ENDRIK ~ Listen to this lazy uninspired original compositionist .....

[Jayster]

[Twitch]

That was bad ass. There is some real talent out there.

[Chad]

And to think I have trouble singing while playing in "standard" style. That guy is playing drums on the guitar, two hand tapping, using the tuning keys as a whammy bar, etc. He should have also eaten a bologna sandwich then brushed his teeth while playing that......I'm sure he could have worked it in somehow.

[Snoogans]

Bloody hell...

[markD]

wow. that was awesome! not just the "technical" playing but the song was interesting too. VERY impressive!!

[Axegrinder87]

Awesome. I wonder when this slap guitar fad is gonna fade. Or is this the new form of virtuoso?

[Hellbat]

Blame Tommy Emmanuel and Andy McKee. Amplified Acoustic Stunt Guitar is the new Neoclassical Shred.

[Endrik]

No, blame flamenco players from hundred years ago and Michael Hedges.

Nice playing, with practice he would be pretty good, you know... doing all that while banging some bird and walking on hot coals at the same time.

Seriously though, many "Hedges-on-steroids" type of players were seriously misunderstood and overlooked about ten years ago. I played on the same festival with one of those dudes, my band was loud rock'n'roll, I played with my teeth, behind my back, twisted the guitar around my body, jumped all over the stage and did every other gimmick in the book while playing very fast cliché licks. I got high fives and the babes but that dude who kicked my sorry ass musically was booed on by leather jacket wearing agro metalhead douchebags, everyone else was getting shitfaced.

[Jayster]

Awesome. I wonder when this slap guitar fad is gonna fade. Or is this the new form of virtuoso?

I view it as a way for a solo performer to fill in the gaps, many players are very inventive with it! Not so much a gimmick or trick as a way to incorporate more percussive rhythm structures for the overall song....

No, blame flamenco players from hundred years ago and Michael Hedges.

Nice playing, with practice he would be pretty good, you know... doing all that while banging some bird and walking on hot coals at the same time.

Seriously though, many "Hedges-on-steroids" type of players were seriously misunderstood and overlooked about ten years ago. I played on the same festival with one of those dudes, my band was loud rock'n'roll, I played with my teeth, behind my back, twisted the guitar around my body, jumped all over the stage and did every other gimmick in the book while playing very fast cliché licks. I got high fives and the babes but that dude who kicked my sorry ass musically was booed on by leather jacket wearing agro metalhead douchebags, everyone else was getting shitfaced.

Hedges was awesome....

Now, the rest of your comment was pretty much right on. Chicks won't like the guy, cuz he aint pretty. Most genre listening folks won't get it either, there are some players out there trying to break some interesting music on the masses..... but the masses just seem to want cookie cutter formulaic same old same old.

I personally think most musicians would like to take more chances, but the industry/business doesn't support that, fucking shame.

Anyway, this guy has some great potential(of being completely overlooked).

Cheers

[Endrik]

True, me and the other guitarist in my band were the only true audience for that guy, we were just watching and listening in awe, the other folks were impressing themselves with their drinking skills.

[toejam]

Hedges was awesome....

Michael Hedges was a god!

[horns666]

Technically amazing..sonically boring.

I can listen to this while watching the weather channel, or at a coffee house ova a cup O' Joe (Toejam). But that's about it.

Honestly, this sounds like old people fuck..

[sixx_ gunner]

Very cool.
Thanks for sharing!
I am impressed.

[horns666]

...ehh..he needs a floyd rose. Then he's makin' soup..