2008 September « Ioannis Anastassakis

Greek Guitar Power News – Lineup changes!

As many of you know, GREEK GUITAR POWER (my instrumental electric project that is comprised of my MOST advanced electric guitar students) had a VERY strong year with numerous seminars, live performances and too many new sponsoring to mention!

Now, I am in the (lengthy and a just little tiring) process of arranging the upcoming performances/events for the period Fall 2008-Spring 2009… We are already scheduled for 5 weekend Electric Guitar festivals around Greece plus quite a few performances for the Live Band! Details with dates and venues will be announced shortly in upcoming bulletins!

For this coming season we have a couple of personnel changes in the permanent lineup of Greek Guitar Power.

Gus Drax and Constantine will no longer be joining us in our performances/seminars.

I’ve been the electric guitar teacher for Constantine for 6 years - he was only 13-years old when he came to me for his first electric guitar lessons! He was worked very hard and has come a LONG way since then.

Gus Drax was already a VERY good player when he came to me a couple of years ago – he just needed a bit of “refinement” and some professional guidance.

Both guys have A LOT in their plates right now, trying to juggle being a full-time member in 2 different bands each and recording their own instrumental CDs. All these commitments unfortunately do not give them the luxury of the time needed to take part in a time-intensive and musically ambitious project like Greek Guitar Power…

I am VERY PROUD & HAPPY for both kids

(well, actually I should probably call them “guys” – but, to me, they are always kids…)

As a guitar teacher/manager, MY GOALS for these two have been accomplished to the fullest!

They ARE well on their way to a professional career making music!

From now on, it is up to them – it is now their responsibility and THEY will be the ONLY ones to get all the credit!