Chris Feener - Grandfather (Original Composition)

[zeizix]

I don't have words for this!

Greetings from Brazil

[monkeyskins666]

i didnt cry when my granddad died but i thought about him listening to this and i started to get teary great job really amazing

[Pestrutsi]

This is so artsy it's not even possible.

[sandblastedXIII]

Hi you have already mentioned that you were using the pod xt. Could you please explain exactly how u recorded it? I mean the signal chain and software stuff. Thanks and keep rocking.

[ChrisFeener]

@sandblastedXIII There's really nothing else to mention, haha. I went directly into my crappy Creative sound card using a 1/4" guitar cable and recorded in Nuendo 3. I've since updated to an Axe-FX Ultra with 2 XLR's running left and right into a Presonus Audiobox 22VSL, into my computer via USB and using Cubase 5 for mixing.

[sandblastedXIII]

@ChrisFeener Thanks a lot for replying man.

[Guitarristiko]

Nice song, great feeling..amazing..god job men!!!

[2IronBird]

i`m watching this video almost every time when I access youtube,.....

[gacwalker]

win....as usual chris

[absolutechaos1]

man i lost my mother in a triple homicide and i just want to say that this song made me tear up a little so i know how you feel bro

[SiilentMiike]

Tone?

[ChrisFeener]

@SiilentMiike I was still using a regular ol' "bean"-shaped PODxt at that point!

[SiilentMiike]

@ChrisFeener What settings were you using? My POD doesn't sound like yours. lol

[TimoSomers]

@ChrisFeener Hey Chris, awesome playing dude! Really heartfelt! Do you recall some of that pod settings? Maybe you'd like to share with me?

[djschindler]

SO touching. You should do more stuff like that. Simply great. Headin' over to soundcloud. Arrivederci

[Abyssvx]

4:44 That guy looks familiar... Can someone tell me who he is.

[ChrisFeener]

@Abyssvx It's Ricky and Julian from the TV series "Trailer Park Boys".

[Abyssvx]

@ChrisFeener Wow... As soon as I checked my YT you replied. I thought that in the back of my mind but I didn't  wanna seem like an idiot :P. Your videos are insane!

[metallifuk2007]

@ChrisFeener HAHA NICE! Where was that from?

Beautiful song btw Chris. Im a huge fan of yours and threat signal.

[oleg111oleg]

exl sound! 

[w1nky77]

Stunning !!!!!

[Pianoblacks]

Your grandfather would be proud, Chris. Great song!

[JoeSatrianiFan100]

This is just simply beautiful. Well done. Well done.

[guitarman104]

It sounds like a melodic marty friedman type solo

[meriadocBr]

this is very epic. but it has too much of the same in it.... always the same lick, not always but you know what i mean. but still epic, respect for you man you'll go far

[fireguyabc123]

chris feener is a legend, an amasingly talented man, that has gave his heart to music, and when he composes a song for his grandfather, someone actually dislikes... you have no heart, even if you dont like the style, you need to get a life, its not somethine you dislike, i hope your family dies, how does it feel?

[superpinger1]

man you have a story behind your playing

[ajaveir]

I just wanted to thank you for being able to show your thoughts and feelings for your grandfather. My grandfather is not doing very good and my family is all the way at the other side of this planet. I'm in USA, they're in Chile, that's my motherland and home. But.. thanks so much, I'm very touched by your song and thoughts. take care.

[BROWNEYEBACON1]

hey man very very nice! keep on making this shit for us :)

[demonstestification]

simply beautiful and amazing sir. great job!

[Yodan702]

That what I call soul

[highintel]

That was beautiful man!!! Very inspiring!

[tristanttn]

One of the most emotional guitar pieces I've ever heard. I got chills! \m/

[JohnPetrucci7]

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard..Amazing sir.

[ChrisFeener]

@JohnPetrucci7 Wow, thanks man! That means a lot!

[deadprince666]

i was so moved it made me fuck my spelling up lol instramentals*

[SpikyPeahorn]

@deadprince666

Still got it wrong....

[deadprince666]

@SpikyPeahorn o well you knew what i meant

[MattZildjian]

@deadprince666 instrumentals*

[deadprince666]

one of them most soulful and beautiful intsramentals ive ever heard

[dinos35]

Thank You Chris Feener !

[sephirotttttt]

great job, really you touched me

[Rushisftw]

Don't know if anyones ever told you, but you look a lot like Andy James. Also excellent tribute to your grandfather. Excellent phrasing and superb playing. Rock on!!!

[WarrenShred]

good job man this really touched me.

[chillichomper]

I heard alot of gary moore in this composition. Loved it!

[Fluffypopcicle]

i also hear some guthrie govan in this. anybody else agree?

[avenegedslaterfold]

@Fluffypopcicle Yep,i hear it. Tone is very Guthrie. And some of the phrasing ;)

[annam2908]

Music = Emotions transmitted through audio. This is real music.

[TheSeeker133]

Beautiful

[EdwardWhelan]

I'm sure he'd be very proud, great work!

[kempy06]

Awesome tribute, man. He'd be fucking proud.

Also..what's with the 3 dislikes? This is an incredible song.

[abarthman73]

Cool! There's a distinct essence of Gary Moore/ Pink Floyd in there. Well done very nice. Sorry to hear about your granddad.

[iGuitarGuru]

love it.

Beautiful. enough said.

[OllieS216]

You are such a phenomenal guitarist! The way you make everything you play so clean is amazing!.. And you look exactly like a young version of modern James Hetfield!

[IbanezGuy88]

Epic tune man! I still got old vids from your old website with all the old DT solo covers you did n all. See you on the road some day! P.S marie from Virginia says hi.

[HardHoneyChannel]

Love this one!!!

[DrLangMusic]

Awesome!

[legostpaction]

That was really good.

It somehow made me sad and happy at the same time, I like it :D

[chuckburruss]

dude you look just like papa hetfield

[thecoolkid657]

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Good Job. It sounds amazing!

[MusicProTZ]

Great composition!

[slevin881]

Yeah I am def hearing the Jeff Beck in this. Well done, a great tribute to your grandfather!

[OzzyKingofRock]

Amazing work. Floored to say the least.

[PetrucciFever]

Well, what can I say. Absolutely wonderful and outstanding tune. Great video as well. Great memories and true emotions! Every note counts

[sicomaniatic02]

You Rock man!, Balades Rulez!

[hiredgunbuck]

that was nice;but it sounds to me like you been "surfin with the aliens"

[ChrisFeener]

@hiredgunbuck Nah, I went for more of a Jeff Beck-type approach with this one. Satch isn't what I consider to be one of my influences.

[BobFromFukataney]

@ChrisFeener can definitely hear the Jeff Beck sounds coming through in your tone and bending, very nice!

[MegaMetalhead1992]

@ChrisFeener Awesome song dude! really feelin' the emotion put into this, definitley a great tibute for sure bro!!!!

[MegaMetalhead1992]

@MegaMetalhead1992 tribute**

[inercia81rulezzz]

HOLY SHIT! JAMES HETFIELD!!!

[cutoutthebad]

so yea. is it kool if i almost cried xD this is just amazing man \m/

[JobamMartins]

Beautiful song.I'm sure that Your grandfather is proud of You.You've become a great guitar player and seems to be a great person.Amazing song.Congratulations!

R.I.P - Weldon Hoover Sharpe

[RandomAssMaskGuy]

That was very good man.

[Shanethys]

Woow Chris, you have made a masterpiece for my ears!

if i hear this song i think that you loved you're grandfather very hard!

The song is like a great story!

My grandfather past away a year ago... but still in my mind.

Every improv i do is there a part im thinking of him and hope he can hear what im playing!

keep up to good work

(Ps sorry for the bad english) :)

[lighteningboy]

I am hearing some of that lovely Derek Trucks/Jeff Beck attack here. Awesome!

[RasmusKudahl]

Holy bawls O:

Amazing dude!

[WinstonKiva]

Excellent - great natural sustain

[failguitarlol]

Hey dude, youve been in Denmark :D?! Thats where im from! Where did you play, and which band :D?

[Ienell]

Incredible song chris your grandfather would be proud of you ... is a song full of feelings and prove that you loved him

[psychostew911]

The quote at the end of the video is very inspiring too!

[psychostew911]

Very beautiful man, your Pop would be very proud!

[mustainedv8]

RIP Pop.

[Nicholasiswin]

Listened to this many times over the past few days! Beautiful song!

[AranBrowning]

Great piece of music, sounds very professional, and love the solos! Check out my piano composition on my channel!

[Zedd36]

Wow. Beautiful technique. Very Satch with all the slides. I'm sure your grandfather would be proud to have such an awesome song created in his memory. I"m pretty well convinced you can't make a bad song, mang. keep it up.

[zeemonkey187]

This song is absolutely beautiful. Your grandfather would be so proud of you. I feel that musical talent doesn't just come from the mind or hands, but from the soul and this kind of material is just the tip of the iceberg of your magnanimity. Keep at it and it will unfold and you will find yourself a better person and player over time. I hope I don't sound too crazy :)

[SaganNotPagan]

Ridiculously powerful man, that's how the November rain solo should have gone.

[binky69]

Feener this is awesome :D...... Im very proud of you.. We first played together at a provicial battle of the bands back in like 2003 in gander... I hope we can play together again someday :D

[ChrisFeener]

@binky69 Awesome! Thanks mang. Who is this? haha

[binky69]

@ChrisFeener Marcel from Corner Brook

[ChrisFeener]

@binky69 Ahh, saweet!

[TheRedEnd89]

Not too metal to say but... beautiful! Very emotional. I highly respect people who can make things like that.

[ChrisFeener]

@TheRedEnd89 Yeah mang, metal was not the aim for this one in the slightest. Thanks!

[BaseballGod710]

Dude Chris thank you so much.

I have listened to this song about 10 times today.

I found out some stuff about my girlfriend I shouldn't have known. Your song really was the only thing helping me think.

You truely were a life saver today man.

Thank you man.

[ChrisFeener]

@BaseballGod710 Wow, I'm honored that my music inspires emotions of any kind, especially to that capacity; it means I've done my job! Thank YOU!

[DeathZeroTolerance]

great phrasing



[SpikyPeahorn]

If songs like this are on an album you release then im definitely buying it.

[guitarDouchebaggery]

it's beautiful, man

[jrsm1000]

Amazing composition Chris, I am sure your grandfather would be hell of proud with how far you have taken your music. By the way when were you in Florida??? I am kind of upset I didn't get to see you playing. Keep up the great playing!

[ChrisFeener]

@jrsm1000 I played with a Metalblade band called "Epicurean" a couple years ago, we did Ft. Lauderdale and St. Petersburg I believe!

[jrsm1000]

@ChrisFeener Oh crap... St pete is only an hour away from where I live. Any chance you will be coming back?

[ChrisFeener]

@jrsm1000 Not sure, hopefully! I'm playing with Threat Signal now, so I'm sure there'll be US dates in the near future!

[jrsm1000]

@ChrisFeener Awesome, I will keep checking back every so often to see if anything comes up. It would be killer to see you live!

[voodoochild0403]

If your grandfather is the man who graced you with this amazing talent, then he must have been an extraordinary guy! Keep it up Chris!

[sesspleftocore]

faved, kickass song

[MeltYourFace324]

the three people that thumbed down this song have no souls. Great job chris, keep rockin bro.

[ChrisFeener]

@dirtFilledCoffin Huh?

[zacdarider]

You're an inspiration man... keep it up! I always love to hear new stuff from you.. and also the Altercations song... do you have tabs for it?

[ChrisFeener]

@zacdarider I don't, unfortunately :( In fact, I don't even own an MP3 copy of it anymore, due to a computer crash. I'm going to re-do it for my upcoming solo release - and with any luck, hopefully improve on it!

[GuiltyGearRockYou]

wow that melody is awesome... this song sounds really great!

good job Chris! Looking forward to listen more songs of you!!

Marc

[GuillermoSmyser]

What honor you have brought to his memory.

[DiegoQu]

Geez.... the first time i heard about you was in the guitar idol 09 contest... it seems that a lot happened since then huh? well deserved brother... i'm sure your grampa is rockin' up there with your amazing music... (sorry if my english suck, saludos desde mexico compadre)

[EthanisWhite]

fingerpicking=sweeeeet haha awesome job man.

[Blindskate]

Absolutely Amazing man, straight from the heart.

[tat2dhethan]

Feener you rock I love this piece I was very close with my pop too keep it coming we all love to hear what you got going on bro

[PetrucciFan57]

Beautiful. So freaking good.

Reminds me of a solo Per Nilsson would play if he were in circa 2000 Pain of Salvation and had been listening to a lot of Andy Timmons...if that makes sense.

[fngrpckr]

Nice buddy. Good to hear you

[gibsonguy247]

wow thats a beautiful song :) my grandfather was a big influance in my life aswell. your vids and composing skill are insane, and you keep showcasing so many diffrent styles. always a plesure to watch your vids, keep up the good work representing for NFLD :)

[Curbst0mped]

are you using a pick for the chorus?

[ChrisFeener]

@Curbst0mped All fingers until the outro solo! (I think!)

[archenemy2242]

so much emotion!

[flex260]

Sorry for your loss brother in strings. Beautiful song!

[ubershredder1989]

it good but i can pley fater

[Blackened1993]

@ubershredder1989 hope you're joking mate

[filipi346]

this song reminds me of ''cause we've ended up as lovers'' by jeff beck. wonderfull job man!!

[Ouijack170]

How can 3 people dislike?

[ChrisFeener]

@Ouijack170 They happened shortly after I uploaded it. I have a feeling it's the same person/people that give me auto-dislikes every time ;)

[Ouijack170]

@ChrisFeener Ahh well they are silly indeed and need to appreciate that not everything has to be metal music or just need to stop been careless. However im sure you know its very good with the views and the 204 likes you have :L Hope you liked my through my eyes cover btw :D

[archenemy2242]

@ChrisFeener what a shame

[drook666]

This song makes me proud to be human.

[StefanxBest]

nice man it is touching

[RevilationGuitar91]

amazing :) i bet your grandfather is proud of you :)

[SaiyanKirby]

Finger/pickless picking?

[ChrisFeener]

@SaiyanKirby Yeah! It's weird, I held my pick between the 2 joints of my middle finger for the entire tune. I was gonna just lay it down, but I find it almost... more comfortable. I guess partially due to the fact that I'm usually switching back and forth between fingers/pick so it feels a little more natural to have it there, ready to go.

[OODyxOO]

fantastic...

[MaraWithMe]

this song is so beautiful.... it has so much feeling...

i didn't know that u went to spain! i wish i could see u when you'll come back :)

what's the name of your band?

[Iceshox666]

You're a Fcking Genius :)

[gacwalker]

AWESOME.......as usual

[guitarpaddy83]

Amazing sense of melody. Very nice!

[aw350meman69]

amazing chris, from one musician to another, what are some cool scale shapes i should be looking at to try to get out of the "box"

[B1oodraven]

Best regards from Finland mate. Even though I come from a musical family, the closest relative I have as an influence is propably my sister. Beautiful song. You should've had a chance to play this in your granpa's funeral..

[aniruud]

Knopfler style finger picking FTW.

[RyanCmetal]

Amazing so much emotion in your playing

[lleheaven]

Great Song and Video Man! Much Respect as always!

[pointpurple]

Very Satriani-ish at times, great stuff man!!

[msnrc]

Great :)

[coulsonsam87]

great stuff!

[Ouijack170]

This is really nice man. He would be mega proud of you.

[sckou25]

εν η δουλία σου ολαν!!

[kunntz]

Grandiose

[gkhnwirus]

smells like family spirit :)

[JPMike]

Really Nice, I am sure your Grandfather would be proud, or better will be proud listening to this from above.

[Exoddusss]

listening to this song is like watching a sad movie :'(

[drawnacrol]

Great composition dude!!!

[drneme]

REALLY BEATIFUL!!!

[rogers3012]

Wow just music this is music man not shred not rock'n'roll just great music i'm really sorry for you but the show must go on !! You rock' Chris ;)

[bqpetrucci]

sentimental

[gencirock]

This deserves more than one like for a person !!!

[MrTheIves]

Your grandfather must have been an incredible man, if he inspired a song as amazing as this. You're a god, and this Tony Dickinson is also of a higher power too. Please, keep this incredible music comin-actually no, this isn't music. This is porn, and you're making such sweet love to my ears right now. Seriously, multiple-orgasms.

[VoyagerProject]

Beautiful and touching piece of work, Chris. I feel quite moved. Really enjoyed it.

[ShimeBB]

5*****

[ball6847]

RIP

[aniruud]

This song is bi-winning.

[andrewh817]

Nothing more satisfying than listening to and playing a song composed by yourself! Great stuff Chris

[54acdc54]

Man that is some seriously moving stuff. amazing.

[aniruud]

You're an absolute inspiration, man.

[ANONYMUS1221]

This was amazing...

[xpoopiepapix]

This...my friend...is an EPIC masterpiece..........

[dbage46]

Amazing dude. Well done

[grumpy165]

Wow that was amazing!!!! You are truly gifted...I hope you dont mind me asking this by, what kind of exercises did you practice to help you with your speed?