Yiorgos

I live in Greece, Hania Crete. I am in music from 10 years old in choirs, learning piano and after guitar, then playing el. guitar in amateur rock groups in Hania, Athens and Xanthi. At that time (21 ys) I heard the first REBETIKO recordings of MARKOS VAMVAKARIS and the rebetiko duo Xintaris, Kalafatis and i turned playing only rebetiko with acoustic guitar, mostly rebetiki-guitar known as they used to play with custom made Greek guitars. I also started to practice in 3chords bouzouki that we call trihordo -means "three strings"- and to the small instrument baglama and further playing and singing to the endless repertoir of rebetiko of the era 1920-1955. All these years (from the '80ies till now) I have played at many places and locations rebetiko, laiko, entehno (artistic Greek) and traditional cretan music. I also participated to about 20 cd works. I had the pleasure to co-operate on stage with well known Greek artists like Poly Panou, Manolis Rasoulis, Melina Kana, Manolis Dimitrianakis, Dimitris Kontoyiannis, Babis Goles, Yiannis Thymakis, Sofia Papazoglou, Niki Trampa, Vasilis Paiteris, Takis Veriotis, Nikos Manias, Kostas Papadakis (Naftis), Maria Kotti, Fefi Valari, Zoe Tiganouria, Yiannis Moraitis, Dimitris Livanos and rebetes like Mihalis Genitsaris, Iordanis Tsomidis, Hontro-Nakos, Kostas Mourtos, Thymios Stouraitis, Yiorgos Koutzoglou and Agathonas Iakovidis. I have also co-operate at he studio with musicians like Nikos Hatzopoulos, Platon Andritsakis, Hristos Tsiamoulis, Mihalis Klapakis, Antonis Apergis, Alekos Vasilatos, Y.Zampoulakis, Stratis Mamalakis, Petros Papakyriakou and many others. I have played with excellent musicians that many of them have been teachers to me, like Nikos Krallis, Yiorgos Panou, Thodoros Papamihalopoulos (bouzouki), Leonidas Karvounopoulos, Stelios Karmaniolas, Manos Grysbolakis, N.Bouloubasis (akkordeon), Panagiotis Barberiou, Nikos Yiannakopoulos, Yiannis Niarhos, Kostas Doumouliakas, Yiannis Paximadakis, Vassilis Tarraios, Vasilis Noussias (vocals, bouzouki), Lily Ritsoni, Maro Lytra (reb.), Katerina Tsiridou, Maria Fassoulaki (vocals), Ektor Kosmas (violin), Thanassis Sofras, Tim Powell (acoustic bass), Thanassis Yiannopoulos (darbuka), Yiorgos Adamides (oud, vocals), Avraam Mpellos, Yiannis Drivas (drums), Elias Tsagaris (bass), Panayiotis Bekos (clarinet), Chris Stevens (vocals, harp), Andreas Boutsikakis, Evripidis Stamatiou, Florian Micuta (keyboards), Manos Eggonopoulos, M.Stagakis, Y.Dermitzakis, Man. Savvidakis (vocals), Spyros Patapis, Babis Avratoglou, Kostas Sapalides (quitar), Paolo Minelli (piano, guitar, vocals), Stelios Varveris (oud,bouzouki), Vasilis Yiannisis (violin), Hristos Kalabokis, Nikos Andrias, Yiannis Papavasileiou, Yiannis Melampianakis, Nikos Aggelakos (bouzouki) and many others ... I have also met and play together in private with important personalities of the Greek music scene like Akis Panou, Babis Bakalis, Bros Katsimiha, Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Katerina Xirou, Hara Argyropoulou, Dimitris Zervoudakis Maria Fotiou and also have met and talk with Hronis Aidonidis, Nikos Hatzopoulos, Yiannis Stamatiou-Sporos, Manolis Pappos, Vaggelis Triggas, Ross Daly, Yiorgos Kontogiannis, Manolis Lidakis, Babis Tsertos, G.Andreatos, K.Mantzios, Koulis Skarpelis, Spyros Zagoraios, Savvas Kioulanis, K.Kalafatis, Y.Nikoleris, Andreas Pappas, N.Katsikis, Y.Sarikos, Vasilis Spyropoulos, Yiannis Nikolaou, Kleon Antoniou, Manolis Skoulas and some more !! The last years I concern mostly in traditional folk Cretan music playing with artists of the western Crete and also in rebetiko with artists from all over Greece. In Crete i have played and cooperate till now with the glorious artists K.Papadakis-Naftis, M.Kounelis, N.Manias, M.Kaklis, P.Karbadakis, P.Krassadakis, Y.Aggelakis, H.Fournarakis, S.Lainakis, P.Kastanis, Y.Koukakis, Y.Gombakis, St.Kantilieris, Eft.Bitzanis, H.Vlastakis, Y.Sergakis, M.Bakatsakis (sen.), , V.Karefyllis, A.Meladakis and with the new era of artists Y.Katakis, Y. Koumianakis, Art.Pentaris, V.Boultadakis, D.Vakakis, E.Horeftakis, M.Tzouganakis, N.Klostrakis, K.Stavrianoudakis, T.Polyhronakis, A.Verykakis, A.Lilikakis, N.Vroulakis, N.Stratakis, M.Fantakis, Per.Tzouganakis, N.Marentakis, G.Vogiatzis, G.Kalormakis, G.Marinakis, V.Kountis, M.Pollakis, G.& M.Fraros, L.Lainakis, M.Bakatsakis, M.Aggelakis, K.Piperakis, D.Vasilakis, D.Hartzoulakis, L.Koumis, Ant.Martsakis, H.& P.Markantonis, G.Psaroudakis, A.Hatzakis, G.Stavroulakis, J.Vrettos, G.Droudakis, M.Nikiforos, G.Maggelakis, Y.Menegakis, G.Mylonakis, G.Hairetis, An.Manouselis, Man.Manouselis, D.Aggelidakis and many more !! I have also co-operate with the composers and lyricists Manolis Tassoglou, H.Anousakis, P.Sapalidis, V.Tarraios, V.Noussias, D.Vakakis, Pant.Krassadakis, Lia Dermanaki, M.Kosiades, Hr.Kleanthous, B.Avratoglou, Alexandra Peristeraki-Menti, Takis Mentis, V.Vaigousis, Maria Soukera, Mar.Kondylis, S.E.Lainakis and I must say GREEK MUSIC is poor without their songs have not been published yet or been well known !! With Lefteris Sartzetakis and Yiannis Psaroudakis (ex Neoi Epivates) we were the founders of the group "Oktava" (first name : Ektos ton teihon) at 1990, which exists till now with a different line-up. I have recorded till now 2 songs of mine to the Nisiotiko style with Andreas Lilikakis (1993) and Yiorgos Kalormakis (2007). The last one called "Pelaga" published on 24.12.07 singed by Yiannis Katakis, included at Yiorgos Kalormakis's first cd !! I've been co-operate to some nice lyricists, to present some new songs of mine to the rebetiko style that they are for years waiting and maybe i'm near to record a complete work of mine__ http://www.cretanmusic.gr/index.php__http://www.faistos.net/ You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !