as good arrangement, controlled dynamics, amazing technical abilities, etc but the reality is all these things are just made by the musician that believes in the music he’s playing.

Janek Gwizdala

No doubt my biggest influence on electric bass. Every SINGLE note he plays I’m drooling and learning every possible detail that’s happening on the instrument. The man is undoubtedly a great genius and I’m so thankful for being part of this world at the same time as him. I’m 100% sure I’ll learn from him ’til the end.

Symphony X

Back to the epic shit. One of my favorite bands in the past, prog power metal has been a huge part of my teenage years and they contributed A LOT in my melodic ideas and bass technique as I was transcribing and playing every possible odd timed riff.

Howe/Wooten/Chambers

Victor Wooten is another huge influence on electric bass, when he recorded this album with Greg Howe and Dennis Chambers I was ecstatic as he was playing more in the style I always tried to reference from him but he wasn’t using often. This is pure fusion gold but not really easy to digest for the pop listener.

Richard Bona

HUGE influence for electric bass, he taught me how big of a difference it makes to play the bare minimum and show off only when absolutely necessary, but done flawlessly with perfect tone and dynamics. Plus you’ll never hear more original phrases in bass solos than his own, I guess another advantage of mixing up cultures and styles. He also inspired me a bit for singing as well.

Jeff Buckley

If I love singing is probably thanks to him. He’s undoubtedly a great performer and the proof that the artist matters more than the song (Yes, I’m referencing to Hallelujah. His version is the best and if you say otherwise we’re not friends anymore)

Matt Corby

Same as Jeff, huge influence in my will to sing, and wrote a lot of my favorite songs. Hats off to these Australians which appear to be good at this stuff, the desert and koalas must be very inspiring.

Aurora

I love pop music, and as mentioned before, I love when a genre is mixed with some folk in the proper way. You can hear a lot of those influences/references in her tracks, plus she is reeeeeally good at fusing with her songs and we should all learn that. In my metal songwriting, I often search inspiration in pop music as it happens to be easier for me to transfer an idea from pop to metal than from metal to metal, so I couldn’t ask for anything better than her.

King Crimson

I could consider prog rock from the 70s my favorite genre ever, and the King is how I would love my music to be. Everyone is able to repeat the same riff for 5 minutes straight, not everyone is able to do the same increasing dynamic constantly for those 5 minutes while giving you eternal goosebumps. All hail the king.

Tower Of Power

You wanna play bass, you gotta learn how to funk first, there’s no other way to obtain touch and groove. No better teacher than the tonemaster Francis Rocco Prestia, which has been a reference for every great bassist after him.