The call
In December 2018 I received the call from a Michele Scuffiotti, a guy I have known since the time I played the piano with my youth orchestra (it was 2001, and this means that I am old). He called to invite me as a guest to a television show for the local TV (TV9, Grosseto, Toscana).
Edicolacustica Circus (barely translated as Acoustic News Stand) is a musical talk show invented by Michele Scuffiotti himself and Alberto Guazzi that traces the history of the 20th century using music as a common thread. The show is enriched by a live rock band. But I was invited as a LEGO designer, not as an (ex) musician! And then? I was about to reply that my LEGO robots had nothing to do with live music, but then I had an epiphany.
What if I play with an instrument made with LEGO together with the band?
When ideas are truly powerful, you can feel a shiver of pleasure down your spine. Cool! The proposal immediately gathered the enthusiasm of the authors of the program. The huge problem was the close deadline. The live show would have been recorded in January 2019, so there was only one month to invent a LEGO musical instrument from scratch and learn to play it decently.