Thursday, October 30, 2025
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Monday, October 20, 2025
Arrangement of the Song Για Ότι Χορεύει στους Δρόμους
At your risk.
For lyrics, melody, chords. please see previous posts.
A possible arrangement may be just the singer's voice. Beautiful lyrics and melody should stand well on their own. A voice perfectly recorded preferably outdoors with all little details, breath etc. Perhaps adding gradually reverberation as time increases.
Another arrangement could be as follows by inspiration from the lyrics:
Intro:
City traffic, city sounds recorded in binaural (in ear microphones) (3D)
Sax solo for intro with melody:
E - -
- - -
- - -
E F E
E - -
- - -
- - -
- G G
G - F
- - E
- - D
- - C
E - -
- - -
D - -
- - -
Verse:
male singer on left channel
then female singer on right channel
then both possibly near center
Chorus:
Both singers
An egg with sand used as percussion for rhythm
Verse:
Solo Sax, no vocals
Sustaining E major chord while boy, girl converse in a funny way, recorded in Blumlein microphone pair (stereophonic):
Boy: Για ότι χορεύει στους δρόμους
Girl: Τι χορεύει στους δρόμους?
Boy: Για ότι χορεύει στους δρόμους
Girl: Τι χορεύει στους δρόμους?
Boy: Για ότι χορεύει στους δρόμους
Girl: Τι χορεύει στους δρόμους?
Chorus:
Both singers, few children choir
more and gradually more children singing in choir
parametrically filtered white noise possibly by mouth in order to create a space distant star effect
perhaps singers also singing some verse lyrics on endings of children's singing words
everything leading to a A major 9th chord as outro
Friday, October 17, 2025
Για Ότι Χορεύει Στους Δρόμους, Gia Oti Xoreuei Stous Dromous
Date Time Code: 25101517
Location: Lilian Voudouri Music Library Rehearsal Room
Lyrics: Nektarios Bessis, Νεκτάριος Μπέσης
Music: Georgios Tsakiris, Γιώργος Τσακίρης
Chords
Έχει περάσει τόσος καιρός Am9 G6 (Em/G)
Κάποιος χορεύει πάλι στο φώς F9 G6 G
Μέσα στους δρόμους στα σιωπηλά Dm7 Dm7/G
'Οτι υπάρχει φεύγει ξανά Fmaj7 Dm7 E45 E
Θα δω που πηγαίνουν C9
Τα δέντρα τα αστέρια Em
Θα φεύγουν οι σκέψεις F9
Πετούν στον αέρα C9 G45
Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια Cmaj7
Πετούν μακρυά Em7
Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια F9
Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια G56 G45 G
melody:
Έχει περάσει τόσος καιρός Am9 G6 (Em/G)
E D C E E E G E or E E D C A A A B C E
Κάποιος χορεύει πάλι στο φώς F9 G6 G
E D C E E E E G E or E F E G F E F E G
Μέσα στους δρόμους στα σιωπηλά Dm7 Dm7/G Cmaj7 Fmaj7
E G E A A G G A G
'Οτι υπάρχει φεύγει ξανά Dm7 Fmaj7 E45 E
G F E F F F F G E
Θα δω που πηγαίνουν C9
G C D E D C
Τα δέντρα τα αστέρια Em
G C D E G G
Θα φεύγουν οι σκέψεις F9
G G F E F F
Πετούν στον αέρα C9 G45
F F E D E F E D
Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια Cmaj7
G C D E D C
Πετούν μακρυά Em7
G C D E G
Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια F9
G G F E F F
Πετούνε στ΄ αστέρια G56 G45 G
F F E D E F E D
Rythm: 12/8
verse
E D C
E E - - - - - - - E E G Έχει περάσει τόσος και
E - - - - - - - - E D C ρός Κάποιος χο-
Ε Ε - ρεύει etc
chorus
G C D E Θα δώ που πη-
D C - - - - - - G C D E γαί νουν Τα δέντρα τ΄α-
G G - - - - - - G G F E στέρια Θα φεύγουν οι
F F - σκέψεις etc
1st manuscript drafts:
Monday, October 13, 2025
Haufe Transformers
I heard this name for the first time when dinning at Pizza Hut in London with Brian Sowter, manufacturer of the excellent Sowter transformers. just after an AES meeting on mastering.
https://www.haufe-uebertrager.de/
Searching for transformer shrouds, Asco components came up
https://ascocomponents.co.uk/metalwork/shrouds/
A single vacuum tube (electronic valve) small power amplifier in class A using the EF183 in triode connection
At your risk. Potentially lethal voltage present.
This is continuing from previous posts on the Pleiades EF183 power amplifier using an input transformer making unnecessary the use of a voltage step up driver electronic valve (electron tube).
It sounds fantastic and loud.
Resent time is devoted in building it into a small box just fitting the following.
A small power transformer placed as half shrouded.
The very important fuse holder.
An octal base connected 1:12 input transformer.
An 1MΩ potentiometer. It may be possible to connect the wiper directly to the control grid of the triode connected EF183.
A cathode resistor of say 130Ω in parallel with 100μF.
The air gapped output transformer.
A few more bits and pieces.
The very interesting and unusual thing about this amplifier is the use of only one active device from input to output. The EF183 electron tube.
So it is only the euphonic distortion products of just one electron tube. The the distortion products of one electron tube feeding another electron tube creating new distortion products for each distortion product of the 1st electron tube.
So hopefully it may take the smoothness of the electron tube to its limit.
Waasner. A very interesting manufacturer of transformer laminations, tape wound toroidal cores including split ones for air gap.
www.waasner.de
I had the pleasure of learning about them on Sinadinos shop for transformer manufacturers in Athens.
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Saturday, October 4, 2025
There is Nothing Wrong With Money But...
(At your risk)
There is nothing wrong with money but make sure you don't pay the price.
Michalis
 



