Paolo Gregoletto

**Trivi** · Subject: Paolo Gregoletto Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:56 am

Metal Militia
Gregoletto was a member of Metal Militia and was with the band since it formed in 1999 providing bass and vocals. In 2003, they were considered for Grammy nominations in the categories of Best Rock (Metal) Album and Best Metal Performance. Ultimately, however, the band was not given the nominations and Metallica went on to win Best Metal Performance for their album, St. Anger.

Trivium
Gregoletto joined Trivium in 2004 when Matt and Travis held auditions for a bass player. This was just in time for the tour with Machine Head. He replaced Brent Young just after the band had finished recording Ember To Inferno, he has recently said that he has switched to using his fingers instead of using a "pick," while playing live.

Techniques
In an interview with Bass Guitar Magazine (July/August) Gregoletto reveals that he uses a variety of techniques to perform his bass-lines, as is typical of modern bassists. While he primarily uses a pick to perform the rapid plucking of his bottom strings necessary to compete with the double kick drumming of Travis Smith, he frequently adopts a two fingered plucking style to pick out the more elegant counter melodies and rapid pentatonic accompaniments necessary for some of Trivium's material. He will also frequently use a modern three fingered plucking style, as favored by Billy Sheehan, in order to achieve a gallop rhythm (two 16ths and one 8th) in the style of Iron Maiden's Steve Harris. In the same article he reveals that his preferable way to warm up is by performing chromatic exercises up and down the whole neck of the bass, using both fingers and a pick.