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Episode 52 – Interview With Kostas Vaporidis

30m · GMI - Guitar And Music Institute Guitar Podcasts · 05 May 09:30

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.  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:     GET 15% OF ALL GMI PRODUCTS AT OUR ONLINE STORE As a listener of our podcast we offer you 15% of any and all of our products found on the GMI Guitar Store. Visit our store by clicking the link, choose the products you wish and on checkout look for the COUPON CODE area. Add this code "GMI01" (no parenthesis!) and you will receive 15% of the total price of your entire order (cannot be combined with any other offer from GMI). NOTE: COPY & PASTE THE CODE AS SHOWN AS SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE INPUTTED THE CODE INCORRECTLY AND NOT RECEIVED THE 15% DISCOUNT. Links To Kostas: Linkedin 

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