Talking about touring, this was something incredible. In the middle of the summer the Glenn Miller Orchestra did a tour in Italy, where we travelled more than 5000 kilometres, up and down ‘The Boot’, from Bari to Venice to Aosta. Everywhere we were received real nicely, we saw beautiful places, had incredible food (!) and played on awesome venues! To give you an impression of what it looked like, I put some photos here, I hope you enjoy it!
Tag: Italy
Most of you drummers know the name Spizzichino. It’s a guy in Toscany (Italy), that makes handcrafted cymbals, trying to find the sound of the ‘old K’s’. And he’s damn good at that, so his cymbals are pretty exclusive!
My brother Botte, who works for the radio, heard the Spizzichino story from me, and took me there to make a documentairy about him. Last tuesday we went there, and what a guy! He’s the nicest and most honest person you can imagine, full of great stories, and with lots of ideas about cymbals. We sat down, talked for 4 hours, bought some wine in between, looked at his huge collection of old cymbals, and admired his own work. It was the best! Eventually I had the great opportunity to buy one of his 22″ K-sound-alikes, that he finished on the spot (see pictures) and signed for me. What a guy! The documentary is gonna be broadcasted in Holland Doc (radio 1) at the end of January, I’ll keep you posted about that.
