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 😂
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 ❤️❤️😂😂😂
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!! ❤
Iconic
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Wow marcin guus and misko all in mike dawes comment section
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wow marcin
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.
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! 👏
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.
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.
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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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!
Mike was sent to us from another world ! Cherish his gift 🙏
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.
Probably the cleanest and purest sounding performances I've ever heard, absolutely amazing job!
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His ability almost makes me cry. Jealousy is a total understatement.
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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.
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 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.
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 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.
You had me a billion miles away. A musician whose outstanding technical ability doesn't get in the way of the music. - beautiful.
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Wow, if this guy took some lessons? he would be the best !
lol
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.
Absolutely gorgeous. It's always amazing to see someone doing exactly what they were meant to be doing.
This is quite astonishing. A work of absolute genius
This beyond of playing guitar, this is art
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
The new course on riffhard from you has made me come back to relearn this. Your attention to detail is unmatched
Thank you Luke
AMAZING! I love the depth of his facial expressions as he plays!
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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 ❣️
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 👍
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
The level of skill and the way he plays so naturally is beyond belief. Everything is perfectly clean
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
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.
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
Sounds like an angel playing the guitar. God bless him.
It's amazing how all this sound comes out of 1 guitar...just listening, you would think its an ensemble
I can make toast.
Video or it didn't happen
I like eggs!!
I can eat toast
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.
Really glad to have been in the room filming for this. Good work Mike, and I’ll see you again soon I hope!
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.
The one man with his band of no see ems,truly an original......
What amazing dexterity, sound, and ability to put new rhythmic dynamics together
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.
A masterclass in "let the music do the talking". Unadulterated talent meets sheer beauty
Mind blown! I've watched this 50 times and still can't get enough. Exceptional...
The percussion parts are so good they seem like you’ve looped them
For real my brain can’t compute lol
I try to like it. Just never could like the sound of drumming on your guitar. Think it would sound so much better without.
@@EnlightenedSavage I could not agree more. I cannot stand drumming.
@@ronnyfromoz4879 I can stand a little bit, but Mike just does it all the time. I have to wade through it to get to all of his good stuff.
@@EnlightenedSavage Donkey.
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...
I had a gigantic smile on my face the entire time while watching this. Respect.
It was like listening to a different instrument altogether being played by a blessed soul..
2:50 that feeling when you are playing a song written by your favorite musician… and it is you.
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.
2:18 my favourite part
I have never heard a harmonic sound anywhere near as good as that. Holy crap they’re ringing out clearly
this is impossible to play.. you legend!
Not impossible I just watched him do it.
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.
That was a beautiful story told by you through your acoustic, truly and thanks for sharing it !
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.
I've played bass for 40 years and never realized there were that many harmonics on an acoustic guitar. Love it!
You've heard human you haven't heard the devil play..👻👻😂🤣th-cam.com/video/nUtTfjq7CyU/w-d-xo.html
I've been shredding for 20 years and seen a lot of acoustic guys do tappy/pull off flashy stuff...this is amazing!!!
That sounded amazing, and it was nice to see how all the sounds come from 1 person
honestly never noticed this button before. You are incredible. I have bought a couple of your albums but your youtube is the best on the net. Keep it up my friend. The world is better because of your art.
Thank you Jason, a really sweet message to wake up to today. Off to make something. Can’t wait to finish the next album…
Everything is transitory, but music is eternal. Bravo, maestro!
U have a nice profile pic.
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!
Pure talent, creating beautiful sound! I'm in awe!! 😍 You are amazing my friend! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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 🙏
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, unscripted, flowing from the soul. Playing the notes of feeling.....amazing🙏
Purely Magical
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!! 💕
Really no words can describe this gorgeous masterpiece.
This is proof of how unjust our world is, Mike should have been among the most famous and respected.
Across the whole art spectrum friend 🙏🏽 ✌️
Most people don't actually appreciate art, they just want to be entertained.
@@sgtjonmcc or, worse, follow the herd. "Did you hear X@#!? OMG, isn't it crazy?" They listen to whatever shit every other sucker does, only to belong to "the herd", which gives them a sense of "security in numbers". And it's because we've been producing mostly sheep for the past few decades.
What about cardi b?🤷🏼♂️
@@treclive hahaha, of all the people you had to choose that #@£&. You are smart though, because you know exactly the person I might hate the most.
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.
Sooooo....clean. Amazing to listen to!
Passion and love for the art. We are witnessing music made for us to enjoy from his soul. Beautiful.
Mike makes the extremely difficult look casual and relaxing…and that is what a true master does. Wow💕
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.
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
SO clean !
Absolutely incredible! Wow. The performance isn't just technically fascinating, but also the soul, the feel, the touch of the performer is undeniably great!
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.
Keep doing what you love, I see your joy in it!
Beautiful and it’s amazing how Michael Hedges still holds the candle ❤️
That was fantastic. Bravo.
Just more proof that the guitar is by far the most underrated instrument.
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!
Mike this is so intense. Ive played for 50 years and cant believe your talent
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.
Mesmerizing like watching fire burn. incredible talent.
That's a great was to describe listening to a great acoustic guitarist.
It really does give me the same feeling.
Thats an incredible comment.
huh. Yes, that's a great description,
Like watching a screensaver save screen..... eh? eh guys? 🤷♂
At first I thought he was using a Looper then quickly realized it was just him, a guitar and Capo. What an incredible performance. Ok, I'm off to practice my lowly A Minor Pentatonic box prison.
This piece SCREAMS MICHAEL HEDGES.
Yes, that's certainly in there. Also King Crimson (Fripp). Yet, this manages to have it's own voice. He's very clear and deliberate, and quite masterful in taking those other two influences higher.
Mike’s style is unique and he’ll only get better. I’m here for the ride.
Absolutely remarkable talent and wonderfully clean and crisp sounding.
the dynamics and the note choices just resonates with me.... just crazy and the triplet fill is so well placed..... very nice work
I've been playing for over 50 years and have seen tons of talent. This guy is playing from the depths of his heart. Talent and feel combined result in this young man's tremendous ability. A gift from God.
Bruh I also saw a man in other video's comment section who played guitar for 50 freaking years
Don't stuff you god nonsense in there. This guy worked hard for his achievement, that's why he's so good. The credit belongs to him, not to your immoral invisible friend. I hate this shit, it's so disrespectful when people say this nonsense.
@@kraidenb.226 You obviously have few talents beyond being miserable. If you think that you alone are responsible for your abilities, you are sadly mistaken.
God makes it possible for you to achieve great things. If you do not believe in God then how did everything including this planet get here?
None of my words will change your mind and for that, I apologize. Soon, you will have an opportunity to realize you were wrong.
@@daveg1208 First off all: "we dont know why there is something rather than nothing therefore god" is the literal textbook example of the argument from ignorance, so you're already throwing fallacies around. And how convenient, that nobody can prove your shitty God and we'll all find out once we're dead and can't talk to each other. Hooooow conveeeenient. That's how kids argue, well or the bronze age goat hoarders that wrote the bible. You're sad and indoctrinated. Grow up.
@@kraidenb.226, totally agree!
This is truly mind-blowing.
An absolute master at work. And loving every minute of it.