Neon - Live acoustic at the Common Ground open mic

[MrBaggy1981]

Great effort fella,difficult to play let alone play and sing

[puchalaka]

dude nice! you got the tap going on!

[SkotNewbower]

@SuperFantasticMan SOUL?? everyone has their style buddy. not to mention, not everyone can put their "all" into singing. it's a matter of skill, and natural ability. I can understand your a point MAYBE a little more if he was playing a song that's a lot easier to play than neon.

[yangjwong]

guitar is awesome but singing is mediocre at most..

[kaseyplay]

good to hear another Kingston boy on here. keep it up

[frtea]

great job but why did you lose so many notes in the main progression??

[Wildo1988]

@frtea i'd be well nervous its weird when you get on stage hands go cold lol

[cowboycliche022]

@frtea

Maybe because he sucks.

Or maybe because he's playing FRICKING NEON AND SINGING IT.

[dalynewspaper101]

why are people so ignorant and talking why he was playing! That's an unbelievable cover.

[Kewickviper]

Thats just what most open mic's are like I'm afraid. One I played at before was the same, its a little off-putting.

[DerrickTeo]

great job ;)

[jdkjkjdkjdks]

you should practice more.

[au77iemark]

Hey dude, well done... are you playing with only two fingers on your right hand?

[cpoll94]

That's how its typically played.

[au77iemark]

But from tutorial vids and seeing JM play it live it looks like its played with at least 4 fingers, making it nigh on impossible for the amateurs! Well done for making it sound so close to the original anyway. This song is my everest!

[HMrichie]

Nice........

[davidsonghello]

he's not a good singer but not bad either. but it's jsut taht playing and singing at the same time is so hard

[jerseysguitar123]

i totally agree with you.. i play and sing this song.. not perfectly.. but it took me a real long time to at least get a taste of it.

[chrsbrunswick]

we've talked in the past about this song kai mate, awesome awesome job!!! i wish i was as good as you...

[rhesamulyadi]

well said man.. simply well said.. one thumb for ya!

[jarred5150]

DUDE! I WAS THERE!

[ofohsho]

gorgeous gorgeous guitar playing.  ooof.

[mikecbj]

good stuff man, keep it up.

[munbei016]

keep up the good job...you can do it i believe you dude...so cool

[capoman1]

You do sound kinda nervous Kai. You'll get used to playing live. For constructive crit: You're singing is good, but could use some work. I mean your pitch is good, as is your vocal timing. And the volume of your voice is also good, so you are using your diaphragm most of the time. But while you are singing in the car, try singing even LOUDER to seek some more character from your voice. Also, try adding more BREATH (push hard with diaphragm) to your singing for a different character as well

[6ixstringed]

Very good work Kai, really impressive for a live performance! I've been following you since Low C and you are a great inspiration!

[sicksicksick9]

wow nice job

[somemanband24]

dude i wish i could play this as good as you because it is good...but john mayer plays it so flawless that its hard to even compare...great job though

[youngfryofTREACHERY]

hey kai... d'you go to queens? haha... just a thought. keep rockin' the canadian talent =)

-- appreciation from good ol' toronto

[KarasuYuu]

thx guys like you makes me wanna practice more and more ;-)

[thielenm]

hows canada?

[Fluffwig]

TensersFloatingDisk even if that's the truth, what makes you think anyone would care? This guy playes and sings the song really good and he's talanted. Go hide u little "/"¤)&"#=)"(/#?="(#

[HotDina810]

some1 nice.

[Faure45]

niceness :)

[underagescharacter]

you have a great voice. ever thought of a caree

[juz4us]

you're great  bro!!!

[6ixstringed]

this sounds great man, good job performing!

[johnnyravr]

keep em coming bro

[superxian]

man i'm mad that people wouldn't shut up during that performance. That's was really really awesome. best cover of the song i've seen. how old are you anyways

[canuck88]

it's not that people won't shut up - it's just ambient noise and a product of cheap camcorder mics... if the videographer had attached a shotgun mic, it would have sounded totally different

[ellie311]

you did a great job on stage. I love your playing and your voice ... rock on

[hohohojae]

He can play the notes really clear. Good job.

[johnnybgood12345]

he can sing for sure. keeps pitch. hits most of the notes he just cant hit all the high and low notes so he messes around with some of that stuff but damn! thats hard to play and sing at the same time. props. especially live.

[joshisrad]

good stage presence.

[Kleurtje]

Guitar play is awesome, but you don't really have the voice IMO.

[MuNkYBizNess]

As usual you have a load of disrespectful idiots talking in the background. Why can't people just appreciate that a good musician is not there for background music!?. Grrr.. good job by the way, I like this song.

[ThizzDocter]

tensersfloatingdisk, youre a faggot, go die in a corner.

[TensersFloatingDisk]

Boy, truth bothers you that much?

Fact: the guy is at an OPEN MIC at a coffee house. Of COURSE he's not getting the attention he would if he were headlining a concert somewhere. Duh. He is background music to coffee sales.

[ThizzDocter]

He is entertainment, but that doenst mean people dont recognize him. >.> if you dont hear, people are cheering at points, proving that he does in fact have people that recognize and appreciate.

[TensersFloatingDisk]

Gee, if there are, as you say, people cheering for him then it would COMPLETELY eliminate the original complaint you had that people weren't paying him any attention, now wouldn't it? Which of those two self-contradictory positions did you decide you actually want to take? And in what way would either of them excuse your homophobic rage issues?

[ThizzDocter]

1) When did i say peopel werent paying attention? Being entertainment entails that you are paid attention to.

2) Im not homophobic, just hatin jealous bitches phobic (Ie:TensersFloatingDisk phobia)

[TensersFloatingDisk]

I'm not surprised you can't remember your own posts, even though they're right there. Your orginal comment was in support of the guy claiming "As usual you have a load of disrespectful idiots talking in the background. Why can't people just appreciate that a good musician is not there for background music!?"

"Faggot" would be the homophobic bit, my intellectually and morally challenged little peawit.

[sickstyle]

lol what a tool u r

[SuuhvannahDuuuh]

meaning?

[IanGuitarhero]

Im just wondering, How old you are?

[amir89630]

neon, neon

[SymsWRX]

wow...your guitar skills are absolutely insane...I love it...

Your damn good...holy crap...

your playing totally motivates me to kick my but in gear and start practicing more...

Thanks

[acousticriff]

if you werent visable i would say its john mayer playing with a

singer...excellent

[guitargimp]

good stuff man, this song is solid, and you did it brilliantly!

[mattilevi]

Great playing

[f1guy76]

once again,,, simply awesome

[ed3n]

awesome job!!

[soncini]

great performance man!! amazing!!

[Branlin]

good job man, i played it there the week after you. you should come more often.

[cvallstar04]

great job and in person is so much harder u did one hell of a cover i listened to ur neon cover a while back and this is great

[alaric007]

HOH MAH GASH!! My MENTOR did it live actually! you guys reading my comment who aren't satisfied with how he performed, check kman's other version in his main site..

[arcassandre]

Great play, pretty hard to relax before a crowd, you should try to enjoy the moment and smile a little bit more, but it was really great, go on!

[goodsenzo]

No one will argue that your guitar playing is amazing. The vocals are on pitch, but practive singing it like you mean it. With some emotion, you're gonna get great crowd reaction. Keep it up.

[maximus448]

i think its great that you actually played live! but you did look kinda nervous and you didnt look really into it, but thats ok...youll get better i know :)

[vidhu1986]

John mayer's got competition.. and he better bring it...

5 Stars bro... excellent control and pitch.. who trained your voice?

Cheers..

[cellomaster]

lmao... he can sing n play but he's not playing with any soul

[bedeesey]

princess street :P good call man ( i know the street 8-) )

[K00J1]

great performance! 5/5

[JoshuaMari]

u gotta work on your vocals

[jackiebelle]

kman518, how old are you??

[vaishred24]

how long did you practise this song to get it good?

[vaishred24]

you have awsome technique, great job

[BigBoiJC]

folks when you have an artist that is as good as k but still yet so anonymous...people will (whenever playing live) not really pay attention to who is on stage.

[conormang]

dude, MAJOR props for playing live. sounding good as always. i would also like to echo cmussar's sentiments about your rendition of neon. much respect, mate! :D

[cmussar]

kai - i will never get tired of listening to you play neon. excellent!

[Vine974]

Wow, I wonder how messy it would be if I had to play it in bar or for people I dont know brrr.. big big respect for the live performance Kai :) (I like the end when you seem talking to your fingers "dont mess it dont mess it :D")

[bricktopra3]

nice kai, just noticed you put this up. haha kingston, used to go there all the time when I was in the army (Ft.Drum)NY, drinking age was 19 back then!

[bedeesey]

dude that was sweet! made me happy indeed

[Satoshi961]

nice really nice

[mustardmann]

yeah, why so noisy? everyone should be silent when the k-man is on!

[mustardmann]

Nice one mate, superb live performance.

[LeeJunSeop]

hey! Me coming! Where's here? why are people so loud ahead of that fantastic playing! lol

[Chaalie]

amazing man, very nicely done

[dookiepants]

ONCE AGAIN,you make john mayer's music sound soo much interesting. love the guitar and vocals! keep it up buddy where are you playing at?

[cellomaster]

rubbish

[Thorny2]

Nice job Kyle! You are the master at playing this tune!

[Heavenzknight]

whew that's crazy man! good stuff!