mike fageros
Welcome to the official Sound Click Home Page for Houston based Jazz Guitarist Mike Fageros.
Mike Fageros has studied jazz guitar for years and has performed with some of the great jazz legends of our times - Luis Gasca, Gary Burton, Marion Booker Jr., James Carter, Dr. Lonnie Smith and others.
The official website is www.mikefageros.com
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Studied with Roy Buchannan as teenager and attended the Baylor School of Music as well as McLennan Community College School of Music. Active musican since age 14 in many fields of music including R&B, Blues, Jazz and Pop.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yea, quite frequently. The Mike Fageros Trio regularly performs at local Houston Venues such as Cezanne, Eb5 Art Gallery, Salento's as well as others.
Your musical influences
My greatest influences today are Pat Martino, George Benson and John McLaughlin.
What equipment do you use?
Rickenbacker 360, Gibson 355, Ibanez Artist, Daion with Mesa Boogie, Peavey Chorus and Crate (tube) amps. I use different equipment depending on the type of gig and the room.
Anything else?
There are many different solutions available to the improviser that are available based on the diminished or augmented formulas, the 4 most commonly used minor scales, blues scales, bebop scales, the seven modes, cromaticism mathmatical sequences such as circle of 4th's or 5th's. Combining those techniques with intresting rhythms such as rhythmic displacement 3 or 6 over 4 or vice versa can lead the improviser in new directions.
