Silly Shamisen: heartbreak, alcoholism, the gift of death, and other cheerful themes!

[TheCaliger]

This makes me so happy every time I hear it. : D

[godwash]

man, i wish you were famous, so i could pirate your music from torrent sites.

[Tokushimaz]

I love the first music...

[roy11231990]

this helps me sleep a lot

[girlfriendg]

@roy11231990 I'm still trying to figure out of this is a compliment or not...

[ginypig2000]

You should do a full cover of sapphire bullets :)

[kiba8887]

boy what a big mouth!!! XD

[hasoli88]

so funny :D

[theslothmonkey]

This guy is so great. You need to see him do Auto-Tune the News #10 on the shamisen. It's sooo good. look it up on youtube.

[TheCaliger]

Definitely want a mp3 for these.

[Wranid]

I prefer this version to the TMBG ones.

[Cpachell1]

Ever since Incubus's "Aqueous Transmission" I have fell in love with the Shamisen. I must say that you certainly do the instrument justice. Marvelous music man. Keep it coming and I'll keep listening.

[NiTeMaReCuRe]

I listen to this everyday, keeps me going. :) You sir, make me happy.

[yodadude14]

1 person was hit by a sapphire bullet

[cheesenutpea]

really love the first song!

[cheesenutpea]

love your original songs!

[sleven57]

i would pay 5 bucks to get this one song in itunes

[cheesenutpea]

totally awesome cooL!

[phatcorns]

Where do you live? I love the background visuals. And you were truly born to play the shamisen my friend.

[trenton9]

Whoa, never heard shamisen done like that before.

[shishkebab0dude666]

ah sake?

[konerwithak]

You. Sir. Are truly awesome. Your music is like nothing I've heard. Keep it up(:

[annyonghaseyo90]

Why is your shamisen skin ultra dirty apart from the bachikawa?

[BeastlyHope]

"I hope the dentist can stop me from making this terrible mistake I'm about to make *wheeeeee*" XD!

[Leloooable]

hah))

good

[SkyBlu3Android92]

i love your creativity =)

[sonisbest]

I found you by accident and im shocked i couldn't turn you off, im addicted, lovely passionate music played by someone who cares what he does, what a joy :D

[einootspork]

They Might Be Giants are one of my favorite bands; love what you did with your cover here.

[unassuminglocal]

Such an awesome job on the TMBG cover. And the egg breaking at 0:58. And pretty much everything in general, man.

[Chikavelli]

the paper plate at the end reminds me of KEN TANAKA.... Great job yo~!

[lucitetokki]

Okay, seriously, dude. Let's get married, like pronto? YOU ARE AMAZING.

[mushugai]

They Might Be Giants is one of my favorite bands... Thanks for this! Great Cover :)

[xsited1]

You're clearly a chick magnet.

[Confuzzlement]

You're ridiculously skilled

[PeTyZoOsSs]

hey mike I'm a great fan of yours! I love how you play the exact same notes as the song in a ``strange´´ instrument that most of the people don't know!

I love your cover of Sapphire Bullets of Love, and of course your original song!

Greetings from Argentina! (South America lol)

[CeliaBrooke]

You're beautiful and talented; can we get married, perhaps?

[Thedudeman136]

Thats a Dale Boneheart fuckin fantastic hot dog!!! :D

[RubyAngel4]

Your fingering is amazing! Loved the power drill phonograph.

[michotto]

YOU'RE GREAT!!

[ambry99]

I really enjoyed all three songs, but Sake Rondo really stuck out to me. It's a very beautiful piece and I'm very glad you shared it!

[maireadre]

This reminds me of They Might Be Giants. But that's totally cool though!

[777ianx777]

Please tell me you have some way I can download this song, DO WANT! (^_^)

[XxTOxICiTYxX1227]

The matress reminds me of fallout 3

[tanton1]

Also do you have an album?

[tanton1]

Stop being so goddamn awesome. I have homework to do!!!

[Titusatreides]

Great work!, Like the arragements (i don't know if that the word, its "arreglos" in spanish), like the tunes. Keep good!, making us look bad! XD

[JBMD1986]

I like the Nina Simone song at the end. Who is singing? Is that you?

[Fighting31st]

The cover of the TMBG song is amazing as well, the rest of the video is just as awesome.

[Spoonuser12]

This is pretty classy, not even gonna lie.

[n0m0reg0ingback]

..so kawaii~!! ♥ You rock!! 8D

[ThePapaChilds]

I've never watched a youtube celebrity before he or she got famous. Maybe this is my big chance...

[kennysurdad]

is there a mp3 link somewhere its so good

[lusteraliaszero]

i don't claim to be an expert, but i think you are playing that keyboard correctly.

that is all.

[walking1way]

so fly!!

[Gretur1]

this an overall badass song

[jaimepaullamb]

great job! (and nice mahavishnu reference! - "sapphire bullets")

[patcuting]

mike penny you just rock..

[fle2livefree]

good stuff dude that thing is wierd how did you com about picking that up???

[briansmobile1]

They might be sapphire bullets of pure love!

[tnus3]

Now when my wife tells me to scrap some ice of her windshield i can say "you mean with the plectrum" and when she says "the what" ill happily grin and whisper "retard..." under my breathe. Thanks Mikepenny01!

[killroy123]

Any chance you'll post the songs separately in mp3 form? I'm loving the TMBG cover

[isJonneh]

I really liked this! :)

[sgtpepper970]

this is epic O_o

[thepenciledcookie]

epic medley.

[jontheplatypus]

Great TMBG cover.

[bigdaddygizmo]

lol 1:12 eat at Joe's 

[Gurkisme]

I love it when people use keyboards like keytars.

[yupas1994]

PLEASE MAKE A DOWNLOAD! put it on media fire or something so i can haz it plz!?

[SkySho116]

I love all 3 songs. Good job! And, thanks for introducing me to a Nina Simone song I hadn't heard.

[Zest0]

First time hearing Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love - They Might Be Giants. Tried to look for the original version, heard some of it... but I actually prefered your version of it :)

But here's my problem. I can't find the song anywhere. You wouldn't happen to have the mp3 now, would you?

[TheCaliger]

I wish, in the song by you, you had done more gurgling. xD

[mikepenny01]

@TheCaliger

Duly noted; more gurgling in the future.

[TheCaliger]

@mikepenny01 Ah, didn't expect a reply directly from you.

Well, since I know you're looking. All these songs you've done/covered, etc. wonderful, beautiful, amazing. Fun to listen to! Love it all.

Thanks for posting them, and I hope you continue enjoying what you do. [Assuming you enjoy what you do. c;]

[RedeyesKnight99]

I like the song, but the annotation placement seemed kind of annoying. =x

[HeartlessMayu]

This is awesome. I love what you did with the captions in the first song and the gurgling in the second song. And that drill bit (pun intended, ohoho) was funny!

[Talesfan13]

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard, you deserve to be recognized all over youtube, just simply amazing. :)

[mikepenny01]

@Talesfan13 Well, shucks. Thank ye kindly. For me, three thousand views may as well be three million; I'm stoked people watch at all!

[izZHardToGetAName]

@mikepenny01 People watch and much more should do, because u r good in fact, really good musician, wich obviously plays good music!!!

good may not even be enough to describe your music, but anyways it is simply undiscribeble!! :] :] :]

[lootsorrow]

@mikepenny01 the world must not be ready for genius of your caliber; many of history's greatest artists were never recognized in their own time. that being said, you're friggin rad :D

[TheGamerboy860]

@mikepenny01 Are you serious? 3 thousand is nothing compared to what you should be getting, and that's why I pitched in and subscribed, your just too awesome for words that I can describe in english :)

[rolcre]

great



[SpecialEdwerd]

You should smash that thing at the end when you're done playing like a real musician. :P Go all out, man.

[suicidalkatt]

@SpecialEdwerd lol that thing is expensive as hell... i doubt you'd really wanna do that... especially the work it takes to get his in particular.

[shadowman22122]

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS!

[dm2222221]

I love Sapphire Bullets of Love

[Tangipony]

de la verga......toca chido pero el video esta de la verga.

[wicketyspickety]

Can you speak Japanese?

[jackrulez44]

@wicketyspickety Hai, he can

[sonicOneTwo]

What a coincidence! I just had my wisdom teeth extracted

[OGAarset]

I enjoy the fact that any other youtuber would probably split these into three seperate videoes hoping for multiple views from the same people. Instead you choose to make this one awesome vid. Credz. And btw, fantastic work as always.

[alyssa123dance]

wow what kind of interment is that?! is cool

[raika19eighty6]

Epic ender as always <3

[aiiirdryy]

you go, mike. you go, buddy.

[mstabspeople]

i love your vids man, and i love the epic face at 1:56 lol

[gangsta3408]

Good job you got a drill very impresive

[brandonpringle16]

cool gj bro

[jdsmash]

You are becoming a true entertainer in all aspects of music and performance Mike, and its amazing how exponentially far your talents have come! Keep it up my friend.

- Josh

[DouglasBierend]

Strong work as always, Mike. Love it.

[amikonyan]

@DouglasBierend yeah.. i love his HARD work too :D

[muchatociastko]

the lyrics popping up kinda spoil the clip. otherwise good job!

[SnipesWithWolves]

Fucking beautiful

[Hikikomori013]

Sake Rondo is definitely a keeper! Definitely as good as Ondo de Happipi.

[SushiGoat]

awesome!

[andrewrosegregory]

@mikepenny01 finding out you like they might be giants means we can't be friends anymore. sorry bro. who would ever like a band like that? i'm going to drop you like a bag of groceries accidentally taken from the shelf before their expiration date.

[arena2101]

@andrewrosegregory : LOL

[TinyMotorCars]

Cute stuff.

[tanton1]

Good cover, I enjoy it sir

[Hazzoufc]

Wow. This is amazing! I really love it. Keep up the good.

[Iceknight212]

Oh my god. This is a work of genius. Is there any way that I could get an acoustic version of the first song? It would make my day, sir Shamisen.

[songstowearpantsto]

haha upside down annotations :)

[RomasWizard]

I don't know... Acid by one word...

[idc1414]

Do you live in Japan?

[nouvellefag]

i love your taste in music, love your sense of humour & love hearing you play. keep the vids coming!

[elpeaches]

I love that song!

[itsMARIKO]

loved it. :) the first vid I've seen of you since I subbed. Keep me happy!!! hahaha.

[ninjaaron]

suicide is nothing to joke about.

Just kidding. It's hilarious.

[shootsbraw]

i especially loved this one :} keep em coming

[estan247]

this sounds really awesome

[CyanValentine]

lol xD epicness! n___n 格好良い !!!!

[ilvnpu1418]

ur r so talented man,, keep it up.

[wowwille]

fake n gay...

[olsentwinsx2]

4:06-4:13...I lol'd hardcore!

[eeedel]

i need an mp3 of this immediately

[4school2cool]

Fake and Gay ; ) Schmoyoho

[Spoonuser12]

No Pentatonic scales were used in the making of this video.

[TheOtakuWay]

Damn man, this is the first video I've seen from you but this is some good shit. Keep offering original content and you could get as big as Destorm.

[forcedhire1]

Why does Youtube videos always have sync issues?

[TheGzeus]

@forcedhire1 issues with their encoder when using videos made with another family of encoders.

The best way around that is to use x264 and/or ffmpeg-based encoder (mencoder).

[Lambieschmoo]

Awesome!!!

[ThisIsMissLys]

youre the embodiment of the perfect man

[kickymcface]

wow... your awesome!

[HosTehNoob]

meanwhile in Japan, there is an Asian man playing the Japanese national anthem on an electric guitar and drinking a bruuuuskie!

[telaran]

Awesome :)

[unterluup]

Wow. Go figure you can sing great, too! Awesome stuff.

[mikepenny01]

FAKE

[SixteenSips]

@mikepenny01 lol. Your amazng.

[gamerjace1]

@mikepenny01 what does that mean

[xDeluzional]

what is this place where you always record?

[toedotcom]

dat keyboard

[poweroftheshinobi]

first