A Life in Music

Artistic catharsis as personal growth

Biography


Davide Gullotto was born on May 22, 1975, in Cernusco sul Naviglio, a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Milan. His passion for music emerged at a young age, thanks to his father Antonio's music school, which provided a stimulating educational and family environment.

From an early age, Davide showed innate talent: at five he fell in love with Rossini's Overtures; at nine he composed his first pieces on the piano; and at eleven he enrolled at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, where he studied viola.

The 1990s
During his teenage years, Davide was struck by the energy of Jimi Hendrix, The Police, Sting, and other great Anglo-American artists. He began writing songs, playing, and singing in his first bands, dreaming of becoming a rock star. This dream led him to interrupt his classical studies and move to London, the vibrant heart of rock, driven by a visionary and rebellious youthful impulse.

Upon returning to Milan, he began working in various recording studios, collaborating on numerous pop and instrumental music productions, and learning the art of sound engineering. The recording studio became his second home, and from the mid-90s, he dedicated most of his time to writing and producing music for himself and other artists and record labels.

The New Millennium
With the new millennium, Davide started performing live in Milan's most popular venues of the time, such as the Indian's Saloon, the Legend Club, the Rockhouse, and Le Scimmie, with various musicians and bands, recording his songs in the studio and gaining experience on stage. As a singer-songwriter, he took part in several national music festivals and resumed his academic path at the conservatory as a private student.

In 2011, after graduating in piano, Davide launched his career under the brand DaG® (an acronym for Davide Gullotto), which includes artistic training and record production, with over 200 released songs. He focuses on composition, arrangement, teaching, and sound engineering.

Among his latest releases are "Infinities Collection" (2022), a collection of 16 piano pieces from the album "Infinities" (2019), including the single "Nocturnal Waves"; "Silent Movies" (2017), an album based on the musical reworking of four silent films by Harold Lloyd, for the new Italian collection published by A&R Productions; and the single "Amore Sbagliato" (2016), recorded at Metropolis Studio in Milan and mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London.

Artistic Collaborations
Davide has participated in important events and collaborations, including Piano City (2018-19 editions) as a pianist, RTI Music of Mediaset Group (2005-07) as a producer and composer of TV soundtracks, Girofestival (2004 edition) on Rai 3 as a singer-songwriter, the Festival del Garda (2005-06 editions) on Rai 2 as an author and composer, and a series of live concert lessons for the Lombard satellite channel Milanow (2020).

At Present
Today Davide Gullotto has written, produced, and performed music in various genres, including classical, pop, rock, jazz, ambient, chamber music, and soundtracks. He is the owner of DaG® Recording Studio and the independent label DaG® Music Production. A member of SIAE and the new IMAIE, his discography continues to expand, solidifying his presence in the contemporary music scene.

Quintessence

The musical journey is a path of self-knowledge in the continuous balance between open inspiration and inner discipline, a synthesis between listening to the infinite cosmos in dialogue with human emotions. (D. Gullotto)


"It doesn't matter how many things you do, but how much Faith you place in everything you accomplish."

Davide Gullotto