Sleepwalking - Modest Mouse Cover

[franktortuga]

fantastic song, can you possibly do another modest mouse song?

[Abzek]

anyway you can give us the chords your using? please!?

[DieMrFox]

@Abzek Sounds to me like C Em(well not the actual name of the one I list below, just keeping it simple. You can also just straight up play Em though it will not sound as good) F G

The actual shapes he is using for each:

C-332010

Em(this could be wrong but it sounds right to me)-x02010

F-xx3211 (barre the last two with your pointer finger or just mute the high e, you can also play it the traditional way but it looks like he is playing it this way in the video)

G-320003

[DieMrFox]

@DieMrFox just listened to this again i think that Am7 chord that I listed as an Em is just straight up an Am chord.

[danielhassixstrings]

@Abzek the chords i'm using are wrong. somewhere down in the comments, someone tells the right ones. but: the correct chords are C - Am - Fm - G (capoed wherever they fit your voice). hope that helps.

[brandizzle96734]

-3 your voice.

[cheesypopcorn9]

holy shit dude. your music. this is amazing.

[DrLight9]

Just great man. I love coming back to this video and enjoying it.

[Abzek]

this is a great cover man, awesome voice for the song. can you put the tabs out by any chance?

[arqflaviosantos]

Outstanding man!!! Great job!!!

Congrats from Brazil!

[sk8terjohnny]

when he whistles it sounds like a bow on a saw

[TheShoegal4]

Is there anyway I can get this transferred to my iTunes????

[LaHatterFan]

wow, my cover is shit compared to this haha you inspired me but im not as good at guitar ahahha

[WhoaFlow]

awesome job man!

[VirginWithAProblem]

I love the whistling! Just remember that you are your own worst critic, so don't be too hard on yourself. Seriously, the whistling is what made this song for me. Great job, man.

[TheShoegal4]

You know when you find those real good Youtube gems??? This is one of them...just amazing, thank you.

[tommypk86]

Your sound and your style reminds me a little of Joshua Radin and he is awesome to.

Good luck with your music and keep making vids they are awesome!

[jugjugsthekoolaidman]

MY FAVORITE SONG MY FAVORITE BAND AWESOME COVER!!

[muffinman0]

Boss.

[gregthepirate]

I want you to sing me to sleep. (and I mean that in the most heterosexual way possible). But goddamn, you can sing.

[AndrewThomasR]

Dude you play awesome, and have an insanely good voice. But....

You're meant to be playing MM, dude!

[evan111knights]

this cover inspires me to live. No joke. Good job.

[danielhassixstrings]

@evan111knights wow. thank you very much. i hope you have lots of things to live for, though.

[evan111knights]

@danielhassixstrings I hope so too.

[0thekillers00]

AGHHH give me the chords!!!!

[crisch93]

my girlfriend and i both have this song on our ipods. its one of our favorite songs

[hmdejavu]

Great voice, but no offence not a voice for any Modest Mouse song. Totally killed the point of the song.

[mdn30]

ooh man you lost the sense of this song COMPLETELY.

I mean you're playin very good, and it sound great, in fact it sounds better than original for some people, because you've made it too sweet !

You're singing like pop star, not like Brock does.

And thats chords variations, you've made a regural contry/folk/pop song ! From a mm music ! You're killing them !

One more time, you're singing very good, and your guitar sounds nicely. But it just not enough to play their songs.

[Syphillest]

@mdn30 you are an idiot

[yumyumfruitstripe]

@mdn30 ...There's already an Isaac Brock... Why make a cover the song if your only intention was to sing it exactly the way Isaac does? Imitation is the most boring form of flattery. This guy has done an awesome reinterpretation of this song, yeah it's different, but different is good.

I dunno, just a thought.

[prittmister]

why havent more people seen this? honestly have listened to this atleast 30 times..and its not like a phase..have been listening to it every now and then for the course of a year..probably even more than a year

[RookofIvory]

I don't think the whistling is bad at all. It could be improved, but it's certainly far from awful. Good job.

[grumpybritishguy]

wow fantastic brother. this is the best cover ive ever heard of this song great job. even the whistling sounds good!

[mechanicalpants]

Hi Daniel,

Just wanted to say thanks so much for sharing your music with us, I really love what you do and listen to your videos all the time. I know a few chords and I've been wanting an acoustic guitar for ages and the videos people post on Youtube (esp. yours) have inspired me to get one sooner rather than later and hopefully do a few covers of my own. I love the style of music you play and have discovered a lot of cool artists through your various covers.

[mechanicalpants]

You have a really special voice with a lot of variety and soul and your guitar playing to me, seems flawless (how long have you been playing? I gathered, from some of your posts, since a young age?)

So anyway, just wanted to say I'm a big fan and hope you keep playing and sharing because your awesome, thanks again,

Angelo.

[mechanicalpants]

P.S. I was listening to one of your songs the other day and I liked it and went to look up the chords and lyrics. Took me a while, but then I realised that I couldn't find them because it was your song! needless to say I was impressed because it was in my opinion, a professional sounding work. Makes me think it won't be long before your puting out a CD for all of us to buy! : )

P.P.S. Do you ever do requests?

[DIGFOOL]

lol a cover of a cover.

[SBLOUNCHSKED]

Pretty damn good

but I don't want to hear John Mayer sing modest mouse....haha

[Beauacadian]

Better than good.

[HaseoxxOrion]

I love your voice! very well done!

[arfuswrinkledinks]

you're a good whistler

[j0lteon]

great voice, great cover. love this song so much.

[egraseidannogew]

Proper.

[catfishpatrol]

great job! amazing!

[lunabobrawr1]

i cant stop listening to this. love it great job

[norievoy]

this is awesome!

[nyikin]

What a beautifully haunting cover!

[NoSenss]

vocals kinda sound like john mayer

[sillyredhead515]

You have a good voice man. Made it your own here I like that. I think on the original Issac and Nicole really set the mood and I just love that song soooo much.

[Chargergirl35]

like

[irvingcsaltzburg]

Damn Daniel, you're a lucky guy and I truly envy you because if you're ever feeling like shit you could just come look at your own youtube video here and cheer yourself up with all these positive and supportive comments. Which you deserve by the way because this is a beautiful and original homage to my favorite band, I mean I'm blown away. I bet you thought you'd never get 30000 views and a 5 star rating, I imagine that's a hell of a self-esteem boost. Lord knows I could use one of those.

[JimmyBshaw]

Modest Mouse did a cover of this? i had no idea.. wow.

imma look it up.

good for Modest mouse.

and good for you.

you played this amazing

[myaccountissocooler]

nice man most MM covers aren't as good as this one

[TaylorPeppers74]

I didnt think the whistling was awful at all.

[melaniemarieamigos]

your voice resembles John Mayor. Only i enjoy it far more than i do his. and yes, even the whistling for the santo and johnny part was perfect. wow. amazing.

[TrueAsTheForest]

Though the whistle section may have been "poorly executed" it was a good idea, and it was done very well with the mix of your cover. Santo and Johnny probably wouldn't be too disappointed.

Also, the vibrato on the very last pitch of your whistling segment was impressive.

The vocals and guitar accuracy were phenomenal.

You did this song absolute justice.

Awesome job.

[TobascohotlikeMM]

Wow dude youre really good-not many people can pull Modest Mouse off as well as you can! good job

[ammarhio]

Dude why don't you try out for American Idol or something??

[theowilltheo]

Ammarhio that's such a bad idea, hate it when people say "go on American idol". Yeah ok, sell your soul to the devil

[ammarhio]

Just voicing my opinion, no need to get offended

[Davinci757]

This is awesome dude, you have an amazing voice

[MrLadyjack]

Oh and if you have facebook can I add you as a friend please...?!

[MrLadyjack]

I feel in love with your voice...You are a great singer....So good...I'm going to post this to my facebook...Facebook worthy for sure...xx

[poopfoot44]

i love how you whistled the original parts of sleepwalk by santo and johnny then sang the modest mouse parts

double cover, absolutely awesome my friend

[danielhassixstrings]

you're the first person to notice, or at least comment, that. thanks. :D

[Faustesh]

Fuck, even the whistling sounds great.

[SurfaceToday]

the f is a minor.

[gotega522]

I was pretty surprised by the voice lol

[floppsyt11]

Your voice....wow

[AvvGonzo]

...you can be a star.....you have to know that!

[Poptartemmo]

Amazing voice :)

[rainmusic33]

shite

[bar77FUL]

@rainmusic33 Ok, but only coz I need one anway

[117clarity]

next american idol haha it blew my mind i had to come back

[lulanunapuka]

hes singing sleepwalking by modest mouse, from a compilation album before their mainstream success... and all you can think of is american idol?? oh god...

[paperback333]

amazing man, I didn't believe anyone could make a song to par with modest mouse's version.

[FuelsterFarmSportHor]

Thoroughly enjoyable!

[Superwoman262]

That was awsome! I luved it! Not than the original but you did hella good job.

[chrismoss420]

you suck... turning modest mouse into james blunt....not cool....modest mouse is my favorite band and james blunt is my most hated singer

[thatwalrusguy]

well, seeing as modest mouse covered this, he has all the right to play it anyway he wants.

[mbaton14]

Nice, voice like Dave Matthews, I like it:D

[miltonatchet]

ahh dont say that! dave mathews is shank

[aaitsjohnny]

blessings my friend

beautiful voice !

[elephant6192]

You have an incredible voice

[amandaamanda8]

You're voice is greatttttt!

this is the only good Sleepwalkin cover I've heard.

[ozziekins]

Omggggggg

[ljevans12]

i actually enjoyed the whistling

[amandaamanda8]

I LOVE this cover.

[dbush25]

1:42 is the only bad whistle

[12nodoubt]

You're amazing, <3 this :D

[HabanaBoyJDog]

good job man

[sunnyday19791979]

Look at the tabs over internet... (you playing it wrongly) by the way nice voice :)

[sicktwistedfreak22]

its called a cover for a reason. it doesnt have to be the same. he plays it his own way.

[spedly1]

I disagree with your assessment of your whistling, I think it sounds great!

[DrLight9]

ahh, that was so nice. thank you so much :-)

[estebonb]

I think every song you do is enjoyable. I sure wish you would post a new one my friend but either way I wish you well.

[sadpoet187]

Interesting. You gave this a kind of Dave Matthews sound with the vocals. I could picture Dave doing this. I think it sounds good. Another Variation of the Mouse. Nice, but not my cup of tea. I like the original by Santo and Johnny, as well as the remake by Modest Mouse. Good job tho.

[dcfc4200]

great job.. voice is great but not my style of vocals

[kegan1039]

i don't think it was really that good sorry

[Superhappeefun]

you are so talented its amazing to listen to you your wisthling is so right on too is there anything you can't do

[issaquack]

wow.. this is the best modest mouse cover ever! I love the voice and the playing..Keep up the good work!!

[staercky]

Wow this is great! I don't either the original or the MM version - going to have check them out now! As for the whistling, it sounds spot on. Whistling is songs always reminds me of my Grandad so it's all good fella.

[WillardTheMexican]

that is truly fantastic

[HazyMario]

The whistling is sweet.

[aranalli]

incredible talent....sexy too ;-)

[MrHendyB]

YEAH, I WAS SLEEP WALKING AND IT WAS AMAZING. I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP. THIS IS VERY GOOD.Good for You.

[iKbRokkUrWorld]

dude this is amazing

[JaphyRyder63420]

Key word COVER!!!

[roosterchains]

WOW... You have a great voice.

[daapgirl]

i like this better than the original. Modest mouse fans would shoot me, but it's true.

[genenoatgmailcom]

yeah, it's very good, but i'd still say modest mouse is better.  It's also a very different style. I like modest mouse's instrumentation more.

gj on the whistling, it's really hard to whistle in tune and play

[alphamonk]

I'm a huge modest mouse fan.

It's not hard to make a Modest Mouse cover "sound" better than the original. MM has a unique natural grimy kind of sound that's impossible to copy. Also, just because it sounds better doesn't mean I'll like it better than the original.

I like this as much as the original. good job

[aeroplaneisland]

Great job with the whistling parts, absolutely can't stand your lifehouse or whatever other awful band you're ripping off voice, might as well sing it like stain d or p.o.d or some awful awfulness

[fusionofmetal]

Very nice job. The whistling was nowhere near the awfulness you had me expecting it to be.

[700bees]

my suggestion: drag out the by in "hoping you would stop by" all the way till the next word and drop the note down at the chord change. sounds kinda neutral milk hotelish

[NaaomiLeon]

shit! you have such a good voice.

i wish i could sing 1/12th as good as you can.

[James1803]

Your singing is pretty amazing

[HAZE322]

you sound like john mayer....

[thomasmineky]

oh man this is excellent. :) this is one of my favorite songs by modest mouse... well except "so much beauty in dirt" but this is truely mindblowing i love the whistle and the way he draws out the sllleeeeeeeeepwalkin'

[amesmog]

Daniel, tu es excellent. Quelle sensibilité dans toutes tes interprétations. Je me fais un CD qui va me suivre tout l'été. thanks a lot for the sun!!!

[wildcat6931]

not even close to as good as MM

[ryanjohnston82]

MM is a band this is one guy and he made it his own!

[kylebowler]

great cover man

[900Jacob009]

Dude.. Your voice is amazing.

Great cover! I love this song.

[roachman1324]

i hope your someone singes you into a lable cuz ur amazing dude

[harharnarnar]

Honestly? This is better than MM.

[kylebowler]

no way man

[sillychops]

another 5 star perfomance

i had to run back to my monitor to check that was you wistling as well

you got talent

[ahippohunter]

Is that an Fm7 Em C G chord progression?

[ahippohunter]

I love this song

[twentyonejumpstreet]

God I love this cover.

[sashaaaaaaaha]

your voice is lovely

[ThatOneGuyFromBefour]

bro, you really need to pursue a career in music, this is just amazing.

[johannsimone]

This is just wonderful...

[TylerSmythe]

i think this cover is too "everyday" harmonized,

like too nice of a voice.

maybe thats how you tried to make it sound.

and its good, its great.

but, if you were aiming to sound like issac,

make it sloppy, pretty positive, NO ONE, NO WHERE ANYTIME will sound like him, or anywhere near him.

i just have to agree with mnwalke, but harmonized, it was good..

:)

sry

[LulzAtYourFace]

You sound like James Blunt.

[ph10m]

Do me the favour and ignore all the bad comments! I listen to this cover every day and try to learn it exactly the way you play it! It's way better than the real verson. Keep up the excellent work! Can't figure why this cover don't have more views

[mnwalke]

you're tryin too hard, main.

[themobbedmafia]

Bullshit, this is good. I like the way you mixed both versions of the song.

[mnwalke]

It's really good...I was just hatin'.

[danielhassixstrings]

LOL!

[themobbedmafia]

I smell ya

[seabrawk]

Wow, nice job. I think the contrasting style works well...

[ALLAN2K5]

this is a fantastic cover

[JenerallyxSpeaking]

hi, i am a new stalker of yours...take it personally. you are RIDICULOUS.

[deepinswim]

you are absolutely amazing, wow.

[killingtime15]

i like it man. instead of a lonely song bout isolation you make it sort of a sweet lil love song.

[kurt2552]

almost every single modest mouse cover sucks. not this one.

[jrthedeadboy]

nothing wrong with the whistling. i kinda like it!

[mw0swedeking]

parts of it are, like he said 'gratingly awful'

actually I take it back, it's not gratingly awful, but it does get pretty bad

anyways, I like the cover

[greatrayray]

definitely not isaac brock :P

but good nonetheless! congrats

[jacobisraelforever]

You sir have an excellent voice. And I enjoyed your twist on the cover.

[lumberjackconnor]

nice cover

[jjaby42]

omg .. crazy skillZ

[NmHman127Nugget]

yeah. its not modest mouse original

really nice cover. i think the whistle really adds a new feeling to it.

[close7893]

this is so good

[kans2cali]

i Love it man keep it up

[meg1241989]

*drops pants*

[greatsoutherntrend]

huge modest mouse fan. love this cover. please do more

[avaroolz182]

i love your covers. you should post the mp3s for download. i would listen to them on my ipod for sure. im sure other people would too.

[sarikabuzz6]

you have a lot of talent. start a band and i'll come see you play :) sarah

[BloodNGutts]

I didn't know the song had words

[jxwhee]

the original didn't, this is the modest mouse "version" with words added.

[BloodNGutts]

Thanks

[jxwhee]

"the white trash boys listen to the headphones, blasting white noise in the convenience store parking lot, i hung around there wasting my time hoping you'll stop by."

Fuck Bob Dylan. Isaac Brock is the greatest song writer ever.

[danielhassixstrings]

he is pretty up there. i love his lyrics.

[milesofmilestone]

fuck dylan? fuck u

[MilesStone92]

jxwhee: you're an idiot. if you knew anything, it would be that isaac brock was HIGHLY influenced by bob dylan.

anyways, dan, you did a great job. you are one of my favorite musicians.

[James1803]

You sound pretentious why is it so important whos he's influenced by? I remember reading that he would listen to whatever was available to him. I know I saw a video of Isaac talking about Bob Dylan pretty guitar but ya dont got to be a grumpy dick unless JXwhee was being a dick and if that was the case dick on grumpy dick.

Oh and great cover you made it you own instead of copying Isaac's singing which a lot of people try but it just doesnt sound right.

[ShiftyViking]

thank you much

[Dsoup]

Modest Mouse actually replaces the F with a D diminished, so it's C Am Ddim G

[KeiserSniTT]

C Am F G