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Spirro Chrisafis

About Me

My Blogs will give more detailed info for those who are interested. The Blogs will cover such things as my early listening influences, development of technique, my equipment, my recordings, approaches to soloing and composition, appreciation of music and so on.In my non musical life, I am a design teacher, company director, martial artist, happy father and husband. My interests in Zen thought and world travel have influenced my music immensely.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/4/2008
Band Website: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1
Band Members: Spirro Chrisafis - All instruments.
Influences: A few all time general favourites: Led Zeppelin, Camel, Fear Factory, If, Glenn Hughes, Stray Cats, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Return To Forever, Jimmy Smith, The Clash, Radio Birdman, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Pearl Jam, Neil Young, Kevin Borich, Ayers Rock, Budgie, Dvorak, Mozart, Vaughan-Williams, JS Bach, Frank Zappa, Art of Noise, Tangerine Dream, Robert Johnson, The Ramones, Voivod, Janes Addiction, Borodin, early Kool and the Gang, Parliament, Squarepusher, Focus, Aphex Twin, Golden Earring, Bo Hansson, Crucis, Amon Duul II, ZZ Top, Hector Zazou, Ian Lloyd and Stories, Rush, Blind Willie Johnson, James Gang, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Hawkwind, Little Feat, Chinese classical and folk music, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, early Elton John, early Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Jeff Beck Group, Aerosmith, Kansas, Osibisa, early Stevie Wonder, Machine Head, Strapping Young Lad, Kings X, Jean Luc Ponty, Dixie Dregs, Caravan, Renaissance, Badger, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Black Sabbath, Hassan Hakmoun, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Graham Central Station, David Sancious, Egberto Gismonti, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ozric Tentacles.A few of my favourite guitarists: Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Uli Jon Roth, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Woolcock, Brendan Hains, Eric Johnson, Jan Akkerman, Andy Latimer, Tommy Bolin, Rik Emmett, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Joe Walsh, Neil Young, Pat Metheny, Strunz and Farah, Brian Setzer, Brian May, Tony Bourge, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Morse, Steve Hackett, Al Di Meola, Andy Summers, Dave Gilmour, Peter Frampton, Ian Moss, Kevin Borich, Adrian Smith, John McLaughlin, Anna Chodorowski, Lowell George, Ry Cooder, Steve Tibbetts, Trygve Knudsen, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, Tom Scholz and Barry Goodreau, Roger Fischer, Alex Lifeson, Donald Roeser, Billy Gibbons, Steve Howe, Frank Marino, Joe Satriani, Rory Gallagher, Harvey Mandel, Elmore James, Steve Hillage, Dave Brock, Gary Moore, Pete Townshend, Warren Di Martini, Warren Haynes, Jake E Lee, Jim McCarty, Bob Weir, Davey Johnstone, Michael Schenker, Yngwie Malmsteen, Jimi Hendrix.
Sounds Like: People say I sound like a mix of Jimmy Page, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck and gypsy music. My music is very diverse and eclectic. I'd like to think I have an identifiable sound and style. Lovers of progressive hard rock with lots of guitar should like my music.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Human Musician Guitarist

Appreciating Non Guitarists   I have always thought that as a guitarist, I had to keep a balanced perspective on music. In my view, we are human beings first, musicians second, and guitar players...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 04:07:00 GMT

Early Playing

When I first started playing, I was listening a lot to players who used pull offs and hammer ons. Consequently, I incorporated these techniques very quickly. I never learned to read, and to this day, ...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:58:00 GMT

Early Musical Listening

I was born in 1964 in northern Victoria, in a very small town called Numurkah. I used to love music from a very early age, even the opera our next door neighbour would always play loudly eve...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:38:00 GMT

My Equipment

EQUIPMENT   MY GUITARS Washburn Eagle (beautiful neck through body, with a lovely thin profile neck) Washburn T-Bird Deluxe (fitted with a Roland GK 2A pickup for my Roland GR30 guitar synth modu...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:12:00 GMT