(Malaguena - the rasgueado he does in the beginning is cool: it goes like this: a down, m down, a up, m up then it ends by a normal a down, m down, i down)
This is from his MySpace page:
"Ioannis studied Flamenco guitar for several years with Juan Serrano. In addition, he has studied with Flamenco guitar legends Manolo Sanlucar, Juan Martin, Paco Serrano, Paco Pena, Jose Antonio Rodriguez and Manolo Franco.
Ioannis' teachers in Electric guitar are no less impressive: the list reads like a "Who is Who" of Contemporary electric guitar: He has taken lessons from Steve Vai (Whitesnake), Vinnie Moore(UFO), Marty Friedman (Megadeth) , John Petrucci(Dream Theater) ,Frank Gambale (Chick Corea), Paul Gilbert (Mr.Big), Richie Kotzen, Brett Garsed, Joey Tafolla, Scott Henderson, Mike Stern, Jean Marc Belkadi, Darren Householder, Tommy Tedesco, Ted Greene, Ron Eschete, Sid Jacobs & Joe Diorio."
Ole! [:)]
Florian -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 6:44:33)
his tangos ..i am trying to figure out if you serious or just beeing sarcastic to see how others respond.. no disrespect..if you serious then cool, hes excellent, imo weve had people who play with better compas in our intermediate challenge..i dont care about 100% clean notes in a live performance, i can forghive it, nerves etc... (even tough he missed a few big unecesarry ones )...but the compas has to be compas...before anything else or it all loses value
if hes working on himself hopefully compas is the next thing he focuses on
rombsix -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 7:20:18)
Flo! Mate, before I realized that I am lacking once it comes to compas (considering that alegria falseta that Andy pointed out my mistake in), I would have just said that he WAS in compas in that tango.
(I was NOT being sarcastic about him, by the way.)
However, now that I have self-doubt, I can't be sure. I seemed to count a relatively steady 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4 throughout that whole video, and it didn't seem that bad to me. What do you think?
Anyone else want to give it a listen? [:(]
Florian -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 7:24:52)
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I seemed to count a relatively steady 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4 throughout that whole video
yeah but its more like 1--2-3----4 1-2--3--4 1-2-3-----4 [:)]...same thing...his swing is painfull to listen to..i am not big on critique..but compas atleast should be compas. the way he ends the rithm before he goes into a falseta always out of prase or compas..eg..0:50 (too short)...1:47, 1:59 etc.. etc...just begining on 1 and ending on 4 dosent make you in compas if u lose the swing and compas in between
theres no mistery..if u cant tap along a nice consistant and even 1 23 4 1 23 4 1 23 4 regardless of what he does its out..
or regardless of how u wanna count it or accent it ..if all beats are not even and consistant its out..its what keeps it togheder ..the pulse ..what chords he does or notes he plays or key he choses to do it in is not the essence in tangos or any other palo...is the pulse and feel he projects..it cant be a tangos if it dosent feel like one just cause hes using the tangos key..without the right feel all the way trough is just a guitar piece in the same key as tangos
IMO [:D] anyway...and probably a dancer that would try to dance to it, or someone trying to do palmas to it or someone expecting to swing along with a tangos..just cause its a guitar solo dosent mean that it shouldnt be ok to dance too
XXX -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 7:47:35)
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ORIGINAL: Florian i dont care about 100% clean notes in a live performance
oh then you will love mine [:D][:D] Compas sounds ok. Its more that he plays alot of chords, and variation in strumming is not always explodingly high. Though he gets a bonus for optical similariy with Grisha [:D]
buddytalk -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 8:07:09)
wELL ROM, WITH A[:D] I SAY THIS; I GUESS YOU TALK ALOT ON THE PHONE. TO WANT A REPLY ABOUT THIS GUY IS A NATURAL QUESTION FOR SOMEONE WHO KNOWS NOTHING BUT YOU HAVE MORE ON THE BALL THEN THIS TRIVIA IMPLIES. I AM HAPPY FOR THIS GUY THAT HE HAS A BOOK WITH MEL BAY AND ALL SORTS OF MYSPACE BUT REALLY THIS IS NOTHING FOR YOU TO BE WASTING YOUR TIME ON. NEVER LOOK AT A BAD PAINTING!
rombsix -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 8:24:31)
Mates, I guess you're right. I WAS having a hard time following his consistency of flow, but at least he was playing in 1-2-3-4 and not totally out of the picture. I guess if he would have been playing a buleria, it would have been easier to realize whether he's keen on compas or not...
It's weird that he's studied with all these "maestros" though.
Florian -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 8:28:03)
from the videos i have seen of you Ramzi you have a better understanding and respect for compas then what he does...even with that Alegrias...thats wasent so much that you were out of compas is just that u missunderstood the placing..thats an honest mistake
XXX -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 8:29:17)
Florian -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 8:33:59)
but il stop here....trying to be as respectfull as i possibly can to this guy who didnt ask to have his video critiqued by us
rombsix -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 8:44:39)
In that buleria, he goes through periods where his compas is OK, but again, y'all are right, he has MANY instances where he slows down and speeds up and thus loses consistency of the pulse.
I guess the falsetas he's playing have been composed in compas and are 12-beats in duration, but he has trouble keeping the tempo fixed and ends up slowing down and speeding up several times which throws the flow off.
Ron.M -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Jul. 27 2009 11:52:49)
The guy is a good guitarist and puts stuff across well.... I think he's into Flamenco and is pretty good at getting some good authentic sounds in his stuff but lacks true core aire and dedication.
I was listening to his malagueñas, but find it a bit theatrical and superficial compared to, say, this real Flamenco version....
Not just technique...but aire.
cheers,
Ron
Munin -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Aug. 1 2009 5:50:02)
I agree Ron...
I feel - from my experience so far, and this is coming from a former electric guitarist as well - that all people I've seen so far that (try to) play both flamenco and electric guitar (with the exception of Todd, maybe, who excels at both) don't really seem to "get" flamenco in its entirety.
Most seem to be coming from their electric background to pick up a bit of flamenco "on the side" and then try to translate the "cool" electric stuff into a flamenco context. IMHO it just doesn't work because flamenco requires a very different approach and most of the time i doesn't seem authentic - they aren't too keen on compas and instead focus on 200bpm picado runs, etc...
That being said, for being one of those guys Ioannis clearly seems to be among the better. He also has a few flamenco books out under Mel Bay...which you may find surprising...or not.
Adam -> RE: Ioannis Anastassakis (Aug. 3 2009 0:19:34)
Heh, funny, this guy just followed me on Twitter. I was wondering who the bloody hell he was! Cool promo pics though [;)]
