Shelter - Ray Lamontagne - Acoustic Cover by ortoPilot

[philiefay]

killer that, get yourself on x factor man

[maitimon]

Awesome stuff!

[camster890]

9 dislikes.... haters. you sound great! keep singing man

[ElectricMan97]

do "All the Wild Horses"

[89deluna]

wonderful bro... just lovely

[KingZerxst]

You have a really honest voice, if you get what I'm saying. Exceptional cover

[benp94]

what are the chords?? really good

[jacobhrndz]

I'm covering this now and came to find acoustic covers to help my strum pattern. I love what u did but bein a girl I like the way we do it too lol thx

[AlexJuanOrtiz]

This guy is a buttplug. good cover, but youre a buttplug. xtreme homo alert

[AlexJuanOrtiz]

This guy is a buttplug. good cover, but youre a buttplug.

[AlexJuanOrtiz]

damn dude Im here pausing and rewinding trying to figure this shit out. got the first part its G and then an A like x02013 (tab),another A xx0212, G , D, then like an E over G x22033 then b7 and then some sort of C to a G I can improvise there , but the chorus is tough man just by watching help me out.

[always883]

@AlexJuanOrtiz Verse: 010233, 112000, 000xx3, 010230, 010020, 01220, 031220, 012331, 010233. Keep in mind that with the chord 012331, you should use your thumb

[AlexJuanOrtiz]

what are the chords?

[nalakram17]

That was fantastic my friend. What a voice you have sir!

[BioBros2]

I vote yes.

[angelinaga]

I truly, really liked it! Wonderful!

[Pizzagurl24283]

U made it ur own, very nice!

[shopgirlnoey]

Also.... fantatsic cover good sir simply fantastic XoXoXo

[EnglishRose257]

Loving your cover!

[TheBathroomGirl]

chills

[lpuser]

Where's the tabs for Ray? I haven't looked in a month or so but couldn't find any then...

[VERB65]

dude you rock...now I'm going to go practice..thanks

[craittattum]

London thinks your good!

Am with Ethan Johns this weekend, he produced Ray's latter albums.

[Neil10000]

good cover man. Again not a patch on ray but then again its his song.

[MikeDaniels3951]

dude brilliant... great singing...

[deepenough2die]

have a look on his HP, he's got a lot of tabs of his covers and originals on it. don't know if this one's also on it but yeah... check it out

[bensharkey]

Bravo! great song! you rocked it! -bensharkey

[oldschoolwaverider]

sounds different from the original i like this as well as original.u would sound good doing a damien rice song!

[deepenough2die]

than check out his cannonball cover he already posted. i love it a lot. and i agree, more damien rice would be great. :)

[steviegards]

larson750 is a prick

[frogstomped00]

awesome.......

[shanise0490]

that was really lovely great job u sound so mellow ur voice is really nice. love it

[bryankho]

I got into Ray after listening to this :) It's my fave song on his album 'Trouble'. Btw the new album arrived for me last week. Will need a few listens for it to grow on me, but it sounds very promising.

[1thefallen]

by the way,

Ray Lamontagne is releasing his newest cut on september 30th.

album is called "gossip in the grain"

and as far as the newest released album, trouble will always be better.

[bryankho]

Looking forward to Ray's new album. I actually meant Ortopilot's new album arrived last week.

[1thefallen]

oh i see!

well i meant september 9th anyway haha.

[ESCAPExtheFATEx]

You're a god.

I didn't think it was possible,

But this is even better than the original.

Amazing.

[Larson750]

R U an idiot!!! Better than the original? You must be a friend of this guy. Not to knock him. NIce try but he's no Ray. Come on Really?!?!

[1thefallen]

yo calm down bro.

he's great. ray is great.

i like ray better, but they have two totally different sounds, so its decently incomparable.

[Larson750]

I am calm. You must either be him or his girlfriend. No offense. But you know what they say about opinions and assholes? And we both got em now don't we :) Welcome to america.

[1thefallen]

well i don't see why you are so offensive, its totally unnecessary.

I was simply saying what you just did, we have our own opinions, like i said, he can like ortopilot, but if you didn't just read, "he's great. ray is great. i like ray better"

so... why on earth would you assume that i was him or his girlfriend when i was entirely backing you, only trying to cool the heat a bit, flaming on youtube is totally ridiculous.

[supacop14]

my man.

[lovefool000]

lovely cover... made me tear up a bit.

[carlosclad]

DayyyyyUUM!

[jaeliwa84]

Love the voice, nice take!

[kpage1983]

Fantastic, actually made me cry a little! x

[brothermanton]

wow, great cover man. Ray Lamontagne has such a beautiful voice and you do him justice!

[lynnl716]

beautiful

[lynnl716]

beautiful

[Purplesoda876]

lovely....

[snufyou]

nice job man!

[markzmoran]

you sound and look like a gay batman

[l0ttt]

great, great,great !

[rancheria]

superstar.

[CadzoLane]

I like your cover of this song way better than mine....boo. :-( Haha...makes me want to take my vid down.

[jimmydean1984]

fantastic stuff

[lalasongg]

I cried, it was so beautiful.

[sevendayslive2008]

this is a great version of rays track, well done mate, nice job,

SEVEN DAYS (sevendayslive2008)

[Aniwebs]

That version is better than Rays original! WoW!!!!

[Chakirisan]

Very nicely done, great vocal. Would like to hear some original stuff.

[clemodrummer]

Excellent!! have you heard a song by a band called Racoon "love you more" Dutch band, think you would cover it really well!!check it out

[BaronK69]

Beautiful! You've got a great voice that'll take you places.

[absolutfolly]

that was beautiful

[lmmiii83]

great voice! You could tighten up on the guitar work, but better than I could do!

[JBALLZ1999]

where are u from?

[JBALLZ1999]

so good

[cramer2555]

sounds great.

[acousticdecember]

you are amazing, best coverband, and band, I have ever heard on you tube. you are seriously up there with maroon 5, john mayer, and boce avenue. you totally put out a new style, and have raised the bar for all other artists on your tube. nice work!

[DizzyFLIPPINd]

most people make a total mockery out of his songs when covering them..this one is good, though.

[mrkfowler]

Amazing, loved it. So far favourited this one and not any of Ray's!

[davejudkins]

my bird said do chasing cars

[Daveflex]

your bird should go chase a car

[Rizzzalie]

hey man awsome job !!! could you please post lamontagnes Hold you in my arms I know you could do a kick ass job with it just learning it myself

[jimgselder]

You're just as talented as Ray. Let's hear you doing your own covers or original material. It's fantastic that the internet allows us all to appreciate talent like yours

[annmaryau]

awesome... im seeing him tonite @ royal albert hall ...cant wait!

[SouthEastRocker101]

Good job..I give ya props on this one..I know how semi-difficult to sing this song is going into the chorus and the timing..only one thing..some of the chords arent exactly right..but it really doesnt matter..sounds good!

[Alohaman83]

Jeezes!

I am crying!

[chloetemtchine]

Great job !!!

[lapuce1006]

wow, this is amazing. sounds like ray's version. =)

can't wait to hear other songs.

[blisogorsky]

This is one of the best covers I've heard of this song (from a "professional" or otherwise). And it's a tough one to cover. Kudos to you!

[dmbkersh]

your "and I" at 1:15 was ridiculous....good job man. I love people who appreciate Ray.

[islandgirl75]

i just discovered this song and i love it. well done on your interpretation.

[pritchard92]

Amazing mate. Ray is such an inspirational songwriter, and I think your wrong. Youv definately done this song justice. Guitar and vocals are perfect.

[MUNKEYKNUT]

not bad

[manlove904]

Beautiful!

[Loobert666]

Lovely.

[anagurl14]

great job!

[LllMnr]

absolutely.one.of.the.best.cov­ers.on.you.tube.

of any song.

this is fantastic.

[simbadof77]

Well what is there left to say that about this guy .All i can say ls that he makes me never want to pick up my guitar again and at the same time reduce my fingers to bloody stumps practicing.Thank you ortoPilot and keep it coming.How about Trouble by Ray Lamontange or Better Together by Jack Johnson.Much love

[Bikeidol]

Beautiful!

[broomsgrove]

You have a lovely voice... i love your interpretation of this great song. Kudos :)

[yunfengfu]

Woaah, you even know to impress me with this song! It's a beautiful cover!

[racelad907]

well done mate insperational stuff!

[vamosbabe]

Brilliant!

[bingbang333]

Love the tempo and the voice...very well done.

[azw80]

Voice 9/10

Guitar 8/10

Very good, you cover Ray very well!

[Qoxiivi]

Well, you've dropped it five semitones (and I don't blame you) but well done. Nice :)

[alyciabee]

this is such a beautiful and impressive cover.

[stuzique]

nice one mate

[perdedor111]

please please please tell me you have tabs?

[whitonguitar]

Wow, takes a brave man to try and do Ray. Obviously, not as good as Ray, but this is the closest Ive seen anyone come! Well done!

[dannyp2u]

you inspire the shit out of me matt... keep it up.. you keep me strumming thanks soooooooooooo much ive been a fan for a long time now......

[animalcorn]

Mama mia, marry ME! ;)

[min8989]

This is so good! You do it really well. You have a brilliant voice.

[caelisan]

That was beautiful. I really enjoyed it, thank you :)

[burdy1967]

Stunning voice mate, nice to hear something from Ray apart from Trouble or Jolene!

Would like to see you doing ur stuff live, as a southern 'softie' performer so give me a shout with ur email chap!

[markymark3973]

Hi -Thanks for the doing this cover, it's excellent.Much as I agree with the other comments,i.e. iit would be pretty hard to beat the original,if no-one did covers none of us would be musicians would we? Right I'm off to learn this song!Thanks again.

[gel5miff]

This is may fave Ray song... gorgeous! I'm gonna kidnap you and make you play cool music all day! (jus kiddin)

[mynamesche]

Nice cover... I dont get it when people flame trash on other peoples covers. It just stinks of ignornace. Every time you step out to see a symphony orchestra you're seeing covers of Beethoven and Mozart.. so should they stop performing ? Should Jimi Hendrix not have covered Dylans Along The Watchtower ? I mean this is dylan were talking about, who'd dare to do that. Or should Jeff Buckley never have made a name for himself by covering Hallelujah ? Think before you speak dude.

[TomP930]

Maybe you should think before you speak. Beethoven and Mozart were composers by trade, not musicians. Your comparison makes no sense. In addition Jeff Buckley was already well known based on his own music, just because you didn't know of him till you heard Hallelujah doesn't mean that he didn't already have scored of adoring fans. Now all that said, this is a damn fine cover... Well done.

[chej4]

Are you a retard he was sticking up for the guy ? And he's right, jeff made his name from covers, have you heard the live @ sin-e cd from waaaaay before grace?

[babs2002ukus]

sorry guys but matt/orto is a gem and seeing the negative shit about him is a crap attempt to make themselves feel better about something they don't possess, as if you knew anything about this chap you would see that in fact he does write his own stuff and fucking good at that.

anyhows on with the show :)

Take care bud and keep them coming

-Clint

[klovur]

i am so jealous of your sound :) way to go bud~

[AMSOUNDS]

great cover. would love for you to take a shot at AM

[om2881]

no offense, but your COVERING a song that can't be done better. i hate covers, either write your own stuff or play to yourself, i mean what actually compelled somone to listne to this in the first place-nothing against ur attempt

[mrn727]

Listen man, If you hate covers then why the fuck are you on youtube listening to covers? OrtoPilot clearly put some hard work into this...and basically you are saying that he is wasting his time because it "cant be done better." Get the stick out of your ass, and recognize the hard work that people put into some of these things, or just stop listening to their covers. Its just that simple.

[JimitriG]

actually pretty good man!! hmm i might check out ur other vids

[katieshaw4]

My mom has asked me to learn this so i can teach it her =]

She loves it

[jwattie]

beatiful! I adore this song and your version was brilliant. I normally hate covers of my favourite songs but you kept it pure! You are a real talent son, keep it up!

[ZebadeeV12]

right dude!! ur good! we all know that!! it wud be nice to hear a tune u wrote tho? sumink ur thinkin??

[ortoPilot]

dude... read my profile. thanks

[ZebadeeV12]

soz dude just checked it out,great work!

[guinnesscub]

btw What are the tabs you are using? I noticed it is slightly lower than Ray's--which by the way would be perfect for my voice (which is why I ask)! :) thanks!

[guinnesscub]

GREAT JOB! :)

[fusen789]

very good, are you in a band or something?

[mattmeister98]

just a little comment for that dickhead "c3basore" if you had read the info about this vid you would have noticed that he said "nobody could do this song as much justice as ray did." so what the fuck r u chattin about son. This guy is amazing i wud like 2 c u do better!

[christrealized]

Excellent job..! niceely done! nice voice and great playing!

[yankeedoodlecajun]

nice guitar but ditto the others ... you need to sing this song like it's the last song you'll ever sing, like Ray sings all of his songs.

[jermajesty1]

Well done. You have a great voice. Any advice for someone who wants to sing like that?

[chris1999876]

Great voice. What are u using for a mic ? it sounds like a professional recording.

[lisalightning]

I feel your cover more than I feel Ray's original in some ways, especially the chorus. Good stuff.

[c3basore]

all of you guys that think this chump is awesome are obviously fucking deaf. This guy is a disgarce. You may ask why i am so bitter, and I will gladly answer:

Ray Lamontagne is an amazing artist and his songs are moving. This idiot is worse than a cheap walmart knock-off and is not worthy of even hearing the songs ray lamontagne makes.

[ortoPilot]

luv u 2 x

[peralta28]

keep it up! you rock! good job for not feeding into the poison c3basore spills out.

[sarg305]

HEY !! fuck you "THIS GUY" is fucking amzing and you need to go FUCK OFF ortoPilot i think you doing great and you need to keep up the good work love the time is running out cover and this is an excellent cover also

[snakedad]

This is exactly why using . is so important.

[Hallucination]

You're a low life loser. That's all there is to it.  Keep it up ortoPilot.

[HereWithLiz2003]

One of the better "Shelter" covers, and I wouldn't be this critical if I didn't really think you are excellent... but, it's completely missing the soul that Ray has. The best part of the song is that he sings schreechingly from the heart. You are singing, and playing to do well- which you do...but its boring without it's heart. Where's your heart breaking? I just don't believe this song from you. I'm gonna look at some of your other songs

[Iaface]

i'm very surprised someone actually attempted this...and it was an...okay attempt. i'm sure you know if you're a ray fan that you did not even compare to his voice and singing ability...however, i did like your voice and i think you're a good singer/guitar player. it's just no one can do it for me like RAY can!

[dotskee]

I love this song "SHELTER" a very meaningful song..

[MeXxis]

OMG!!! That was totally amazing! You gave me goosebumps! Keep up the work!

[XjanesXheartX]

very very nice

[starfisharm]

beautiful cracking on "all of this"... and i like the extension of "loooove." i'd love to hear you push the song even harder... but maybe not, maybe it is perfect? great job!

[lhmarsh10]

Wow! I loved that, your voice and playing are both lovely and that was a perfect cover of a wonderful song - very well done! Please keep singing!

[cbennett91]

very well done !! you should do ray lamontagnes version of crazy your voice would suit it well

[rivatoot]

awesome. "empty" would be nice too. you must like that? people find out you're good, and suddenly, you're a dj at a wedding taking requests.

[OnASummersDay]

Wow I love you!! Your singing is just taking my breath away.. I know this sounds cheesy, but I've never heard a voice this pure! You go sir!

[oxanator]

once again faultless... looking forward to your next song

[willbs11]

Spot on APU! Never heard the original but this such a good sound!

[wormpke11]

Very nice again... One to add to the other list with other great covers :)

Greetz,

worm

[tdguitarmaster2]

TWO WORDS...ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!

im really surprised u avent been signed yet.

ahh well soon

[ortoPilot]

thanks everyone for leavin comments :)

[jimski123]

sounds good man

[DI88ER]

wicked cover one of my favourite songs.

Mate i hope you make it big. Love your chilled out vibe. if i buy your album can you sign it? cheers.

[ortoPilot]

lol

i'll see what i can do ;)

i have an album full of chilled out stuff, its less acoustic than you'd expect but check out the samples on my website. you can order one if you like it! cheers ;)

[Djibriliant]

Never heard the original but loved this, thanks again orto

[leeds5LL]

Brilliant cover, prefer it to the original!

[acousticthumbs]

loving it m8! How nice to wake up to this :-) Very pleasing on the ears.

[introk]

great cover :P <3

[bkcin86]

Girls by Nizlopi would be awesome.

[bkcin86]

Super.

[vassgirl4]

You've been busy tonight. Do I need to tell you that it was great?!? :) BTW, thanx for getting back to me so fast on the album.

[Snobert]

Nice Stuff Matt, Year Of The Pilot For Sure, HaHa

[ortoPilot]

haha

thanks guys :)

[r1KmAN]

Just right mate, made it your own and captured the feelin of the original.

Great song, great version - 9/10 (cos you aint Ray :))

[marleed]

Bout time 4 some stuff m8, likes it, i likes um all. would love to hear some more nizlopie and paolo N, but some is better than none lol so thanks!