“Fire” Will get you up dancing and keep you there! The project’s concept from its inception was to create music that would move you! It is composed, remixed and mastered specifically for dancing, with lots of spicy “World Music” flavors all spiced up with lots of percussion pepper!!! The rhythm and intensity build throughout the CD, reaching a climax on track eight with “Tribal-1”, followed by a sweet cool down with “Tribute to Africa” and “Till we Dance Again”. All tracks are approx. 5 minutes or longer to give you plenty of time to get your groove on and are remixed so that the beat doesn’t stop from one song to the next. If you like World Beat music, dancing, drumming or just want some uplifting music for the gym, car or ipod, then FIRE is for you. About Paulo Mattioli “PASSION is what I play, the drum is simply my instrument” says Paulo, “Before the show there is me and the drum, during the show, I become the drum!” Paulo Mattioli is a world-renowned percussionist, author, educator and facilitator whose mission is to uplift the hearts of others, create community and harmony through music. “For me music is all about HEART! NO HEART, NO MUSIC!” “That was you drumming? I expected to find three African in here!!!” Said STING as he poked his head into my dressing room just before the show. Paulo has brought his rhythmical magic to performances with superstars Kenny Loggins, Mickey Hart, Lenny Kravitz and Babatunde Olatunji. “I LOVE your SPARK! This is the best band I have ever had!” Kenny Loggins wrote me in a letter following our touring together. Paulo’s drumming has provided the driving force of feature films: “The Air up There” with Kevin Bacon and “George of the Jungle” with Brendan Fraser. Paulo was the musical director of and performed live with his ensemble Drums of Fire for ESPN television’s: “The Method Show” and performed on Network TV’s “The Other Half ”. His four disk DVD series, “Hands on Drumming: Universal keys to Hand Drumming” was called “The best video we’ve seen” by DRUM MAGAZINE and received 4.5 drums out of 5 from MODERN DRUMMER Magazine. “When Paulo drums, he plays the skin of your soul!” About Ken Givens Ken is a multi-tasking machine. Whether composing, engineering or producing he brings an expertise and poise that yields artistic elegance. Kens production company KG Music, has produced a series of world class soundtracks for CD’s, motion picture, video and television. Ken puts his heart and soul into his music and it shows!