The story...
Sergio Mucino found a pull into music at an early age. He became interested in sounds and melody while still at a one-digit age, which he proceeded to reproduce on his school-mandatory Yamaha flute.
He became more seriously involved in music in highschool. After one semester in theater, he decided to join the school's rock band, with the original intent of playing keyboards. It was just shortly that he happened to stumble onto a very enigmatic, mysterious, and powerful sound... that of a distorted electric guitar. His life was changed forever.
He started learning from peers, friends, and tons of guitar magazines. A couple of years later, he decided that magazine lessons were not enough, and decided to prusue formal music education. He luckly landed on the lap (not literally, of course) of local jazz guitar star Alejandro Lara, who took the death metal fan teenager under his wing, and proceeded to instruct him on the craft of rock guitar, while exposing him to other players, such as Steve Morse and Sadao Watanabe (who, as you can imagine, didn't play Death Metal).
One fateful day, his brother brough home a vinyl record from a guitar player named Joe Satriani. The record was Flying in a Blue Dream. His musical life was changed forever (did I say that before? Hmmm...). This record exposed him to a style of playing that was unheard of. To a melodic vocabulary of impressive depth. To sonic landscapes of incredible beauty. And ultimately, to songs of just amazing coolness.
Through Joe, he discovered Steve Vai. Technical prowess could not reach higher levels. Through these players, he rediscovered music. Blues, funk, rock, everything was within reach. And other players, such as George Lynch, Yngwie Malmsteen, and John Petrucci, came to inadvertedly impart him many, many lessons...
Another turninig point for his musical life came upon him on the form of a department store sale. Music tapes, on sale. By browsing through the offerings, he picked a few obvious selections. David Lee Roth, Prince (yes, funk and soul are some of Sergio's fave genres)... and within the tapes found, three by a guitar player he had read about... Scott Henderson, and his band, Tribal Tech. Playing those tapes nearly blew his brains out his skull... how can anyone even think about these ideas? How can a human being stumble upon such amazing treasures? Jazz had to be researched, studied, picked apart. And here they came, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Victor Wooten... and on, and on, and on...
Curiously, he also found very interesting elements in electronica and related genres (specially industrial-rooted music). These elements began to slowly but decidedly melt with the inner pot of what some people choose to call "musical influences". These elements would stay within and become engraved in his own brand of guitar-based pieces.
However, no matter how hard he tries, the rock and metal blood is still too strong, and the feeling, just too gooooood....
Bands
It's been a looong time, and I've played with many bands. Here's a brief summary of the most important ones....
- Fussa
- Obra Negra
- La Grey
- Gente de Fuera
- Tierra Virgen
- Terceros en Discordia
- And many, many more (that I can't even remember).