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Jonas Tamas - Instrumental Rock Guitar on iTunes



Last Updated: 10/28/2009

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City: Budapest
Country: HU

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August 25, 2009 - Tuesday 



There is a new interview with me on Shredknowledge.com, check it out.
What gear do you use live and to record?

I have quite a few guitar, but my favorite is a Samick Artist Model. This is the red one on my album cover. It is the most comfortable instrument I’ve ever played on - and I played a lot of guitars I can tell ya! Sometimes I’m also using my Fender Strat for cleaner or crunch-type tones. During the recording of my album I used a Fibenare sevenstring guitar on 3 songs: “Tight Squeeze", “Stormbeaten” and “Golden Sun”. I use mostly Marshall amps, and sometimes my Boss GT-3 effects processor too. Of course I add some other effects (compressors, digital delay, etc.) in the studio, but live it is only overdrive and a bit of delay plus my good old wah.

How did you get so good?

Thanks a lot man! In my opinion, it is a combination of numerous factors. First of all, if you want to be good on any instrument, you have to know all the aspects and areas of the music theory. It just won’t work without it - you might have good chops without it but after reaching a certain level you may find yourself in a deadlock, because the lack of theory will keep you from playing freely in a more complex musical environment. In the second place, it is crucial to keep going and never give up your goals. And of course you have to...

Read the whole interview on Shredknowledge.com:
http://www.shredknowledge.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=497:great-sk-interview-with-jonas-tamas&catid=112:artist-spotlight&Itemid=259









There is a new article about me & my guitar playing on Stringworks.ch - check it out:
http://www.stringworks.ch/whos-playing-3-jonas-tamas

If you speak German then you'll like it.

The also wrote a review on my album 'Sharp Guitars From a Flat Planet':
http://www.stringworks.ch/jonas-tamas-sharp-guitars-from-a-flat-planet

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July 31, 2009 - Friday 




Cool review of 'Sharp Guitars From a Flat Planet' in Guitar Noize!

"...His fast Satriani-esque legato phrases fuse into fast picking sections reminiscent of John Petrucci and Yngwie Malmsteen but Jonas has much more to offer than speedy playing and flashy tapping, Jonas has a some great melodic ideas too...."

See the whole review in GuitarNoize:

http://www.guitarnoize.com../blog/comments/jonas-tamas..-sharp-guitars-from-a-flat..-planet/

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July 28, 2009 - Tuesday 





Great review of 'Sharp Guitars From a Flat Planet' in the Italian guitar magazine Guitarchef.
5/5 points !!

"Arriva da Budapest il nostro eroe Jonas Tamas e ci presenta un album veramente bello e interessante, pieno zeppo di melodie e progressive melodico! L'iniziale Zenith colpisce subito l'ascoltatore per la bella melodia, canzone perfetta per aprire un disco di questo genere. In questo album possiamo notare influenze di Patrick Rondat, Malmsteen, Petrucci, Vinnie Moore ma Jonas riesce comunque a fare sua la musica..."

Read the full review here:

http://guitarchef.t35.com/reviews.htm
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July 13, 2009 - Monday 
My song Golden Sun is featured on the brand new shred guitar compilation, Shredding Across The World Vol.3.

Volume 3 is, of course, the third volume in the Shredding Across The World series by Shredguy Records. On this volume seventeen guitar players are featured! Including Chris Lasegue (Jag Panzer), Adrian English, Kendall Bechtel (Fifth Angel), Tracy G (ex-Dio), Chris Sheridan (Sweet Savage), Rob Johnson (Magnitude 9 and Saddleback Shark), Sean Baker, Matthew Mills, Gary Schutt, Dannyjoe Carter (Guitar World July 2008 world's fastest living guitar player), Steve Bello, Richard Tull (ex-Phantom X), the phenom from Ireland Andrew Danso, Lino, Claudio Cruz, Jonas Tamas, and a special bonus demo instrumental track from shredder Chris Storey (ex-All Shall Perish). Additonal musicians include Ray Luzier (Korn), Merlyn Kelly (Gwen Stafani solo), Op Sakiya (Heir Apparent), Charlie Giardina (Eric Martin band) and master session drummer John Wooten. Shredguy Records president Michael McDowell says, "We have another killer volume of shred guitar! All instrumental this time. It's great to see Kendall Bechtel of Fifth Angel putting together a great instrumental track, as it is for Chris Lasegue of Jag Panzer. These guys are mostly noted for being great songwriters in two great vocal groups, but they show their chops as well as their great writing on this CD. Plus all the shred guitar fans are waiting for the track from underground legend and Guitar World magazines fastest living guitar player Dannyjoe Carter and the track that the "mad scientist of shred" Adrian English has cooked up!" Instrumental Guitar (Electric (Heavy)/Shred/Heavy Metal), total running time, 68:02

 Produced by MIKE McDOWELL

 © 2009 Shredguy Records

Click here to preview the songs:
Shredding Across The World Vol.3




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June 19, 2009 - Friday 
Jonas Tamas - Sharp Guitars From a Flat Planet
Album on iTunes - check the songs out: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=312570218&s=143441

Melodic progressive metal guitar for fans of John Petrucci, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. Go to iTunes now and within a few minutes you can listen to the entire album.

Of course if you prefer a physical CD version, then you can get the album on CDBaby. You can download the mp3 version there too.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/tamasjonas

Everybody who buys or downloads the album on CDBaby is entitled to get the free bonus pack (bonus track and TABs).

The response has been great so far, if you scroll a bit down on the CDBaby page, you can check out all the reviews of the purchasers of the album.

All the best and keep the shred alive!





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June 5, 2009 - Friday 

Digital download! From now on you can download my full album 'Sharp Guitars From a Flat Planet' (plus info and cover art) on http://cdbaby.com/cd/tamasjonas for only 9.97 - go and check it out, and within a few minutes you can listen to my entire album!

And everybody who downloads the album on CDBaby is entitled to get the free bonus pack (bonus track and TABs) - just contact me and I'll send you the link.




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May 29, 2009 - Friday 
If you copy the code below and paste it to your MySpace page
or other sites, then this cool banner appears, and if your visitors
click on it, then my CDBaby page opens in a new window.

Thanks in advance for spreading the word.

















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April 27, 2009 - Monday 
Hey my friends,

I have great news: my instrumental guitar album is back on stock, and it is available on CDBaby!

The album contains 12 instrumental guitar songs, melodic progressive hard rock style (in the vain of John Petrucci, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani) and has over 64 minutes running time.
You can listen to sound clips of all the 12 songs here:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/tamasjonas

I've made some new guitar lessons (mp3+TAB+detailed explanation). You can find it in my Facebook Notes (among other news and info).
http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Jonas-Tamas/27653497350?v=app_2347471856

I have a new Canadian fan page, check it out. There are 3 brand new guitar exercises there as well, made exclusively for this site.
http://jonastamas.ladeeart.ca/

Listen to the songs of my band Wind's Eye on CDBaby - you can get the album here:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/windseye
This album is on iTunes as well!

Cheers & thanks
Jonas


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April 16, 2009 - Thursday 
Hi folks,

I have two pieces of interesting news for you:

My band (Wind's Eye) has released a concept album, called 'The City". It is a progressive rock album with great vocals, catchy choruses, interesting tonal and rhythm changes and diverse moods. You can preview all the 9 songs of the album here:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/windseye


About my instrumental guitar solo record: "Sharp Guitars From a Flat Planet" has great sales figures so far. It is unbelievable - all the many CDs I've sent to CDBaby in the first big package, were sold out in the first 24 hours, in spite of sending a
pretty high amount in the initial set.



No problem - the next, even bigger package of CDs is already on the way and will arrive within a few days to CDBaby!



So of course you can order the album now: just go to http://cdbaby.com/cd/tamasjonas and simply write in your e-mail address and name in the box on the left
column of the CDBaby page, then click on 'Email me when it returns' -
and within a few days the new stock arrives and CDBaby will notify you
to place your order, then CDBaby ships the album to you immediately.



That way we could always know in advance, how many CDs should we send in the next packages to CDBaby.



Please encourage your friends to check out both albums!




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April 10, 2009 - Friday 


Hi,

I have great news: my instrumental guitar album has been released, and it is available on CDBaby!

You can order the album here:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/tamasjonas

The
interest on this album has been huge, and I'd like to thank you all for the support and the kind words! I hope you will like the music. The album contains 12 instrumental guitar songs, and has over 64 minutes
running time.

Because of the high interest, there are lot of CDs in stock, so CDBaby can ship immediately now. We are continuously manufacturing new sets of CDs, so if you are going to http://cdbaby.com/cd/tamasjonas and you see a 'CD coming back in stock soon' then just simply write in your e-mail address and name in the box, then click on 'Email me when it returns' - and within a few days the new stock arrives and CDBaby can ship the album to you. Please do this so that we know, how many albums we have to produce and ship.

I hope that you will enjoy the album, it is a really exciting time for me!

Cheers
Jonas


P.S.
Please tell your friends about the album, and post the ordering link on your page or on forums. I would highly appreciate any help & support
to spread the word.
And that's not all - a special access code (entitling for free download of a bonus track) will be given to anyone, who supports me promoting this album.


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