He was an amateur musician, playing the toumbi (drum), clarinet, and mainly the tsabouna. He taught himself the tsabouna and toumbi by observing his father playing the toumbi with another tsabouna player. He took clarinet lessons for a while when he was about 17 years old, and played it in the Navy Philharmonic during his military service. Starting at the age of 12, he mainly played during Carnival. His primary occupation was farming. In 1964, he emigrated to Australia, where he continued to play the tsabouna at baptisms, celebrations, and birthdays. He also performed music in various places in Greece.
