Helen Panayiotou - ProfilesArchive

About Me

After putting her musical fingers into a lot of performing pies, Helen Panayiotou decided to try out her own unique recipe, one to her individual tastes and insight. Standing as a solo artist fits in perfectly with her free thinking, non conformist personality. Knowing that her vocal ability was enough to hypnotize any innocent serpent, she knew that her next mission was to make friends with her acoustic guitar and the magic would begin. Indeed it did, with a stream of poems already bombarding her journals she had no difficulties in creating captivating melodies accompanied by a fresh finger picking playing style.With an immense amount of eclectic influences ranging from Prince, Radiohead, Pearl Jam and NIN to the more feminine findings of Paula Cole, Ani Difranco, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple and Heather Nova. Helen is still able to keep to her own style and delivers each song with the same passion and sincerity that came with every birth.Renowned for her haunting vocals combined with a nameless American alter-ego on stage she is without doubt an attention-grabbing performer. Although Helen is a world aware woman she is still in the early stages of her tuneful journey, which means there is plenty of time to get involved and witness the evolution of this songwriters ability.Needing to spread her wings a little Helen decided to reply to an advertisment on the internet as a vocalist for an up and coming band called Seedy Player. They instantly loved her and have been generating an amazing and sexy sound with funky riffs, drum and bass rhythms and poignant melodies.Ms. Panayiotou has graced the stages of many of the venues in Liverpool starting with open mic nights such as Bar Cava, Jacaranda and Hannahs Bar. Then was asked to perform at Wimfest, Oxton Festival, Zanzibar and also The Swan in Bolton. She has recently had her song Secret Love put onto the Mixomatosis compilation CD.*this bio was written by S. Kearney--------there.. spelt right)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/4/2005
Band Website: helenpanayiotou.co.uk/
Band Members: little me, my little guitar...... and paul carroll on his slightly bigger more special guitar...
Influences: music moves me like the ocean would. some songs pull me up and i am surfing, others drag me down and i begin to drown in it. i spend my life listening to other people, telling me stories within their songs, listening to their voices breathing in...... and trying to be like myself, whoever i am at that point in time.i think we are all multidimentional, hence why we are all so difficult. i write so many poems and songs i cant keep track of them. and like all music, some of my own music kills me emotionally, and yet, i find myself breathing it in, because its real. i write from the heart, no time for playing.i guess thats why when i play i do it with passion. everything means something... to me.. and maybe nothing to you???? i cant spell, but spelling is just social control. and i hate being controlled.. so spelling errors ahoy! hahaha
Sounds Like: i dont know, you tell me? a bit eerie..(i have been told i haunt people with my vocals...is that another way of telling someone to shut up, or stop it your scaring me? come listen and tell me! in a nice voice.
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Record Label: none as yet..
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Natasha Collins and Mark Speight

I'm so fucking sad.... I can't bare to read the news because I know how sensitive to everything I am, and yet I'm drawn to the pages.. every morning I switch on the computer and go to the news website...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:35:00 PST

Check out this video: Darfur Now

Check out this video: Darfur Now Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:16:00 PST

the rise and fall

I keep thinking about things.....(too much I hear some people say) and how the world is, how people are, how society has changed in soooo many ways. I look at all the destruction in the world, the inj...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 08:27:00 PST

baby early mornings and WOW

ok sooo.. for all the people who have read my blogs, i would like to say... my sister had a beautiful baby boy on friday morning at 6am... christopher was so comfortable he didnt really want to come o...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Sat, 12 May 2007 09:08:00 PST

funerals

I have just returned from a funeral of a school friend.. I went along with my best friend of 31 years..LInzi, good old pele.. (yes I am that old) and I feel gutted that someone so young and full ...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:52:00 PST

flytrap .. please read.. its good.. honest!

Another fly trap, another excellent night (do I blog more than most? Hmmmm)..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Last night it was in aid of international woman's d...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:09:00 PST

rape...

I'm sitting here sobbing in shock watching a TV docudrama on rape. It's called 'consent' It's a drama based around a real trial, and members of the public are a real jury, the police are real.. etc.. ...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:16:00 PST

jar of bugs

Did I mention my jar?..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> ok, so I was a bit stressed out with one thing and another a few weeks back, and as you do, I started to ...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:40:00 PST

christmas ............sods law

hmmmm ok so everyone does a little more at christmas, rushing round trying to shop... clean (well i didnt say me) hunting and gathering...... i woke up after lots of gigs and rehearsals.... with A COL...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:24:00 PST

another one about my sister

well i have been spending so much time around my sister who is pregnant.. its amazing to watch her tum getting bigger, im just so in awe of her.. and the little life growing inside her.. bubs.. (so fa...
Posted by Helen Panayiotou on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:37:00 PST