Strings 24

Frank Caruso's Bands

STRINGS 24
ARACHNES
DARKLIGHT
SOLO SESSION

Frank Caruso is active as an author, producer, arranger for TV soundtrack and jingles and other productions.Now he writes also on the top magazine Computer Music & Project Studio.

Visit his personal website or myspace for more details

Official web site:
www.frankcaruso.it



myspace:
www.myspace.com/francocaruso

Biography
He started playing guitar and piano at 8, and began immediately classical music study.
At the age of 12 he published the first recording, a single track with a melodic rock band called "MACID".
At 17 Frank created the FIREHOUSE, a band made with some friends at school. They recorded two albums and one of them, "Labyrinth", was distributed in Europe.
In 1992, he ended SACRED MUSIC studies, then he built his own recording studio where he began to create soundtracks for television, working for the greatest Italian networks. In 1994 he started a collaboration with Mediaset group for whom he recorded many TV spot and many soundtracks. Tired to produce music for other artists and to play as a session-man, in `96 Frank decided to focus on a new project and in '97, from the ashes of FIREHOUSE, the ARACHNES were born.
In 1998 ARACHNES released "THE GODDESS TEMPLE" for Lucretia Records, the band captured the attention of international critic and ARACHNES entered into the international metal scene, appearing in some compilations with STRATOVARIOUS and ANGRA.
In 2000 the first collaboration with the label Underground Symphony and ARACHNES published "METAMORPHOSIS", that signs the definitive change of style that became more Prog-Power-Symphonic.
In the 2001/2003 ARACHNES signed a contract with Scarlet Records and in the next three years they started to work very hard and they released:
- 2001 PARALLEL WORLDS, published and distributed in all Europe and South America.
- 2002 APOCALYPSE, that opened the Japanese market. Arachnes subscribed an agreement for 2 albums with the major label AVALON MARQUEE.
- 2003 PRIMARY FEAR, that confirmed the presence of the band in the European and Japanese market.
In the mean time Frank produced music for television; in 2005 ARACHNES finished to record "IN PRAISE OF SCIENCE", but unfortunately, not for their fault, the album was published in 2006.
In 2006, after months of dealing with italian and foreign labels, Frank decided to repeat the collaboration with Underground Symphony, already experimented in 2000, this time for the production of his first solo album "Kaleidoscope. This "properly artistic" album drove to a new contact with labels and to a distribution choice addressed to new way of promotion like Internet.
In January 2007 Frank started to work on a new project called DARKLIGHT with a female voice.
In November 2007 he started a new collaboration with the big magazine COMPUTER MUSIC & PROJECT STUDIO.
Now Frank is writing and producing new material for ARACHNES new album that will be released in 2009.

GUITARS:
Ibanez RG2550 PRESTIGE
Ibanez 7 strings RG 7321 BK
Ibanez 8 strings RG 2228 GK
Fender Stratocaster 1971
Fender Stratocaster "R. Blackmore" Lim. Ed.
Yamaha 421 DM customized Di Marzio
Custom guitar with Frank Gambale Pick-up

Amplification:
Marshall
One 4 x 10 Celestion Speaker
One 2 x 12 Celestion Speaker
Hughes & Kettner Pre-amps

Effects:
Line 6 POD X3 Live
Lexicon Reflex
Beheringer compressor and gate
Digitech (Intelligent Harmonizer)

Frank Caruso Uses Ibanez Guitar
Line 6 amp & effects and Ernie ball Strings