Nikos Arvanitis is based in Athens Greece. His degree in statistics wasn’t enough to keep him from pursuing a career in abusing guitars and trying to fit too many pedals on a medium-sized board. Apart from participating in a number of musical projects and working as a session guitarist, he spends most of his free time wearing boxing gloves and receiving therapy from his dogs.
The versatile, venerable guitar star sits down with PG contributor Nikos Arvanitis to discuss his thoughts on why streaming is for kids, the impacts of AI on music, how home studios dilute albums, reducing the PRS McCarty to its core, and what's on the horizon.
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