GUITARSNAKE

Nicolas Notarianni was born on the 31st of May 1980 to an Italian family. He first studied the cornet and then the trumpet at the age of 6 at the renowned conservatory.
At the still young age of 9, he started playing guitar along with his brother.
At age of 11, he repeatedly wore "The Extremist Tour 91" promotional T-shirt for Joe Satriani during his trumpet lessons which rather preoccupied his teacher.



At age of 12, he left the conservatory and discovered some of his greatest idols such as Yngwie Malmsteen, Van Halen and Nuno Bettencourt. Through passion, he decided to learn guitar by himself, what he really did.
Then Nicolas started to play with several bands with his brother (who was also a guitar player at that time) they covered works performed by artists such as Joe Satriani and other bands such as Extreme, Metallica.



At age of 16 he discovered the growing fame of the band Dream Theater at their Awake album release whilst still studying at college.
In 2001 his studies were over and he decided to devote his time to his first love and study musicology.
June 2002, after working on several demos, he decided to set a progressive metal band called "Instant".
In April 2006, he recorded his first instrumental demo tracks performing five of his original compositions, while working in the same time with instant group and various other musical projects.



In September 2008 Nicolas met the members of Sensitive To Light (Rock Prog).
March 2008, He decides to leave the group to dedicate to his first instrumental album "One Life Is Not Enough".



In September, 2008, Nicolas was thanked by french artist & famous guitar player Patrick Rondat for the tribute that he was made for him on his album.
In November 2009, endorsed by Mayones Guitars & Basses, two guitars are made for him, he recorded his second album.
January 2010 will be invited on the compilation "MELODIC SOLOIST - 17 Melodic Virtuoso" which is also Mr.FastFinger. The compilation will be one of best sales year in American distributor "Guitar Nine"
October 2010 endorsement by the mark Two Notes Audio Engineering, he participated in the 3rd edition of "Music & You 2010" before releasing their second album "Around The World" (March 2011) signed to Mad Guitar Records (Finland).