New SAGA Singer Rob Moratti - "I'm Like A Kid In Candy Store Right About Now"
April 21, 2008, 16 years ago
As previously reported, SAGA announced last week that Rob Moratti of Canadian AOR group FINAL FRONTIER is the band's new singer. Melodicrock.com's Andrew McNiece spoke to Moratti recently about getting the gig.
"I heard about the audition on (Toronto's) Q107 but I thought to myself, what are the chances and so I let it go. Then a friend of mine mentioned it to me for the second time and something then told me that I've got to do this. So I had emailed Ian Crichton (guitar) regarding the auditions and he told me that they're still searching. I had given Ian my profile on MySpace to check out. Shortly after, I get an email from Ian Crichton with some positive interest. They narrowed it down to five vocalists for the live audition and I was the first one up. It was a very comfortable atmosphere coz' all the band members are great guys and you feel that as soon as you enter the studio. I performed five songs with Saga. Things were then feeling very positive but nothing was official yet. So they later asked me to record a few tracks before finalizing. I did five songs for Saga and that finally closed the deal. It's amazing how things work out...I'm like a kid in candy store right about now!"
