For a new band, venturing out on a visit is one of the most energizing things on the planet. Groups that haven’t got the opportunity to endure the inevitable misfortunes and frustrations that accompany this experience frequently feel like there’s a universe of opportunity and hope to be discovered out and about, and they’re not off-base. Touring can be difficult, unpleasant, band-detonating work, but on the other hand, it’s such a thing that can change an inexperienced band into a confident and connected melodic rock’n rollers. Below the super-loved and talented sibling band, Miccoli reveals how touring can be the game-changer for the striving bands.
Miccoli, comprising of brothers Adriano, Alessio and their sister Francesca, shaped their band in 2010 and are known for their close harmonies and award-winning music videos, which they have shot all over the world, including locations like Venice (Italy), Faro (Sweden), Bangkok (Thailand) Las Vegas (US) and many more. The siblings direct, produce and edit the videos themselves under their own video production company named Three’s a vibe productions. The band has been recognized for their works numerous times, winning best music video at the 2018 Birmingham film festival and the Birmingham Music Awards for their video “Idle stranger”. In 2019 their music video for the song “Ledge” shot in Death Valley (US) won best music video at the Manchester film festival and was also a finalist at the European Cinematography awards. Their Video for “Angels and Demons”, shot on location on the black sandy beaches in Reynisfjara (Iceland), won best music video at the London independent film festival and was a semifinalist at the Los Angeles Cinefest and European Cinematography awards.
Stylistically, Miccoli would most likely be characterized as adult alt-rock. The band’s sound is greatly inspired by Fleetwood Mac, The Police, Simon, and Garfunkel, with components from Motown tossed in for flavor. On the off chance that you tune in to their phenomenal song “Lights” intently, you can hear the impact of The Police in the vocals, alongside vestiges of the pomo blues indicative of Simon and Garfunkel. Besides, despite the fact that “Lights” is a light, peppy tune, audience members can select the different impacts that have joined to create Miccoli’s unique, distinct sound.
Miccoli has spent the previous few years touring and living everywhere in the world, through which they’ve built up their novel style, which they are presently set to bring to the stage. The band also did a ‘Thank You & Goodnight’ UK arena tour in 2019 with legendary band Boyzone performing at sold-out venues like the O2 Arena in London, Manchester Arena, Wembley Arena and many more, including the Genesis arena in their hometown of Birmingham. In the conversation below, the exceptional band artists shed some light on their experience about touring and how it helped them to become the best version of themselves, all together as a band.
Alessio Miccoli, who contributes to the band for vocals, piano, and clarinet, reveals that touring is an ideal time for unestablished groups to sort out their identity and what kind of music they need to make. “There’s nothing like playing the same set of songs, again and again, to make a band decide what tunes they love and which ones they’re glad to never play again.”. Touring also offers lucidity to performers in this area while helping them consider their qualities and shortcomings simultaneously. Other significant parts of live performance also get ironed out on tour, like stage presence and personality.
Adriano Miccoli, who also contributes vocals, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar, explains the benefits of touring with an established act and performing to their fans night after night “as an up and coming band, going on tour with an established act gave us the opportunity to perform in venues and to crowds, we wouldn’t be able to right now at this point in our career, it gave us an insight of things to come. It was a baptism of fire been thrown in front of 15,000 plus people and adjusting, but like anything the more you do something, the more familiar it becomes, to say we had a blast and learnt a lot is an understatement. It’s something we look forward to in the future, being able to perform at the same venues to our own fans” Francesca Miccoli, the cool sister who adds her contrasting vocals, piano, and harmonica to the bands sound reveals that the one live show is worth ten rehearsal sessions. “So envision what a tour can accomplish for an inexperienced band. It is an opportunity crucial in developing a young band’s playing experience and confidence. A few weeks of touring can give new acts a tighter and more compelling sound in ways that playing local every other month for years can’t match. This predominantly narrows down to focus. On tour, there’s a unified purpose and objective between individuals. This energy and solidarity typically doesn’t occur for unestablished groups playing scanty shows in their local scenes” she says.