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Paolo is a self taught guitarist from the early age of seven. He formed his first group at thirteen and played in various pop/rock groups around Tuscany.
Parallel to his activities as a musician , Paolo began to work in the world of television.
In the beginning of the nineties he collaborated with the well known TV Network "Videomusic" and in 1995 he participated in the making of the live video "Non Calpestare Le Rose Nel Deserto" by Pino Daniele and on the VHS "Nel Rosso" by Claudio Baglioni. For the latter he also made a videoclip, "Acqua nell Acqua", directed by Giacomo De Simone.
In 1994 he began collaborating with Stefano Picchi and the Externa Music di Fucecchio, making more than 50 studio recordings. It was one of these recordings "Ciao Charlie" that took the singer and song writer to the final of the
"S.Marino song festival" in the year 2000.
Still in the year 2000 Paolo and Stefano began performing live in various clubs in Versilia. A short time after they were joined by guitarist Luca Davini, forming a band called "Daremonoia" and participating at Tim Tour in 2003.
In the meantime Paolo still follows his activity in the studio working on various dance/funky/pop productions.
In 2004 Paolo appeared on stage at the Ariston Theatre for the 54th edition of the "Sanremo Festival" with Stefano Picchi and the vocalist Giada Masoni, with the song
" Generale Kamikaze", which classified at seventh position achieving a good result in sales: it was included in the festival compilation selling over 350,000 copies. He also appeared with the band at the opening of Alicia Keys concert in Italy in July the same year.
Recordings:
2000 - FRANCESCA ST.MARTIN - Last Night (Universal)
2001 - FRANCESCA ST.MARTIN - Ride To The Rhytm (Universal)
2003 - MARIANNA – Cioccolata (SUGAR/Universal)
2004 - STEFANO PICCHI - Generale Kamikaze (Universal)
2005 - STEFANO PICCHI - Pensieri Sospesi -album.-(Halidon/Self)
TV appearances:
SANREMO CI SIAMO! Paolo plays with Neffa, Marco Masini, Stefano Picchi - RAIUNO
54° FESTIVAL DI SANREMO (4 shows+backstage) - RAI -
TOUR RADIO BRUNO ESTATE (broadcasted over satellite on several italian networks)
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