Massimiliano Gazzè , better known as Max Gazzè ( Rome , 6 July 1967 ) is a singer , songwriter and bassist Italian. Roman origins of birth with Sicilian (the father of Scicli , in the province of Ragusa ), he spent his childhood in Belgium where he attended the European School . At 6 he began to study piano at age 14 is drawn into the electric bass and began performing with local groups in Brussels .