Gianluca Firmo
Gianluca Firmo is an Italian singer, songwriter and keyboard player. Firmo was also the main songwriter on Room Experience, an international melodic rock project featuring David Readman.
Musical career
In 2013, Firmo met Davide Barbieri and Pierpaolo Monti and created a melodic rock project called Room Experience, based on his own songs and featuring David Readman on vocals, as well as many other guest musicians from the European AOR/Melodic hard rock scene. His debut album Room Experience was well-received by critics.In 2015, Firmo was recruited by producers Pierpaolo Monti and Davide Barbieri to be part of the I.F.O.R project. He co-wrote lyrics and sang the melodic rock anthem "We Still Rock" alongside Alessandro Del Vecchio, Josh Zighetti, Franco Campanella, and others from the Italian rock and AOR scene. The single was released exclusively in digital format by Tanzan Music. In the same year, "Tomorrows Came", taken from the Room Experience album, was included in MRCD13 "Melodic Peak", the collectors compilation, released by Melodic Rock Records.
In 2016, his debut album Room Experience was released in Japan by Anderstein Music.
In 2016, Firmo contributed as songwriter to Raintimes, an international band led by Pierpaolo Monti and Davide Barbieri, featuring Micheal Shotton on vocals, Sven Larsson and Ivan Gonzalez on guitars and Andrea Gipponi on bass. In 2017, Frontiers Records released A World of Fools, the third album by Lionville, where Firmo penned the title track and "Bring Me Back Our Love", along with Bruce Gaitsch. Firmo is currently working on the follow-up to Room Experience, as announced on the official social page of the project.
Discography
Albums
- 2015 – Room Experience
- 2016 – Room Experience Japanese Edition
Singles
- 2015 – I.F.O.R. – "We Still Rock"
Various artists compilations
- MRCD13 – Peak Melodic 2015
- 2016 – ''We Still Rock – The compilation''
Songwriting contribution
- 2017 – A World of Fools – Lionville
- 2017 – Raintimes – Raintimes