Teo Botinis
Настоящее имя: Teo Botinis
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Early Years He picked up the bass at the age of 14 after previously having had contact with the classic and electric guitar. During his early years of experience he joined several fusion alt and rock bands up to the age of 22. Education 1989-1993 private lessons with the Y. Fakanas. 1991-1992 ear-training courses with the Vassilis Rakopoulos. 1991-1992 participated in jazz-Latin Workshop of Pindareio Conservatory under the supervision of Vassilis Rakopoulos. Numerous Clinics and Master Class Seminars covering subjects from Improvisation to Music Technology to Instrument Care & Maintenance In step with his musical activities has studied chemist in the Athens University Activities Since 1989 works occasionally as session studio musician with artists from various musical styles such as: Antonis Vardis and Giannis Vardis, Filippos Pliatsikas, Ριφιφί, Popi Asteriadi, Keti Homata, A.Terzis, Nikos Hatzopoulos and many others. Also has also taken part in an abundance of instrumental projects of easy listening, folk and ethnic music etc, so much as a bass player as well as a programmer- arranger. • He has been gigging in hundreds of concerts all over Greece with bands of the alternative rock scene (Flowers Of Romance, Slow Motion (3), Exis (2), etc.), as well as with entertaining cover bands (Make My Day, Downtown Beat, ect), • As a composer and arranger: in collaboration with Stavros Mouflouzelis under the name Les Ombres (2) with the projects Broken Wings (1991),Traveling (1992) and Night Flight (1994) in the style of new age, ambient και ethnic music. Member of September Code since 1998. Also a member of Dimitris Monn Trio, a jazz – fusion project As a Tutor In addition to his musical activity he teaches electric bass in Conservatories and in private since 1992, having developed a personal method of teaching, that is based on the one hand on the modern perception of music and on the other in the wide use of modern technology (computer, sequencers and special programs). As a result of this is his book BASS from Intro in Coda – 2 volumes Since 2000 he teaches in the Musical Praxis Conservatory Since 2001 he is a member of Registry of Guitar Tutors with dozens of successful students in all Grades and in Teaching Diploma Courses