Andreas
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Andreas is a Greek composer of contemporary instrumental music. Combining synthesizers and acoustic instruments he creates melodic and emotional pieces, with influences from Yanni, Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre.
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PLEASE NOTE: BUY MELODIC WINDS NOW AND YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE THE NEW EDITION ON OCTOBER 2008 FOR FREE, DIRECTLY FROM ANDREAS!
20 May 2008: Summer Dreams-The new Andreas album has arrived. For more about the album and Andreas go to www.andreasonline.com.
COMING IN OCTOBER 2008:
Melodic Winds-10th Anniversary Edition: with current top quality sounds, new recording, mixing and mastering for superb audio quality and improved arrangements.
Wonders of the Universe: Premiere of the 40-minute show of the Athens Digital Planetarium.
ANDREAS DISCOGRAPHY
20 May 2008: Summer Dreams
2004: When The Sea Remembers CD
2001: Life Images CD
1998: Melodic Winds CD
Andreas has also composed the music for the short films Loss (2004), A World Made of Paper (2002) and Without Identity (2000).
HOW TO BUY ANDREAS MUSIC
Get all 4 Andreas albums at www.andreasonline.com for $10 each and here at CD Baby http://www.cdbaby.com/all/andreas for $10 each.
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Listen and buy your favorite Andreas songs as 192 Kbps mp3s at www.melodicwinds.com/songs
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ANDREAS NEWS-UPDATED ON 25 JUNE 2008
WONDERS OF THE UNIVERSE: MUSIC FOR THE ATHENS DIGITAL PLANETARIUM
Andreas is writing the music for a 40 minute show of the Digital Planetarium of the Eugenides Foundation in Athens, Greece called The Wonders of the Universe. With the release date being October 2008 the show will draw an estimated audience of 200,000 in 2 years. The recording begun on July 2006 and until now the first 9 minutes have been recorded and approved. Andreas is currently recording the next 5 minutes.
ANDREAS INTERVIEW AND SONG AT THE ITALIAN "NEW AGE AND NEW SOUNDS" MAGAZINE (June 2008)
A very lengthy and interesting 4-page Andreas interview appeared in the June 2008 issue of the italian magazine "New Age and New Sounds". the track "When The Sea Remembers" also appeared in the CD Sampler that accompanies the issue: interestingly the sampler itself is titled "The Sea Remember", meaning that Andreas also inspired its title. Scans of the magazine and sampler along with the interview will appear soon at www.andreasonline.com
ANDREAS SUCCESSES IN MAJOR INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITIONS (Updated on May 2008)
MAY 2008: "Samos" from "Summer Dreams" won Andreas a honourable mention at the 2008 West Coast Songwriters Association Contest in the "Instrumental" category:
http://www.westcoastsongwriters.org/contest_winnerinfo.htm
AUGUST 2007: "Signs of Love" and "Samos", both from "Summer Dreams" reached the semi-finals of the prestigious UK Songwriting Contest.
JUNE 2007: "Signs of Love" from "Summer Dreams" has earned Andreas a honourable mention in the "Instrumental" category of the 11th Unisong International Songwriting Contest
http://www.unisong.com/WinnersHonorableMentions11.aspx#instrumental
NOVEMBER 2006: Andreas won the title for "Best Greek Composition" in the prestigious "Musicaid International Music Awards 2006" with "Sifnos" and "Heart Full of Love" from "When The Sea Remembers".
http://www.musicaid.org/awards.htm
JUNE 2006: Andreas is one of the 5 finalists of the prestigious 2006 Independent Music Awards in the "New Age" category with "Sifnos" from "When The Sea Remembers":
http://www.musiciansatlas.com/pages/ima_finalists_song.asp
JUNE 2006: Andreas is one of the 20 finalists of the 10th Unisong International Songwriting Contest in the "Instrumental" category with "Sifnos" from "When The Sea Remembers": http://www.unisong.com/Winners.aspx
AUGUST 2005: Andreas was a semi-finalist of the 2005 UK Songwriting Competition with "Heart Full of Love" from "When The Sea Remembers"
ANDREAS AND "SIFNOS" IN THE IRL 2007 CD SAMPLER AND CATALOGUE (June 2007)
"Sifnos" was selected for the IRL 2007 CD Sampler and the album "When The Sea Remembers" is promoted on the print catalogue accompanying the CD. Printed in 1000 copies in June 2007 and distributed to Asian music industry professionals this catalogue promoted Andreas in the Asian music industry: http://www.irlmusic.com/
"SIGNS OF LOVE" IN SONGSALIVE CD SAMPLER 9 (June 2007)
"Signs of Love" from "Summer Dreams" was selected for the Songsalive CD Sampler 9. The CD is currently distributed in various music conferences in US and Australia.
http://www.songsalive.org/cdsamplers.html
"SIGNS OF LOVE" IN THE "AMERICAN HEROES" CD (December 2006)
Andreas with his song "Signs of Love" from "Summer Dreams" was one of the 20 artists selected for the CD "American Heroes", released by 3 Point Records at December 2006 for the American soldiers in Iraq, The CD is available at Napster and CD Baby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/3pointrecords
ANDREAS IN THE UNSIGNED MUSIC MAGAZINE (November 2006)
A rave review about Andreas and the album "When The Sea Remembers" appeared in the November 2006 issue of the major indie music magazine "Unsigned"
To read the full review go to http://www.unsignedmusicmag.com/archive.html and click on the November 2006 issue link.
ANDREAS IN THE SONGSALIVE CD SAMPLER 8 (June 2006)
The song "Heart Full of Love" from Andreas latest album "When The Sea Remembers" was selected for the Songsalive! CD Sampler 8 which is exhibited to various music conferences in USA and Australia.
http://www.songsalive.org/cdsampler8.html
SONICBIDS AND TAXI FORWARDINGS
Many Andreas songs were selected among lots of contestants and forwarded by TAXI and Sonicbids-both the leading websites for independent musicians-to music, film and TV industry clients for future use.
Andreas was represented at MIDEM 2008 at Cannes, France by being included in "Expose Your Muse" CD Samplers. The selected songs were "Heart Full of Love" from "When The Sea Remembers" and "Signs of Love" from "Summer Dreams".
"On The Beach" was included in the 2005 Musselman Triathlon Festival Compilation CD and in the 2006 Timberman Triathlon Compilation CD that were given to 1000 and 2200 athletes and volunteers respectively.
Also, "Heart Full of Love" has been selected for BandRadio Live while "The Moment of Victory", "Shooting Stars", "On The Beach", "Song for the Children" and "Full Moon Reflections" have been selected by Acoustic Fuel Radio.
ANDREAS BIO
Andreas is a Greek composer of contemporary instrumental music and he lives in the city of Thessaloniki where he was born on 18 October 1971. Combining synthesizers and acoustic instruments Andreas creates melodic and emotional pieces that describe his life experiences and emotions, aiming in the hearts of his audience.
His songs follow the classic structure of pop songs, while they offer a broad variety of styles. Andreas has created his own unique style and signature sound with influences from Yanni, Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre.
His involvement with music started on January 1989 with the composing of the piece Melodic Winds and since then he has been constantly composing music and improving his Melodic Winds Studio. He has a degree in Music Harmony from the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and the Yamaha Electone Method degree from the Yamaha Music Foundation, while he continues his piano studies at the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki.
Andreas has a degree in Physics as well as a Master Degree in Environmental Physics (specializing in Atmospheric Pollution and Ozone Depletion) both received from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Andreas studied Environmental Physics under the guidance of the internationally renowned professor Christos Zerefos, who has received a UNESCO award for his groundbreaking research for ozone depletion.
MELODIC WINDS CD-THE INSPIRATION FOR EACH SONG
1. Melodic Winds
This is actually the first song I ever composed, and it definitely sets the tone for the whole CD. It describes my positive nature as well as the fact that I like to compose music with a strong melody that expresses my emotions and, hopefully, yours. I immediately liked the title from the moment I thought of it. Not only that, but I also had a strong gut-feeling that this song would be the best of all and the hit of the CD, so I decided to use it for the title of the whole CD as well, although at that time I had not composed anything else!
2. Golden Years
This song is not about a specific event, but about me remembering all the good things that happened in my life and about my wish to relive them. That's why it has a special meaning to me.
3. Bright Day
It was a bright sunny day (a thing that fortunately happens very often here in Greece!) and I was feeling great! That should be evident when you listen to this piece.
4. The Hymn of Heroes
This piece is a tribute to all the heroes. Not just to the ones from various wars, but to all the everyday heroes as well. Me, you, everybody that in our lives we have to fight for our dreams, our beliefs, our hopes for a better life and a better world.
5. A Walk in the Rain
I was walking down the streets of Thessaloniki in a rainy day, and the whole scenery made me remember some sad things from my life. That put me into the mood to compose something to express my sadness, and that is what happened instantly, while walking in the rain.
6. Weekend
It was one weekend when I felt very relaxed and optimistic. A mood perfectly captured in this piece.
7. Song for the Children
One day, my mother who was (and still is) very involved with The Greek Children's Village (an institution similar to The SOS Children Villages) told me half-joking: "Hey, why don't you compose something for the Children's Village?" As I love children, I found the idea very intriguing and, incredibly, on that same day I came up with this piece. Now this is recorded as the official song of The Greek Children's Village, and released as a CD single for its benefit . Please go to Song for the Children CD Single for all the details.
8. A New Beginning
There have always been turning points in our lives when all we wanted to do was to put everything bad behind us and make a new beginning. Well, this has also happened to me. But to make a new beginning, you have to feel strong, determined and positive about your odds to succeed.
9. Sensitive Soul
If you like to think of yourself as a human, then you've got to have a sensitive soul. Sensitive enough to love, to feel, to understand, to hope, to dream. And if your soul is like that, then by all means follow it!
10. Broken Heart
You seldom find true and deep love. That's why your heart is really broken if you are unfortunate enough to lose it. This piece tries to describe the grief that you feel afterwards, a grief that is difficult to describe in words.
11. Passion for Life
If you really want to live your life, you have to be passionate for it. Because you have only one chance to live it.
12. Summer Island
On the summer of 1991 I visited one wonderful Greek island, Samos. My holidays there were so enjoyable, that I ended up composing this piece while I was still on the island.
13. Father's Memory
On the summer of 1992 my father passed away. This was one of the saddest moments of my life because I loved him so much. Just a few days after his funeral, I composed this piece about him. May his memory live through this piece. I consider this as the best piece I ever composed.
14. The Beauty of Nature
This piece is dedicated to the Nature. It tries to captures the feelings that all of us have when we have the beauty of Nature in front of our eyes. A beauty that is endangered from our thoughtless activities.
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Excellent CD for instrumental music lovers!!!
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