is very sick… therefore, this weekend’s Greek Guitar Power Festival will be postponed for 16-17 January – details will follow soon.

Greek Guitar POwer Festival @ Volos – 31st October & 1st November
at Rythmos Conservatory
http://ping.fm/pgjb3

My “Flamenco Live at Ioannina” CD was #1 seller for August 2009 in 3 DIFFERENT categories at Guitar9 – Flamenco, Acoustic & World! Happy!:-)

Anybody knows a decent Krav Maga training school in Athens? PM please!

Summer 2009 travel review:
Paros, Milos, Spetses, Porto Cheli, Sifnos, Sparti, Iraklio…not bad, not bad at all!

My BRAND new Myspace is online! Check it out at http://ping.fm/oa4SS And let me know what you think!

My BRAND new Myspace is online! Check it out at
www.myspace.com/ioannisanastassakis
And let me know what you think!

Cool! My Flamenco CD is #1 at Flamenco charts (http://ping.fm/1cvjM) and my Electric CD is #1 at Progressive charts! (http://ping.fm/GEB23)

Hey! My CD “Orbital Attempt” is again #1 at Guitar9! Color me VERY happy! Life is good! http://ping.fm/DP7zQ

just got back from Sparti/Monemvasia/Gytheio!! I love Summer!

Latest Review of my 2009 CD “Orbital Attempt” -
check out http://ping.fm/xXMTW

Back from the beautiful island of Paros – after 4 glorious days of Salsa, sun and….sea!

Happy! My CD “Orbital Attempt” is #1 worldwide at the Progressive guitar charts of Guitar9!!! http://ping.fm/TVUYP

Friday-Salsa, Saturday-Live Jazz, Sunday-Karaoke, Monday-Wolverine, Tuesday-Live Flamenco, Wednesday-Live Fusion! Not bad, not bad…

First International review of my latest instrumental CD, “Orbital Attempt” – http://ping.fm/rlzA4

Wondering if this works…

it’s true: Living well IS the best REVENGE!

Finetuning the DVD menu of my upcoming instructional “60 Sweeping licks” book/CD/DVD by Mel Bay Publications!

been working 9 hours straight on my series of Internet guitar lessons! Phew!

Hey, guys & girls! Check this out!

http://ping.fm/0ZbRu

“Orbital Attempt” Promo videoclip is now online!!! http://ping.fm/dP1vj

Very Cool! My latest CD “Orbital Attempt” is #2 worldwide in the sales charts of Guitar9!! Check it out @ http://ping.fm/ADcyA !!!

Why do they? Is there a specific reason or is it just the roll-of-the-dice,  governed by a totally whimsical fate?

Well, from my experience, the main reason why most people fail, is

LACK OF BALANCE!

(in their skills and approach to music)

This lack of Balance manifests itself in many different areas that manifest in a multitude of ways eg.

• going CRAZY on technique and never learning the other important skills in music…
• Focusing SOLELY on lead guitar and neglecting the craft of rhythm guitar…
• playing only by ear and never learning any theory…
• learning ONLY one musical style and not diversify your approach…

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This  was a very exciting month!

Organised 2 Greek Guitar Power Festivals - at Volos and Athens,

Finished all the mixing and masterings for my Orbital Attempt CD,

Finished recording the CD and creating the DVD for my upcoming “Sweeping Licks” book/CD/DVD for MEl Bay Publications,

Met Greg Howe and spent quite some time talking music & Music Business with him,

and FINALLY getting my sponsoring from Roland and my Roland VG 99!

Colour me VERY happy!

I often get asked what are the characteristics that will determine whether a young kid picking up a guitar will become successful in learning this craft and hopefully even make a successful career out of it.

The answer is VERY simple, really

ATTITUDE.

1% of the aspiring guitar players will be insanely talented at the instrument – learning really fast without a lot of effort.

1%-3% of the aspiring guitar players will be “lost causes” – due to lack of ability related to finger mechanics and lack of ANY kind of musical sense & direction

That leaves 97%…

The vast majority of people will obviously be in that 97%…

ATTITUDE is what will determine the outcome.

What do I mean by attitude? There’s  a LONG list of qualities, desirable qualities that will help significantly.

But that’s for another post….

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Once again, I woke up (REALLY late) this noon  and found another AMAZING Christmas present!

My sponsored Visual Sound Effect Pedals for myself (and Greek Guitar Power) had arrived in a nice hefty box !

I did not even have to carry it – my brother dropped it off at my studio…

Everything I wanted to use and try out was included -8 packages all together

Many sincere thanks to Visual Sound for trusting me with their equipment !

Stay tuned for photos from the unboxing – Christmas is EARLY this year!!!

I am asked VERY often about the technical requirements for playing contemporary Electric rock/Fusion guitar – so i made a little list for you!

·        Alternate Picking

·        Crosspicking

·        Chordal Picking

·        Legato

·        Sweeping

·        Tapping

·        Pick & Fingers

·        Wide Stretches

·        String Skipping

·        Left-hand Tapping

·        8-Finger Tapping

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Let’s get thing rolling , as far as my new Instrumental CD is concerned!

Here’s an audio track for your listening & downloading Pleasure!

The Promised Land

I must admit, that these last few days have been VERY interesting,

at least as far as various Sponsoring and collaborations with major music-related companies!

Just received a BRAND new, smashing SCHECTER guitar – to be used by my students during our guitar lessons!

I am VERY excited about it – not to mention how excited my students are!

Pics are forthcoming!

Ioannis, I am confused! WHERE are YOU located currently?

“I am in Greece – specifically in Athens. That’s where I live and teach. Although I enjoy travelling and performing around Europe, I DO have a stable “base of operations”!

Ioannis, I was wondering if you could give me some GUITAR LESSONS….

“Probably – at the very least, we can definitely meet, chat and do some guitar playing together. I’ll assess your playing level & discuss your music goals and we’ll either work together or I will refer you to one of my MORE ADVANCED students that teach using my method”

Hi! I am a big fan of your music and I was wondering if you could give me some advice on how to get REALLY good on guitar…
“Yes! GET A COMPETENT GUITAR TEACHER! That’s the best advice anyone can give you at any level of playing. Make sure you note that I said COMPETENT – that means STAY AWAY from imaginary-rock-star has-beens and the like and get someone that enjoys teaching and communicating his/her knowledge to you! Also, make sure he is proficient in the style you want to learn. Don’t buy the crap that “you need to learn classical guitar firstto learn electric” or that “you need to get good in Jazz if you want to become a better rock player”

Ioannis, I have an AMAZING CD recording and I am looking for a record company! I see that you are heavily involved in Wild Rose Angel Productions! Can you help release my CD with this record company?
“Probably not…  This is something that I do ONLY for my advanced guitar students. These are ALL young guys that I have been working with for at least 2-6 years and I have invested a lot of time in their musical development (plus we are good friends)!
Please , do not take it personally, it has NOTHING to do with your playing level or technique – this is a “service” that is only available to my advanced students”

Ioannis, I am looking for a manager and I see that you are professionally managing some guitar players! Can you manage me?

“Again, probably not…  This is something that I do ONLY for my advanced guitar students. !

Please , do not take it personally, it has NOTHING to do with your playing level or technique – this is a “service” that is only available to my advanced students “

Ioannis, I am a professional player looking for some sponsorings and I see that you have managed to abtain an AMAZING number of sponsorings for an instrumental guitarist! Can you help me get some sponsorings for myself and/or my band?

“Once again, this is something that I do ONLY for my advanced guitar students.
Please, do not take it personally, it has NOTHING to do with your playing level or technique – this is a “service” that is only available to my advanced students.
However, if you send me your demo I can make some suggestions on which companies to approach for sponsoring, depending on your style of music “

Ioannis, YOU SUCK! I am 10,000 times guitarist better than you!
“Well, good for you – the world needs as many great guitarists as possible! Good luck with your career!”

Woke up (late) this morning and found an AMAZING early-Christmas present!

My sponsored EMG pickups for myself (and Greek Guitar Power) had arrived in a nice hefty box !

Everything was included – 81s, 85s, 707s and more !

These are amazing pickups and I honestly cannot wait to install them on my guitars!

Many thanks to EMG for trusting me with their equipment !

Here are some photos from the unboxing – Christmas is EARLY this year!!!!

I am very happy to get my (and Greek Guitar Power) Wah Pedals sponsoring from Jim Dunlop!

These are amazing pedals, and I could not wait to get my hands on them!!

The specific wah pedals I got are the Zakk Wylde Wah and the

Dime Cry Baby from Hell!

Pictures from the unboxing coming soon!

Many thanks to Jim Dunlop for trusting us with their equipment and

to Anastassis Kagmakis for his help!

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Just ordered the first posters for the January 2009 GGP festivals. They should be here in a couple of days!

Stathis has done  a great job in updating the design of the posters with the new members and it’s good timing that we get them now, just before Christmas season!

Had a very comprehensive and productive meeting with the rest of the GGP gang today!

It seems we decided we will be makign a nice banch of custom Greek Guitar Power guitar picks to be giving away at out festivals!

As soon as we come up wth a couple of cool designs, i’ll be posting them here for everybody to comment on!

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Been trying to figure out the best way to produce some custom T-shirts for the GGP team and fans – we ALREADY have a few requests for them!

Theodore seems to think that having a very stylish, ambroidered t-shirt would be the best choice – I am torn between that and a regular heavy-metal style of T-shirt, featuring our handome faces and our guitars!

No definitive desicion yet!

One of my favorite contemporary electric guitar artists is Chris Brooks -

an excellent Australian guitarist that plays a mean progressive style of electric guitar!

Check out his WWW site and tell me what you think of his playing!

This is the suggested CD cover for the

Greek Guitar Power, Vol.1 CD!

Well, it is time for some “deep thoughts” and ramblings – fuelled by some amazing quality chocolate (gift from a very very nice student!!!)

I keep thinking that even though this upcoming CD is my 4th (or my 5th? I’m losing track here…), it NEVER ceases to amaze me how much hard work and how

much micro-management of a million little damn details is needed to produce a final result that reached acceptable standards!

Honestly, artists that continuously nag about the “record companies doing nothing”  should really try to produce their own CDs for a change!

I can (almost) guarantee that most of them will finish this project with newfound respect of the quantity of man-hours it takes to produce this!

Posted in CD, Ioannis Anastassakis, Uncategorized, Various Tagged: CD, Ioannis Anastassakis, Various ]]> http://ioannisanastassakis.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/late-night-ramblings-producing-your-own-cds/feed/ 0 ioannisanastassakis http://ioannisanastassakis.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/orbital-attempt-cd-cover/ http://ioannisanastassakis.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/orbital-attempt-cd-cover/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:53:55 +0000 Ioannis Anastassakis http://ioannisanastassakis.wordpress.com/?p=255 ]]>

Λοιπον, οι παρακατω οδηγιες ειναι για την σωστη και πληρη αναπτυξη ΡΟΚ Vibrato (στυλ Gary Moore, George Lynch) – Για βιμπρατο κλασικο και jazz η διαδικασια διαφοροποιειται!

ΒΑΣΙΚΟ – Οταν κανεις vibrato, τα προηγουμενα δαχτυλα υποστηριζουν! Αν κανεις με το 3ο, το 1ο και 2ο υποστηριζουν!

3 πραγματα πρεπει να εχεις στο μυαλο σου – το ΡΟΚ vibrato πρεπει να εχει

1. Σταθερο ευρος ταλαντωσης (1 τονος ειναι πολυ καλο)
2. Ταχυτητα ταλαντωσης σχετικη με το tempo του κομματιου
3. Σταθερη ταχυτητα στο bend και release

Τα 3 συνηθισμενα λαθη των intermediate κιθαριστων ειναι σε αυτες ακριβως τις κατηγοριες:  Oποτε

1. Αποφυγε το να εχει η ταλαντωση μικρο ευρος (ημιτονιο or less) – κανει το vibrato να ακουγεται πολυ νευρικο και αβεβαιο
2. Αποφυγε το την γρηγορη ταχυτητα ταλαντωσης (αρα και μη συμβατη με το tempo του κομματιου) – εχει ως αποτελεσμα το γνωστο “κατσικισιο” vibrato 
3. ΜΗΝ αλλαζεις την ταχυτητα του vibrato σου!!! ΠΟλλοι κιθαριστες το ξεκινανε ΟΚ και οταν αρχιζει να “σβηνει” η νοτα το κανουν ολο και πιο γρηγορα – με αποτελεσμα να ακουγεται “αγχωμενο” και ερασιτεχνικο

Επισης – υπαρχουν τουλαχιστον 3 ΒΑΣΙΚΑ ειδη ΡΟΚ vibrato – downwards – Upwards – Cello-style. Το καθενα εχει τα δικα του χαρακτηριστικα… (Υπαρχουν και αλλα ΙΔΙΩΜΑΤΙΚΑ που κανει ο Geroge Lynch, Vai etc αλλα το ψυριζουμε τωρα 

Ναι το μικρο δαχτυλο μπορει να χρησιμοποιηθει και αυτο μια χαρα για vibrato – οχι αντι για τα αλλα ομως! Σαν EXTRA τεχνικη…

Keep in mind οτι, το vibrato einai απο τις πιο δυσκολες τεχνικες για μελετη – επειδη μπορεις να το μελετησεις μονο 1-2 λεπτα καθε φορα – σε αντιθεση με legato και alternate picking που μπορεις να παιζεις πολλη ώρα χωρις προβλημα.

Αλλα ειδη…..

Upwards - Vibrato προς τα πανω – το χρησιμοποιουμε στις πρωτες 3 χορδες (Ε,Β,G)
Downwards - Vibrato προς τα Κάτω – το χρησιμοποιουμε στις 4 πανω χορδες (G,D,A,E)

Οπως ειναι προφανες, στην ΣΟΛ (G) μπορουμε να κανουμε οποιο απο τα 2 μας βολευει! Αναλογα με το ποσο Wide ειναι το vibrato υπαρχει περιπτωση το Downwards στην Σολ να βγει εκτος ταστιερας…

Το πιο σημαντικο ειναι ο αντιχειρας σκαρφαλωνει πανω στην ταστιερα και τα δαχτυλα παραμενουν ΚΛΕΙΔΩΜΕΝΑ και η κινηση ερχεται απο τον καρπο και τoν αγκωνα (σαν να γυρνας το πομολο για να ανοιξεις μια πορτα). Αυτο σημαινει οτι ο μυς που χρησιμοποιηται ειναι ο Δικεφαλος (το γνωστο “ποντικι”) και ΟΧΙ οι πολυ πιο αδυναμοι flexors των δαχτυλων (sorry δεν ξερω το ελληνικο ονομα των συγκεκριμενων μυων…). Με αυτον το τροπο εχουμε ΠΟΛΥ δυναμη και Control sto Vibrato.
Ελπίζω να ημουν σαφης , ειναι απο τα ΠΙΟ δυσκολα πραγματα να εξηγηθουν γραπτα, αλλα πολυ ευκολο να το δειξεις….

Anyway, αν δεν εγινα αντιληπτος θα ανεβασω βιντεακι ειτε στο www.ioannis.org ειτε στο www.myspace.com/ioannisanastassakis που θα το δειχνει ξεκαθαρα.

Το Jazz vibrato μοιαζει αρκετα με της κλασσικης κιθαρας – ειναι ΠΑΡΑΛΛΗΛΟ στις χορδες και μπορει να γινει ειτε με τον αντιχειρα να ακουμπαει πισω απο την ταστιερα ειτε οχι (στον αερα). Στο ΡΟΚ αυτη η τεχνικη ειναι πιο σπανια – αλλα ειναι πολυ χρησιμη οταν ηχογραφεις και θελεις να παιξεις αρμονιες (τριτες, 4ες κτλ) γιατι ειναι ευκολο να συγχρονιστουν οι ταλαντωσεις… (Θυμασαι που ελεγα οτι το ψυριζουμε πολυ… )
Του George Lynch και του Steve Vai αλλη μερα…

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I just got my sponsored Elixir string sets for the 2nd part of the year – as well as a few brand new Elixir guitar cables

Strings included 009 sets, 010 sets, Acoustic, and even a few Custom sets for C# tuning and some for my trusty Schecter & Caparison 7-string guitars!

Very happy about getting these – these are amazing strings!

Many thanks to Elixir for trusting me with their equipment !

Here are a couple of photos from the the unboxing!

CD BABY   – http://cdbaby.com/cd/ioannis2

Guitar 9    – http://www.guitar9.com/suspensionofdis.html   (EDIT: Sorry, Just SOLD OUT )

Abstract Logix  – http://www.abstractlogix.com/xcart/product.php?productid=23143   (EDIT: Πάλι SOLD OUT – Βρε, κακός μπελάς!!!  )

iTunes       – http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=255588175

Tradebit    -  http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/1835498   (Digital Download Only!!!)

Buy.com    – http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=204742978&loc=18250 (Digital Download Only!!!)

PayPlay.fm    – http://payplay.fm/ioannis2    (Digital Download Only!!!)

Στην Ελλάδα, η διανομή του CD γινεται απο την Soundforge

I must admit that almost on a daily basis I will stop and think how lucky I am that I have such an amazing job:

Helping young kids reach & realize their dreams, take timid teenagers and help them literally transform themselves to uprising guitar stars!

It is an amazing feeling, very fulfilling and very exciting!

Sure, the ride is often bumpy and it can (occasionally) be a VERY thankless job…

but I wouldn’t trade it for the World!

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Hello, everybody!

I am very happy to announce that

we are putting the finishing touches to a brand new

FORUM

dedicated to Greek Guitar power (and myself…)

Thia was something i’ve been wanting to

realise for quite some time, but the timing never quite seemed right…

until now!

So, in a few days, i’ll be posting he final WWW address of the forum and hopefully we’ll see you all there!

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Ioannis Anastassakis Playing a Rumba rhythm at a live TV interview/performance

Very happy!

The Greek Guitar Power Facebook group

has reached almost 600 members!

Check it out (& Join us) at

Greek Guitar Power Facebook Group

Here’s a really nice series of  consecutive A minor 7 sweeps!

Here’s the Lick for this Week!

A very interesting way to play minor 7 arpeggios, by combining Sweeping, Legato & Sliding!

This is based on a combination of ideas by Richie Kotzen and Greg Howe!

Enjoy!

If you have not checked out Guthrie Govan’s pl;aying, you are missing uot on some amazing guitar playing!

Here are a couple of short videos of him playing, but make sure you check out his other videos on Youtube!

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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!

I SINCERELY wish them the best in their career!

Their permanent replacements in the Greek Guitar Power lineup will be announced soon!

Here’s my latest Flamenco instructional book, published by Mel Bay Publications!

This is my 1st Flamenco Instructional book, published by Mel Bay Publications.

Despite the higly specialised subject matter (and my relative inexeperience at the time),

this book has been a best-seller for 5 years straight!! 

Hello, everybody! This is my new blog!

I will be using this to post ideas as they occur to me,

progress reports of my various guitar/music related projects

Multimedia files

and all kinds of (un)related content!

Here’s one of my favorite compositions,

a Rumba Flamenca dedicated to Veridiana!

Veridiana

Hi Friends,

Just gave a new interview today about my career, advice to aspiring guitarists and my latest CD

The interview was for the TV Show “TV War”, from MAD Channel

The host , Xakos, is one of the most knowledgable people in metal music! I had a great time!

Just gave a new interview today about my career, advice to aspiring guitarists and my latest CD

The interview was for the TV Show “Art Uber Alles”, from Channel 9
The Crew was great, loads of fun to be around – but I could NOT believe how hot the lights where!!!
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An AMAZING review for Suspension of Disbelief was published in the
July 2007 of ROCK HARD magazine!
Those interested can check it out at page 84 !!!
You can safely assume I am VERY happy about that -
especially since MOST Greek rock/metal magazines do not seem to be fans of Instrumental Guitar CDs!!!
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Another review for “Suspension of Disbelief”, this time by the Metal Invader - WWW LINK
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An EXCELLENT review for “Suspension of Disbelief”, by the

According to the Guitar 9 WWW site, “Suspension of Disbelief” is again
#1 Top selling Guitar Fusion CD worldwide,
for this week (ending May 26, 2007)!!
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According to the Guitar 9 WWW site, “Suspension of Disbelief” is
#1 Top selling Guitar Fusion CD worldwide,
for this week (ending May 19, 2007)!!
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