About the Author

Personal and Preferences

Name: Breno Pacheco Ronchini
Date of Birth: January 13th, 1990
Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil

Music Genre: Heavy Metal and Rock ‘n’ Roll, Progressive Metal and Rock, Classical, Bossa Nova, Pop and many others
Bands and Artists: Symphony X, Dream Theater, Frost*, Ayreon, Evergrey, Pain of Salvation, Seal, Natalie Imbruglia, Elton John, Nightwish, Queen, Queensrÿche, Metallica and many others
Keyboardists: Jordan Rudess, Michael Pinnella, Jem Godfrey, Thomas Holopainen and Richard Andersson

7 Albums: “Paradise Lost” and “V: The New Mythology Suite” by Symphony X, “Train of Thought” by Dream Theater, “Dark Passion Play” by Nightwish, “Milliontown” by Frost*, “The Human Equation” by Ayreon and “BE” by Pain of Salvation
7 Songs from those albums: “The Walls of Babylon”, “Rediscovery Part II: The New Mythology”, “Endless Sacrifice”, “The Poet and the Pendulum”, “Black Light Machine”, “Day Three: Pain” and “Lilium Cruentus”

3 Keyboard Solos: “Time Crunch” by Jordan Rudess, “Black Light Machine” by Jem Godfrey and “Close to the Edge” by Rick Wakeman

Authors: Kate Mosse, Arnaldo Jabor and Dan Brown
Books: The DaVinci Code and Labyrinth

Movies: The Last Samurai, Stay, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Big Blue, Batman: The Dark Knight, Mission: Impossible One and Three, Sweet November and Perfect Stranger
Actors: Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, Hugh Laurie, Naomi Watts and Meryl Streep
TV Shows/Series: Friends, House MD., Law & Order SVU, Grey’s Anatomy, Miami Ink and American Chopper
Characters: Dr. Gregory House by Hugh Laurie, Chandler Bing by Mathew Perry, Sara Deever by Charlize Theron and Henry Letham by Ryan Gosling

Soundtracks: Pirates of the Caribean, The Lord of the Rings, The Last Samurai and Disney’s Movies in Soundtrack Composers: Hans Zimmer and Howard Shore

Hobbies: Collectibles (Hotwheels, Jada and Maisto 1:64 models, Mugs, Glass Coasters, etc), Music, Movies and hanging out with friends
Vices: None (:
Drink (with and without alcohol): Wine and Coke
Food: Japanese, Italian, Chinese, Brazilian and Mamma’s
Dessert: Ice Cream

Dreams: Living in Canada, owning a Studio and live with music, by and for it
Nightmares: I don’t think about them

Equipments and Gear

Hardware Synthesizers: Roland’s JUNO-D and SH-201, Casio’s CZ-101
Software Synthesizers: Arturia’s MiniMoog V, DiscoDSP’s Discovery Pro, East West’s Quantum Leap Ra, KORG’s Legacy Collection and Digital Edition, Native Instruments’ B4 II and Propellerhead Reason 4

DAW Software: Cakewalk’s Sonar 7

Computer: Dell’s Inspiron
Audio Card: M-Audio’s Delta Audiophile 2496

Dreams
Hardware Synthesizers: Roland’s Fantom G and V-Synth GT
Computer: Apple’s Mac Pro