I play "Feeling Fine" by Alex Hutchins using the Custom Leather Strap I made!

In this video I am finally putting together Music and Craft, the reason why I founded my brand Cuoio Sonoro (freely translated as “Sonorous Leather” by me from the italian, LoL).
My dream is to craft high quality and custom accessories for musicians who wish to have unique pieces, specially crafted for them. Being a musician myself, helps a lot this process because I can relate with most of the issues and needs of musicians, and if not, I am eager for challenges and for learning new skills through different and unknown projects.
Sounds are everywhere, and even if a greater part of them is considered noise, it always depends on how we listen to them. In my workshop I am surrounded by sounds that pop up while using the variety of tools and materials I interact with, and I like to imagine that it’s my tiny orchestra I can play with.
My previous videos follow this phylosophy of giving attention to the music every object carries within. The hammer’s “tap-tap” onto carving tools that sounds like a drum roll. The stitching machine which runs fast under my foot that reminds me a musical march or a fast-paced music. The adagio tempo I drown in while hand stitching leather, whose rhythm is repetitive and slow, as if it were following an internal bpm.
These are only a few examples but on the top of these lay the profound happiness and gratitude I feel when someone tells me that what I crafted moved his/her feelings and went over the excpetations or truly embodied the blurred idea they had in mind which I managed to let bloom. Acknowledging the fact that people trust and rely on you is priceless, because this gives you the freedom to create and express yourself with no boundaries.
And if we talk about music related projects, my heart jumps a beat from the joy!
That’s what lately happened with Paolo’s request!
He is a bass player and needed a leather strap for his future custom electric basses currently under construction at Rossella’s workshop. Rossella is a young and fine liuther I met in Milan 2 years ago after I took part at the SHG Music Show as an artisan, exhibiting my works, the ones which openly reveal my soft spot for music :-D (link at Rossella’s website below)
Why did I think to play an extract of the song called “Feeling Fine” by Alex Hutchins for this video? Firstly because I have been loving it since the first “heard” and also because it truly expresses with no words (and even better) what Music and Fine Art mean to me, specially when mixed together. Hence, I picked it as the soundtrack of this showreel, trying humbly to make it sound nicely but mostly to spread the joy of playing music for you!
Regarding the strap, it’s made of vegetable tanned leather from Tuscan tannery named “La Perla Azzurra”, it features a personalized leather carving layout I made especially for Paolo from a design he sent me. He is passionate about the zodiac symbol of Capricorn and after he saw the monochromatic carving I sculpted, he asked me if I could paint it like an old, rusty brass underwater find. I can’t hide I was looking forward to experiment this odd request (Paolo himself said that he was worried to have been too pretentious and demanding), but he still didn’t know how much I love to measure myself with unconventional projects!
On the top of that, to give a more comfortable wearing to the strap, I have chosen to put an inner dense memory foam padding, lined with a soft sueded leather for extra grip on the shoulder and solid brass buckle to adjust the length.
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🎵 This is a cover of the original track by Alex Hutchings entitled “Feeling Fine”.
All rights belong to the owner. No Copyright Infringement Intended.
🎥 Here is the original video, please, do check it out because Alex playing is brilliant and the Jam Track Central platform who hosts him is also an awesome channel, so inspiring and full of hints and tips to grow as a musician! 👇
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🎸Here is Alex Hutchins Channel for more of his marvellous guitar stuff
/ @alexhutchingsmusic
🎸 Here is the link to Rossella’s website to admire her handmade instruments @RossLiuteriaItaly
GEAR:
🔸Godin Solidac
🔸D'Addario strings (a bit old, ops!)
🔸Roland MicroCube
🔸Zoom H5
Thanks for watching and Stay Sonorous 🔊
Ilaria
#guitarstrap #leathercraft #cuoiosonoro

[@paolodamele8129]

Bravissima Ilaria !
che tocco e che mood !
Vogliamo parlare poi di questa bellissima tracolla ?😊❤

[@CUOIOSONORO]

Mille grazie Paolo, che dire, la tracolla è nata grazie alla tua proposta 😊

[@stefanostrada5596]

Straordinario lavoro Ilaria, sia del cuoio che musicale 🔥🔥🔥

[@CUOIOSONORO]

Stefano, grazie davvero! Da te che suoni e giri video, il complimento vale doppio! 🎶