My name is Ahren Baesler. I play acoustic guitar and sing. Most of my videos from here on out will be song covers. I am 19 and am from Oregon (USA). Thanks for watching!!

Uploaded first song cover - 09/16/08
100 Subscribers - 11/14/08
500 Subscribers - 1/25/09
1000 Subscribers - 2/27/09
2000 Subscribers - 4/11/09
3000 Subscribers - 5/27/09
4000 Subscribers - 7/9/09
5000 Subscribers - 8/11/09
6000 Subscribers - 9/15/09

You can download high-quality MP3 files of my song covers here: http://www.ahrenb.com

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Frequently Asked Questions:

1.) What kind of guitar do you use?
It's a Washburn D30s and was purchased for $300 from Musiciansfriend.com

2.) What about the strings?
I usually use D'addario EJ16 strings. :)

3.) How do you record your covers?
I use an MXL 2001 condenser mic to to record vocals and a pretty crappy dynamic mic to record the acoustic guitar. I use two On-Stage mic stands. Both of the mics run into a Lexicon Omega mixer which runs into my MacBook and I mainly use Ableton Live to record/mix in. I use my Canon SD870is digital camera to record the video, which then goes into iMovie. Here, I mute the sound from the camera and put the audio from the mics in. I export on Medium settings (640×480, .m4v) and upload to YouTube!

4.) How much did all of that cost?
Guitar: $300
MacBook: $1250
Mic Stands and Dynamic Mics: $45
Condenser Mic: $60
Audio Interface: $100
Cables, etc: $35

5.) You should try out for American Idol!!
I appreciate the support, but I don't think that my style is what American Idol is looking for. Plus, there are many, many better vocalists than me on YouTube, who I think have, and deserve, a much better chance than me. :)

6.) Do you take song suggestions?
Sure, I'm always open to taking suggestions, but I can't guarantee that I'll get to them. Right now, I can't even get to the ones I want to do. :/

7.) Where did you learn how to play guitar and/or sing?

I have never taken any guitar or vocal lessons, although I wish I would have when I was younger. I started teaching myself how to play guitar a little over two years ago, and started singing about one year ago.

8.) Why do you use a capo on some of your videos that only use barre chords?

Good observation! I just use it to lower the action on the strings, thus making it easier to play the barre chords. :)