Jonas Tamas is a Hungarian composer and guitar player in the genres of prog, rock, djent, ambient. He has released 2 full albums and 4 EPs. His second album „Timeless Hour” has been distributed by the digital branch of Steve Vai’s Favored Nations label.
In his country, Jonas has organized 4 national guitar contests with famous judges (Andy Timmons, Jason Becker, Steve Lukather, Kip Winger, Pete Lesperance, Brett Garsed, Mattias IA Eklundh and Guitar World Magazine Editor-in-Chief Brad Tolinski.
Jonas has played on numerous albums together with Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, Night Ranger, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats), Gianluca Ferro, Alberto Rigoni, Phi Yaan-Zek, Tore Moren (Jorn Lande), Alex Ehrsam, Chris Lasegue (Jag Panzer), Tracy G (Dio), Rob Johnson (Magnitude 9), Ray Luzier (Korn), Brett Garsed, Troy Stetina, Andy James, Mattias IA Eklundh (Freak Kitchen), Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged), Mats Haugen (Circus Maximus), Thorsten Koehne (Eden’s Curse), Sergey Boykov and Mischa Mang.
He has also appeared on the Jason Becker and Marty Friedman guitar tuition packages, personally revised and supported by Jason Becker and Marty Friedman, where all proceeds from sales go to Jason Becker.
The new EP series of Jonas Tamas is called „The Four Seasons”. In this 4-part series, Jonas creates music for depicting each of the seasons.
Discography:
Sharp Guitars From A Flat Planet (2009)
Timeless Hour (2011)
The Four Seasons, Pt.1: Spring (2016)
The Four Seasons, Pt.2: Summer (2017)
The Four Seasons, Pt.3: Autumn (2020)
The Four Seasons, Pt.4: Winter (2022)
His new YouTube channel „Szólómánia” has accrued 6000 subscribers. The goal of this channel is to help Hungarian guitarists find their own voice and create music through teaching creative guitar soloing and making music theory accessible.
Official pages of Jonas Tamas:
http://jonastamas.bandcamp.com
http://facebook.com/jonastamas
http://youtube.com/jonastamas
http://szolomania.com
