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In Conversation with Apostolos Sideris - TMC Publishing Podcasts
Full interview of jazz bassist, composer and vocalizer Apostolos Sideris on the release of his new album HANE. Presented by Vika Stankovic.
"A scorching August midday. I stand on my balcony, looking out at the sea, well, trying to discern it in the muggy haze on the horizon. Apostolos is on his way to sit down in conversation with me. I’m pondering my decision to start this podcast. Feelings of worry, excitement, anxiety are all intertwined and I try to give each of the emotions space. To recognise them and let them be. You see, I’ve been ‘in conversation’ with people all my life and greatly enjoyed discussions on all sorts of topics, but this has always been either within my profession (I’m an English teacher) or personal encounters with friends and family members. I’ve even been talking with artists, musicians, painters, composers, poets all my adult life. So, this is nothing new for me. Why was I then so nervous about this podcast, which by the way, was my idea to begin with? I glance down from the first floor and see a yellow Athenian taxi halting right in front of the gate. This instantly brings me back to reality.
Apostolos emerges from within and waves up in my direction, a cotton tote bag on his shoulder, a smile on his face.
He immediately apologizes for being late (only 10 minutes) and tells me laughingly that he had a hilarious time with friends the night before and that he was coming straight from his friend's place with next to no sleep at all.
I laugh along. I’m not worried in the least. Musicians, the world over, have always been night owls.
He does accept some coffee, though.
The first thing I notice is Apostolos’s childlike gaze as he, coffee in hand, looked around and started asking questions about the artwork on the walls with genuine inquisitiveness. I was right, I thought. Playfulness is one one of the key qualities of most musicians I’ve encountered so far and Apostolos was no exception. What followed was a serious of spontaneous questions on my part through a couple of games, which Apostolos accepted with due innocence. After all, his recent album release ‘Hane’ was largely based on improvisation, that is, playing around with whatever ideas and means he had at hand during the period of physical enclosure we’ve all been through. The mind, though, was free to roam and create, as Apostolos puts it himself."
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Full interview of jazz bassist, composer and vocalizer Apostolos Sideris on the release of his new album HANE. Presented by Vika Stankovic.
"A scorching August midday. I stand on my balcony, looking out at the sea, well, trying to discern it in the muggy haze on the horizon. Apostolos is on his way to sit down in conversation with me. I’m pondering my decision to start this podcast. Feelings of worry, excitement, anxiety are all intertwined and I try to give each of the emotions space. To recognise them and let them be. You see, I’ve been ‘in conversation’ with people all my life and greatly enjoyed discussions on all sorts of topics, but this has always been either within my profession (I’m an English teacher) or personal encounters with friends and family members. I’ve even been talking with artists, musicians, painters, composers, poets all my adult life. So, this is nothing new for me. Why was I then so nervous about this podcast, which by the way, was my idea to begin with? I glance down from the first floor and see a yellow Athenian taxi halting right in front of the gate. This instantly brings me back to reality.
Apostolos emerges from within and waves up in my direction, a cotton tote bag on his shoulder, a smile on his face.
He immediately apologizes for being late (only 10 minutes) and tells me laughingly that he had a hilarious time with friends the night before and that he was coming straight from his friend's place with next to no sleep at all.
I laugh along. I’m not worried in the least. Musicians, the world over, have always been night owls.
He does accept some coffee, though.
The first thing I notice is Apostolos’s childlike gaze as he, coffee in hand, looked around and started asking questions about the artwork on the walls with genuine inquisitiveness. I was right, I thought. Playfulness is one one of the key qualities of most musicians I’ve encountered so far and Apostolos was no exception. What followed was a serious of spontaneous questions on my part through a couple of games, which Apostolos accepted with due innocence. After all, his recent album release ‘Hane’ was largely based on improvisation, that is, playing around with whatever ideas and means he had at hand during the period of physical enclosure we’ve all been through. The mind, though, was free to roam and create, as Apostolos puts it himself."