Episode 14
My Life with Music and Art with Roberto Restuccia
In today’s episode, your host Carl Brown introduces us to Roberto Restuccia who’s a serious up and comer in this genre. He is a UK based guitarist who is quickly becoming a musical force. Roberto’s debut release in 2021 featured the song Arrival which was one of the most added songs according to Billboard Smooth Jazz airplay chart.
Roberto talks about his journey with music and art. He shares his creative process for making music, how he started, his musical inspirations and his artwork and painting skills. In the ‘Bout It or Doubt It segment, he shares his opinion about Scuba Diving and Bungee Jumping from the Adventure category. In the last segment of the show, he talks about his love for Blues, the last concert he saw, his hobbies and much more. You can listen to the songs Arrival, With Every Turn and Love Crazy.
Episode Highlights:
01:58 I think we all have sounds in our heads, where we will have sounds and feelings. I’m just trying to stay true to me and have it appeal in the context of smooth jazz. I’m just trying to let things work out naturally.
11:11 The producer eye thing is such a different thing. It’s great to have that facility of getting your songs out but there comes a point where you need someone to shine those cracks that will bring everything out.
14:40 The time of Covid allowed me to regroup. It allowed me to let everything sink in. I carried on working with my first album when it first hit.
23:58 I think to be better at music or anything, you’ve got to take a hard look at yourself. If you’re good at something, you could improve it. You definitely have to work on that.
36:56 So many people have trouble picking up the guitar, but me, getting away from the guitar is the difficulty.
