Episode 52 – Interview With Kostas Vaporidis

Greek guitarist player, teacher and composer Kostas Vaporidis has joined the GMI team on our new website for guitar players titled GMI Premium. Kostas talks about Greek music, Danish Kings and the problem with Youtube!

In this wide ranging interview, professional guitarist and composer Kostas Vaporidis talks about his life in music as a pro player working in Greece. Kostas will also discuss his plans for GMI Premium as a new member of the team. 

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Podcast Ep 51 – Table Of Contents

• 1.35 Introduction
• 2.09 Moving abroad to study.
• 3.43 Music education in Greece.
• 6.34 The musical background of Kostas.
• 9.18 How the economic crisis in 2010 affected the Greek music industry.
• 11.54 Classical music in Greece.
• 16.13 Big surprise!
• 18.04 Studying film scoring.
• 20.02 Young people and a journey into music.
• 23.25 How Youtube tuition seems to work…
• 24.39 Animation for GMI Premium lessons.

Check out Kostas’s playing, some lovely chromatic movement going on here:

And here is another video example:

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Links To Kostas:

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