Frank Sacramone is keys player and multi-instrumentalist with prog metal / orchestral rock outfit Earthside. They’ve just come off a successful US headline tour, and we caught up with Frank just before they headed off on said tour. Lots of really honest insights that make it worth the price of admission alone.

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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):  

Frank’s musical beginnings

Allegro Barbaro – Bartók

Bushwhack – Morning

Earthside – The Closest I’ve Come

Approaching songs from a ‘cinematic rock’ viewpoint

Earthside – frozen heart – burning world

Reproducing the huge studio sound in a live environment

Frank’s Earthside keyboard rig

Frank’s approach to giving it all in a performance

Frank’s nightmarish train wreck and his insights on recovering to still do a great show

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Desert Island Discs: Asymmetry – Karnivool, Fear of a Blank Planet – Porcupine Tree, Gladiator – Hans Zimmer, Most Known Unknown – Three 6 Mafia

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