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Hi all at Metal Forum,

just found your website and liked it so much :-)

I'm Ludo from Venice (Italy); born and raised in a small village in the Dolomites (Italian North-East Alps) my "rock life" started in the Summer 1986, I was 13 and one older friend gave me Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet album. My "metal life" started immediately after that when I bought the cassette of Iron Maiden's Piece of Mind (still today my favorite Maiden album) in the only "electricity and music" shop of my village. Since then I've been to more than 300 concerts and festivals all around Europe, from BB King to Nirvana, from The Rolling Stones to Mayhem, from Scorpions to Faith no More, from Page & Plant to Pantera. I simply love everything is good rock, hard rock, heavy metal.

Like everyone of us I guess, I miss the previous life both as concerns our concerts and my main job which is Hosting and Guiding Solo Travelers and Small Groups of Tourists, mainly Rockers and Metalheads, in Venice and surroundings !
After the first lockdown I decided to dig into rock history from the beginnings, in search for hidden gems I've never had the time to discover and listen (just finished the year 1975) and I started my Youtube Channel just to collect and remember all this gems and alternating them with samples of my hosting activity in Venice.

In the end I'm glad to be here, if allowed I will try to post some links about my hosting and initiatives in the Promote Yourself section.
One thing is sure, when travel will be possible again if someone of you (staff and members) intend to come Venice... I'm your only Rock & Metal Superhost in town :-)

Ciao
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Welcome to the forum. I've always wanted to visit Venice, and Italy in general. I was obsessed with Italian Renaissance art when I was a kid and I dream of seeing some of the murals and statues in person someday. I've been digging into older music for the past few years as well - lately I can't stop listening to Gentle Giant. 

It's been pretty slow here for a while, but I hope you enjoy the place.

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Thank You for your welcome !

Yes, Venice is of course full of Renaissance art. I come from the Dolomites where Tiziano (one of the best Renaissance painters) was born, he worked all his life in Venice so there are many of his paintings and frescoes all over the city, along with many other artist of the time.

If you get the chance to come over, I can be your host for sure :-)

I just posted some info about me in the Promote Yourself section!

And yes I love Gentle Giant too, they are in my opinion the most classy and elegant prog rock of the time along with Genesis, Camel and Van der Graaf Generator and some Italian bands... I also have a prog rock playlist in progress in my channel, so I don't forget what I find out digging in the past ;-)

I'll definetely enjoy this place !

Ciao

 

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