This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.
Arthur Orfanos founded the Boston area band The Mood in 1983 with the late Richard Pontes (1962-1996).
In 1992, The Mood’s “Run, Boy” appeared on a compilation CD: U.S. Rock n’ Roll Anthology Vol. 1 (Mentor Music) and was featured on "Boston Music Showcase" (WCGY) and in the top 10 for eight months in 1992-93: reaching No. 2.
In 1995, Arthur co-produced the band’s first full length CD: The Mood Live from the Boston Tea Party with multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Producer/Engineer Jim Lightman.
The Mood continued performing in the New England area while their CD was circulated, acquired and logged into music libraries of Paramount, Universal and other independent film studios until the untimely death of Drummer, Richard Pontes in 1996.
In 1999, songs from "Live from the Boston Tea Party" appeared on the soundtrack of the film:
3 Days... 3 Hours... 3 Minutes... 3 Seconds... - Triple Sticks Productions
In 2005-2010, Arthur continued performing in low profile areas, perfecting his writing and compiling material for new literary and recording projects.
In 2011, The Mood performed on The Steve Katsos Show Second Anniversary spectacular, a television program with a global audience of 13 Million viewers dedicated to helping and introducing local and regional talent.
Currently Arthur is a contributing writer for Performer Magazine, Newmusicmonkey.com; and has released a book entitled: Tribute: The Dark Side of Th
Reviewed by Karen Pirnot for Readers' Favorite
"Tribute: The Dark Side of the Mood" by Arthur Orfanos is a complicated and fascinating story of a man whose sole purpose was to start a Pink Floyd tribute band. Orfanos partners with a man who proves to be highly controlling and devious in his interactions with others. This sets up a condition in which Orfanos is never really in control of the band he originally put together. As his partner gradually takes control of the operations of the band, Orfanos sees his own influence slip further and further away. At one point, the partner brings in a college professor from Berklee College who wants to play original Pink Floyd background effects which were reportedly stolen from the Pink Floyd band. This commences a period in which there is great conflict between Orfanos who is against using the tapes and other band members who believe the background effects will make their performance even more realistic.
The part of the book which was believable was the evidence the author gave for the theft of the tapes. The troubling part was the fact that, even though Orfanos reported the theft to many different people in a position to take action, no action was ever taken. In such a highly competitive business, this fact tends to make the reader wonder about the credibility of all the parties involved in the incident. There is no doubt that this is a book to be pondered. If for nothing else, it challenges anyone interested in starting up a business to research and to use professional assistance in protecting all rights to intellectual property.
