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Subject In Reply To: Taximia-Listening is learni

Date Wed Aug 3 2005 11:36

Author Damianos



Nikos, you are absolutely 100% on the money on every topic mentioned. I listen to everything I can that is good. Some things I incorporate into my playing others I just listen to for pleasure. The idea that there is something to learn from everything is valid and unfortunately often ignored these days. I originally came from a background of classical piano and jazz guitar. That line of study started when I was 4 years old and I didn't pick up the bouzouki until I was 20 or so. When I picked up the bouzouki I focused all of my time on it and studied everything from paleologou to roza eskanazi to mideast oud playing (translating all of these to bouzouki of course). This was in addition to incorporating what I've learned in other genres and instruments. One thing that always ticked me off was when some layman Greek would come up to me and say that it was not "greek" enough. Nine times out of ten the individual had the sound of Tsitsanis or Vamvakaris in mind. While these people would also love Hiotis and sometimes even Lemonopoulos they felt this irresistable urge to tell me I didn't sound "Greek". I find it odd that one can consider anything to sound really "Greek" when the early players had a real Turkish influence, Hiotis was basically French Cabaret music in disguise, and Lemonopoulos was more classical/Hungarian Gypsy violin oriented. Don't get me wrong, I love the playing of all mentioned above but the "sounding Greek" thing has been a thorn in my side for quite a while. What's your take on it? Can one really innovate and be true to themselves while having their playing still be considered "Greek"? Cheers PS.........check out Duke Ellington's "Far East Suite". The track called "Tourist's Point of View" should be a real ear opener. Oh, and I saw the video clip of you playing on Dio Dinos' site. You sound great man!

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