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| NickName: | roascioRCM |
| Profile Type: | Artist |
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| Band Name: | roascio RCM |
| Website: | http://www.myspace.com/roasciorcm |
| Website: | http://www.roascio.com.ar |
| City: | Buenos Aires |
| Country: | Argentina |
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| About: | Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marcelo Roascio begun playing spanish guitar at the age of five. For his 17th birdthday he received his first electric guitar, and except for a few lessons with some blues and jazz teachers, he is basically self taught. During his whole career as a guitar player, Roascio played and recorded with several bands, including Dr.Rock, RCM, Engranaje, Los Arcontes, etc. He also worked as a studio musician doing recordings for comercials and solo artists. In 1993 he was invited to join Steve Lynch, “Autograph's” guitar player, in his argentine band for some dates. During 1999 he played in “Noches de Guitarras Eléctricas” with Edelmiro Molinari (Almendra, Color Humano), Eduardo Rogatti (Baglietto, León Gieco) and Rodolfo García (Almendra, Aquelarre). In 2001 he played with DigiTech's guitarist/clinician Marc “Coop” Cooper and with texan bluesman Tony Sarno. In 2007, and again in 2008, he joined Carina Alfie, Diego Mizrahi and Daniel Telis to do a G3 like show called “Guitar Show Argentina” in the ND Ateneo theater. The same year, he was asked to be part of Stuart Hamm’s (Vai, Satriani, Gambale, etc.) argentine band for his Hartke Clinic Tour. Being a musician himself, Roascio did also several clinic-translations with artists like George Benson, Alphonso Johnson (Santana, Weather Report), Steve Lynch (Autograph), Heinz Affolter, Steve Morse (Deep Purple), Marty Friedman (Megadeth), Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani), John Patitucci (Chick Corea), Scott Wilkie & David Derge (Roland), John Maul (Roland), Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden), Lee Oskar, Gregg Bissonette (D.L. Roth, Satriani, Vai), Steve McNally (Korg) and Freddy DeMarco (Vox/Korg demonstrator) among others. CLINICIAN During 1983, Roascio was one of the first argentine musicians who served as YAMAHA's local endorser, appearing in several magazine ads. In 1993 he begun to work as an endorser for CRATE amplifiers, doing clinics though the whole country. During 1996 he briefly was part of the musicians staff for IMSA/Promúsica, demonstrating SAMICK guitars and BOSS/ROLAND effects. In 1997, besides doing the CRATE clinics, he was named endorser for ARIA Pro II (guitars), DANELECTRO (efect pedals) and DiMARZIO (pickups). From '99 to 2000, after finishing his former contract, Roascio worked as a clinician for the local distributor of IBANEZ guitars, LANEY amps and THOMASTIK strings. In 2001 he participated in the LINE 6 products clinics with guitarist/clinician Will Rodriguez in Buenos Aires. From 2003 to 2006, he worked doing clinics with two argentine music companies -WENSTONE amplifiers and D.O.H. guitars- and also for QUEEN guitar strings. Starting in 2007, Roascio became an active endorser of FERNANDES guitars, ERNIE BALL strings and MORLEY pedals, apearing in their ads and doing clinics all over Argentina. TECHNIQUE COLUMNS Marcelo Roascio is also a fruitful writer. In 1984 he contributed with his first music column in the “Rocker” magazine. From '87 to '92, and again during 1995, he wrote a regular guitar column in “El Musiquero” magazine. From '92 to '94 he was editor-in-chief of the “Musicos” magazine. From 1991 to 1999, he also wrote a guitar column in the monthly magazine “El Biombo”. During 1997 he colaborated with “El Rockero”, a magazine that came out with a CD collection in the magazine “Noticias”. From April 1996 to December of 2001, Roascio was the editor in chief of “Music Shop”, the first musicians instrument's magazine in Argentine. In April of 2002 he begun to write the first technical consultancy in a spanish spoken guitar related web site called "El Rincón del Guitarrista" ( HYPERLINK http://www.guitarraonline.com.ar) www.guitarraonline.com.ar), doing also equipment tests and several related articles. In 2004 he started to write a monthly column in "El Guitarrista" magazine, besides writing a monthly technique column in the spanish magazine “Guitarra Actual” (Spain). Starting 2006, he became the Editor-in-Chief of the “Guitarristas.ar” magazine from Argentina. BOOKS In 1988, Marcelo Roascio decided to bring to Argentine a new way of teaching, wich he saw during his visit to USA: books with audio-cassettes. His first book -“50 Fraseos”- started a new way of learning in the electric guitar filed. The following years he edited “50 Fraseos Vol. II” and “50 + 50 Fraseos Vol. III”. His next books were “Blues: 10 solos for electric guitar”, “Blues: 10 rhythms for electric guitar” and “Blues: 10 rhythms for bass guitar”. After putting out similar books for rock & roll, he starred in 1993 a video-clinic called “Desarrollo de Melodías”, wich was directed by Soda Stereo’s videos director Alfredo Lois, and was one of the bestsellers of it's type. In 1994 he came out with “Fraseos y Solos de Blues” and “Guitarra eléctrica desde cero”. During 1995 Roascio wrote “Escalas” and in 1996 “Heavy, Hard & Trash”, two books with rhythms and solos for electric guitar. In 1998 he wrote the second part of his “Guitarra eléctrica desde cero”. In 2003 he published the book "Rock Instrumental… with the songs from RCM Espías". In addition, he wrote two booklets for the Wensound Electronics Co. -"Guitarra de principio a fin" and "Bajo de principio a fin"- wich accompany the WENSTONE equipment line for begginers. In 2005, Roascio wrote “Todo Guitarra – All Guitar”, his book number fifteen, and in 2007 he published “Sólo Pentatónicas”. All the books now come with CD instead of the original cassettes and are distributed through the whole country, Chile and Uruguay by Ellisound S.A. ( HYPERLINK http://www.ellisound.com.ar) www.ellisound.com.ar). RECORDINGS 1994 Metrópolis Rds./BMG “Marcelo Roascio-Los Arcontes” “Los Arcontes” 1998 Muro Records “Tu Hostilidad” “Engranaje” 1998 Rigor Records “Espías” “RCM” 1999 Yugular Records “Placer, Odio... y Sentimiento” various artists 2000 Indep. “Nada Cambiará...” “Dr.Rock” 2000 Indep. “Salva tu inocencia” “Padre” 2000 Indep. “Amigos Latinoamericanos” various artists 2000 GuitarClub.ar “MasterGuitar Parte 1” various artists 2001 ABD Records “Yo Ya Oí” “Dr.Rock” 2002 ABD Records “Compilado de Rock Independiente” various artists 2003 Indep. "Entretiempo" "Dr. Rock" 2003 Indep. "Cuerdas Vitales" Carina Alfie 2005 Pattaya “Sigue la noche” “Dr. Rock” 2005 Wensound “Dos de Tres” “RCM” 2009 Ava Records “Todo en un día” “roascio RCM” (011) 4552-6124 - 15 5896-4580 HYPERLINK "http://www.roascio.com.ar" www.roascio.com.ar www.myspace.com/marceloroascio HYPERLINK "mailto:marcelo@roascio.com.ar" marcelo@roascio.com.ar |
| My Gear: | Fernandes Ravelle DeLuxe guitar, Hiwatt G100R amp, Morley Vai2 wah wah, Ernie Ball strings |
