Producer/Composer/Arranger/Engineer

Nicolas Farmakalidis is an award winning Producer/Songwriter/Arranger living in Los Angeles, CA. For work samples/demos, please visit here.

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Independent producer/engineer/composer/arranger

2012:
• Ayaka Hirahara 平原綾香 NOT A LOVE SONG (Single) has just been released

2011:
• Composer for IRONCLAD - Alleen grof geweld trailer.
• Producer/Co-Writer/Programming for aika’s latest single “Dancing Arrows” used for the promotion of the film Ironclad featuring Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox, Kate Mara.
• Keyboard player for Ayaka Hirahara’s 2011 “LOVE STORY” tour
• Composer/arranger/programming for the movie “IRONCLAD ” U. S. Trailer
• Producer/Arranger/Programming/Keyboards/Engineer for Sid Sriram’s “Limitless” , “Farther and Closer” , “Talk To Me”
• Producer/Co-Writer/Arranger/Programming/Keyboards/Mix for Andrea Charls’ “What Ya Wanna Do”
• Co-Producer/Additional Programming/Mix for Romain Collin’s “The Calling”
• Recordings with Aris Archontis/Chen Neeman/Jeannie Lurie/Drew Ryan Scott
• Recordings with Chen Neeman/Windy Wagner

2010:
• Vocal ovdbs/Mix/Sound Design for Isaia’s “Sacred Whispers” ( Universal Studios)
• Producer/Arranger/Engineer for Alex Economou 2 track EP
• Recordings with Sota Seta
• Vocal Recordings with Sofia Keramari
• Keyboards for Ayaka Hirahara`s (平原綾香) tour “From The New World”
• Mixing for “Lovin’ Life Band”
• Neilaproductions new studio opened up in Los Angeles, CA
• Associate Producer/Vocal Engineer/Mix/Mastering for Joey Blake`s “Back To The Band - Reaching Back”
• Producer/Arranger/Engineer/Mix/Mastering for Francesca Reggio’s new single “Not So Long Ago”
• Mix/Mastering for Injin’s new album “Secret Garden”
• Recordings with the J-Way String Quartet
• Mastering Romain Collin’s “Live @ the Blue Note NY - Dec 09”
• Producer/Co-Writer/Arranger/Programming/Engineer for aika (Aika Hirahara) new limited edition single “aika” (Neilaproductions)

2009:
• Sound Producer/Arranger/Keys for “Hirahara Family Concert 2009 @ Akasaka Blitz”
• Arranger/Keys for Makoto Hirahara`s Christmas Concert 2009 @ JZ Brat
• Received endorsements from Bricasti Designs and B-air Audio Accessories.
• “Concert Tour 2009 Path Of Independence ” released September 2nd 2009.  (Nicolas Farmakalidis Co-Writer/Arranger)
• Producer/Composer/Arranger/Engineer/Mix/Mastering for aika’s “All He Has To Say (Autism Song)”
• Producer/Programming/Recording/Mix/Mastering Juri’ “Oxygen”
• Mix/Mastering Analog Crew’s live tracks for Rockstone Festival
• Mastering for Romain Collin’s Teaser
• Producer/Arranger/Recording/Programming/Mix/Mastering for Mike Hadjigavriel “Nananai” , “Touth H Karkia”
• Arranger for Makoto Hirahara’s CD release party at JZ brat Japan
• “Path of Independence” is chosen by ANA airlines for their in-flight entertainment shows.
• Audio Editing/Mastering for Romain Collin’s Video “Live at the Blue Note, NYC”
• “Path Of Independence” by Hirahara Ayaka (Nicolas Farmakalidis Co-Writer/Arranger) turns GOLD!
• Arranger for Columbia Records “Vocalise 2009” releasing March 2009
• Romain Collin signs and releases his debut album at Fresh Sounds Records NY (Co-Producer/Add.Programming/Mix/Mastering Nicolas Farmakalidis)
• Mastering for Yam Yam (Event Planning Company)TV Jingle
• Producer/Arranger/Songwriter/Engineer/Mix/Mastering for Will Carr’s “Through It All”
• Producer/Programming/Mix/Mastering for Helen Sherrah Davies “Starstuff”
• Additional Production/Mix/Mastering for Mari Tochi’s “Aligato”
• Piano Player/Arranger for Aika’s performance at the EMERGENZA FESTIVAL
• Producer/Arranger/Programming/Engineer/Mix/Mastering for Amy Crawford`s ” Magic Man”, ” Blackbird”, “Popsicle sticks and Ticket Stubs”, “Secret”. “Everyone`s looking for something”.
• Co-Producer/Engineer/Mix/Mastering for Stefi Celma 3 - song demo

2008 - 2009:
• Co-writer/Arranger for Ayaka Hirahara’s “Path Of Independence” (DREAMUSIC Japan)
• Co-Producer/Engineer/Programming/Mix/Mastering for Amy Crawford’s “Amy Crawford & The Electric”
• Co-Producer/Mix/Mastering for Christiane Karam & The Zilzala Ensemble “Song Of The People”
• Co-Producer/Synths/Keys/Programming/Mix for Christiane Karam’s “Chanson Pour Alain”
• Producer/Arranger/Keys/Mix/Mastering for Will Carr’s “Without you now”
• Currently in the studio with singer / songwriter Amy Crawford .
• Programming for Marty Friedman’s (former Megadeth lead guitarist - AVEX Japan) Future Addict
• Mixing/Mastering for The Analog Crew - Cd Release TBA
• Nicolas featured on “Phileleftheros” newspaper - Cyprus.
• Arranger for Aika’s performance at “Hiroyuki Ehara’s Charity Concert” - Tokyo Japan
• Arranger/Piano for upcoming concerts with Aika and Makoto Hirahara - Tokyo Japan

2007 - 2008:
• Co-Producer/Additional programming/Mix Engineer for the upcoming Romain Collin Trio CD “The Rise and Fall Of Pipo Kuhn” (Romain Collin, Joe Sanders, Zach Harmon)
• Producer/Arranger/Programming for the upcoming album “Anerada” by composer Mike Hadjigavriel
• Worldsbestproducers.com - Earned a top 20 position in just a week!
• Producer/Arranger/Songwriter/Keyboard player for Ayaka Hirahara’s “Dream Night” (Hirahara family concert) in Japan.
• Producer/Arranger for the Cyprus Jazz Festival, old Agalntzia square, feat. Romain Collin Trio and Aika.
• Remix for Maro Lytra “Metaniosa” (Heaven Music) - (Klikfm/Coca Cola Remix Competition)
• Producer/Co-writer/Programming for EJ Labb’s new single “History”
• Pre-Production for Tony Grey’s upcoming album - (Recordings TBA)
• Pre-Production for Gerry Luna’s (Jazz composer) upcoming album"Cat Nip” - (Recordings TBA)
• NeilaProductions Sample collection released by Discovery Sound, Inc.
• Arranger/Programming for Farah Siraj’s (singer/songwriter) “Dejame Entraar”
• Special Sample Review - “I Love Tibet” (Discovery Sound). Special Review by Nicolas Farmakalidis. Please visit Discovery Sound ( Japanese) or (English) to read the review and listen to the samples.
• Mixed Romain Collin’s ” Or So You Think”

2006 - 2007:
• Arranger for Aika and Ayaka Hirahara’s duet “When you believe” in Act Against Aids, Osaka Japan
• Producer/Arranger for Aika’s “First Live” Tour in Japan. (November - December 2006)
• Producer/Co-Writer/Arranger/Engineer/Mixer for Aika - “Ai-Wo” (TrueBlue/ToshibaEMI 2006)
• Opening Act for the Boston Music Awards, Sept. 27th. (Ej Labb - Disney, Rise up, 80,000 reasons Produced by Nicolas Farmakalidis)
• EJ Labb & the Free Head to Austin for the SXSW. (Disney, Rise Up, 80,000 Reasons - Produced by Nicolas Farmakalidis)
• Review for Oli Rockberger’s “Hush Now” (Mastered by Nicolas Farmakalidis)
• “One Finger Snap” (Romain Collin) included on the “New From Berklee - vol.32” CD - Mixed by Nicolas Farmakalidis
• “Show Me”- Oli Rockberger, Co-produced and mixed by Nicolas Farmakalidis, earned a fifth place (No.5) at the song writer universe monthly song contest
• Recorded/Performed hammond organ for Jason Latham’s (Engineer/Producer) “Because Of You”

2005 - 2006:
• Mastered Danielle Scott’s (singer/songwriter) “Twinkling Of An Eye”- EP Release scheduled for spring 2006.
• Co-Produced/Engineered/mixed Oli Rockberger’s Trio (singer/songwriter genre) new EP “SHOW ME” - To be released January 2006.
• Co-Produced/Arranged/mixed Aika’s (pop singer based in Japan) demo CD.
• Mixing Romain Collin’s (Piano player/Composer, currently at The Thelonious Monk Institude) new “Absolute Too” -  CD Release scheduled for spring 2006.
• Composed/Produced the new “Christmas theme” jingle for Ogilvy international advertising, marketing and public relations agency, to be used for the marketing purposes for its company branch in Cyprus (Ogilvy/Pandora).
• Produced/Arranged/Engineered EJ Labb’s (Hip/Hop artist) new EP “80,000 reasons” - EP Released September 2005
• Engineered/Mixed Emily Mavraganis’s “Longing”
• Engineered “Telephones” - Produced by Kavi Poet

2004 - 2005:
• Producer/Programmer/Mix Engineer for “Kingda Ka” (Six Flags new attraction) radio jingle
• Music Tutor at Berklee College Of Music- Teaching Arranging, Harmony, Ear Training, Traditional Harmony and Composition.
• Composed/Produced two Jingles to be used for marketing purposes for Ogilvy/Pandora - Cyprus branch of “Ogilvy"international advertising, marketing and public relations agency).
• Mixed, engineered and mastered track “3 AM” (Romain Collin) for Berklee College of Music’s “Music Production CD-2005”
• Provided the Minimoog hooks used in the track “Talking in your sleep” (Heather Bright) , that was included in Berklee College of Music’s “Music Production CD-2005”
• “All of you” a track I mixed and mastered was included at Berklee College of Music’s new Promo CD.
• Developed Boston-based alternative rock band “Red Light Distrikt”
• Engineered Judith De Los Santos’s (singer/songwriter) 3 song Demo CD.
• Mixed and Mastered Ian Rapien’s (Sax Player/Composer) “Spectrums” CD - Released spring 2005.
• Mixed Romain Collin’s “Absolute One” CD Released summer 2004.
• Mastered Oli Rockberger’s “HUSH NOW"EP - Received reviews in “Berklee Today” magazine and allaboutjazz.com
• Selected by Berklee College Of Music to attend a 7-hour recording session with Pat Metheny and Gary Burton at Soundtrack Studio’s (Boston)
• Engineered a 3 track EP for Christine Vaindirlis (“The girl with the hair”)
• Engineered Asia Meis’ ” Moment Of Peace
• During the summer of 2004, worked at Le Meridien Spa and Resort as a Sound and Light Engineer, for the entertainment department (Limassol, Cyprus)
• Live recordings for Bulgarian-based big band “The Magic 8”
• Sound engineer for Dakis (Established Greek artist with numerous releases throughout the Middle East area).

2003 - 2004:
• Numerous music arrangements for Berklee College Of Music showcases (Bass week, Guitar week, Big Band performances)
• Produced Christiane Karam’s (Singer/Songwriter) “Tell me a story"CD Released Fall 2004
• Weekly performances (piano player) at New Olympia Lowell venue, MA
• “Don’t Look Back” -  Recital showcasing my jazz compositions at Berklee College of Music

2001 - 2002:
• Working as a piano player and DJ at Le Meridien Spa and Resort
• DJ services for the Miss Universe Contest 2000 (Cyprus)
• “Technosound Limited”- Digidesign and Steinberg distributor (Nicosia, Cyprus).  - Assembling home studios, software promotion.

2007:
• Private classes with Charlie Banacos

2002 - 2005:
• B.A. in Jazz Composition - Berklee College of Music, Class of 2005
• B.A. in Music Production and Engineering - Berklee College of Music, Class of 2005

1989 - 2001:
• Cyprus National Conservatory- Studies in Classical Piano, Traditional Harmony, Ear Training and Music History
• Studies in Jazz Performance (piano), Jazz Harmony and Arranging with John Savvides (1995-2001)
• “Philippos Nakas Conservatory” Greece - Degree in Traditional Studies

Singer/Songwriter aika has just released her latest single “Dancing Arrows” that was used for the promotion of the movie IRONCLAD Featuring Paul Giamatti, Brian Cox, Kate Mara, James Purefoy.  Aika’s full length album is coming out December 2011.

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