Playing the impossible on guitar
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This guy is amazing, he can play like this and still find time to solve mysteries with his dog. Awesome dude
😂😂 I guess I'm the only one who got the joke! Scooby-Doo Where Are You! 🤣
this made me laugh so much hahaha
OMG! This comment wins the internet today! Funny A F. Yo.. .
😂😂😂
Hahaha!! I’m dying lol 😂
Iconic
🙏 👖
Wow marcin guus and misko all in mike dawes comment section
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wow marcin
I'm 64 and have been trying to play an acoustic for 40 years...I have never heard or seen anyone play so perfectly beautiful in my life...thank you Mike...
what is the name of the original song?
Have you not seen _Marcin_ ?
Look up Michael hedges, aerial boundaries
Alexandr Misko.. Kent Nishimura..
Check Cenk Erdogan! Same style, different scales, sounds amazing!
Dear lord, this was insane. If I played like this, I would literally live on a mountaintop and just play 24/7 while figuring life out and philosophizing.
"Amen".... No need to say more...!
damn man, i have been playing now for 16 or so years and youve made me appreciate the many hours ive spent doing exactly that
where i can see everything cause this paranoia is getting old "Shannon hoon"
And I'd pay to watch.
@@JohnMcintosh-dm1gn ❤️❤️😂😂😂
Legendary. One of my favorite songs ever
Thanks mate. Miss ya x
Уже? Так-то выложено 17 часов назад.
@Ruslan Panganiban Ну-у ла-адно...
Two of the best fingerstylists truly
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Enjoy this live playthrough of The Impossible, everyone. Do subscribe if you enjoy it and let me know what you think! Full note for note breakdown and more via the description
Obviously, Mike did all the camera work as well, given that it's PERFECT! Many thanks for being a huge inspiration!
Привет! Очень круто👍🙏 хотелось бы от тебя видеоуроков на композиции
Excellent and enjoyable performance. I am waiting for you to collaborate with Jon Gomm, but I may faint from excitement if you put out some music together.
ALL THE BEST...G-D BLESS YOU, Mike.
Id love to see your take on Entres Dos Aguas by Paco De Lucia. Beautifully played mate!
Holy moley, that's sensational. Mike you are an absolute genius. I have no words, just admiration. Wow.
I believe the reason this is called the impossible is because people do not understand the impossible amount of time and practice and dedication. It took to put a number like this together with a single user on a single instrument. This is absolutely staggering to watch.
Meh
@@SnazAttack-_- Don't be bitter because you're not able to accomplish the same level of mastery
@@dikkeoliebol Sorry if I came accross that way with the comment "Meh" it's just that I have seen players doing this and even more using voice technique as well, yes he is a good player, I cant take that away from him, but from my experience from what I have seen, he was average IMHO...
@@SnazAttack-_- well there's plenty of extremely well versed, accomplished and experienced producers that would beg to differ... Rick Beato would be the most obvious. I'd like to see these artists you refer to playing above and below a capo, using harmonics and mutes whilst doing multiple tapping percussion and singing? Feel free to share.
Jon gomm passionflower... Haven't seen any thing this rad since seeing this one. Well done dude.
As a fellow guitarist of roughly 15+ yrs, studying off and on... This is BY FAR the CLEANEST and most PURE sound I have EVER heard from a guitar player. Your technique is Flawless and you make it look so extremely effortless!! A true Master. I am privileged to have been able to witness your playing. Thank you so much for sharing your gifted talent with us all. Blessings to you, and I can't wait to watch more of your videos!! ❤
Probably the cleanest and purest sounding performances I've ever heard, absolutely amazing job!
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Most guitarists just wanna show-off what riffs they can play and how fast they can play it, but this is something totally different. This is a masterpiece, I can listen to this on repeat all day long. You can hear the creativity, the hard work, the talent, the thousands of hours he put in to get this good. And another thing that other guitarists lack is the ability to put emotion into their pieces, but Mike did it absolutely perfectly, you hear emotion from beginning to end. I will listen to this for as long as I live, I will never forget something this amazing
Took the words out of my mouth
@@schplok Oxycontin is one hell of a drug....
lol
I get what your saying but this and any other guitar playing is showing off if thats how you want to look at it through logical bias
It gave me chills listening to it the first time
@@Ragnacide Yeah, but other people don't play a song or anything, they just play a riff from a song that lasts for a few seconds...and it may sound cool sometimes but it's not something you'd go back to. This is something else though, you can listen to it many times and still like it. And the emotion in it is like it's telling a story, but a story that the listener writes for themselves.
This is not a exaggeration....
That is, hands down, the most beautiful song I, personally, have ever heard! It wasn't just hearing a tune. It was an.....experience! What an amazing creation! 👏
This is not only "making music", or "talent", or "skill". This is real art, passion and love for music and the instrument! WOW! Just WOW!
I love everything about this video!
Thanks Guus
Two of my biggest fingerstyle heroes in one comment section!!!!! I love you guys
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@@mikedawesofficial how many souls (besides your own) did you have to sell to get such a fire bargain from Luci🔥?
@@mikedawesofficial yea, I really like watching you do that thing you do, also enjoy Eugene Edwards play lead and riffing. If you two ever collab, it might be really cool.
Everything you do on a guitar is "Impossible" for 99.99% of the population. Love it!
I actually calculated it and yup
You really think 1 in 10000 people could play this? I think more like 99.99999% impossible
@@brendanerskine4158 this is accurate!
99.99% sounds like too much :)
It is accurate, if you are talking about only guitar players, not the population.
Simply incredible. I remember seeing Micheal Hedges live back in the '80's who played this style. Micheal has since passed away but listening to this style reminds me that REAL talent isnt always common place... thank you for posting.
Mike was sent to us from another world ! Cherish his gift 🙏
If I hadn't seen this as a video, I would have thought this soundscape was he result of multiple instruments and overdub recordings.
Fantastic sound and very dextrous work. Beautiful.
You have heard nothing yet..th-cam.com/video/nUtTfjq7CyU/w-d-xo.html
A single instrument with overdub or loop pedals isn't any better.
@@johnd5398 who is using that to perform🤣🤣😭?
I've been around music most of my life. I've played12 different instruments in total at one time or another. I had two uncles that had either a masters degree or doctorates in music. That being said. This has to be one of the most beautiful and relaxing musical performances I have ever heard. Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. I can literally sense the connection this man has with his guitar. I believe if it were any other guitar on the face of this earth he was playing, you wouldn't be witnessing any of this. Who is to say where another man's love should be? There is only one true connection of passion in this life, I think. I believe this one is his.
Sounds like you're quite accomplished. This, to me, isn't relaxing though. It's stirring and tense for the most part. That's the strange thing about music, people digest it differently.
Well put.
O geez , if you like this, you should listen to THE ROAD BEHIND by GWAR. it'll take you on a long journey down a lonesome highway. Like another waddle flappin on the ole turkey farm.
Couldn't agree more. You can see, hear and feel the connection he has with his guitar and music in general. People (e.g.: I) can own a lot of guitars, but there is that special one that connects with a person.He is a master both musically and technically!
@@dimcguy What happened to just playing an acoustic? This has more effects and filters than an e gurl.
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The level of precision in his playing is astounding.
It's a TOOL variation. Very cool thanks
Sam westphalen also
@Ray J Same. It inspires me to play, while at the same time making me want to just throw my guitar away lol
@Ray J I'm sure dude's been playing longer than 5 years.
Absolutely gorgeous. It's always amazing to see someone doing exactly what they were meant to be doing.
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Wow, if this guy took some lessons? he would be the best !
lol
The fact that I've seen this this multiple times, and it still blows my mind more and more, is just one example of your sheer genius!
Well, I'll be planting flowers in my guitar now. - This kind of talent for making beautiful music seriously borders on magic! -- Thanks Mike!!
he could start a religion , got the hair and beard already
it's how they all started
you could donate your guitar to the children and train them young to be as good as this guy!! ez money
Hahaha.. I feel the same way Buddy.
Just when I start think I'm getting pretty good. I watch this guy, and feel like a beginner again! Hahaha...
It doesn't border on it, it IS magic! And flowers are magic too, and if I were you, I would plant them in a pot and play my guitar to them :) Always remember, music is communication, not competition. I've been playing and singing for more than half a century and I'm absolutely stunned at what people like Mike can do with a guitar. It's not just technically incredible, it's mesmerisingly beautiful as well! And yet, I'm totally happy with what I can bring to this world. Go to my channel if you want to see and hear me.
@@yobrojoost9497 what a salesman.
What u have illustrated to me in a more refined manner than my life's experience so far understands with the sheer range a master of the guitar can perform on a single instrument - there are sounds that differ and originate from differing components of the device - and so each section of it can be performed on its own, and that makes distinctive sounds. Your natural orientation to this can be refined, not unlike a conductor, to put together a team of guitar genius that can play each section in a symphony of guitar magic like u display.
This is quite astonishing. A work of absolute genius
Unfathomable in it’s beauty. This is a marriage. A union. A symbiosis and a synthesis between man and musical instrument. That guitar was made for him. Very intricate and truly progressive. The guy is making golden fractals out of thin air. Record EVERYTHING. Don’t let it fall to the ground. I absolutely love this.
The most exceptional thing is that listening to the sound, without looking at the video, one is greeted by the music, easily without realizing the virtuosity. Really, really great👍
lmao its just one guy
You're absolutely right! The songs fluidity is seamless! Not one second of it do I hear a mere exercise in scales or practicing chords or anything conveying anything other than pure emotion and musicality! Absolutely beautiful melody!
You get it!
Yes!! Most of that sort of music tries way too hard to make the skill involved evident instead of trying to make it sound good first and foremost. It's a very rare thing to hear a piece that manages to showcase *both* extraordinary skill and lovely-sounding music.
@@Kazokano I agree with you
You are an incredible guitar player, man. Seriously. There’s such an over-saturation of shredders playing nowadays, it’s so nice, and refreshing, to see you shred in a different way. Great playing dude Jesus Christ
Nice comment!
yep Jesus Christ
is best gitar plying dude
yes, there's nothing worse than a million notes that say nothing at all.
The level of skill and the way he plays so naturally is beyond belief. Everything is perfectly clean
Love the high quality of this video, sound, lighting, technical ability, melody, phrasing. Everything spot on. Well done Mike. Very inspirational in a world growing increasingly dark.
Indeed...
Saw you last month in Denver - still so impacted and inspired by your and Tommy's performance. Magical stuff. Thanks for sharing your gift with all of us, Mike.
What amazing dexterity, sound, and ability to put new rhythmic dynamics together
Mike, just know that you are one uniquely gifted player of the guitar in the whole world.
its not a gift its extreme practice, dont be stupid
Absolutely incredible! Wow. The performance isn't just technically fascinating, but also the soul, the feel, the touch of the performer is undeniably great!
it is the space and time signatures. he flows with a total at one feel with the music and instrument,he could cram in so much more if he chose to but instead remains pure and true to the music,that is discipline only a few have,outstanding bravo
This was an ABSOLUTELY beautiful listening experience ... the passion expressed through Mike's entire being comes through in complex and masterful execution. BRILLIANT and WONDERFULLY MESMERIZING in every aspect!! 💕
I've played guitar for 40+ years, and I stink at it. The more I learn about the guitar, the more I realize how much I don't know. Mike Dawes & Tommy Emmanuel drive home that point. They're in a dimension of musical providence that most every other guitarist alive today can only dream of. And I believe they've just scratched the surface of the infinite creative possibilities of the guitar.
I was so dazed out that I actually drooled a little... This is incredible, great job dude. I immediately look at my guitar in the corner "why can't you do that"
Taylor, bud. But, yes!
Tell me you don't have a Taylor guitar without telling me you don't have a Taylor guitar. It says "TAYLOR" right on the headstock!
Don't ask him.. see your hand and ask yourself and your fingers that why can't you do that
@@akashramgarhiaa did you just assume the guitars gender??? Cancelled!!!
@@shadzudh it's upon you dude
What a wonderful start to my day. I've played it twice now, sharing it with my husband. We both agree, this is absolutely lovely.
AMAZING! I love the depth of his facial expressions as he plays!
Amazing skill creating very soothing music. I never knew that one could play above a capo. Love the mechanical clock ticking sounds along with the harmonics and spanish style etc.
Bravo.
Heavenly, unscripted, flowing from the soul. Playing the notes of feeling.....amazing🙏
man. I just love your music and how it influence me. your last album was something special but the first time I listened this song I felt like floating. thank you for sharing this incredible gift of yours. God bless you!
That was a beautiful story told by you through your acoustic, truly and thanks for sharing it !
This blew me away, im currently taking som kratom for my backpain, and i can honestly say that i felt good before listening to this but now i am in a different state and dimension thanks to this masterpiece.
Amazing talent 🙏
The new course on riffhard from you has made me come back to relearn this. Your attention to detail is unmatched
Thank you Luke
Incredible!
This is the first time I've heard a showy/ tappy/percussiony guitar song that would be just as beautiful to listen to withought the flashy visuals and knowledge of how its being played.
It's pure creativity that can stand on its own.
Pure talent, creating beautiful sound! I'm in awe!! 😍 You are amazing my friend! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is definitely the most interesting and satisfying style of guitar playing, really shows what can be done with this instrument…
Well done sir! Very talented
You had me a billion miles away. A musician whose outstanding technical ability doesn't get in the way of the music. - beautiful.
Mike makes the extremely difficult look casual and relaxing…and that is what a true master does. Wow💕
Mind blown! I've watched this 50 times and still can't get enough. Exceptional...
I had a gigantic smile on my face the entire time while watching this. Respect.
That really touched me. Your performance was beautiful and smooth and percussive and harmonical and ...... peaceful and soothing. You remind me of the late Michael Hedges, and there is no greater person to which I could compare you. You move in between the bends and arpeggiate in a manner which creates its own space that is pure and wonderful. I would go well out of my way and spend high dollars to see you perform in concert.
I remember seeing Stanley Jordan 30 years ago, and he had a guitar on a stand where he could just walk up to it, and he started playing the bass and the walkup guitar, and I had to shake my head sadly, because I knew that I could never aspire to that level of excellence. I feel the same when I watch you play.
After over 40 years of playing Strats, think I'll take up the triangle. This is from another planet! Masterful.
Let's here it for multi-planet cultural engagement.
Ithink il join you with the cowbell!
It's a copy cat
Look up Andy McKee
Check out Jon Gomm if you haven’t already. He sings while playing crazy stuff like this.
You should watch Alip ba ta from Indonesia,one of the best finger style guitarist of Indonesia 👍
Passion and love for the art. We are witnessing music made for us to enjoy from his soul. Beautiful.
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U reckon Preston reed wants a copy? I think so
Maybe next lifetime.
amazing fret work
bro, i havent heard behold the arctopus in years, well done on igniting the passion. mad respect on the cover
Don't have words just ❣️
This playthrough shows how much you have grown in the years. This version is so cleanly played and precise that it just gives me a hint of how often u must have performed this piece since u uploaded it the first time. It so on the spot, it is scary!
unbelivable!!!! This is awesome!!!! The passion you put in your playing is so inspiring! I have massive respect for the discipline you have to have put on this!
Became a new subscriber within seconds if hearing you play. OMG! I am so blown away by your playing, and I absolutely love this song. WIll definitely be playing it as part of my relaxation and bliss playlists. Pure perfection! ❤
You have indeed mastered your instrument, repect , love & peace phenomenal , thank you for your input 😢
the dynamics and the note choices just resonates with me.... just crazy and the triplet fill is so well placed..... very nice work
It's mesmerizing to watch you play this. Thank you for showing us
Amazing finger style playing and MIC acoustics for the special and percussive parts. Really enjoyed the song and how easy it looked for him to play that guitar. Thanks and take care.
I'm quite impressed by diversity in styles combination... Great to hear... Congrats Sir !
Sounds like an angel playing the guitar. God bless him.
Incredible to watch - or just to listen eyes closed. I can listen to this while working as well! Thanks for sharing!
This beyond of playing guitar, this is art
Beautiful and it’s amazing how Michael Hedges still holds the candle ❤️
Simply astounding. Such talent, his craftsmanship is much above others of his like. Would love to hear more from this gentleman. Music is Life and the Universal Language.
And math
I love hearing a guitar played this way. The unique characteristics of the notes and ecos or taps is comforting.
it's called reverb/delay. take it away and it sounds like tinny garbage
the man is a genius, seen him live countless times, always has something new, and I've seen them all, from '63 onwards, Mike is a god.
Sooooo....clean. Amazing to listen to!
Unbelievable! This is exactly what I needed today. Thanks for the inspiration!
Mike this is a video to every man that plays guitar to let them know there are levels… and most of us stand in awe below you. That’s so incredible I sat watching enthralled that one man made those sounds.
There's guitar playing and then there's guitar playing. An awful lot of mesmerizing skill and talent here. You usually know you're in for a performance when you see five fingernails on one hand each carefully shaped like guitar picks and five blunt fingers on the other hand. This artist takes it that much further with the percussion added. I loved it.
Great talent and originality. I love it!!! And done with such ease. Kudos
This man communicates through his guitar! Exquisite and beautiful!
Wow, that's impressive playing; he makes it look so easy. And good production quality too.
Mike, your music pleases my brain
In subtle ways I can’t explain.
Really no words can describe this gorgeous masterpiece.
Mike is one of only a few musicians that were able to carry on from where Michael Hedges started and develop a style of their own, even beyond what Michael achieved. My favorite thing about Mike is that the song always comes first, the technique is just a vehicle. I find many of the other players in a similar style have impressive technique, but can't write emotionally moving songs.
Very much agree with your observation.
What about Andy McKee? I think he is a great song writer too.
spot on
@@halnit777 He is one of the other few I would include. Saw him live several years ago, fantastic musician and songwriter.
@@Highcastle_of_Tone Thanks for reply, I'm jealous you saw him live. Awesome!
Heavenly sound ! Out of this world technique...superb !
This is what it's like to master your instrument and find your voice....2 journeys that can last a lifetime.🙏🎸
Totally amazing sounds kinda like tool
A masterclass in "let the music do the talking". Unadulterated talent meets sheer beauty
I've been shredding for 20 years and seen a lot of acoustic guys do tappy/pull off flashy stuff...this is amazing!!!
This is the most refreshing thing I have heard in a LONG time. Absolutely beautiful, so well written and executed. Amazing job dude! Kinda made me want to quit playing but you were great 😂
You inspired me to pick up the guitar again, your style is just amazing!
This is a masterpiece. This is not the most impressive thing I have seen in guitare but probably the most coherent. The guitar is litteraly a part of you. Everything is subtile and very well made. Nothing else to say but perfect.
Flawless performance. The guitar tone is beautiful, and the room sounds good too! Thanks for posting 👍🏻✌🏻🇨🇦
Beautiful. Tapping is one thing, making it musical, all the way.... is just another thing. Kudos, Mike!
We need more videos from you! Your take on Pierre’s music is by far the best on TH-cam.
Absolutely amazing -Beautiful 🦅💖🦅
Impressive sounds and musicianship, excellent stuff.
this is impossible to play.. you legend!
Not impossible I just watched him do it.
Absolutely insane. My brain was literally struggling to cope with what I was seeing and hearing for the first couple of minutes!! Beautiful piece of music expertly recorded too.
Sag, echt ?
Me too.
Absolutely beautiful!! Astounding skills, quite possibly the greatest living acoustic musician . Dude must shower and eat with this guitar. 🙏🏼 BRAVO !!
Absolutely remarkable talent and wonderfully clean and crisp sounding.