Minas Vakaloudis
Bassist/Double
Bassist/Songwriter
DOB:
September 24th 1994
Address:
Kastritsiou 3, 54623 Thessaloniki, Greece
Musical Performance/Experience
2013
– ongoing
“Souled
Out” band (bass, composer)
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5 years of weekly live gigs
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Touring & performing all around
Greece
2010
– ongoing
“Deep
in the Top” band (bass, double bass,
composer)
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Two album releases (“It’s the blues
that I choose” 2014, “Blues in different colours” 2017)
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Two UK tours
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European tour (summer 2017)
Summer 2015
20-day
European tour with blues-rock band "Full Houze". The experiences of
this tour were captured in a road novel titled "Tour Diary: Traveling
through Europe with the Bluesmobile", published on early 2017.
2017
– ongoing
“Blebiru”
: (Original project; bass, composer,
arranger, producer)
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“Simple Songs for Lonesome Lovers”
album
2014
“Thess
Blues? Festival”: (Festival organizer)
The first blues festival for upcoming greek blues bands and manufacturers of
guitars and pedals
Education/Training
2016-ongoing
State Conservatory of Thessaloniki
Double bass studies
2013-2014
Philippos Nakas conservatory (Scholarship)
Electric bass studies (jazz orientation)
Jazz harmony studies
2006-2012
Music School of Thessaloniki (High
School)
4
years of classical guitar studies (2006-2012)
2
years of double bass studies (2010-2012)
6
years of theory & harmony studies
Seminars
2014
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Electric bass workshop, Avgo with Lefteris Moumtzis
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Jazz workshop, Music Village – Agios Laurentios, Greece with George Kontrafouris
& Christos Rafalides
2015
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“Plug my music in” (Songwriting
workshop), Music Village – Agios
Laurentios, Greece with Lefteris Moumtzis & Andreas Trachonitis
2016
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Music collage workshop, Music Village – Agios Laurentios, Greece
with Michalis Siganidis
Languages
Greek:
Mother language
English:
Excellent level (Certificate of Proficiency in English, ECPE, University of Michigan)