Valerio Meletti

Valerio Meletti is a music publisher who has founded and managed two record labels: Ethnoworld^[1] and Silent Revolution (London, 2005–2008).

As a percussionist^[2] Valerio Meletti has worked extensively with F.B.A.^[3] and the Celtic Harp Orchestra, having also recorded some of the bands' finest works: above all "Till the sky shall fall" (F.B.A.) and "The Myst" (C.H.O.), both critically acclaimed and worldwide distributed.

As a band manager^[4] V.M. has been working since 2004 with The Afterglow (a Turin-based band) releasing three albums (including the 2006 much acclaimed "Decalogue of Modern Life", mixed by Steve Orchard), touring England/Scotland four times and shooting videoclips in London and Liverpool.

As an event manager V.Meletti has worked for the 2004 edition of Milan's Festa della Musica^[5] and has organized many festivals and events such like the Bocconi University Ethnic Festival ("Ethnobocconi") or "Musiche della Terra"^[6] (held in Milan in different locations).

Meletti also held many workshops^[7] and classes^[8] focused on record labels' management, including lessons at the Bocconi University CLEACC.

Although still active as a music publisher, today Meletti is a media monitoring specialist for the main Italian media monitoring agency.

V.Meletti has also self published a theatre play ("The Ninja Cricketer and Scratched",^[9] in English), a handbook to learn how to play the Celtic drum bodhràn ("Suonare il bodhràn", in Italian) and a book on Italians living in Venezuela during the '50s and '60s ("Italiani in Venezuela", in Italian, with his father Giorgio Meletti).

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