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...
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.
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!! ❤
I'm an 88 year old retired (no gigs) musician, and I've never heard any instrumentalist that has completely blown me away like Mike. It's magic the way he produces such beautiful music.
Yeah, no doubt . I really love Michael Hedges too, I saw him in 1986 and it was the first time I heard acoustic guitar played like this, an orchestra. , the possibilities.... Mike Dawes obviously heard of Michael hedges and has taken it up a notch, reinventing the acoustic guitar . He's incredible !!!
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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.
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.
@@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...
@@KingOfEssex 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.
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! 👏
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
@@Ragnacide2 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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👍
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Thanks for taking the time to actually talk to me on your recent tour with Justin in Boston. It makes five or six times that I’ve seen you, and I’m totally amazed every time. See how those lonely times as a child learning the basics of what you do, paid off for you big time! Lol.
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.
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!
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Wow. First time I have heard him. Calls to mind the great Michael Hedges. Not my favorite genre, but the sounds he achieves are sublime. The creativity and crispness of his fingerpicking are just amazing. Also, he is playing on a fantastic instrument.
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"
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.
Crazy story.. My father 'Gregory Coe' was the patent holder of that cap you are using to make this composition possible. You make amazing music with a device that has an unfortunate background and it brings tears to my eyes. My father created the "G7 Capo" after many years of research and development in our garage. As a child, I remember my father working on creating the device late into many nights. He was also a finger style player like yourself (although arguably not as talented) and his primary goal was to create a capo that was strong enough to bring standard E tuning to F (using the first fret) without the all too familiar buzzing or reduced sustain. He grew frustrated at how challenging it was for normal capos to fully depress the strings near the nut. After years of trial and error and working with patent attorneys his good friend took his idea through a legal loophole and sold it for far less than it was worth. My father ended up dying from a heart attack days after he discovered his friend's disloyalty and our family has always believed that he literally lost his life due to something near and dear to him being taken away so easily by someone he trusted. Whenever I hear music using my father's rightful device I can see him smiling in the garage tinkering with different variations, playing pleasant chord progressions flawlessly in the key of F. He named the Capo "F7" and his friend sold it with a trade name of "G7." Weill you upload a similar progression in the key of F using the capo on the first fret in honor of my father?
@@tiltil9442 You sound incredibly smart the way you put your words together, yet your inability to validate a real story is a contradictory element of your human potential.
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.
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 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.
A video with that title better be some crazy outlandish piece, you know? I've heard of you before in the scene Mr Mike Dawes, but I had NO IDEA that you were this type of guitar virtuoso, W - O - W. MY JAW IS ON THE FLOOR, MY MIND STUNNED, I AM SPEECHLESS... You Sir, are not of this world. Somewhere in the background there's an appropriate:. ' uh.. check please, Next Planet"
I remember how you were completely blown away when a fan actually learned this and was able to perform it along with you flawlessly Myself I was doubly astounded
Absolutely incredible! Wow. The performance isn't just technically fascinating, but also the soul, the feel, the touch of the performer is undeniably great!
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.
Reminds me of the music Michael Hedges and Stanley Jordan were playing with advanced tapping technique. It really opens up a lot of possibilities on the guitar. Great performance!
I was just scanning the comments to see if there were any Michael Hedges references LOL- I got to meet Hedges briefly back in the early 90's, I've never seen anyone play like he did before he hit the scene but have seen many videos of people playing similar to his style since. It makes me wonder if he was the innovator. Good to see another Hedges fan on here. And kudos to Mr Dawes for an excellent performance!
Although Michael repeatedly cited the influences of Leo Kottke and Pierre Bensusan, nothing they did ever came close. In my opinion, he was sui generis. I'm not much of a believer in such things, but he was one of two people I've ever met that actually glowed.
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.
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
Rapaz,você também é um dos maiores guitarristas do mundo.Acho que durante um tempo,aconteceu algo engraçado conosco:Você estava em Brasília e ia para o ensaio de um trabalho seu,na 207 Norte,na rua da informática.Acho que você devia estar na 407 Norte,tavez até na casa de Cássia Eller,quem sabe?...Eu saía do meu ensaio de banda antes e você passava por mim,aparentemente me reconhecendo de algúm lugar e eu a mesma coisa.Demorava para lembrar que aquele guitarrista era o Yamandu Costa,nos anos 90 ou um pouco depois.Portanto peço desculpas por não ter dito como eu admiro o seu trabalho e a sua postura profissional.Continue fazendo a música exuberante que você faz com maestria.
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!
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.
@@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.
Your guitar playing is amazing. Period. I have been playing and practicing since I was 10, and out of all the guitar players in the world that I feel most in-touch with, it’s your style. Only just discovered your music recently- I know, hard to believe. Keep up the hard, yet fun, work brother!
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.
I've seen Phil Keaggy do some fun stuff like this, but always with a looper. This is on another level altogether. Very fun to listen to, delightful to watch.
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!
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I hope if I can go to heaven God will let me play like this
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!
Iconic
🙏 👖
Wow marcin guus and misko all in mike dawes comment section
❤❤😊
wow marcin
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!! ❤
Listen to Daniello Desiderio and then talk guitar.
@@bernarddover1442This kind of stupid comment always makes me laugh 😅
His ability almost makes me cry. Jealousy is a total understatement.
I'm an 88 year old retired (no gigs) musician, and I've never heard any instrumentalist that has completely blown me away like Mike. It's magic the way he produces such beautiful music.
I thought when I heard Preston Reed that it was as good as it will get. NOW.......I am left speechless.
Yeah, no doubt . I really love Michael Hedges too, I saw him in 1986 and it was the first time I heard acoustic guitar played like this, an orchestra. , the possibilities....
Mike Dawes obviously heard of Michael hedges and has taken it up a notch, reinventing the acoustic guitar .
He's incredible !!!
si vous aimez les guitaristes qui joue avec leurs âmes je vous invite à écouter également ESTA TONNE ...
beaucoup disent de lui que DIEU lui à embrassé ces mains pour faire chanter les cordes de ça guitare ... ✨
voici un lien
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A talented ancient soul travels in this human body
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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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.
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
@@KingOfEssex 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...
@@KingOfEssex 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! 👏
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
@@Ragnacide2 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.
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.
Mike was sent to us from another world ! Cherish his gift 🙏
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.
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🤣🤣😭?
You had me a billion miles away. A musician whose outstanding technical ability doesn't get in the way of the music. - beautiful.
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…
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.
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!
Sounds like an angel playing the guitar. God bless him.
This beyond of playing guitar, this is art
The one man with his band of no see ems,truly an original......
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.
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
AMAZING! I love the depth of his facial expressions as he plays!
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!
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 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.
The level of skill and the way he plays so naturally is beyond belief. Everything is perfectly clean
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 gorgeous. It's always amazing to see someone doing exactly what they were meant to be doing.
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!
Thanks for taking the time to actually talk to me on your recent tour with Justin in Boston. It makes five or six times that I’ve seen you, and I’m totally amazed every time. See how those lonely times as a child learning the basics of what you do, paid off for you big time! Lol.
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!
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 👍
Then I guess the washboard is the only thing left for me.
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.
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.
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.
I've been shredding for 20 years and seen a lot of acoustic guys do tappy/pull off flashy stuff...this is amazing!!!
The new course on riffhard from you has made me come back to relearn this. Your attention to detail is unmatched
Thank you Luke
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...
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.
I have been playing guitar for over 60 years.... I have never seen anything like this..... REALLY AWESOME!!!!
Check out Luca Stricagnoli.
Also Jon Gomm, pretty amazing musician,
this is impossible to play.. you legend!
Not impossible I just watched him do it.
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.
amazing! Brings me back to the Michael Hedges days....RIP
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
This is one of those performances that leaves you speechless, in awe. Magnificent.
Heavenly, unscripted, flowing from the soul. Playing the notes of feeling.....amazing🙏
Wow. First time I have heard him. Calls to mind the great Michael Hedges. Not my favorite genre, but the sounds he achieves are sublime. The creativity and crispness of his fingerpicking are just amazing. Also, he is playing on a fantastic instrument.
That was fantastic. Bravo.
Just more proof that the guitar is by far the most underrated instrument.
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
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!
This is quite astonishing. A work of absolute genius
Crazy story.. My father 'Gregory Coe' was the patent holder of that cap you are using to make this composition possible. You make amazing music with a device that has an unfortunate background and it brings tears to my eyes. My father created the "G7 Capo" after many years of research and development in our garage. As a child, I remember my father working on creating the device late into many nights. He was also a finger style player like yourself (although arguably not as talented) and his primary goal was to create a capo that was strong enough to bring standard E tuning to F (using the first fret) without the all too familiar buzzing or reduced sustain. He grew frustrated at how challenging it was for normal capos to fully depress the strings near the nut. After years of trial and error and working with patent attorneys his good friend took his idea through a legal loophole and sold it for far less than it was worth. My father ended up dying from a heart attack days after he discovered his friend's disloyalty and our family has always believed that he literally lost his life due to something near and dear to him being taken away so easily by someone he trusted. Whenever I hear music using my father's rightful device I can see him smiling in the garage tinkering with different variations, playing pleasant chord progressions flawlessly in the key of F. He named the Capo "F7" and his friend sold it with a trade name of "G7." Weill you upload a similar progression in the key of F using the capo on the first fret in honor of my father?
So my uncle lied to me? Next your going to tell me that my grandfather didn't invent the harmonic.
@@amarissimus29 I'm not sure I understand..
@@theresecoe1732 I think he doubts your narrative (probably because it cannot be verified).
I also think he attempts some sort of humour.
@@tiltil9442 You sound incredibly smart the way you put your words together, yet your inability to validate a real story is a contradictory element of your human potential.
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.
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.
I had a gigantic smile on my face the entire time while watching this. Respect.
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.
Really glad to have been in the room filming for this. Good work Mike, and I’ll see you again soon I hope!
Everything is transitory, but music is eternal. Bravo, maestro!
U have a nice profile pic.
A video with that title better be some crazy outlandish piece, you know? I've heard of you before in the scene Mr Mike Dawes, but I had NO IDEA that you were this type of guitar virtuoso, W - O - W. MY JAW IS ON THE FLOOR, MY MIND STUNNED, I AM SPEECHLESS...
You Sir, are not of this world. Somewhere in the background there's an appropriate:. ' uh.. check please, Next Planet"
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? 🤷♂
I remember how you were completely blown away when a fan actually learned this and was able to perform it along with you flawlessly
Myself I was doubly astounded
Toujours. Les. Amateurs
You must know the name Michael Hedges and certainly must be drawn by his spirit... well done. You reminded me of his amazing spirit. Thank you.
A masterclass in "let the music do the talking". Unadulterated talent meets sheer beauty
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
This is beyond wow. Watching it is one thing, listening to it the second time with your eyes closed is a whole other experience.
The recording he posted on Spotify is even better quality. Omg
@@joakimwasseng8217 Nice. I'm gonna go listen to it there now.
Absolutely incredible! Wow. The performance isn't just technically fascinating, but also the soul, the feel, the touch of the performer is undeniably great!
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.
Reminds me of the music Michael Hedges and Stanley Jordan were playing with advanced tapping technique. It really opens up a lot of possibilities on the guitar. Great performance!
I was just scanning the comments to see if there were any Michael Hedges references LOL- I got to meet Hedges briefly back in the early 90's, I've never seen anyone play like he did before he hit the scene but have seen many videos of people playing similar to his style since. It makes me wonder if he was the innovator. Good to see another Hedges fan on here. And kudos to Mr Dawes for an excellent performance!
Although Michael repeatedly cited the influences of Leo Kottke and Pierre Bensusan, nothing they did ever came close.
In my opinion, he was sui generis.
I'm not much of a believer in such things, but he was one of two people I've ever met that actually glowed.
It's amazing how all this sound comes out of 1 guitar...just listening, you would think its an ensemble
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.
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
Muito lindo 😻!!!! Thanks
Rapaz,você também é um dos maiores guitarristas do mundo.Acho que durante um tempo,aconteceu algo engraçado conosco:Você estava em Brasília e ia para o ensaio de um trabalho seu,na 207 Norte,na rua da informática.Acho que você devia estar na 407 Norte,tavez até na casa de Cássia Eller,quem sabe?...Eu saía do meu ensaio de banda antes e você passava por mim,aparentemente me reconhecendo de algúm lugar e eu a mesma coisa.Demorava para lembrar que aquele guitarrista era o Yamandu Costa,nos anos 90 ou um pouco depois.Portanto peço desculpas por não ter dito como eu admiro o seu trabalho e a sua postura profissional.Continue fazendo a música exuberante que você faz com maestria.
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!
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.
Thanks!
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.
If I could play guitar in heaven.. it would look and sound like this.. this is mind melting and beyond beautiful.. amazing performance
It's mesmerizing to watch you play this. Thank you for showing us
Your guitar playing is amazing. Period. I have been playing and practicing since I was 10, and out of all the guitar players in the world that I feel most in-touch with, it’s your style. Only just discovered your music recently- I know, hard to believe. Keep up the hard, yet fun, work brother!
I have never heard a harmonic sound anywhere near as good as that. Holy crap they’re ringing out clearly
One of the most gorgeous thing I heard coming from a six string instrument. Thank you sharing!
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
Perfect execution of harmonics, muting, tapping, percussion, and stuff I've never seen before as a guitarist myself lol...AWESOME!!!
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.
I've seen Phil Keaggy do some fun stuff like this, but always with a looper. This is on another level altogether. Very fun to listen to, delightful to watch.
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Keaggy is a magician, but these modern masters have learned extremely well, including percussion into their pieces, Luca does it very well too.
Mike makes the extremely difficult look casual and relaxing…and that is what a true master does. Wow💕
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.
Heavenly sound ! Out of this world technique...superb !
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!
Unbelievable! This is exactly what I needed today. Thanks for the inspiration!
The best part is the feel and groove. To be able to sustain a very complex technical arrangement and to maintain such good time, sound, and feel.
Wow, that's impressive playing; he makes it look so easy. And good production quality too.
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.
amazing, great technique