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