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- Melanie Faye covering Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing" and Mariah Carey's "My All" at Summit LA18's Closing Plenary Show.
Melanie Faye
Praised for her “divine guitar skills” by Fader, the Tennessee native melds melodic jazz, rhythmic funk, and soulful R&B into an intoxicating and hypnotic blend that belies her young age. While Hendrix comparisons may be an inevitable rite of passage for any brilliant black guitarist, especially one with a stunning look and throwback style like Faye, her music actually shares more in common with Stevie Wonder, commanding your attention through a tender, understated sophistication rather than any virtuosic display of fireworks. She counts Michael Jackson among her biggest inspirations, and it’s not hard to hear hints of Eric Johnson as her fingers glide across the fretboard, but there’s no denying that Faye is a uniquely modern artist: raised a Jehovah’s Witness by chemist parents, she counts R&B star SZA among her earliest fans, and her first exposure to her instrument came through the Guitar Hero video games. It may be an unconventional origin story, but there’s nothing conventional about Faye, and that’s just the way she likes it.
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I’ve never been so discouraged yet inspired at the same time
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What a beautiful thing to say.
Eric Clapton almost stopped playing guitar after hearing Jimi Hendrix play at a club at which they were both performing. Use it as motivation!
Her tone is insane
Alot comes from her fingers I think. In that sense she is beyond her years.
Hey - I have a stupid question. By tone do you mean the actual sound her guitar is making (like the model of guitar), or is it a technique thing, or is it effects pedals? I come from the drumming world so this kinda doesnt make sense to me. Thanks :)
@@TC-lk2ev for me, I am speaking of the soft "rounded" tone of her picking. Ala Mark Knopfler or any one that plays with out a pick. And for that matter her left hand also has a softness and sensitivity somewhat exceptional. She says in her head she imagines singing and vocal lines. That's a big part of her sound too. IMHO
spartakick300 i talked to her once 2 years ago and she told me she been playing for 8 years. she playing for nearly 10 years now
@@alexandrabalagtas2493 she went to a jazz school
This performance sounds like everything I wish I could have told my loved ones before they passed away.
😔
that comment combined with this music made me cry
I hope you're a writer, Chris, cause you should be if you're not.
appreciate that comment, dude.. music; and her music express so much.
This is exactly how i feel every single time i watch this
I went to middle school with her. It’s nice to see that she’s become such a well known musician.
is she so humble in real life?
i love how she speaks
Giovanni Peirone Yeah she is. She was always quiet in school. So was I, ironically we both ended up learning guitar, but of course she started way earlier than I did, haha
@@bignatec1000 thanks for your kind reply :-)
I play the guitar and I am 59 years old, I am not a real artist like Melanie, but I don't care about that, i love music and i enjoy it
I love Stevie Wonder's songs, so I take this quote from sir Duke ;-)
Music is a world in itself with a language we all understand With equal opportunities for everyone to sing, dance and clap their hands...
(sorry for my english)
@@giovannipeirone3915 your english is perfect!
@@giovannipeirone3915 Playing and enjoying it is what it's all about. Music first. :)
Some of the best tone I've heard in a long time.
for real
Agree
@Matthew I dont care if someone wants to be racial or not, but your comment is just ignorant.
amen
@Matthew she's using her fingers...gets a more 'weighty' sound. emily remler said she just wanted to be remembered as 'someone with a real big thumb'...the mass of our fingers compared to a pick seems to mean something....also the way she doesn't seem to be rolling off too much off the top with her guitar's tone control...that natural bright sound shines through...plus just a hint of distortion, which isn't there for the lower volumes but happens when she plucks a string harder...i love players like that. tonight show guitarist kevin eubank's solo album 'sundance' really makes use of that phenomena. good reverb, too. and sorry, buddy. RACE HAS ZERO TO DO WITH IT.
Sheer CLASS!. Hendrix is looking down and smiling on you sista. Well done.
Yeah sure. He would love to get a tribute with M.Carey. Making a tribute for Hendrix and Carey is like going for dinner in a 5 star restaurant and eating fries from Mc Donalds with that. How can you even put them in one sentence. Hendrix is an artist and musician. Carey is a product. She doesn’t write her own songs. She is an amazing singer. That’s all.
@@thehomefront1905 my friend please be respect, christianity faithful goodness well behave church every sunday, atheism are wickedness evil stalin communism kill many people my country
@@thehomefront1905 hey man, everyone has different beliefs. This is what's tearing us apart as a race. Him believing on something different shouldn't affect you in any way.
@@josuemiranda7289 stupidly annoys me my friend, please don't tell me you're another fool who believes someone is watching over us?
@@thehomefront1905 God loves you my friend.
This is what every guitar player wants to be when they grow up..... 👏🏻👏🏻
When im sad i always catch myself coming back to this video. Thank you
In a day and age where there's tons of people on social media doing flashy sweeping arpeggio's and shredding that lack any source of soul, there's Faye. And that's a hopeful future.
David Corriea Really? I see a shit ton of people on instagram with this style of play.
This is literally the most instagram performance in the world xD from the tone to the overuse of squiggles and slides to the D'Angelico DC literally everything screams #Pickupjazz . Notthat theres anything wrong with that. But just what the hell are you talking about my dude
luchadorito Ikr. It's the classic chord hammeron followed by a pulloff, etc lol. It was cool hearing it for the first time but now it's so overused.
Yeah this is just a really good version of #pickupjazz on the gram. That said, most of those players are really good players... this is just the popular style right now. That said, I’m a little surprised she’s not playing some outlandishly nice Strat...
I have seen a lot of people playing this kind of stuff lately, it's beautiful.
Young lady, old soul, fresh ideas, mixed playing.
Melanie’s rendition of Mariah Carey’s “My All”-my God. I must have heard it countless times before on her TH-cam channel, but I couldn’t help but get teary-eyed once her guitar started singing it. Man, music that touches the soul like Melanie’s is perhaps the most ethereal of pleasures we’re afforded in this existence. To a great extent, and if nothing else, experiencing this kind of art makes life worth living. Absolutely wonderful.
Worth keeping an eye on! And of course...your heart. Umm...watch out!
Who else here for their daily dose?
Mannnnnn don't you ever stop playin
Man ? x)
They'll compare you to others. But nobody can take your originality away. Name your price now and never turn back.
If it ever gets to be more than what you bargained leave the industry and make your music on your own.
Beauty could never be erased only hidden... Value what you've become. It is very special.
PeaceNLove and much success to you.
hell yeah
Beautiful ENCOURAGEMENT💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.......💙👑
Gilmar Lopez spot on🙏🏾👏🏾
Sounds like something dave chappelle said explaining why he left the chappelle show
Gilmar Lopez prolly the best comment on TH-cam
I appreciate that she essentially puts Hendrix and Mariah Carey in the same group here, which will piss off a lot of rock fans I suppose but just shows how genres in music are nothing more than guidelines for listeners when buying music, genres are not rules. She was obviously influenced as much by Mariah Carey as she was by Hendrix and isn't afraid to say it. Keep it up Melanie!
Jasper Skydecker any rock fan pissed off by that ain’t a fan of music
@Apple Is Forever yea man, rock music fans love music... like Chris Cornell doing a Michael Jackson song 🙄😆🎸🎵
I certainly don't think Carey is even half as talented as Jimi but I appreciate the tribute too!
@@tdb517 Well Mariah not only has the widest vocal range ever recorded in popular music, she also has written or co-written about 95% of her songs, and produced or co-produced as well, which is so much more than her peers in the big-voiced R&B/pop diva category can say.
@@tdb517 Okay now we have the archetypal pompous, pretentious music fan. Maybe on another planet Mariah Carey's music is crap, certainly not on this earth. Literally even most pretentious music fans give her her dues for a bunch of songs that are just undeniable. Céline Dion? Sure. Beyoncé? Okay, yeah. Whitney, even. But Mariah songs such as 'My All', 'Always Be My Baby', 'Fantasy', 'Honey', 'Heartbreaker', 'Emotions' are so obviously not crap, whatever kind of music you're into. And it doesn't even matter if you like her music or hate it, the point here is talent. Mariah has written the vast majority of her catalogue, making her undeniably talented, period. And you can look up about her vocal range, it's a known fact she has a 5-octave range which is more than any other recording artist in popular music history. She literally holds 2 Guinness World records, this one and the highest note of the human vocal range.
WTF?!?! How can anyone put a thumbs down for this!!! So eloquently beautiful riffs.. Jimi, Stevie, and BB would be proud...
So true
The only reason anybody thumbed down was just because they could and because they can't play anything like this. Ignorant
There would be not ONE if she was damn blonde and blue eyed. We don't get appreciated for the very same music WE CREATED!
@@chrissimpson6701 I'm sorry you feel that way about the thumbs down people., I hate it when I hear either color of the human race use statements like that. But at least your honest about how you apparently feel about everyone who didn't like the video. Chris, you know as well as I do that there are good and bad attitudes in every walk of life. We are ALL held accountable for our thoughts and actions towards others. This is a video of a lovely young lady playing her heart out to everyone who will listen to her beautiful arrangement, that's it! I can care less about who thumbs up or down, I enjoyed it very much and I have been playing guitar for over 50 years, with ALL colors of the "human race'......Jesus said to love the way He loved us by going to the cross for us. It's easy to love those who love you back, but Jesus said "love your enemies", like He did and still does.! Blessings to you and yours Chris!
@@thomasfontenot4881 This is so beautiful what you said, I had teary eyes, me too I play guitar and sing, the reason why I said what I said, is because I love to sing and play Rock, it is my favorite genre of music, but it blow your mind on how much negative I receive from Black and White. When I sing at Karoake, they are sure I'm gonna bust out with Minaj or cardi b, but can't handle it when I sing Metallica or Soundgarden. I cannot and will not change what I love, I ask them what color is an emotion or a feeling? That's what music is about, I taught to hate, even though my Mom from Memphis and experience it at a young age, I too am from a Christian home background, I'm from Los Angeles, but now live in Sacramento, and Thomas, we have experienced so much racial hate and jealousy here it's beyond my comprehension, I try my best to kill it with kindness, but I'm very bitter now, because nobody cares and won't do or say anything about it. All I can do is pray, expose, but definitely continue to be who I am. God bless you, Enjoyed the Beautiful words. Maybe we can jam together one day. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘.
Love the way she “paints” calmer realms with the electric guitar. So nice!
Ars W 🧡!
Great comment. Well put
That’s the beauty of a woman’s touch 🤍
I literally cried. Thanks for the inspiration , Ill keep practising
yes keep going!!
Glad I'm not the only one
I can't tell you why... just have to wipe my eyes before work
I will too! Best of luck to you all! :)
I've only known about this girl for 30 seconds and I'm already loving what I'm hearing.
Her tone and phrasing are amazing.
She is Legendary 🎸
How?
Matt Black can you make that arrangement like that and add your own colors and embellishments?? Why are you even talking
@@sussun52 it's not about what i can do. She doesn't even have an album to laud yet she is legendary. I did not say anything bad about her. To call her legendary is a little lofty. Sheesh.
Matt Black there’s something special here is all I meant I’m sorry. Hope you have a good day but I understand what you mean now. Maybe a bit too much for only two songs out but she sure has a nice style for being so young
@@sussun52 Thanks, and yes I agree. And she is only going to get better.
Ol' boy John Mayer gave her one hell of a plug... that's how I ended up here lol... so smooth, well done!!!
Jeremy Gayness me too!
Same!
Big shout out to JM for giving a shout out to Melanie!
Now I'm searching TH-cam to get to where you came from🤦♂️
What kind of plug?
Anyone else in love with the dim lighting and the warm orange in the background?? It just perfectly matches her music!! :)
John Mayer sent me here, and I agree. She blows me away. I could listen to her for hours.
It looks like she's even wearing the same kind of jacket Jimi would wear.
Yea I noticed that too!!
Talented player. I bet she could burn some serious jazz with a good band behind her.
she's the band
@@watevaa1234567 that wasnt an insult he was just saying it'd be cool
@@watevaa1234567 Her playing was beautiful, but someone, or something was providing and arpegiated chord progression in the background.
@Dilip Phunbar she's surely using a looper with a pre-recorded loop in the second half of the performance, aside from that it's solo.
Dillip Phunbar it's a looper
In those moments when I seek to feel something I listen to this. Real music for real people.
2:37 my all by Mariah Carey
SLAY QUEEN
I like her style.
Check out Mateus Asato. There's a new wave of awesome melodic guitarists coming in
You thief!!! Why do you have my picture as profile picture?
The Jimi was great, but when she hit the Mariah, it shot straight to spectacular.
I was trying to put my finger on what that was! It sounded lovely.
@@SickandTired95
I'm in Albania today, so I can't hear it, but if I recall it was Mariah's beautiful song 'My All'.
Bless.
When did she switchup?
@@m3j
Around 2:00 or so she changes chords, and at 2:36 she plays the main melodic line of 'My All' by Mariah. Listen to Mariah's song; it's lovely.
Yes.. i was thinking the same thing
i love that she always looks like she's singing when she plays, feelinf every note all the way through as if the sound were passing through her vocal chords but instead it's being extended into her fingers and into her weapon of choice
I noticed that too and it’s beautiful
Melanie You are God's Gift to Guitar Players , i could listen to you play 24/7
she plays with beautiful feel and soul and has dialled in the best tone that guitar and amp could possibly have
When you can get me to drive in the car and listen to a guitar solo over and over like it’s a complete song then you know you are not on a normal level. You are amazing
This girls playing is absolutely beautiful in every way ❤️
keep coming back to this, absolutely stunning.. world class.
At 0:25 I'm already blown away! The way she can own the melody with such strenght while playing chords underneath is sublime.
Melanie’s playing is so soulful and spiritual, a very graced musician.
Still watch this everyday and 3:02-3:16 takes my soul everytime. 😩😩😩😩
Life is beautiful when you have a morning full of coffee and such great guitarists with such a good tone.
this is literally beautiful. Her tonality is giving me chills! I love listening to her!
Wow, this touched my soul to the very core.
There’s people who play and then there’s people who were BORN to play! So much soul that it hurts, but in a good way...
Thank you for sharing! 💚
Ravage Gamer anybody can get to this level of skill and play but not everybody can get to the level of some players there are some people who have god gifted ability others simply cannot achieve like Shawn lane (the greatest guitarist ever) but anybody that hasn’t physical ailments can get to this level dot tell yourself anything else that will just become an excuse when you don’t practice enough and aren’t at her level
If I could ever make a group of people feel how her playing made me feel I'll die a happy man
MUSIC IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE AND, I HEAR YOU !!!
Damn the love for music is strong with this one! Jimi Hendrix is smiling right now.
I had tears in my eyes. This is soo beautiful. 😭😭
yeah me too. this type of sound make me fell like im in a dream 😭
something tells me shes spent many a long and lonely nights in the company of her guitar. So beautiful her mastery
How Beautiful..Jimi Hendrix would of Loved this. God Has Blessed you ..Keep it going young Lady
joe smoe there is no god
POLyHOOD why you gotta be like that?
yah "god ...blessed" her ...had nothing to do with the all her hard work in musical education and the instructors that taught her or the other players that have influenced her over time. yeah thanks god.
Awesomely different . I love her style
I've played 40 plus years , she is very unique . I can't wait to hear her live
1:23 my heart skipped a beat, wow. She's amazing.
I love seeing how she completely embodies these tunes and sings them her own way it’s so beautiful.
this actually made me cry
What a talent! Best guitarist I’ve heard since Eric Gales! Amazing
If I could play like that I would never put my guitar down 😭
She´s already becoming one of my guitar heroes
Soul caviar from this sensitive guitarist, cant stop watchin her vids. Come touring in Spain please!
soul caviar!!!! great , ill borrow that if you dont mind... cheers )
Sure@@sirvicemanone , please feel free to spread this delicatessen to the entire world cheers
@@manuelaguilarinforma thank you Manuel Aguilar , appreciate your kindness and creativity )
Justin L excuse me sir, that metaphor related to the excelence and uniqueness of such a sensitive artist doesnt seem to have offended the artist environment, according to the messages posted in this entry. Those people have easily captured the meaning and essence of my phrase, meaning that, on the other hand , doesn’t seem to be very complex to understand. Mostly if it is read with open mind and no prejudices. Have a nice day.
Ah man, soul caviar! You beautiful poet!
The tone is in those fingers and the vibes are from the heart! Love it.
I love finding new artists who are exceptionally skilled and talented. I am an instant convert fan of hers now. God bless!
I......am......speechless. Every idea is excited PERFECTLY the transitions are seamless. This is some of the best playing I’ve ever seen. Nothing is wasted. Everything is there. Wow so much to glean from this video.
Melanie Faye x Cory Henry would be the absolute shizznit
oooooh sheeeit! Thats an eargasm waiting to happen - I'll wait
Or Abigail Zachko
Add a little sprinkle of NeonMono
Melanie Faye x Cory Henry x Jacob Collier
I can’t even play a pentatonic scale without screwing up😭😭😭😭
Me too. But don't give up!
Just get out of the "X can/I can´t" mentality. Craft your own road, technique and soul-wise.
Same here! Now I don't feel so bad!
There was a time where she couldn't either!
To be fair this is only the minor scale
One of my favs
Loved it
The most beautiful thing I have ever witnessed.😭😭🌹♥️
Congrats you have been experienced.
Fantastic !
This is so amazing. So much passion 💛
sensational, i get chills every 10 seconds
it’s been a while since i’ve watched this video. I’ve been watching this video ever since i started playing and the more I watch it the more i realize how truly incredible this performance is. unreal.
AMAZING.
really felt that thank u.
Hmmmm so much soul in here, so beautiful🙏😍
Incredibly entertaining! I could listen to this all day.
this is so beautiful I want to cry - thank you!
this is so ridiculously good
The timing and feel throughout is just beautiful.
I love this little girl
i dont know why but i cried when the intro started. what a beautiful tones..
Gorgeous!!! Thank you!
You can feel the emotions of the song with her playing.. Thank you for the wonderful sound you make. 💚
You just made Jimi happy girl.!!!!!
I am in awe.
SO SWEET!!
☝🏾 WORD “AWESOMENESS “
The MOST BEAUTIFUL music I have heard in long time ! Thank you, for sharing your AWESOMENESS, Miss Melanie.
Just Wow!!!
Awesome!
2:35 Her wonderful spirit be shining here, thank me later 🤍
Thank you later;-)
Yes!! You're right! It's a magical moment!!
It’s super close to Restore the feeling - Daniel Caesar chords progression ? 🤯
thx :)
@@eireal6175 Mariah Carey - My All
One of my absolute favourite electric guitar performances. It's stunning as she is 😮♥️
She is Super but some people are so sad and would dislike everything in this world including them being born into this world, how would you give this a dislike? Shame, just keep thriving my sister and God bless you and increase you with more knowledge wisdom and talent
Brilliant tone, inventive approach and beautiful phrasing. This is a virtuoso in the making.
Love how she was able to put these two artists together like that, coming from two contrasting genres...nobody can really say anything bad cause her renditions of the songs are just that good, any guitar player would know how hard it is to find your own personal sound
I love listening to this it’s so calming. She’s amazing!
I have watched this soo many times. It never gets old.
You are some kinda awesome. Love your style.
This young lady has a very, very bright future. Loved this.
Ooooowwwwwwwww.....melted❤️❤️❤️❤️
AMAZING ✨✨✨
I hear some Eric Gayle and a little Wes on that version of little wing😎soulfull...your Great
Duh..that eric gales style..which is more current. This Country players is killing the game.
Agree. I love the marriage of those jazz chords with classic stuff, very Eric Gales, and the way she slides around and uses those double stops is awesome and reminiscent of Wes. I just have to point out though, you know this is not her channel, right? This is not going directly to her. When people address people like this whose performances are uploaded to other channels just drives me crazy.
@@gaelenmckee6400 yea I commented before I realized it wasn't her channel ..lol...
Her timing and musicality are incredible for her age says John Mayer and he’s right.