Andy McKee - Ebon Coast cover

[loveyouinuyasha]

This is like amazing O_O

[Rael0505]

@loveyouinuyasha haha thanks a lot! :)

[Logantheburninator]

Okay, I've been playing for a few years and I've always noticed people putting things under the strings behind the nut. What is the purpose of this?

[Rael0505]

@Logantheburninator Sometimes the vibration of the guitar causes the strings to ring past the nut, resulting in a "eeeeee" sound whenever you play the guitar or drum on the guitar. It it especially noticeable when you play loudly and then mute the strings - instead of the sound cutting off, the strings are still ringing past the nut. This just mutes them. Antoine Dufour uses fancy scarves, but here I used the less classy folded up burger king napkin :)

Thanks for watching!

[Logantheburninator]

@Rael0505 Ah...Makes sense. I guess I never really payed attention to that. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks. Ha ha.

And hey, there's nothing wrong with a BK napkin. xD

[Logantheburninator]

@Rael0505 Spot on playing by the way!

[Rael0505]

@Logantheburninator haha thank you man! I had Craig D'Andrea as my teacher for a few months this summer which was pretty awesome. I think i've improved a little through him.  I want to put up more videos sooon haha

[Logantheburninator]

@Rael0505 Really man? That's pretty freakin' sweet. I really dig his tunes as well. And I look forward to the uploads. :D

[BrokenBrooms]

I love how you kinda 'drum' on your guitar :P Really nice cover ^^

[eldamianos1980]

great

[nancyl2]

Yes!!! I needed this sooo much. Too busy awakening Humanity, +I know better then to not have my MUSIC FIX for the energy to do so. You Dear have done this for me. My Dearest Friend (across the oceans) is re-energizing through getting back to his LOVE music:). I Am so happy for your saying hello, Once again. <3 to You.

[RileyAcoustic]

Great job dude! I always wanted to attempt this one but it looks tough! You did good with it!

Riley

[DuskY1991]

That's sick man, I want to learn that song too, but it looks daunting as hell. Cool stuff, keep it up.

[MichelleCaldersMusic]

I love Andy McKee, and you by far do his songs justice :) Well done!

[Shanic4321]

DANG I cant get enougth of this this is so freakin awsome... If only I was that good on my guitar.

[PianoNinja]

Dude! You're playing the piano on the guitar??!!?!?!?! o.0

lol.

[Rael0505]

Yes, but not as well as I should be! ;) You should totally check out more Andy McKee if you like what you see! I saw him live and recorded the whole show, it's all up on my channel

Thanks for the nice comment!

[Neptunade]

@Rael0505 I totally agree with you dude, your cover needs more time to come to maturity.

[PianoNinja]

oh yeah man, i've seen those videos from andy mckee, he is crazy. lol.

[kennethdrozario1]

dude how about you do all of us a solid and post the tabs foe 3 mile bike ride on ultimate guitar

[patchesluvsyou]

I love the way you play, it sounds so smoothly.

: )

your very talented.

[Rael0505]

Thank you so much for the nice comment and subscription! : ) I sent a friend request.

[xxefixx]

Wow. I love this, great cover

[Rael0505]

Thank you so much! I appreciate the subscription. I sent a friend request :)

[TheDrumked]

are ya using any special tunning or guitar? cause i play it too but it sounds too "high"

[Rael0505]

I play it in standard baritone (tuned to B), same as Andy. you can play it in standard E, but it'll sound higher ;) still basically the same thing

[jdumoit77]

great job!

[kenenth84]

I'm still working hard on Guitar skill and hope to play like that oneday!

[Rael0505]

Thank you! Looking forward to more of your piano videos too ;) hope to play as well as you do some day too!

[Razorsharp87]

Hey! U played really well I would say! :)

[dolochan]

aw!! i like it!! *5!!

[Rael0505]

Thanks a lot for watching my videos! I really appreciate it.

[9000juli9000]

Wow nice playing =) Sounds very good.

5 Stars =) Thanks again for these kind words.

-juli

[forever10]

have you tabs???

[drunkendestruction]

Keep it up man and you're gonna be one of the best someday.

[PianoNinja]

why do you have a sock in your guitar?

[Rael0505]

That's no sock! It's a burger king napkin folded up in there. It stops the strings from ringing past the nut. sometimes if I strum hard and mute the strings they're left ringing and it really gets on my nerves :D

[Fusionartist202]

Your right hand is so fluid man I have never really felt that freedom! I'm so dependent on my pick! Great left hand stuff that you had studied through very well!

[Rael0505]

Thank you! I've only started messing around with fingerstyle about a year ago so I know I have a lot to learn but praise coming from you means a lot! :)

[rastatouf2225]

really nice cover my friend

[kenenth84]

Really tough song :-) Using guitar as drum the same time, very impressive.

[Rael0505]

Yeah, the Candy Rat guitarists are amazing, really creative stuff. Thanks for the nice comment, your approval means a lot to me :)

[Kirameo1]

This is pretty impressive... nice to see how people improve over time... makes me wonder what will one do next? Keep up the good work!

[Rael0505]

Haha thanks so much man, it means a lot to hear there's been improvement. I think sometimes I don't notice when I've gotten a little better, but when I compare this to some of my older fingerstyle videos I can see I'm at least more comfortable with the genre than I was before.

Looking forward to more of your videos as well!

[jszekerj]

Sounds great broo

[Rael0505]

Thanks man!

[freeman4arab]

great approach dude !

but you need to fix your timing just littile bit , and you missed some notes ,

i hope i can see your version 2 :P

[Rael0505]

Thanks so much! I'll practice hard in hopes that the next attempt will be better ;)

[forcedtodie]

Dude, I've been hoping that you'd do this song for so long.

You made my night, awesome cover :D

[GothikSprite]

Awesome job! I love you Rael!

[guitar2adam]

good for you for learning these! i feel like i just don't have enough time

[Rael0505]

You're too busy writing your own masterpieces! Thanks so much for the nice comment, I'm glad you checked it out :) I still have to work on perfecting it though!

May do Heather's Song soon :)

[Ph33rtehGD]

Nice d00d. I'm not much of a musician, but I do know when I like a tune. Sounding great =).

[Rael0505]

<3 thanks so much dood

[n00bhunt3r]

you has paper stuck on the thingy thing

[Rael0505]

to mute the strings from ringing past the nut :D they pick up the vibrations from the neck and make this annoying "eeee" sound when I play. It drives me crazy.

[n00bhunt3r]

lol cool

[Tman4000]

According to Antoine Dufour, it's actually "schwring".

Nice job, Rael! :D

[Rael0505]

Ahahaha!  I love him so much!

And thanks for the comment man, it means a lot coming from you ;) maybe I'll eventually be able to write my own stuff the way you do.

[CarcassRot]

Tempo was a bit fast to begin, but over time you corrrected it just fine. the tapping part sounded great man! Keep it up!

[Rael0505]

Thank you! I'll make sure to slow the intro down in my next cover ;)