Thanks for checking out UM. I'm their FoH engineer. I would like to point out a out a few things you'll find interesting. From 3:36 to 11:30 is improv. It was based around a riff that Jake brought to soundcheck. 90% of that was created from scratch in situ. Also, thanks for the complements on tone. You're hearing the live board mix without any post processing (aside from TH-cam compression). The band uses a talkback mic system to discuss cues, keys, song selection, etc., in addition to their "Improv Sign Language for Musicians".
Ok. Wow. Thanks for jumping in. I’d love to learn more about the “improv sign language for musicians.” Wild Wild stuff and great sound my friend!! Must be a rare treat to mix this band.
Before I saw Umphreys, a friend of mine told me this: "One guitar player is one of the best guitar players I've ever heard live, and the other one is light years better." I was like "OK, you have my attention." I've been a fan ever since, and my wife loves them even more than I do (her license plate is "UMPHMG"). Love this video. Great reaction. I think all Umphreys fans had that same reaction at some point.
“I’m going to react to umphreys uhhhh Wizard Burial Ground.” Immediately I grab my popcorn to watch your face react to such an amazing prog Metal song. Check out Miss Tinkle’s Overture for a song that Jake composed as a classical type piece of music. But for Umphreys.
Miss Tinkle's Overture is the first song that I've heard of theirs back in college. This is the video that turned me on to them th-cam.com/video/hYEIYfSNWOo/w-d-xo.html
THIS is why I keep coming back. #UMPHLOVE Theres a reason why Ive seen this band over 100 times. Absolutely no one does it better. You were correct in saying "I cant think of another band that could do this better than they did"
OMG, You Have got me in the floor laughing. AWESOMENESS. Dude, please, please see them live. You will leave even more freaked than you are right now. THEY ARE ALL FREAKING INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS. Super tight band.
newriver25901 omg 😱 I’m a Phish fan since 93’. Have been told over and over to check these guys out. Beyond my high expectations. That was absolutely next level fire! Face officially split opened and melted.
@@iananderson5672 i hate to say it. I didn't know them about 5 years ago. I live in the heart of whitewater rafting in Wv. We have this music fest here, called mountain music fest. Check it out. Anyhow. Umphreys played. Ummm...........i was like WTF did i just witness. Hahahaha. I have seen them 4 times since. INCREDIBLE LIVE SHOW. And i have see alot.
Because they are not sellouts and all over the radio. Very underground and saw them live in 05 for the first time. Even then I said,, these guys are going to be legends.
It’s a blessing and a curse to be labeled a “JamBand”. A blessing because within the scene you are guaranteed some open minded listeners who are for my money the most devoted fan base around. The curse is that the vast majority of the planet will never take you seriously or see you as anything more than some hippie bs.
And you could listen to 10 songs and have absolutely no idea what their sound is, how to describe what's coming next. Which can be awesome or terrible depending on the situation,. or when someone comes across them for the first time. Or so me thinks.
Yeah Brendan can bring it too. All of them are excellent to virtuoso players. Once you discover this band you can't go back, you are destined to be a fan. Welcome to the fan club!
Took my wife to see her first Umphs show at Red Rocks several years ago. Zappa opener one night and JRad the other. She became an instant fan. Walked away blown away at how she just listened to Umphs be two completely different bands...couldn’t comprehend how anyone could do that. Love watching your reactions. Never seen a bad show. Enjoy!
This just made my day. Reminds me of me trying to describe Umphrey’s to my friends without sounding like a completely obsessed psycho fan (which I am) \mm/ ... love seeing your reaction. Keep it up!
You have just been killing it lately. Thanks for giving us all something to watch and do! LOVE seeing your face get melted of by the utter skill of all these bands. Where you been?!? Been checking these guy out since I was wee kiddy!
Will never forget my first live WBG. It’s the encore I’m hoping for at every UM show. You were bound to stumble across this eventually. I also vote for Miss Tink’s, 1348 or Glory this band is an endless pit of mind blowing material.
"I feel like I just gave birth" "I need to gather myself." - Michael THANK YOU for posting this. Just what I needed as a distraction on this crazy ass Friday the 13th. Having seen a few of your vids over the last couple months, and knowing your tastes and also knowing Wizard Burial Ground, I was pretty confident you were going to lose your shit. And you did! And it was delightful to watch and share in your joy. Brought me a couple tears of joy. Also, I think this vid gave YOU a chance to shine, with your metal chops. And YOU did shine, too! It's impressive to watch someone pick up on something as tricky and as fast as this piece of music so quickly. Nice work! And then as a bonus we get a message from sound man Chris Mitchell, within hours of you posting?!! And then Ryan Stasik replies in a thread?!! (Michael, not sure if you caught that yet- probably not. There's a comment on this vid that says "Phish is fun, but Umphrey's has my heart" and Ryan Stasik, who plays bass, jumps in to defend his band against fake news click track allegations in that thread. Please get your facts straight before attacking musicians and band people! Or better yet, don't attack musicians and bands! MUSIC ISN'T A ZERO SUM GAME!!) Says a lot about your channel right now, and also says a lot about Chris MItchell, Ryan Stasik and the Umphrey's McGee family in general. They care. A whole bunch. And they work really, really hard at it. I was supposed to go see UM tomorrow night in Oakland, near where I live now (I'm originally from Maryland- cool to see a MD guitarist representing Michael) and this vid helps ease the sting a little from the cancelled show. Keep up the excellent work sir! Good luck with the kids over the next couple weeks and hope the distant future is less chaotic than the immediate future. Until then, I will enjoy the silver linings of social distancing, like this video. Wash your hands so you can keep shredding!!!
@@Guitargate Thanks for responding man. I just edited my post a second ago when I caught that Ryan Stasik, UM's bass player responded to a post below. Check it out. They're watching you! ;-)
I love the way you always breakdown songs. But this time it's great seeing how confused and admired you are. Keep doing this, thanks for the inspiration. Greetings from across the ocean.
I saw that specific look, flip over in your eyes like a switch, that we ALL get, when UM finally plucks the string of our souls and grabs on tight, never to let go. 🔥💙🔥Welcome to the family.
Your reaction, to this band I have loved for so long now, is priceless... it took me back to the first time I heard them and reacted similarly... mind blown. I have now seen them a dozen or so times and they still blow my mind. Definitely an advanced musician band...not for everyone.
They actually Played this song in a Borders Bookstore in 2007. Talk about confused customers. Discovered them early in my guitar playing development when I was in high school 2005. First time I saw Jake live I couldn’t believe my ears. Chicken pickin to Van Halen shred to reggae breakdowns in a single song. Seen them over the last 13+ years and I’ve never not left a show blown away grinning ear to ear. So glad they are getting the recognition they deserve.
Excellent song choice! They played this song the first time I ever saw them live in 2008. Please check out "Nothing Too Fancy" next time you do an Umphreys video!
This WBG is my go-to when I really need to go there. I love my Dead, Phish of course. But as a younger jam band fan, just turned 30, Umphreys will be the band I grow up with & be "my band". Umphrey's does jams a little different. More like directionally inspired improv. They have certain hand signals to communicate to the members when someone is leading. They also talk into their monitors sometimes. And then Jimmy Stewarts are another variation of jams they do sometimes. This WBG is so beautiful it almost makes me tear up sometimes. I couldn't imagine witnessing this live. It's about as perfect of a 1st jam section as you can get, in my opinion.
@@hichaelmartline my first was summer camp 2010 with jake shredding mantis and fireworks in the background going off.. that's it was a fan from then on
Great stuff Michael! I too was caught off guard by this band the 1st time hearing them. So much talent, so little recognition. Keep, keeping on! Love your videos, man
Excellent man...excellent...that staccato picking is nice for sure...mean band.. excellent arraingment.. whom ever wrote the riffs is a true madman...n the arrangement is second too none...brilliant work for sure...the apex of musical prowess
Lmao he didn’t know Bayliss can play too, everyone has that moment at shows. Pumping Nothing Too Fancy or Bridgeless once again, know you would love those.
I love these for my own sake and I learn a ton, but after watching more than 40 of your react videos in the past month or so, I think I've come to find my favorite thing about the videos is how much fun you seem to be having while making them. Keep them coming!!
I was searching TH-cam for a great video for Phish's song David Bowie. Theres an awesome video from Clifford ball. Awesome watching your channel gain steam man!
Once I saw the song you'd be reacting to, I knew this would be a treat to watch. Been seeing these guys since 2003 and they are the best. Love it! Thanks for doing these videos...as a former band nerd turned huge jam band/live music nerd the explanation of the mechanics combined with the joy of being a music fan is the best. Thanks for doing what you do!
Man I will never get tired watching you watch UM. Love these vids. Cant wait till you get around to their song 2x2. Also, my personal favorite, 1348 from 5/27/17 that made it onto their live Hall Of Fame 2017 album.
One of the best UM jams i've heard, thanks for showcasing it. Saw them back in '14 or '15, wish i had been more absorbed that night. Truly a great band.
So here we are almost 4 years later, loI & I must say this is still my all time favorite reaction video ever! Your reactions were literally identical to me & my friends the first time we heard/seen UM circa 2005 in Chicago. What an explosive performance it was. Our minds were blown away. And this reaction video literally puts me in a great mood every time I come back to it! Thank you 🤘
Love seeing your reaction at the start of the video when they truly melt your face! I am a 52 yr old Dead Head/Metal head that "discovered" UM 5 years ago, since then, I see them every time they come to Colorado. I truly feel they are the most talented group of musicians I have every heard. I am addicted to their music. Thanks for the videos!
This is amazing. I love this channel and what you’re doing. I’m fairly new to the jam band scene, but it continues to blow me away the musicianship and creativity. Thank you for introducing me to new songs and improving my guitar playing!
I've been listening Rush, Zappa, Mahavishnu, and various other progressive stuff for years. these guys had somehow slipped under my radar.... thanks for this, they're among my favorites now
The next time I restring and cleanup my guitar (for more than 2 weeks this time I swear) I'm definitely checking out your lessons. I've really enjoyed the phish/wsp/um stuff because I've had to justify it to friends for so long that it's cool to have a learned ear explain with terms I don't understand that there is really a talent to what these artists accomplish. Would love to see rebubula from moe. on your channel.
I am grinning from ear to ear your reaction to WBG made my night. Now I'm too excited to sleep this is the happiest I've been in a while. Thank you so much for doing this
Holy #@&$!!! What an awesome band. Thanks for bringing this unreal band to my attention. Your lessons and breakdowns of the music are brilliant. A huge bonus is uncovering some truly remarkable music.
Who are the seven thumbs down? What could possibly be your reasoning? Even if you are not a fan of the band or this tunes metal styling's, Michael's reaction is worth the price of admission. Pure joy and astonishment. I can't think of any reason but just grumpiness.
kenneth McKean - I love the technical skills and progressions changes - but musically it’s just all over for me ! I didn’t give it a thumbs down but couldn’t listen to more than a purple of songs ! No melody !😎🤪
So amazing to watch an educated musician experience umphreys for the first time like this. Especially when you "sound out" the riffs on the first listen. You should do a react video for any The Aristocrats song. I suggest Bad Asteroid, Get it Like That, or Furtive Jack
UM had to cancel Rockjavik next week in Iceland, so we're all doing this instead. They have FREE shows all weekend online streaming the 2018 California run on demand over the course of the next three nights. 👖🚫🧤✅ Watch Free UM VOD 📹: bit.ly/2018CouchTour
When I first started seeing this band, I would be at the show laughing my ass off. Laughing at the absurd skill of all of them. Watching your reactions and your face slowly melting has brought me back to that time good sir. I was basically belly laughing a good 75% of this video. Love seeing an Umphreak being born right in front of my eyes...on a screen.
No Doubt! These Humping McGee guy's are a Amazing band. Take it to new levels of JAM! I haven't been able to get enough since I saw your first vid. Thank you my Big Brother Of Guitar 👍
I love this reaction to the greatest band that's ever graced the earth. I've heard them do basically every genre except for edm, country, and rap, and I wouldnt be surprised if I just havent heard those songs yet! Every new song I hear, its just pure destruction and reconstruction of what I thought music could be.
Never heard of UMPH before now but what a great band! Made me think (in my antiquated reference system) of Focus: Hocus Pocus! Would love to hear your take on Jan Akkerman!
Awesome, Michael, thank you! The section starting around 10:15 is all improv and culled from past improvs - not part of Wizard. The night before, 5-3-14 was the UMBowl (5) at the Capitol Theatre, where they experiment and write during experimentations with past improvs.
Umphrey’s is killer! Best band! So fluid and improv is on point. Check out nothing too fancy, miss tinkles overture, mulches oddessy, Wappy sprayberry for some amazing music
Conduit - Umphrey’s Mcgee (Chicago, 8/7/13) (on youtube) would be an absolutely great pick for this. Song is digestible but the jam following is absolutely top notch and stands out from the rest for me personally. Give it a listen ya’ll, insane stuff.
I watch these UM reactions all the time. Makes me smile every single damn time. I can't wait til live music is back and you can see them in person for the first time. You're going to lose your mind lol
@@Guitargate I remember seeing this song live at my first UM show in Detroit a few years back and at that moment I knew I was at the point of no return. Have seen them every year since! This isn't the specific show I was at, but just love this version of it! th-cam.com/video/kecGFTdQekU/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for checking out UM. I'm their FoH engineer. I would like to point out a out a few things you'll find interesting. From 3:36 to 11:30 is improv. It was based around a riff that Jake brought to soundcheck. 90% of that was created from scratch in situ. Also, thanks for the complements on tone. You're hearing the live board mix without any post processing (aside from TH-cam compression). The band uses a talkback mic system to discuss cues, keys, song selection, etc., in addition to their "Improv Sign Language for Musicians".
YAY CHRIS! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US MIDWEST KIDS!
I came here to also point that out. Thanks for what you do Chris.
Oh wow this is cool!
Thanks for the details Chris!
Ok. Wow. Thanks for jumping in. I’d love to learn more about the “improv sign language for musicians.” Wild Wild stuff and great sound my friend!! Must be a rare treat to mix this band.
Your reaction to Umphrey’s is the way every um fan wishes people would act when show The magic that is umphrey’s. \mm/
Truth
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Before I saw Umphreys, a friend of mine told me this: "One guitar player is one of the best guitar players I've ever heard live, and the other one is light years better." I was like "OK, you have my attention." I've been a fan ever since, and my wife loves them even more than I do (her license plate is "UMPHMG"). Love this video. Great reaction. I think all Umphreys fans had that same reaction at some point.
Marc Drouin now THAT is an accurate description.
@@Guitargate Phils Farm.
I had the same reaction when i first seen them years ago before they became so popular, I was an instant fan.
@@Popcanfish1 I second Phil's Farm!
I was only told umphreys "does some fucked up shit" haha and yeah...they did.
“I’m going to react to umphreys uhhhh Wizard Burial Ground.” Immediately I grab my popcorn to watch your face react to such an amazing prog Metal song.
Check out Miss Tinkle’s Overture for a song that Jake composed as a classical type piece of music. But for Umphreys.
ON IT
Also Bridgeless. That won’t disappoint and I’ve seen some mention it in the Puppet String video
@@paulreg3122 JA JUNK!
sneakonproductionz ohhhhhhh yeeeeees! How about Nothing Too Fancy!
Miss Tinkle's Overture is the first song that I've heard of theirs back in college. This is the video that turned me on to them th-cam.com/video/hYEIYfSNWOo/w-d-xo.html
You seem like a genuine guy, and there aren't alot of reactions to these kinda bands I appreciate it
"Just when you think you're getting better. Frickin' Umphrey's Mcgee." Yes friend...yes. \mm/
THIS is why I keep coming back. #UMPHLOVE Theres a reason why Ive seen this band over 100 times. Absolutely no one does it better. You were correct in saying "I cant think of another band that could do this better than they did"
True
OMG, You Have got me in the floor laughing. AWESOMENESS. Dude, please, please see them live. You will leave even more freaked than you are right now. THEY ARE ALL FREAKING INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS. Super tight band.
OMG. I'm re-watching and I can't handle it. CAN'T HANDLE IT!
Jake will shred your face off. Check out his playing on "Glory".
newriver25901 omg 😱 I’m a Phish fan since 93’. Have been told over and over to check these guys out. Beyond my high expectations. That was absolutely next level fire! Face officially split opened and melted.
@@iananderson5672 i hate to say it. I didn't know them about 5 years ago. I live in the heart of whitewater rafting in Wv. We have this music fest here, called mountain music fest. Check it out. Anyhow. Umphreys played. Ummm...........i was like WTF did i just witness. Hahahaha. I have seen them 4 times since. INCREDIBLE LIVE SHOW. And i have see alot.
newriver25901 I live in Colorado so they’ve got to be here often. I think I heard him mention Red Rocks from last year.
I think UM might be my new favourite band. How is this the first time I've even heard of them? Holy shit. More please. Imma go practice.
Because they are not sellouts and all over the radio. Very underground and saw them live in 05 for the first time. Even then I said,, these guys are going to be legends.
It’s a blessing and a curse to be labeled a “JamBand”. A blessing because within the scene you are guaranteed some open minded listeners who are for my money the most devoted fan base around. The curse is that the vast majority of the planet will never take you seriously or see you as anything more than some hippie bs.
th-cam.com/video/CFRgxk01Mp8/w-d-xo.html
Try this one. You're looking at like 2 minutes of scripted before the jams.
UM is definitely a must see band. Their discography is good but nothing like their live shows!!
And you could listen to 10 songs and have absolutely no idea what their sound is, how to describe what's coming next. Which can be awesome or terrible depending on the situation,. or when someone comes across them for the first time. Or so me thinks.
Yeah Brendan can bring it too. All of them are excellent to virtuoso players. Once you discover this band you can't go back, you are destined to be a fan. Welcome to the fan club!
Oh it's official.
@@Guitargate UMPHicial my friend \mm/
I’ve seen these guys 67 times and I still react the exact same way at every single show when Jake just blows my mind on the guitar once again
So fun watching ppl get into umphreys
Rage, Rest, Repeat.... UMPH LOVE
I understand.
Umphrey's is one of THE best live performing bands rn. I started seeing them in '03 and it's been incredible!
Took my wife to see her first Umphs show at Red Rocks several years ago. Zappa opener one night and JRad the other. She became an instant fan. Walked away blown away at how she just listened to Umphs be two completely different bands...couldn’t comprehend how anyone could do that. Love watching your reactions. Never seen a bad show. Enjoy!
When i saw you were doing WBG i knew you were gonna be more mindblown than ive seen you
You sir were correct.
This just made my day. Reminds me of me trying to describe Umphrey’s to my friends without sounding like a completely obsessed psycho fan (which I am) \mm/ ... love seeing your reaction. Keep it up!
lol 100%
FINALLY JOEL GETS SOME LOVE!!! #joelside #oldlikejoel
Just so you are aware, you are the talk of many umphreys groups right now! Keep up the videos, and I'll see you at some shows soon, I'm sure!
\mm/
Seen umph 108 times since 2005. I'm so glad you did this. Requested it at my 100th show.
Your reactions to my fav band are making me smile so big. The best part is that it never gets old! “Improg.” You get it.
Next UM Bowl. One set with you on the side of the stage pausing the band like your videos.
“It feels like I just gave birth” 😂😂😂🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 hell yeah, dude. That’s my band!
You have just been killing it lately. Thanks for giving us all something to watch and do! LOVE seeing your face get melted of by the utter skill of all these bands. Where you been?!? Been checking these guy out since I was wee kiddy!
Will never forget my first live WBG. It’s the encore I’m hoping for at every UM show. You were bound to stumble across this eventually.
I also vote for Miss Tink’s, 1348 or Glory this band is an endless pit of mind blowing material.
I am eagerly waiting for this onslaught of videos you are about to unleash on us. 🙏🏼🤘🏼🔥
"I feel like I just gave birth" "I need to gather myself." - Michael
THANK YOU for posting this. Just what I needed as a distraction on this crazy ass Friday the 13th. Having seen a few of your vids over the last couple months, and knowing your tastes and also knowing Wizard Burial Ground, I was pretty confident you were going to lose your shit. And you did! And it was delightful to watch and share in your joy. Brought me a couple tears of joy. Also, I think this vid gave YOU a chance to shine, with your metal chops. And YOU did shine, too! It's impressive to watch someone pick up on something as tricky and as fast as this piece of music so quickly. Nice work! And then as a bonus we get a message from sound man Chris Mitchell, within hours of you posting?!! And then Ryan Stasik replies in a thread?!! (Michael, not sure if you caught that yet- probably not. There's a comment on this vid that says "Phish is fun, but Umphrey's has my heart" and Ryan Stasik, who plays bass, jumps in to defend his band against fake news click track allegations in that thread. Please get your facts straight before attacking musicians and band people! Or better yet, don't attack musicians and bands! MUSIC ISN'T A ZERO SUM GAME!!)
Says a lot about your channel right now, and also says a lot about Chris MItchell, Ryan Stasik and the Umphrey's McGee family in general. They care. A whole bunch. And they work really, really hard at it.
I was supposed to go see UM tomorrow night in Oakland, near where I live now (I'm originally from Maryland- cool to see a MD guitarist representing Michael) and this vid helps ease the sting a little from the cancelled show.
Keep up the excellent work sir! Good luck with the kids over the next couple weeks and hope the distant future is less chaotic than the immediate future. Until then, I will enjoy the silver linings of social distancing, like this video. Wash your hands so you can keep shredding!!!
Thanks and will do!!!
@@Guitargate Thanks for responding man. I just edited my post a second ago when I caught that Ryan Stasik, UM's bass player responded to a post below. Check it out. They're watching you! ;-)
This is really well put.
Music is not a zero sum game EXACTLY! and this scene is where rock lives now. It’s not dead it just moved here. 😁
So glad you're doing umphrey's videos! Hope you do some more! Love to hear the breakdown and get the tips on the things you hear.
I love the way you always breakdown songs. But this time it's great seeing how confused and admired you are. Keep doing this, thanks for the inspiration. Greetings from across the ocean.
Just watched your reaction to "Divided Sky" and now this... Watching you "get" my two favorite bands in real time has been fun. Welcome to the party!
I saw that specific look, flip over in your eyes like a switch, that we ALL get, when UM finally plucks the string of our souls and grabs on tight, never to let go. 🔥💙🔥Welcome to the family.
You Got to see em man. I loved your reaction at 28 minutes. Lol. They are all at the top of their game.
LUNACY
Your reaction, to this band I have loved for so long now, is priceless... it took me back to the first time I heard them and reacted similarly... mind blown. I have now seen them a dozen or so times and they still blow my mind. Definitely an advanced musician band...not for everyone.
One live show is all it takes and you will be going to every show possible. I fucking love this band.
They actually Played this song in a Borders Bookstore in 2007. Talk about confused customers. Discovered them early in my guitar playing development when I was in high school 2005. First time I saw Jake live I couldn’t believe my ears. Chicken pickin to Van Halen shred to reggae breakdowns in a single song. Seen them over the last 13+ years and I’ve never not left a show blown away grinning ear to ear. So glad they are getting the recognition they deserve.
Excellent song choice! They played this song the first time I ever saw them live in 2008. Please check out "Nothing Too Fancy" next time you do an Umphreys video!
This WBG is my go-to when I really need to go there.
I love my Dead, Phish of course. But as a younger jam band fan, just turned 30, Umphreys will be the band I grow up with & be "my band".
Umphrey's does jams a little different. More like directionally inspired improv. They have certain hand signals to communicate to the members when someone is leading. They also talk into their monitors sometimes. And then Jimmy Stewarts are another variation of jams they do sometimes.
This WBG is so beautiful it almost makes me tear up sometimes. I couldn't imagine witnessing this live. It's about as perfect of a 1st jam section as you can get, in my opinion.
6/5/08 Syncopated Strangers > Intentions Clear.
Should be your next breakdown for Umphrey's. Super long but it is in top 5 all time jams from Umph.
Ur a real umphreys fan just like me my dude.. i feel exactly the same
I try. First show in 2011 at All Good, right after Furthur. Set was cut a little short because Bob & Phil had to do their thing.
Changed my life.
@@hichaelmartline my first was summer camp 2010 with jake shredding mantis and fireworks in the background going off.. that's it was a fan from then on
Great stuff Michael! I too was caught off guard by this band the 1st time hearing them. So much talent, so little recognition. Keep, keeping on! Love your videos, man
Excellent man...excellent...that staccato picking is nice for sure...mean band.. excellent arraingment.. whom ever wrote the riffs is a true madman...n the arrangement is second too none...brilliant work for sure...the apex of musical prowess
Lmao he didn’t know Bayliss can play too, everyone has that moment at shows. Pumping Nothing Too Fancy or Bridgeless once again, know you would love those.
August
I love these for my own sake and I learn a ton, but after watching more than 40 of your react videos in the past month or so, I think I've come to find my favorite thing about the videos is how much fun you seem to be having while making them. Keep them coming!!
the improv in the middle was later made into a song called Non Compliance
Thank you Alex! I was trying to think of that!!! 5-1-15 UM Bowl VI at Brooklyn Bowl, Vegas show opener.
Needs to come back! Last played over 2 years ago!
The best part about these videos is seeing him getting into jam bands.
I was searching TH-cam for a great video for Phish's song David Bowie. Theres an awesome video from Clifford ball. Awesome watching your channel gain steam man!
Once I saw the song you'd be reacting to, I knew this would be a treat to watch. Been seeing these guys since 2003 and they are the best. Love it! Thanks for doing these videos...as a former band nerd turned huge jam band/live music nerd the explanation of the mechanics combined with the joy of being a music fan is the best. Thanks for doing what you do!
Man I will never get tired watching you watch UM. Love these vids. Cant wait till you get around to their song 2x2. Also, my personal favorite, 1348 from 5/27/17 that made it onto their live Hall Of Fame 2017 album.
Watching you fall in love with my favorite band genuinely makes me happy. I hope to run into you at a show one day. Great video, keep em coming!
"I'm not ready for this"
It's true.
Brenden Bayliss. Singer and the other guitarist
Brendan* Bayliss.
Ryan Stasik. Bass, no vocals.
One of the best UM jams i've heard, thanks for showcasing it. Saw them back in '14 or '15, wish i had been more absorbed that night. Truly a great band.
Watching you more and more...LOVE IT...and you keep playing GREAT songs like this UM!!!- THANK YOU!!!
Happy to have a new fan! 100+ shows over the past 14 years... They are simply the best.
So here we are almost 4 years later, loI & I must say this is still my all time favorite reaction video ever!
Your reactions were literally identical to me & my friends the first time we heard/seen UM circa 2005 in Chicago. What an explosive performance it was. Our minds were blown away. And this reaction video literally puts me in a great mood every time I come back to it!
Thank you 🤘
Love seeing your reaction at the start of the video when they truly melt your face! I am a 52 yr old Dead Head/Metal head that "discovered" UM 5 years ago, since then, I see them every time they come to Colorado. I truly feel they are the most talented group of musicians I have every heard. I am addicted to their music. Thanks for the videos!
"Just when you think you're getting better, someone sends you an umphreys video!"
True. True.
This is amazing. I love this channel and what you’re doing. I’m fairly new to the jam band scene, but it continues to blow me away the musicianship and creativity. Thank you for introducing me to new songs and improving my guitar playing!
great reaction, you gotta see them live! what a treat, such an amazing band.
this video was so fun to watch bro keep doing more umphrey’s vidss❤️
omg I so much love this channel now, thanks Michael, you are awesome!
Ump is my favorite band without question. Just hit my 70th show during the new years run
Dude your reactions are just the best! Love seeing you light up.
You get it!
I've been listening Rush, Zappa, Mahavishnu, and various other progressive stuff for years. these guys had somehow slipped under my radar.... thanks for this, they're among my favorites now
Thank you for more umphreys man always a great time watching you break stuff down
Dude... this made me smile so much. "Im speechless.. i feel like i just gave birth" . Welcome to the fam
The next time I restring and cleanup my guitar (for more than 2 weeks this time I swear) I'm definitely checking out your lessons. I've really enjoyed the phish/wsp/um stuff because I've had to justify it to friends for so long that it's cool to have a learned ear explain with terms I don't understand that there is really a talent to what these artists accomplish. Would love to see rebubula from moe. on your channel.
RIGHT ON! I hope you do, and I'll add it to the list!
@@Guitargate or better yet,th-cam.com/video/0O2Wwbjm4UM/w-d-xo.html
Yea rebelula is the shit.. I've seen UM cover it b4
I am grinning from ear to ear your reaction to WBG made my night. Now I'm too excited to sleep this is the happiest I've been in a while. Thank you so much for doing this
Holy #@&$!!! What an awesome band. Thanks for bringing this unreal band to my attention. Your lessons and breakdowns of the music are brilliant. A huge bonus is uncovering some truly remarkable music.
Very cool to see an accomplished musician just blown away by a performance...and not without cause. Outstanding!
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed you geeking out to this, umphrey's is a phenomenal band
Love it. Had never heard of these guys, but they're on the list now. Thanks.
Who are the seven thumbs down? What could possibly be your reasoning? Even if you are not a fan of the band or this tunes metal styling's, Michael's reaction is worth the price of admission. Pure joy and astonishment. I can't think of any reason but just grumpiness.
kenneth McKean - I love the technical skills and progressions changes - but musically it’s just all over for me ! I didn’t give it a thumbs down but couldn’t listen to more than a purple of songs ! No melody !😎🤪
Pretty much stuck in the house too :( I'm 68 and can't stop worrying with the age thing. At least these vids are keeping me sane. 👍🇭🇲
Stop watching the News. The News contrives to frighten you.
It's a cold, Kevin! A cold that only .000069% of the world's population will actually get. Keep living your life as is.
So amazing to watch an educated musician experience umphreys for the first time like this. Especially when you "sound out" the riffs on the first listen.
You should do a react video for any The Aristocrats song. I suggest Bad Asteroid, Get it Like That, or Furtive Jack
We do love UM.
UM had to cancel Rockjavik next week in Iceland, so we're all doing this instead. They have FREE shows all weekend online streaming the 2018 California run on demand over the course of the next three nights. 👖🚫🧤✅
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@@jasoncrowell189 Cool thx
Thanks!!!
Yes! One of my favorite UM songs. Hands down favorite band.
When I first started seeing this band, I would be at the show laughing my ass off. Laughing at the absurd skill of all of them.
Watching your reactions and your face slowly melting has brought me back to that time good sir. I was basically belly laughing a good 75% of this video. Love seeing an Umphreak being born right in front of my eyes...on a screen.
You are the best man. I love your authenticity
You are a man for the people. I really appreciate your content!!!!
Crying laughing right now...one of my fav umphs tunes right here and the reactions are pure F'n gold man. I love it so much.
No Doubt! These Humping McGee guy's are a Amazing band. Take it to new levels of JAM! I haven't been able to get enough since I saw your first vid. Thank you my Big Brother Of Guitar 👍
You have to go see these guys live!! They are the dopest tightest band ever
I love this reaction to the greatest band that's ever graced the earth. I've heard them do basically every genre except for edm, country, and rap, and I wouldnt be surprised if I just havent heard those songs yet! Every new song I hear, its just pure destruction and reconstruction of what I thought music could be.
Can we just give the light guys a shout out Umph's may have one of the best light shows period...................
what a great umphrey's track for doing what you do... just awesome.
I can’t wait to see this dude at a show. Cuz he’s going. He fuggin gets it. 💜
I was at that show... faces were melted.
Will McCranie guess I don’t need to send you a link to this, then hahaha
I'm just going to bunker down with my guitar for two weeks! ✌
BRO!!!!! Once again you need to check out Umph- GLory!!!!!!!!! By far one of the greatest guitar orientated jam song i have ever heard
I will second this. The song is, for lack of a better word, Glorious.
Indeed do glory
Another umphfreak born! Welcome to the party! 💖💖💖✨
"This is like a totally different band. But not." Welcome to umphworld.
Never heard of UMPH before now but what a great band! Made me think (in my antiquated reference system) of Focus: Hocus Pocus! Would love to hear your take on Jan Akkerman!
Awesome, Michael, thank you! The section starting around 10:15 is all improv and culled from past improvs - not part of Wizard. The night before, 5-3-14 was the UMBowl (5) at the Capitol Theatre, where they experiment and write during experimentations with past improvs.
Umphrey’s is killer! Best band! So fluid and improv is on point. Check out nothing too fancy, miss tinkles overture, mulches oddessy, Wappy sprayberry for some amazing music
UTOPIAN FIR
Anyone else catch the stick flip Kris sneaks in at 17:46? So smooth.
Conduit - Umphrey’s Mcgee (Chicago, 8/7/13) (on youtube) would be an absolutely great pick for this. Song is digestible but the jam following is absolutely top notch and stands out from the rest for me personally. Give it a listen ya’ll, insane stuff.
Love the description as they're like 20 bands in one. Now I have a comeback when someone complains that I only listen to a few bands.
You totally get Umphrey's already dude I love it.
I watch these UM reactions all the time. Makes me smile every single damn time. I can't wait til live music is back and you can see them in person for the first time. You're going to lose your mind lol
Dude I CANT WAIT
@@Guitargate I remember seeing this song live at my first UM show in Detroit a few years back and at that moment I knew I was at the point of no return. Have seen them every year since! This isn't the specific show I was at, but just love this version of it! th-cam.com/video/kecGFTdQekU/w-d-xo.html
Watching someone first realize the ridiculousness of UM is awesome.
Umph love!