In the world of epic music there are very few who can nail the emotional draw of melody. These mood setting melodies jump up in your mind and paint vivid pictures that shape the very emotions you feel.
Ray Armando Morabito (R. Armando Morabito) is an electronic music producer and songwriter, who's been working in the film and music industry for more than a decade.
Thanks so much for having me! About my life- well I was adopted from India when I was 6 months old, and spent the first 23 years of my life in Italy. I was always passionate about music and films, and after my Bachelors studying Art History and Semiotics, I felt like I wasn’t going in the right direction and wanted to explore other career paths. I was accepted to the London Metropolitan University and got my Masters in Filmmaking / Directing. I spent the next four years working on commercial projects and writing music for my own films and other friends’ films for fun. I was lucky enough to direct commercials for Levi’s, Kodak, Audi, and one of the TV spots for the BBC covering the Beijing Olympics. In 2009 I moved back to Italy and continued working as a director and also opened an advertising agency. We did marketing campaigns for clients mostly in the medical field. I met my wife Tina in 2013 while she was on tour through Italy with the Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour by Cirque du Soleil, and we moved to Los Angeles together later that year when she left the show.
I love London, it’s a beautiful city and I have many friends there. I have so many great memories from my years living in the city. I’ve lived in Los Angeles for two and a half years now and still feel like a tourist sometimes, but so far it’s pretty awesome.
I always loved music but only started focusing on music as a main career path two and a half years ago when I moved to Los Angeles. I was encouraged by good feedback on the songs I posted on Facebook, SoundCloud and Youtube and that gave me a push to continue down this road. My fans are the reason I make music.
Marketing and advertising isn’t my main thing, but I use the skills I learned from the past for my own products, as well as, my wife’s.
I first discovered Tina from her work in Inception and seeing her in a YouTube video of the live performance at the movie premiere. I started following her work, and saw that she was coming to Turin, Italy with the Cirque du Soleil. I messaged her on Facebook and that’s how we met.
We formed MG Music Int’l, our production company, when we started collaborating on songs. Now, Tina is in charge of the business side and I do most of the music production.
It depends on the situation. A lot of our music is licensed, and that placement along with others was done through APM Music. Clients look through databases and pick tracks that fit their projects.
Recently, I was asked to write original music for a trailer for an upcoming feature film, and the picture was edited to match the music.
Writing music for me is a bizarre process. I don’t read music although I did study piano when I was really young. I somehow forgot everything except for the basic playing process, which I use to program all the music and instruments in a song or score. I’m very lucky to live in this age where the technology allows me to produce full works with my limitations. Usually I start a writing session with some random playing and warming on my keyboard with Logic Pro X open, and sometimes good ideas come out from that. I always save the good ideas in separate files and then go back the next day to listen and decide if it it’s something to delete or expand musically on. I started making music when I was 17, also on the computer, so I’m not a composer in the traditional sense- I think of myself more as a music producer and songwriter.
I’m aiming for a 2016-17 release for my next album, “My Infinity”. The new album is going to be very different from “Days of Tomorrow.” It will feature songs with featured singers and the genre will be in the Electro and Progressive House / EDM vein.
Yes, I feel like my two latest releases, which are both remixes, define my transition to this more electronic style. The first type of music that I started writing when I was 17 was EDM and I’m going back to my roots.
I use an Apple Mac Pro computer with Logic Pro X and use a variety of samples and plugins. I rarely use live musicians except for featured singers or soloists. I produce all of my music in my studio here in Los Angeles.
I’d love to go back to directing some projects at some point, probably starting with my own music videos.
I’m really grateful to have fans that are very supportive of my music. I’ve never had fans before and it’s a great feeling to know people enjoy my art. It’s an honor to be able to put out music for them.
I don’t think I’m an expert on this and my wife Tina would be better to give you an answer on this because she’s an amazing business person aside from being a great Cellist. I’m grateful to have her as a partner on the business side.
Official Site:
http://ramorabito.com
Social:
Apple Music: https://itun.es/us/D66BG
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rarmandomorabito
Twitter: http://twitter.com/rarmandom
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/rarmandom
Instagram: http://instagram.com/rarmandom
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/rarmandom
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1PohXXqpfK8lGCv2vimOb9