Formula Indie Sessions _ Interview with Stefano Cuccari

What is your earliest memory connected to music?

Certainly the fact that when I was a child and slept in the family car during the long (for a child) journeys on summer vacations, and the music, reality, and a child’s fantasy blended together, and Queen  owned the place!

How did your passion for creating music begin?

As often happens, a positive change sometimes comes from a negative event. I was going through a really tough personal moment, and creating music has given me a lot of strength, helping me overcome it—or at least I’m trying. Anyway, long live music!

What’s the story behind your current music project?

Continuing the theme of the previous question, I’ve always had a passion for combining video editing and music, and now thanks to artificial intelligence, I can create both, and that gives me a great feeling of freedom. In my album Humanical, I’ve put a lot of my personal life and topics that I consider important—I hope my songs and videos give an emotion!

How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?

I try to make the music that I like, so I seek atmospheres that appeal to me, like those of Placebo and Radiohead—even if obviously on my small scale. Mainly, I try to give each album its own sound and style, and with Humanical, I think I’ve succeeded. Of course, it may appeal to people or not! I would describe my style as emotional, melancholic, and inspired by Placebo with a small vibe of Radiohead!

What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music?

Okay, I know it might seem banal but…. I’ve learned that every song must have your heart in it, and magically it will become a beautiful song. If you make a song to please others… it probably won’t be—the heart counts a lot.

What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?

Creating music using artificial intelligence, definitely Suno, while for the video part I use practically all existing programs from Kling to Midjourney to Grok.

Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?

t’s a very established group and I don’t know if it could be called indie, and certainly it’s not a recent song, but lately I’ve been listening a lot to Editors and the song Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drools.

How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?

Being an introverted person who places a lot of importance on the sentimental side of life… Yes, I think this has influenced the songs I create. On the other hand, having done video editing with music for many years has allowed me to develop skills in music itself, like building pathos for the right moment in a song—or at least I hope so!

What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?

I would like the listener to be able to experience emotions, thinking about events from their life while listening to my songs, and for it to linger a bit in their thoughts.

 What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?

The most important lesson? Do something artistic and it will do you good—it will help you be happier!

What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?

No particular objective—I’d like a small group of people to appreciate my music; I don’t aspire to great milestones!

If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?

With Placebo and Radiohead, just to dream big!

Where can our listeners follow and support your music?

 Here you can find all my links on various stores for my music:    

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/stefanocuccari/humanical

Here is my YouTube channel “Humanical dreams” where you can find my music videos, both from the album Humanical and past experiments:

https://youtube.com/@humanicalvisionsstefanocuccari?si=REkWex9OtzWRC0nc

Here two music videos very important for me: 

And Spotify:

Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?

I dream to make another Album!

What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?

I would like my listeners to identify with my songs and experience the same emotions I felt when I created them.

And I’d love for them to discover that I’m actually a pretty nice person 

You can use a picture i have sended to you in the mail to use in the interview! Thanks!