@@lxxwj Practice NEW STUFF every week AND practice every day for 6+ hours. Staying uncomfortable and learning new stuff that you can't do yet is key. I struggle with it because it's easy to play the shit that you already know and jam over changes you already mastered. One thing I do is write down on a list the things I need/want to learn and always start the practice sesh with something from that list. Then I get to improvising because it's more fun and maybe also a little easier.
Good eye - you can tell from the body language that he is relaxed - light grip on the pick, light touch on the fretboard. I am sure he has natural talent, but he could not have done this without discipline and technique.
I think this cover is totally nuts and this guy is a crazy good player. But I don't think he has such good economy. Not that this is important, because i feel like there are a lot of guitarists that dont have a good economy of motion, but are still really fast and precise players,such as this guy. But if you wanna see some crazy economy of motion check out rick graham on yt. I am not saying that I am an expert at guitar, and my comment should not be seen as critique because that guy is amazing,I just want to show you another great yt guitarist you might like/ who might blow your mind : D
@@lucaandre723 he is definitely a good player. Satriani told him on a cover he did that he brought one of Satch’s songs to an entirely new level. Pretty high compliment from another solid experienced veteran musician!
As a random guy on the internet take this as seriously as you like. But as a fully realized jazz guitarist it's actually not that hard if you transcribe solos and learn tunes all the time! But the fact this solo translates to guitar with considerable ease is astonishing i agree!
I can't imagine learning something this hard and not memorizing it along the way lol I'd be way more impressed if he was reading this off a page, like "yea I've played it a couple times, I got the gist of it". (Not that I'm not already really impressed)
I typed "lingus solo on guitar" for fun in the search bar, i didn't think someone did it for real!! that's so crazy dude, you're sooo freaking good man!
@@christophegragnic8681 Jonathan Asperil's is the first I saw a couple years ago. I was blown away. Though I like that Josh throws in some of his own soloing in the last few bars of this one!
TBF, there are some patterns that are easier on the guitar than the keys. Like the descending chord patterns that only just change frets. Even though that says how crazy Henry's solo is, this is still CRAZY HARD.
@@joshmeaderofficial World class flow here in your playing. Idea: ask Rick Beato to write your a piece of music to play. He has a unique combination of advanced harmony modern classical, soundtrack music but he's also a guitarist with thorough knowledge of rock and jazz. Maybe you could do a collaboration. He could write the piece and also backing music, maybe something symphonic sounding , soundtrack type orchestrations. Also a collaboration with Charles Berthoud. or maybe all three of you.
Thank you for providing me wrong that no one can do this solo a justice. Guitar and piano gods would be proud of you. I can’t imagine how many hours you put into your guitar in general. A lot of love and respect from India 🇮🇳 ❤
I’d like to say, as someone who like many of you had never heard of this guy Joshua Meador before finding this video, if you aren’t going to his channel and checking out his original material, you’re just missing out! Fantastic musicianship here!
Don't mind me. I'm just here for my daily dose of awesome. Also: a shame I cannot like this more than once. Really outstanding performance. 10/10. Will come by tomorrow too.
I listen to so much technical death metal and technical music in general that sometimes I forget just how difficult this stuff really is, even though I hear many people playing super fast stuff all the time that it starts to sound like the norm. But this one had me sitting here with my mouth completely open in shock. Cannot imagine the practice you had to put into this. Amazing work.
you have insane tallent. I know its thousand of hours of commitment, you are great guitarist. I love jazz and metal. If you play in metal band I bet you would be on Metal Hammer front cover on every issue.
@@babinm I am pretty sure he has already developed a VERY strong improv repertoire. Notice the little improv at the end of this doozy transcription. I doubt he was reading this and just had it memorized after hours of transcribing. Absolute beast.
Keep growing your online presence man! you're probabliy the best guitarrist I've seen, if you keep posting consistently you'll get the thousands of subs you deserve. By the way, do you plan on posting any video on music theory, neck visualization, improvisation, ect.? I'd love to see your approach on any topic.
he should get in touch with the guys from Lost Symphony , it's putting together all the best guitarists that no one has heard of with the metal drummer from all that remains did a few tracks too... Marty Friedman is on one track... right now it's Oli Hebert, Matt Lapierre, Kelly Kereliuk, and Conrad Simon!!@!!! who is unheard of and really epic he's from near where i am from in NB canada he teaches theory at a jazz school for years now in montreal.
Its true. I've been around. I was a professional guitarist for 10 years and have spent 15+ years learning all kinds of wild shit from virtuosos around the world....and still, this guy impresses the hell out of me. The shadowing of this solo was immaculate, and some really solid stuff on his other content, as well.
Incredibly smooth. I'm losin' my mind boppin along with ya! I didn't see this transcription for sale on your site. I would pay good monies to commit the rest of my quarantine to learning this at half speed
Man, that is amazing. You give me goosebumps just like the first time I heard Lingus. Such an awesome solo. I can't believe someone could play that solo as beautiful as it is but on guitar, but here you are proving me wrong. Amazing man, just a..ma..zing.. Good job.
Maaaan! That was F*CK'N awesome! The time you spent learnin' every single note of that solo...you got my total respect as a guitarist & a musician. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!
Shit. Been trying to do this for a year and didn't know there was somebody who already did the listening work. Not only that, but I can't begin to say how good it is. You're insane man.
I sent this to my sister and the first thing she said was, sounds like Chick Corea! I don't think she knows anything about Romantic Warrior, but apparently she has good ears!
Absolutely insane ! I listened to this solo on the original recording so many times but hearing and seeing it played on the guitar, I felt like the first time I heard it all over again. You got me literally standing up at the end, pumped as hell ! 🔥
love the addition of guitar to the original solo, makes it sound so full, and joshua's picking style is soooo profoundly relaxed and graceful, it is obviously effortless for him, so he can focus on the fiery emotion of this crazy solo by cory
Bravo! Bravo. Cory would be floored and honored. That solo reached the heights of Chick Corea, Beck, Herbie and Keith Jarret in one full sweep. Well worth imitating.
It goes dwaoww, dwyuh daww, de du de di da da de dawww, da doodle du dede du dede dadududadudu daddlin dup, doodoodoo, WEEEYUUhh, WEEEYUUhh, WEEEyap diddleyap dup di de daow, de ne naw bibdelebapdo deeowww diddle dddeeowwwww doodle ooooooo (doodle dooooo) easy
The world is full of amazing guitar players, but your technique stands out as exceptional Joshua. I have never seen such fluid and relaxed picking, even at breakneck seed. And your fretting hand... Thanks for sharing your music.
So many questions... How can you memorize so many notes? And with the correct timing? And play the whole thing in a single take? How much time to nail it? Seriously, man. The guitar world is about to be redefined before and after you. Time will tell!
@@markpfeffer7487 it would take you about a bit over 6 hours to learn the whole thing, that's actually pretty incredible if you ask me. 6 hours is little to nothing to spend to learn such a solo.
You’re right. But 6 hours at 30- 50 per cent. Bringing it up to speed is where the right hand memorization and economy is introduced. Btw, it’s not a linear 6 hours, think of it as maybe 30 minutes of good learning each day ( 24 secs of the chart) relearned together each day with the new 24 seconds forming SECTIONS, and so forth, until you loosely learn the whole thing. Then go back and POLISH each section. Remember, you also have to be maintaining the rest of your repertoire as well!
Joshua, thank you for this astonishing gift. The blend of the guitar and synth creates an atmosphere of superhuman speed and beauty! Rick Beato and John McLaughlin would be proud.
It’s very interesting being able to watch this on guitar as a guitarist. I am much more familiar with guitar modes, scales and chord shapes than I am with piano. Being able to see it on guitar just drives home how totally insane this solo is. The continuous modulations and modal changes are mind blowing.
So this is him, the guy who listened to Cory Henry's solo more than everyone else.
He is worth half the views in that video
Lmao
He ate the song
Nope! One time was enough to memorize it! ;-))))
Do I sense HATERADE?? This guy NAILED a very long, technically excellent, musical, improvised solo! Give props to him for that. Can YOU play it??🧐
Now we just need someone who will cover Larnell Lewis' part on the cajon
Or on keyboards 🤣
bet.
Imma learn it
😂😂💯
Even better, with two pens and a desk
@@chrispysaid oh god-
Four minutes of solo, without interruption nor mistake. Are you human? This has to be one of the most impressive things I've seen on TH-cam
Just found by chance and feel the same. Science should study their guy's brain and central nervous system
practice 6+ hours a day and you can play like this too!
And It isn't even the whole solo
@@lxxwj Practice NEW STUFF every week AND practice every day for 6+ hours. Staying uncomfortable and learning new stuff that you can't do yet is key.
I struggle with it because it's easy to play the shit that you already know and jam over changes you already mastered. One thing I do is write down on a list the things I need/want to learn and always start the practice sesh with something from that list. Then I get to improvising because it's more fun and maybe also a little easier.
yeah its actually insane how clean every single note is
Not a guitarist, but dear lord, that economy of motion.
Seriously tho..he is super efficient with his playing style!
Good eye - you can tell from the body language that he is relaxed - light grip on the pick, light touch on the fretboard. I am sure he has natural talent, but he could not have done this without discipline and technique.
@@harrassee Technique is simultaneously the easiest and hardest part of musicianship.
I think this cover is totally nuts and this guy is a crazy good player. But I don't think he has such good economy. Not that this is important, because i feel like there are a lot of guitarists that dont have a good economy of motion, but are still really fast and precise players,such as this guy.
But if you wanna see some crazy economy of motion check out rick graham on yt.
I am not saying that I am an expert at guitar, and my comment should not be seen as critique because that guy is amazing,I just want to show you another great yt guitarist you might like/ who might blow your mind : D
@@lucaandre723 he is definitely a good player. Satriani told him on a cover he did that he brought one of Satch’s songs to an entirely new level. Pretty high compliment from another solid experienced veteran musician!
He even plays the trumpets parts and adds his own solo😭...insane
And then threw a little solo at the end you let you know he's a beast on his own. Nice.
I saw that, too. Wowzers!
Caught it. What an amazingly piece of work.
The chops are crazy of course, but what's amazing to me is that he actually memorized all that.
With enough repetition...
As a random guy on the internet take this as seriously as you like. But as a fully realized jazz guitarist it's actually not that hard if you transcribe solos and learn tunes all the time! But the fact this solo translates to guitar with considerable ease is astonishing i agree!
I can't imagine learning something this hard and not memorizing it along the way lol I'd be way more impressed if he was reading this off a page, like "yea I've played it a couple times, I got the gist of it". (Not that I'm not already really impressed)
@@mikeischangingplaces exactly
He transcribed, wrote it out and the rehearsed it. He didn’t do it from ear memory piece by piece
How the hell is this possible without any shortcuts and missed notes... Absolutely incredible and one of the coolest things on guitar I've ever seen.
That was more notes than I played all year. Devastatingly good.🤯
That's more notes than I've played in 45 years .
Lol
The lack of shortcuts you allowed yourself to adapt it to guitar, is just *shocking* and the result is _beautiful_ . Thanks a lot for the hours man.
Great compliment.
I typed "lingus solo on guitar" for fun in the search bar, i didn't think someone did it for real!! that's so crazy dude, you're sooo freaking good man!
Someone ? It’s THE guy.
There's this one too: th-cam.com/video/Ip43qxs6H4Y/w-d-xo.html Very nice.
@@christophegragnic8681 Jonathan Asperil's is the first I saw a couple years ago. I was blown away. Though I like that Josh throws in some of his own soloing in the last few bars of this one!
Same
@@spacevspitch4028 Yeah, I think Josh’s is more impressive and smooth, that’s my take ;) jazz guitarists are master shredders.
This is honestly the most impressive thing I've ever seen played on a guitar.
TBF, there are some patterns that are easier on the guitar than the keys. Like the descending chord patterns that only just change frets. Even though that says how crazy Henry's solo is, this is still CRAZY HARD.
Rumour has it, when he finished playing this the words “ GAME OVER” appeared in the air and this guy vanished into the aether
:D
😂
Ah I see... seeing the solo played on an instrument that makes sense to me I can now appreciate how it still makes no fucking sense to me 😅👌
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😵😵😵😵 damn I damn near died laughin 💯😂
You win the TH-cam comments section as far as I'm concerned. It's funny but it's also such a genuinely great point.
I spit out my beverage.
Wow you must really not understand this instrument if this amateur solo makes no sense to you .
@@topnug7626 thanks man, that information proves to be useful to us
Glad you uploaded this in full, trying to gather 5 phones to play one instagram video after another with no pause was proving difficult.
Bahahaha I gotchuu bro 👍
@@joshmeaderofficial World class flow here in your playing. Idea: ask Rick Beato to write your a piece of music to play. He has a unique combination of advanced harmony modern classical, soundtrack music but he's also a guitarist with thorough knowledge of rock and jazz. Maybe you could do a collaboration. He could write the piece and also backing music, maybe something symphonic sounding , soundtrack type orchestrations. Also a collaboration with Charles Berthoud. or maybe all three of you.
This dude is from the same Universe as Holdsworth & Lane! Simply Amazing.
Another alien has arrived along with Cory Henry. You are absolutely amazing! Congratulations.
He is really amazing but improvising this is a lot different harder from just learning and playing it.
@@ayoadebiyi6121 I hope you listened his short impro at the end 😮
@John Thijm Thijm surely ;)
@John Thijm Thijm jazz sweep picker, we surely can say that !
@@St3ph4n3 everything ive heard from him is amazing. Cory henry keyboard chops on guitar?? I would of never thought it was a guitar.
The rhythmic precision is something my brain can’t comprehend. Insanity
when homie started hitting the chords at 0:51 I fell out of my seat. PS I was sitting on the ground
patxmcq fell out of the world
Right?! That he was not only able to figre out the crazy voicings of those chords, but then be able to seamlessly play them... Damn!
@@jet_yb when you mine under bedrock
Lol
you fucking no clipped lol
Imagine getting through that first part and messing up on the horn section haha
Joshua, I think you're starting to get the hang of it.
he’s gettin there
This man needs to be put on the Guinness World Records for doing this!! Amazing cover! ❤
I can only imagine the patience it takes to memorize this. This is definitely one of the craziest solos I've ever heard.
Thank you for providing me wrong that no one can do this solo a justice. Guitar and piano gods would be proud of you. I can’t imagine how many hours you put into your guitar in general. A lot of love and respect from India 🇮🇳 ❤
being a guitar player this makes Cory's solo even more insane to me. Great work dude!
Possibly the most impressive guitar video of be seen on TH-cam. It’s flawless
I’d like to say, as someone who like many of you had never heard of this guy Joshua Meador before finding this video, if you aren’t going to his channel and checking out his original material, you’re just missing out! Fantastic musicianship here!
I hardly ever leave comments but this... This is insane!🤯
For some reason seeing the notes on the guitar makes what Cory did even more impressive! Hats off to both of you
I can only handle watching this through once a year. See you back in 12 months.
Enjoyed the bonus in the last 20 seconds!
Dude. This is incredible. Fucking bravo.
I can't for the life of me remember when I was this impressed. I just.. wow!
I do not believe what I just saw. You must be playing a trick on my ears and eyes.
When "The Matrix" style "I know Kung Fu" style skill upgrades are a thing, I want this one.
My jaw hits the ground every time I listen to Joshua. On the highest level, his play is, yes!
World’s greatest chops. Keep grinding, legend!
Don't mind me. I'm just here for my daily dose of awesome. Also: a shame I cannot like this more than once. Really outstanding performance. 10/10. Will come by tomorrow too.
dude this is mind blowing. The effort u would have put in. Holly shit
The capacity of humans to do amazing things is on full display here. That was awesome.
That chord section is killer. I looked forward to that, and you did not disappoint.
I listen to so much technical death metal and technical music in general that sometimes I forget just how difficult this stuff really is, even though I hear many people playing super fast stuff all the time that it starts to sound like the norm. But this one had me sitting here with my mouth completely open in shock. Cannot imagine the practice you had to put into this. Amazing work.
This is pure legit Gold !! Outstanding !
Why doesn't this have more views??? THIS is perfection
you have insane tallent. I know its thousand of hours of commitment, you are great guitarist. I love jazz and metal. If you play in metal band I bet you would be on Metal Hammer front cover on every issue.
👾💯👋
this is one of the most amazing things I've ever witnessed, congrats my man!
As a wise man once said
"this is way above my pay-grade..."!!! 🤖
Lazy man*
i love that reaction lmao
michael!!
Oh yeah that was a great reaction by Michael
what is most accurate and amazing is the timing,..
I mean this is insanely beautiful...
lol love how you play the horn licks in between.. you’re just showin off. sick transcription sounds awesome
Love this sometimes great readers aren’t great improvisers but hopefully with this skill level he can develop both.
It shows that he listens to the whole music, not just a particular instrument.
@@babinm I am pretty sure he has already developed a VERY strong improv repertoire. Notice the little improv at the end of this doozy transcription. I doubt he was reading this and just had it memorized after hours of transcribing. Absolute beast.
Golden. Just absolutely….golden. Mastered it. Well done.
This is encouraging. Wonderful technique, love the clean tone of the guitar, no hiding behind a bunch of FX and processing.
Ok boomer
That's an octave device, sounds like my Electro-Harmonix Nano POG. You can hear the fundamental of the Tele below it
Yoooo this is crazy… I’m speechless
Keep growing your online presence man! you're probabliy the best guitarrist I've seen, if you keep posting consistently you'll get the thousands of subs you deserve. By the way, do you plan on posting any video on music theory, neck visualization, improvisation, ect.? I'd love to see your approach on any topic.
he should get in touch with the guys from Lost Symphony , it's putting together all the best guitarists that no one has heard of with the metal drummer from all that remains did a few tracks too... Marty Friedman is on one track... right now it's Oli Hebert, Matt Lapierre, Kelly Kereliuk, and Conrad Simon!!@!!! who is unheard of and really epic he's from near where i am from in NB canada he teaches theory at a jazz school for years now in montreal.
He has almost 33k followers in Instagram. He's just new to youtube. subs are gonna blow up soon.
Its true. I've been around. I was a professional guitarist for 10 years and have spent 15+ years learning all kinds of wild shit from virtuosos around the world....and still, this guy impresses the hell out of me. The shadowing of this solo was immaculate, and some really solid stuff on his other content, as well.
The mental strength to play the solo, the horn soli, and to take some of his own at the end is astounding
Incredibly smooth. I'm losin' my mind boppin along with ya! I didn't see this transcription for sale on your site. I would pay good monies to commit the rest of my quarantine to learning this at half speed
This has to be the most awesome video I've seen in a while......... Great Work
Man, that is amazing. You give me goosebumps just like the first time I heard Lingus. Such an awesome solo. I can't believe someone could play that solo as beautiful as it is but on guitar, but here you are proving me wrong. Amazing man, just a..ma..zing.. Good job.
This is the top of guitar playing. Nothing can surpass this. 😮😮😮
3:30 whoa isn't that lucky, the highest note was the last fret possible haha
I wouldn't have been surprised to see him use another finger as an impromptu fret if he needed it.
Not only perfect memory and execution, but transcribing/figuring out the thing in the first place - especially all the outside stuff! Holy crap sir!
This kind of magick would have gotten you burned at the steak in the Middle Ages.
*edit - stake. Obviously stake.
Mmmm steak 🥩 🤤
😂😂😂
@@TakZIG11 bruh hahahaa
😂😂😂
@Kate Rodgers I like my burn medium rare 😀😀😂 happy Christmas
I just wanna say that I really appreciate how well intonated your guitar is specially at the higher frets.
If i was younger, i threw away my strat . . .
but i am 63, so i can stand this without crying!
What a giant.
Maaaan! That was F*CK'N awesome! The time you spent learnin' every single note of that solo...you got my total respect as a guitarist & a musician. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE!
Literally learned the trumpet parts too just to have something to do in between Henry's parts.
Shit. Been trying to do this for a year and didn't know there was somebody who already did the listening work. Not only that, but I can't begin to say how good it is. You're insane man.
Love it, 30 seconds in and I feel like I'm listening to something off of Romantic Warrior.
Ha, good point! Now I just hear Lenny, Chick and Al
Now that you mention it ...!
I sent this to my sister and the first thing she said was, sounds like Chick Corea! I don't think she knows anything about Romantic Warrior, but apparently she has good ears!
Absolutely insane ! I listened to this solo on the original recording so many times but hearing and seeing it played on the guitar, I felt like the first time I heard it all over again. You got me literally standing up at the end, pumped as hell ! 🔥
Incredible. Awesome, awesome playing. Great tone. Love your own little solo at the end. Echos of Holdsworth and Metheny
love the addition of guitar to the original solo, makes it sound so full, and joshua's picking style is soooo profoundly relaxed and graceful, it is obviously effortless for him, so he can focus on the fiery emotion of this crazy solo by cory
Holy cow.......... what's next? playing that backwards??
I am speechless. This is an incredible transcription
What human person does that? And how could anyone give that a thumbs down? Other worldly for sure.
Bravo! Bravo. Cory would be floored and honored. That solo reached the heights of Chick Corea, Beck, Herbie and Keith Jarret in one full sweep. Well worth imitating.
I barely remember Nothing else matters solo..
It goes
dwaoww, dwyuh daww, de du de di da da de dawww, da doodle du dede du dede dadududadudu daddlin dup, doodoodoo, WEEEYUUhh, WEEEYUUhh, WEEEyap diddleyap dup di de daow, de ne naw bibdelebapdo deeowww diddle dddeeowwwww doodle ooooooo (doodle dooooo)
easy
Cory’s solo on the keys was absolutely insane!!! Dude did it justice on the strings👏🏽👏🏽
WHAT? He’s playing the whole band of the Three Musketeers! in it with Chick, Pat and Herbie?✨⚡️🎸⚡️✨
The world is full of amazing guitar players, but your technique stands out as exceptional Joshua. I have never seen such fluid and relaxed picking, even at breakneck seed. And your fretting hand... Thanks for sharing your music.
0:39 oof that gave me goosebumps
The fact you covered this, made me appreciate the original even more. This is just superb. Beautiful and clean playing, simply wow.
Just INSANE! Congratulations! How long did you take to transcribe and learn this solo? You´re a master!
Insane. I never even imagined someone would try to transcribe that solo to guitar and play it flawlessly.
He’s also playing the Horn parts in between Cory Henry’s solo. Unreal.
Thank you for existing
This is... BRILLIANT! Do everyone really knows how crazy absurd this is?
Absolutely brilliant. Can't believe anyone would do this. Bravo Sir
It's inspiring and demotivating in the same time.
Couldn't agree more, man.
Same, bruh. Same.
It's inspiring?
I am in disbelief. This for sure is the most impressive guitar vid I’ve seen. Thanks for putting in the hours!!
- "Why do you think Joshua Meader is the most brilliant and talented 6-string guitar player in the world today ?"
- "Yes"
Cough mateus asato cough matteo mancuso
wow and with such a clean tone too, great job
This guys got such a high skill ceiling. This solo didn’t make a DENNNNTTTT
Jeez the fluidity this guy has on his guitar, and the sharp ear takes to get this solo down is just amazing.
Am i the only one with his mouth wide opened
Omg, this is Unbelievable 😱
This has to be the most impressive guitar video on the Internet.
So many questions... How can you memorize so many notes? And with the correct timing? And play the whole thing in a single take? How much time to nail it? Seriously, man. The guitar world is about to be redefined before and after you. Time will tell!
Practice. Ling Ling 40 hours a day.
Seriously wondering the same thing. It took me 10 minutes to lock down like an 8 second lick from this solo. So nasty.
@@markpfeffer7487 The more you do it the easier it becomes.
@@markpfeffer7487 it would take you about a bit over 6 hours to learn the whole thing, that's actually pretty incredible if you ask me. 6 hours is little to nothing to spend to learn such a solo.
You’re right. But 6 hours at 30- 50 per cent. Bringing it up to speed is where the right hand memorization and economy is introduced. Btw, it’s not a linear 6 hours, think of it as maybe 30 minutes of good learning each day ( 24 secs of the chart) relearned together each day with the new 24 seconds forming SECTIONS, and so forth, until you loosely learn the whole thing. Then go back and POLISH each section. Remember, you also have to be maintaining the rest of your repertoire as well!
makin me cry this guy. beautiful
Dude I'm dead. The whole neighbourghood is knocking at my door by the noise I've done. Man, just go back to your planet
Joshua, thank you for this astonishing gift. The blend of the guitar and synth creates an atmosphere of superhuman speed and beauty! Rick Beato and John McLaughlin would be proud.
That’s cool and all but I can play “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day.
It’s very interesting being able to watch this on guitar as a guitarist. I am much more familiar with guitar modes, scales and chord shapes than I am with piano. Being able to see it on guitar just drives home how totally insane this solo is. The continuous modulations and modal changes are mind blowing.