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basil

FOR THE GOOD OF BELIEVING IN A LIFE AFTER BIRTH!

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Member Since: 9/29/2007
Band Members: Basil Ganoselis: composer, synthesizer programming, vocals
Influences: Elton John, Chris De Burgh, Stevie Wonder, Sting, The Beatles, Jim Steinman, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Franz Schubert, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Michael Jackson, Wet Wet Wet, Queen, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Billy Joel, George Michael, David Bowie, Christina Aguilera, Sarah Brightman, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Supertramp, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Evanescence, Paul McCartney (& Wings), Celine Dion, Bjork, Antonin Dvorak, Frederic Chopin, Gustav Mahler, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Meat Loaf, Phil Collins, Simply Red, The Pet Shop Boys, The Scissor Sisters, Al Jarreau, Chick Corea, Robbie Williams, U2, Pulp, Eric Woolfson, John Lennon, Rod Stewart and more
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Family affair

Today I uploaded the symphonic version of my theme 'Rich Satin'. As this arrangement was more sophisticated than the others, I had to seek assistance from my father who 's more experienced in these ma...
Posted by basil on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:42:00 PST

The return of the brown dirt cowboy

When I first bought Elton John's album 'Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy' 12 years ago and read those stand-alone lyrics at the second page of the booklet I knew that one day I was going to...
Posted by basil on Thu, 22 May 2008 03:23:00 PST

Rich Satin piano + chamber versions

'Rich Satin' is a piece of music I wrote two years ago, for a certain woman. It exists in three different arrangements; one for piano, one for harpsichord, flute and string quartet (chamber version) a...
Posted by basil on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:18:00 PST

The ever-stimulating pen of Dimitrios Mouzakis

In contrast to the 21st Century schizoid jazz, comes a song that Cole Porter forgot to write (or was it George Gershwin?) Of course, some might argue that this is only a pop song, but so is 'Autumn Le...
Posted by basil on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:30:00 PST

Because the song is such... it cost me much

I 'm really not THAT bad a singer but this song is simply unsingable! I had to record it over and over again only to make it as good as this. I don't understand how the Beatles could sing it the way t...
Posted by basil on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:27:00 PST

Paris by night

Finally, my album has been finished and copyrighted. So I thought this time I 'd upload something more "important".   Paris By Night was initially written in November 1998, immediately after my ...
Posted by basil on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:47:00 PST

Highway blues

O.k, I understand this isn't exactly a normal piece (In This Car) but underneath all the sound effects, the techno arrangement and the overall out-of-this-world approach, this is in fact blues! O...
Posted by basil on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:24:00 PST

The Activist

After some technical difficulties have been experienced in mixing this track, here it comes! Personally I 'm quite fond of this one but then, you see, I 've always had a twisted mind......
Posted by basil on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:35:00 PST

Second track online

Another little thingy has just been uploaded. This time it 's a piece called Entrance and it is my album's opening track.I 'm getting more visitors these days and I hate to keep them all disappointed....
Posted by basil on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:25:00 PST

Forever delayed

I have been working on a project (an album consisting of 14 tracks) for the past one and a half year. The plan was to have finished by now but, as always, my planning did...
Posted by basil on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:56:00 PST