Hello, and welcome to PC World (lol), and thanks for visiting my profile!
L I F E : I was born in Ammohostos (Famagusta) Cyprus on March 16th, 1973. When I was one my family were forced to flee the country due to the Turkish occupation, so we ended up in Chiswick, (London, UK). We remained in London until I was 8 years old, and then moved to Athens, GR. As I couldn't speak much Greek at the time, my parents decided to put me into the American Community Schools of Athens (or ACS), where my education paralleled someone going to an American High School in the US (with a bit of Greek culture thrown in). I graduated from High School in 1991, and two years later (after dabbling with music conservatories in Greece), decided to move back to the UK to study music. I ended up attending Goldsmiths' College, and although I remained on the course, and got my degree, I was disappointed in their lack of interest in popular music forms (maybe a wrong choice by me). I now reside in Brighton, UK with my two cats (Nini & Biskit) and my Dog (Captain Jack - an english springer spaniel), Still working on my music, and trying to survive!
M U S I C : As you may have gathered, I've been doing music from a very early age. Both my parents were musicians (both play the Trumpet, and my mother was a music teacher). My Grandmother also mentioned that my great Grandfather was a byzantine music teacher in Cyprus, so you can say it runs in the family! I also have a sister (Annida), who's an opera singer (Soprano).
First and foremost I am a vocalist. I have always had a love of all things vocal, and then rhythm, When I write songs, I always tend to focus on my voice, but I'm slowly learning to write songs as a whole package. I've never really had the full technology to record my music as I would really like it to sound until recently when I got a mac (well i still don't have everything I need, but Garageband does a good job for demos). My songs seem to sound like me, and one of my friends in the past described my music as "Panos Pop" (hmmm name of an future album?). I suppose I'm still perfecting my sound, and I'm still growing musically. both as a vocalist and songwriter, and I'm still finding out what my voice can and cannot do (so watch this space).
Anyway, I will leave you now, cos I can just see you all asleep on your keyboards from reading this, but thank you for all your support & love, and I hope you keep on enjoying my music!Panos XOXO
