DARIO PARENTE
Biography
Tagliacozzo, Italy
Lead Guitarist
Dario Parente is a performer, session musician, songwriter, and rock guitar teacher from Italy.
He started playing guitar when he was very young, first studying classical guitar and then rock guitar in several schools in Italy.
He attended Ethnomusicology courses and applied some principles of the subject to the study of electric guitar.
Dario has three albums out with the band Headless feat. Göran Edman, former Yngwie Malmsteen and John Norum vocalist.
Albums:
Headless: Growing Apart, released in 2013 via Lion Music.
Headless: Melt the ice away, released in 2016 via Mighty Music.
Headless: Square one, released in 2021 via M-Theory Audio.
Dario also appears as a guest musician on the Sweet Oblivion feat. Geoff Tate album Relentless (Frontiers Records 2021) and on Ian Parry’s Rock Emporium album Brute Force (Metal Mind Productions 2021).
Dario toured extensively as a session musician for many Italian best-selling artists and toured Europe twice with the band Headless opening for the likes of Skid Row, Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, The Dead Daisies, Angra, Candlemass.
He plays as a Lead Guitarist for Geoff Tate since 2018.
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Guitar Lessons by Dario Parente - Sign Up Now!
An online teaching program developed by guitarist Dario Parente. Dario has designed a course directed to aspiring musicians who areepicking up the guitar for the very first time to advanced players who want to brush up on music theory or learn some of Geoff Tate’s classics note-for-note.
Beginners level is designed for the brand new player and goes over all the basics like how to hold the pick, fret the notes and more. We’ll learn to play some rock classics as well.
Advanced player’s lessons are focused on technique and theory, warm-up tricks, scales and modes. We’ll learn some classics from Geoff’s repertoire.
Module Three is about finding your own voice on the instrument and how to convey your influences into your playing. We’ll analyze some classics with the goal of learning how to compose and improvise.
Sign up and start your Progressive Rock Guitar course today! Please take a few minutes and fill out the registration form below to get started and Dario will contact you directly!