About

Dimitris Kyriakidis, the owner of this web site, is a guitarist, producer, and educator with experience in primary, secondary, and tertiary education (University of Salford) up to master's level as well as privately.

Dimitris started teaching in the UK in 2004 and has been teaching beginners and all levels up to experienced musicians, including some guitar teachers in the South Yorkshire region and beyond.

Educator, Guitarist, Producer, Collaborations with World-Class Music Professionals.

As guitarist and producer, his past and present collaborations include some world-class music professionals who participated in the creation and publishing of internationally known songs and records. Click on the links to check some of their work:

Nick Raymonde (former top A&R executive at RCA, BMG, Sony - Take That, Susan Boyle),

Adam Ayan (Grammy Award, 5x Latin Grammy Award, and TEC Award-winning mastering engineer, mastered many award-winning recordings, including 59 Grammy Award winners.),

Robin Beck (Robin's name came to prominence in 1988 when the song “First Time”, a Coca-Cola theme tune, became a huge hit worldwide and UK No1),

Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Alice Cooper, Billy Idol, Joe Bonamassa, Brian May, and many others),

Billy Sheehan (Mr Big, David Lee Roth, UFO, and many others),

Goran Edman (Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum, Glory),

James Christian (House of Lords),

Amanda Somerville (Michael Kiske, Avantasia, Trillium),

Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Frank Gambale),

Terry Gregory (Steve Hackett),

Richard Allen (John Parr, John Waite),

Dimitris collaborated with the following people/bands only as a guitarist.

Wild Souls (Lions Pride Music). I appeared as a guest soloist on the recording and the video clip of I Remember You. I arranged for my part of the video clip to be recorded at John Parr's studio.
Rebecca Bains (Onwards Records). Hard Road, on which I played some guitar parts and appeared on the promotional videos, reached No. 33 on the UK iTunes Country Chart and No. 29 on the Greek iTunes Chart. The single was promoted on a billboard in New York Times Square as part of the promotional campaign. I was hired again at a later date to perform at a gig with approximately 20,000 spectators (After Dark Fireworks Spectacular at Don Valley Bowl in Sheffield).
Dimitrios Malegas (producer of many top-selling artists in the Greek music industry).
Story Teller's Night (Magnum Tribute Band).
Scream Arena, shared the stage with The Quireboys and Marseille (Neil Buchanan's band, presenter of Art Attack).
Pro2 Studios & EBA Records.

BASA Productions (through Pro2 Studios recording sessions).

Dimitris composes music in which influences from several styles are frequently fused. His influences come from Greg Howe, Tony McAlpine, Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Romeo, Joey Tafolla, George Lynch, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth, TNT, Europe, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Firehouse, Dokken, Bon Jovi, Warrant, White Lion, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd and many more rock/heavy metal bands. Influences originate also from the field of jazz and classical music. Most important for him are Wagner, Creston, Weber, J.S. Bach, Sibelius, Saint- Saens, Piston, Barber, Tchaikovsky and Grofe just to name a few.

Dimitris is a graduate from the Music Department of Salford University (Manchester, UK 2003), with a degree in Band Musicianship and a Master of Music in Composition from the University of Leeds (Leeds, UK 2004). He has worked for Yamaha Music School and for the Doncaster Music Service (William Appleby Music Center).

Education/Awards

2004 Master of Music in Composition (Leeds University)

2004 the Lord Snowden Award for electric guitar performance (University of Leeds)
2003 First class BA in Band Musicianship (Salford University)

2002 the British Reserve Award for Academic Excellence (University of Salford)

2002 the Elgar Howarth Composition Shield (University of Salford)

2000-2 formal lessons on Fugue composition

1998-2000 formal lessons on Counterpoint

1996-8 formal lessons on Harmony