Alex Panagakis has completed the Music of the Spheres guitar course and took private tuition in technique, theory, improvisation and composition with John Mizarolli on and off for 10 years. The 2 tracks on this page are a colaboration and Alex played all the guitars. John produced, sang and wrote the lyrics. He's a guitarist from Greece with rich experience in performing, teaching  and recording, despite his young age. He has developed a formidable rock approach to guitar.

When Alex first came to England in 2004 to do a Music Degree at Kingston University, he approached legendary guitar player and teacher John Mizarolli for guitar and theory lessons. John’s tutoring coupled with Alexs amazing talent led him to be hand-picked by David Osbon, Head of Music of Kingston University to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 2 separate occasions aged just 18 years old. Due to Mizarolli's music theory course Alex was a quantum leap ahead of all the other students. During his Jazz Improvisation lessons at the University, the teacher didn’t even let him answer any questions on music theory! Cos' he'd spoil it for everyone else!

During his 3 years at the university, Alex gigged relentlessly across the rock and metal bars of London. It was during this time he met future Winter’s Verge bassist Miguel Trapezaris. Alex returned to Greece for the obligatory but much hated military service in 2007. His teaching career began at that same time, in his hometown of Athens.
        
After returning to the UK in 2009 and successfully completing a Master’s Degree in Music Education. Alex has also appeared in the Bollywood feature-film Cocktail and performed alongside Indian superstars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone in the film’s music scene. Continuing to teach and gig in and around London, Alex started expanding his repertoire to include styles like blues and classic rock, and in the summer of 2011 he joined a London-based blues band that included Nick Daperis, the original bass player of legendary Greek sixties outfit Peloma Bokioy.

2012 is clearly Alex’s year, as he has not only began recording his debut album in collaboration with John Mizarolli, with guest appearance by the aforementioned Miguel Trapezaris of Winter’s Verge  on bass guitar duties, but he is also working on another yet untitled Bollywood production, on which he was hand picked to give private lessons to India’s biggest ever superstar, namely Sharukh Khan. Check Alex and Sharukh at

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Mizarolli now considers Alex a contemporary guitar force to be reckoned with and a great representation of the future of rock guitar playing. There is a possibility that Alex will be introduced to Gus G, Ozzie Osbourne's new greek guitarman. Alex is now also studying Byzantine Music in Athens .... it's all Greek to me!