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Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Gav Brown's discussion New Feature - Composers Talk

"Very fascinating to read through your interview and learn more about you Stephen! I kind of half-suspected your career before I read it because I had one or two friends at college (Maria Grey in Twickenham) who later followed a music career in…"

May 19, 2019

Socrates Arvanitakis commented on Thomas Chase Jones's blog post Having connection to the Creative Pool.

"Like Gav, I am not sure what the question(s) is. I cannot agree that "what other people think" is one of the biggest road blocks. To me it is part and parcel of the whole affair and I'm rather grateful for it, if I claim that I…"

May 7, 2019

Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Dane Aubrun's discussion Haiku setting (1'15")

"Hi Dane, I note a departure from the traditional 5-7-5 syllable haiku norm, which I cannot know if it is a result of the translation(? ) Was it with a different number of syllables in the original text? If yes, here we can have an example of how…"

May 4, 2019

Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Socrates Arvanitakis's discussion WYSIWYG 2-BETTING-WYSIWYG 3 (overture)

"Thank you very much, both Dane and Colin for your comments and appreciation. Dane, I am slightly confused about the PDF of the score being available. I made only the video available (I was hoping). At the moment I am upgrading my site,…"

May 4, 2019

Colin Dougall replied to Socrates Arvanitakis's discussion WYSIWYG 2-BETTING-WYSIWYG 3 (overture)

"Hi Socrates I really enjoyed this - very well crafted, dramatic, and great melodies. I can appreciate the sentiment being expressed in the music but I have to say that this is not mirrored in the english language prose which, to my mind, is of…"

May 1, 2019

Dane Aubrun replied to Socrates Arvanitakis's discussion WYSIWYG 2-BETTING-WYSIWYG 3 (overture)

"I listened to this last night. It isn't a genre of music I empathise with but it's certainly a solid piece and brave of you to set that entire poem. The interplay between part-singing and instrumental phrases was clever, a sort of…"

May 1, 2019

Socrates Arvanitakis posted a discussion

WYSIWYG 2-BETTING-WYSIWYG 3 (overture)

Hi all,Orthodox Easter coming, as usual 1 week later than the Catholic one, and I'm still involved writing about the Easter 7 years ago, what it develops to be a very long cycle. When my song cycles begin to be very long I usually write an instrumental overture to prologue them, based on individual song themes from the cycle in question. In this instance I decided to make the overture vocal and to incorporate the first 2/3 songs in it. Any constructive criticism and observations are welcome. I…See More

Apr 26, 2019

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Socrates Arvanitakis replied to Keith Theodosiou's discussion So Blue (Guitar Instrumental)

"Very nice melody and chord sequence! Thanks for sharing."

Apr 20, 2019

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What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?: Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Big Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles, Other

What is your favorite genre or style of music?: Main stream, Jazz, traditional

Is music your main income source?: Yes!

Where do you live?: Greece and UK

About Me (Must include at least one paragraph of biographical information about you as a composer) - blank or minimal answers on this line will cause your request to be rejected. Include a link to your website if you have one.: I studied at Middlesex University (BA) and London University (Mmus), composition and ethnomusicology.
I am a classical guitar player and I also play the bouzouki, mandolin, recorder, Cretan lute and a little the fiddle.
I am both a traditionalist and a modern composer.
I have composed various works (still in manuscript) and at the moment I write a lot of (tonal/modal songs) based on my own lyrics. It is those that I intend to submit for criticism and help in the first place and also I find some of the threads and discussions interesting and I would like to participate occasionally.