Andreas

Genre: New Age/Ambient
Secondary Genre: Pop Thessaloniki, Not Applicable Greece Contact

Contemporary Instrumental music combining synthesizers and acoustic instruments. Andreas is creating melodic and emotional pieces that describe his own life experiences and emotions, aiming to the hearts of his audience.

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Artist Information

Biography

Andreas offers melodic, exciting and emotional instrumental music with influences by Yanni, Vangelis and Jean Michel Jarre. Music to heal, bring peace and energize you, and most of all to delight you with great melodies.

For more exciting things about Andreas go to www.andreasonline.com

ANDREAS NEW ALBUM MELODIC WINDS (REVISITED) RELEASED ON 3 JUNE 2010!

The long wait is over! Andreas released on June 3 the revisited version of his debut album "Melodic Winds" which was released back in 1998. The new edition called "Melodic Winds (Revisited)" has heavily improved sounds and sound quality plus improved arrangements.

SIGNS OF LOVE VIDEO CLIP IS HERE!

Click on the "Video" tab and watch the first Andreas video clip of the song "Signs of Love" from the album "Summer Dreams"! Produced by Team 24+1 www.team24plus1.com.

MARCH 2009-MARCH 2010: ANDREAS SELECTED TWICE AS FINALIST OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST!

Last year Andreas was a finalist of the highly esteemed Great American Song Contest of the contemporary instrumental category with "Prayer Under the Stars" from the album "Summer Dreams".

This year he was selected once again as a finalist in the same category with "The Beauty of Nature", a song from the forthcoming album "Melodic Winds (Revisited)". See the results at

http://www.greatamericansong.com/honorary.html

OCTOBER 2008-OCTOBER 2009: GREEK ITUNES STORE TRIUMPH!

Andreas reached:

1. The top on 22 October 2008 with "Summer Dreams"

2. No 2 with "Heart Full of Love" on 1 November 2008.

3. No 2 with "Signs of Love" on 10 November 2008.

4.The top with "Signs of Love" on 17 January 2009.

The "New Age" top 10 was removed from the Greek iTunes store in October 2009. However, Andreas remained for a whole year starting on 21 October 2008 at the top of the New Age genre!

First with "Summer Dreams", then with "Heart Full of Love" and followed by "Signs of Love" which reached the top on December 2008 and never left it!

"Summer Dreams",
"Samos", "Sifnos" and "Olympic Glory" had also entered the top 10 for many days since October 2008, while "Heart Full of Love" remained constantly at the New Age Top 10.

SEPTEMBER 2009: Andreas was once again a semi-finalist of the UK Songwriting Competition with "Full Moon Reflections" from "When The Sea Remembers" and "Summer Dreams" from "Summer Dreams".

23 OCTOBER 2008: Andreas won the Instrumental Category of the ISSA contest with "Heart Full of Love" from "When The Sea Remembers":
http://songcontest.issa-music.org/

AUGUST 2008: Andreas was a semi-finalist of the 2008 UK Songwriting Competition with "Prayer under the Stars" and "Sea of Flags" from "Summer Dreams".

JUNE 2008: A 4-page Andreas interview appeared in the June 2008 issue of the Italian magazine "New Age and New Sounds", along with the track "When The Sea Remembers" in the CD Sampler accompanying the issue.

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

JANUARY 2008: 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".

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

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.

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.

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

NOVEMBER 2006: Andreas has won the title "Best Greek Composition" in the prestigious "Musicaid International Music Awards 2006" with "Sifnos" and "Heart Full of Love" from "When The Sea Remembers".

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"

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

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: The song "Heart Full of Love" from Andreas latest album "When The Sea Remembers" was selected for the Songsalive! CD Sampler 8 which was exhibited to various music conferences in USA and Australia.

JUNE 2006 AND JUNE 2005: "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.

AUGUST 2005: Andreas was a semi-finalist of the 2005 UK Songwriting Competition with "Heart Full of Love" from "When The Sea Remembers"

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.

Instrumentation

Andreas: Piano and Keyboards

Discography

3 June 2010: Melodic Winds (Revisited)
http://www.andreasonline.com/melodicwinds.html

5 December 2008: Melodic Christmas
http://www.andreasonline.com/melodicchristmas.html

20 May 2008: Summer Dreams http://www.andreasonline.com/summerdreams.html

19 November 2004: When The Sea Remembers CD
http://www.andreasonline.com/whenthesearemembers.html

17 April 2001: Life Images CD
http://www.andreasonline.com/lifeimages.html

20 May 1998: Melodic Winds CD
http://www.andreasonline.com/melodicwinds/melodicwindsoriginal.html

HOW TO BUY ANDREAS MUSIC

Get Andreas albums at www.andreasonline.com and at CD Baby

http://www.cdbaby.com/all/andreas

Listen and buy your favorite Andreas songs as 192 Kbps mp3s at www.melodicwinds.com/songs

Buy the albums or your favorite Andreas songs from iTunes:

Melodic Christmas http://www.itunes.com/andreas/melodicchristmas

Summer Dreams: http://www.itunes.com/andreas/summerdreams

When The Sea Remembers: http://www.itunes.com/andreas/whenthesearemembers

Life Images: http://www.itunes.com/andreas/lifeimages

Melodic Winds: http://www.itunes.com/andreas/melodicwinds

Official Website

http://www.andreasonline.com

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Audio

  • 01.Melodic Winds (Revisited)
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  • 04.The Hymn of Heroes (Revisi
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  • 06.Song for the Children (Rev
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  • 07.A New Beginning (Revisited
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  • 08.Sensitive Soul (Revisited)
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  • 12.The Beauty of Nature (Revi
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  • Summer Dreams
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  • Samos
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  • Prayer under the Stars
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  • Signs of Love
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Video

Signs of Love

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Press

  • When The Sea Remembers CD Review [+ Show ]

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Setlist

The set list for an Andreas concert includes 20 original Andreas songs and lasts for about 2 hours.

1.Melodic Winds
2.Golden Years
3.The Hymn of Heroes
4.A New Beginning
5.Sensitive Soul
6.When The Sea Remembers
7.Father's Memory
8.The Beauty of Nature
9.On The Beach
10.The Full Moon of August
11.Sea of Flags
12.Shooting Stars
13.Olympic Glory
14.Samos
15.Night Sky
16.Signs of Love
17.Prayer under the Stars
18.Heart Full of Love
19.Sifnos
20.Summer Dreams

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