Dust in the Wind (Kansas cover) - Mike Masse, Scott Slusher, and Ken Benson

[muzaklover78]

WEAK applause. That was a fantastic!

[atarisuicide]

Just want to say you are an inspiration. I love playing acoustic covers and you give me and everyone else that does this kind of stuff a really high bar to try and reach. Keep on keeping on.

[elkeevo]

You should quit your day job ;)

[therockbs]

I don't mean any disrespect but i don't think Kansas themselves would perform this so perfect.

Excellent work.

p.s. I'd love to see hotel california as well.

[ColinKatz]

I love that Jeff is just sitting there hanging out, presumably watch the TV. ;-)

[ojtheawesome]

@mikemassedotcom You definitely don't need it! :D

[chickadee2]

I just NOW found this one. Thank you so much for doing this song.

[DavidScottD52]

Hi Mike,

Greate job as allways,

Dave

[xxxxShrutixxxx]

I like his "You're welcome" smile in the end of each song :)

[acoustic61]

This has to be the best cover I've seen of this. I think it's even better than Steve Walsh and Kansas in recent years. And I've seen Kansas live.

[kcronoss]

FANTASTIC!

[wheatscoast]

Your my boy BLUE!

[warriorlg]

Mike, are you kidding? Terrible at fingerpicking??? I've been playing a long time and I only wish I was that terrible! You're nowhere near as bad as you think, but keep getting better anyway. :) Major kudos from Nu Yawk.

[MrValdo8a]

Where you from guys I can see a sign from salt lake its salt lake where you from

[RevolveMusicc]

Definitly the best cover on the internet!

[GRRRTAR]

are you coming to uk anytime ? this is amazing !

[kpmsmith]

Extremely well done. Outstanding vocals compliment that beautiful Guild 12 string.

[Straauss]

Are you playing C C Am G/B at the intro? Sounds fantastic.

[baltimddude]

Wow, amazing man...

[alekstan]

Impressive performance.

[customidis]

wonderful voices and magic guild f512

bravo guys

[customidis]

wonderfull voices and magic guild f512

bravo guys

[GRRRTAR]

Wow! Thats amazing! Incredible vocals i think you sounded excellent. Guitar sounded sweet aswell. Very hard song to sing and play to so you did extra good. Def going in favourites.

[QuincyAdams88]

What would it take to have NY Yankees guy wear a Red Sox Hat?

[cjsull1]

@QuincyAdams88 Hes gotta be a NY guy, always rocking some sort of Yankee stuff,, Bring Mike to Boston, Yankees SUCK!!!

[JakeVhabae]

Jeff looks really uncomfortable just sitting there...lol.

[lookingfortalent2007]

you'd never know the song was "hard for you", great work

[screamue]

BUDWEISER!

[RCROSSH]

Que buenoooo !!

[U2JoshuaGirl]

A fantastic production. Just imagine what you guys would sound like in a proper recording studio or on a big stage. Hope to see you there some day!

[uneasy31]

@mikemassedotcom nope keep it real!!

[jonez227]

you sound amazing. i love this song and you definitely do it justice

[kodiak1966]

Amazing voice !

[87RGS]

amazing! Great job

[25ostrich]

@mikemassedotcom no way dude you're great as it is. autotune just screws things up

[jnaroby]

Absotively Beautimous guys! Mike - the 12 string looks beautiful man...

Very nicely done and thanks for always sharing ;)

[maserantes]

Great cover mate.

[colliewobbs]

@mikemassedotcom no not at all. i just thought it sounded so perfect. i'm a big fan of your stuff and mused about how you recorded your stuff. it just sounded kinda auto tuned. But take that as a complement.

[madwolfboy]

great set! just curious how does your drummer get the vocal effects at the end? digitech vocal pedal?

[madwolfboy]

oh didn't see the credits at the start initially.. i was refering to scott

[mikemassedotcom]

@madwolfboy Actually the drummer and the keyboard player are both singing together, so I panned the vocals left and right to give it a bigger sound.

[madwolfboy]

@mikemassedotcom oh okay, haha it sounded like a vocal effect! thanks! How do you capture the sound in all your videos? are you plugging them in directly into your videocam? if not, what video cam are you using? the sound quality is very good

[indioguerrero]

Man, i like you crystal voice. You're awesome. Great performance on tremolo guitar. I see the talent you have & spiritual feeling in your interpretations. "Tears in Heaven" is one that i love to hear from you.

[pencilcoil]

very very good. A first rate performance. thanks.

[DanielWagenheim]

Nice One!!!

[slimshady22248202]

Great Work, Keyboards Sound Good, But Real Violin Would Be Better.

You Guys Rock!!

[gibsonizer229]

Mike, you can play that ALONE, nobody else NEEDED

[mikemassedotcom]

@gibsonizer229 I suppose, but I think the harmonies add a lot. And without the viola solo, the song just sorta slumps in the middle. I guess I could have done the solo on a kazoo or something. :) Besides, it was super fun to play with Scott and Ken, so I wouldn't change a thing!

[pbrocchi]

Dude....finally you have the 12-strings guitar...now, can you play Hotel California for us??? i'm really anxious for that!

[mikemassedotcom]

@pbrocchi If we do it, it'll probably be in July or August. My guitar is being sent back to Guild for a replacement, which won't show up until late May/early June. Long story, but I'm getting a brand new replacement, so that should be fun.

[davissoneduardo]

@pbrocchi Me too, I'm here looking for that !!

[fasterthanbolt]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!

[aswitzertwiz]

Really, really cool to see the three of you performing together - loved it!

[etaKsnhoJ]

Yay for old friends! Thanks for sharing - loved it!

[2cpus4me]

Excellent vocals and guitar. Keyboard player needs violin patch with much faster attack time. The 'violin' notes all slurred together.

[mikemassedotcom]

@2cpus4me Agreed. We did the best we could with the viola sound. I even cranked the attack time pretty much all the way up on this. It's really hard to find a string sound without a slowish attack that doesn't end up sounding more like a piano when you crank up the attack.

[johnnyhustle]

Wow this raised goosebumps on my arm.

[chickadee2]

Thank you so very much Mike, it was just wonderfully perfect. God bless you and yours.

[VilleShadows]

Flawless!, My only thought is, on the line "Nothing lasts forever.." you should hit that melizma on "forever", your voice is beautiful you could do that amazing. awesome dude!

[fiver1971]

As always, your cover is perfect!

[LimminFoot]

Man...you amaze me each time. Beautiful. Just beautiful.

[torgeot]

Fantastic again MIke. This is sick, I just lurk to see when you are posting a new vid.

[cebfolk]

great music! you have a very good voice! what software did you use to record it how do you synchronize it with the camera? very nice guitar too! thanks for sharing! 10 *

[kaikealves1]

Great cover, like you guys always do. Will we see more videos of this one-time thing?

[tonytalys]

i love this song.....very good job!!!thanks!!!

[Aroweeco]

Awesome!

[stevo0665]

You get a new guitar?

[mikemassedotcom]

@stevo0665 Yeah, a Guild F-512. The bummer is that I have to RMA it because the action and intonation aren't within factory specs (even though I bought it new a couple months ago). So Guild has agreed to replace it. So I'll be getting a new-new guitar sometime in May.

[HeBckoe]

damn , your voice is so perfect

[HeBckoe]

such an amazing cover... im speechless

[Jagr12]

This is amazing, hope you get the break you deserve

[SteveBDrums]

Wow - a superb rendition! Kudos to all.

[FateSmiles128]

Guys, that was awesome! If there were any rough spots (as you implied), I didn't notice them at all. Really loved the harmonies, fingerpicking and the keyboard part was pretty sweet. Keep it up :)

[kingralph64eh]

That Sounds so AWESOME, it's hard to believe it's you..Thanks Ralph

[GuitarEZplay]

Great vid lads, Great playing, And Fantastic voice Keep it up will pass on your site to all that will Listen.

[SingerOfTheFall]

That's just amazing, such a good playing and singing!

Keep rocking!

[PestControl02]

nice job!

thanks for sharing!

:)

[e026026]

Thanks very much for these videos! Can't wait to see more!!!!

[xocomrade]

good job but all your members look bored

[mikemassedotcom]

@xocomrade They're just immune to the awesomeness, having heard so much of it. Kidding.

[e026026]

Thanks very much for these videos! Can't wait to see more!!!!

[diegoloxa92]

great mike, I see you added more people to your band. Congrats!

[mikemassedotcom]

@diegoloxa92 Just a one-time thing, actually. Two friends who were in a band with me in high school came to visit for a weekend and joined Jeff and me for this gig.

[XxDisciple666xX]

love u mike

[CorpseGrinder27]

@XxDisciple666xX love you jesse :)

[XxDisciple666xX]

@CorpseGrinder27  <3 lol

[hiddenbase]

yes so glad he's back

[4evergreendayfan]

amazing dude GREAT

[Simon56770]

I've been waiting for quite some time for you to cover this song, and let's just say that it was worth the wait.

[DiXAleX92]

Thanks very much for these videos! Waiting to see more =)

[kirkpatrick321]

I am amazed at some (actually all) of the covers that you do! You are really talented, thanks for sharing these videos.

[enderep12]

awesome

[Smrtcoolkid]

Amazing.

[CalicoSkies18]

Perfect ! What a beautiful voice... You should make "Say it ain't so" from Murray Head... I think you would sing it perfectly ! Bye.