Andrea is a MIDI programmer, composer, and bassist. He is the author of Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production (2005) and Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer (2007) and has written several articles for music magazines, including Sound On Sound, Bass World Magazine (USA), Muralann and Boheme Press (Canada), and Il Capitello Publisher (Italy). Andrea also created the iAcousticA Studio drum library, which is distributed by BandMateLoops.com (www.bandmateloops.com) and available in Kontakt 2, EXS-24, Giga Studio, and Reason NN-XT formats.