Tasos Peppas is a drummer, composer, author, and teacher. He was born in Piraeus, Greece. His first experience with drums came at the age of 9. During his teenage years, he played in various school bands such as Psychoanalysis, Earth Majesty, Mosquitoes, and Athorivoi while taking drum lessons with his first teacher, Nikos Beveratos.
Member of the band Ypogeia Revmata
In 2000, he began lessons with several Greek drummers, including, Stratos Sidereas, Nikos Touliatos, Nikos Kapilidis, Kal Drako, and Serafim Bellos. Since 2003, he has been a member of the famous Greek rock band Ypogeia Revmata and has performed concerts in Greece and Europe. He has recorded eight albums with the band.
Studies with Yannis Stavropoulos
In 2004, he started his studies at the Modern Music School of Athens with Yannis Stavropoulos as the director of studies and graduated in 2007. During this time, he attended seminars by Greek and international musicians such as George Kollias, Nikos Sidirikastritis, George Palamiotis, Sami Amiri, Dom Famularo, Thomas Lang, Jojo Mayer, and many others.
Thanos Mikroutsikos concerts Tasos Peppas
Since 2005, he has collaborated in the studio and in concerts with various Greek artists, including Thanos Mikroutsikos, Giannis Kotsiras, Christos Thivaios, Giannis Koutras, Thanos Anestopoulos, Ilias Pantoleon, Vaggelis Kazantzis, Apostolos Kaltsas, Apostolos Rizos, Anemos, Trifono, Nikos Xydakis, Stavros Siolas, Sassa Papalamprou, Alexandra Papastefanou, Alcestice, Kostas Dimouleas, A Des Potes, Trouble Sleep, Rot, and Spiritual Evolution.
Teaching at the H.A.E.F. College Conservatory
In 2007, he became a member of the progressive band Chewing Gun and recorded two albums with them. In 2010, he attended drumline courses with Spyros Dorizas. Since 2011, he has been teaching at the H.A.E.F. College Conservatory. Since 2015, he has been a member of the nu-jazz band Iota, and they have released two albums.
Flexible Time
He is an official endorser of MCHdrums, R sticks drumsticks, Skygel, Cympad and Flix. In 2022, the author, -published the Flexible Time method and launched the website Flexibletime. The curriculum of the homonymous method is aimed at all musicians who want to deepen their knowledge at rhythm and elasticity. The Flexible Time method is divided into two core categories. The first category is for musicians who want to deepen their knowledge at Rhythmology. The second category is for drummers who want to deepen their knowledge at Rhythmology, while working on essential tools that are vital for the development of a drummer.
