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  • what kind of guitar andy is using?

  • Who the fuck disliked this!?!?1?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Probably another Justin Bieber fan with absolutely NO taste in music I hope the next time they go to a fast food place, someone SHITS IN THEIR DRINK!!!!!!!

  • 28 people thought the dislike button was the download button.

  • i like those crazy beats ?? haha like like !! i feel the atmosphere in andy's mind when playing Art of motion

  • why the fuck do people still try to explain why there are dislikes in songs like this one? isn't it obvious? it was either a retard, a mistake or a troll, period

  • i've solved your puzzle andy mckee... next?

  • the fret board rake (or whatever you wish to call it) at 0:21 makes this song for me :) that and the speed/intensity. not to mention the lovely melodies and use of harmonics.....and lastly, the way he ends the song is epic. damn i simply cannot count the ways i love this song.

  • determined to learn this one

  • i love the sound , makes me happy when im listen

  • 28 ppl are gingers with no soul

  • his acoustic has 23 frets ><

  • OMG'

    28 People dislikes.

    IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT GO HOME AND DIE!

  • Our world is an orchestra. It's music raises mountains, creates oceans, raises civilization then crushes it. Few have the gift to hear the rhythmic pulse of God's instruments. This man is one of them, and it flows from his soul to his fingertips and shows the world what Life can do.

  • 28 people thought it was Sungha Jung playing art of motion on his calculator.

  • 28 people cant read tabs.

  • perfect

    

  • and God saw it was good...

    amazing...

  • NOthing is impossiblie I hear...to match his sound would be divine though....I thank god for the oportunity to hear it is all

  • @dragonslayerED30 Andy McKee wrote and performed it, nothing to do with God. Thank Andy.

  • OMG ! epic beard is gone !

  • So...wow it's just pretty much game over for my guitar career, huh?

  • @usedforstuff56 same here i'm both eager to learn this and discouraged beyond belief XD..... nothing to do but to learn and keep pushing!

  • He certainly explores the diversity of the instrument in the most beautiful ways possible.

  • OMG every time I listen to Andy's songs I feel like crying due the awsomeness my brain isn't yet used to...I'm not kidding I really feel like I'm in love with his music...<3

  • All more the reason to start watching the weather channel more! Just for the back ground music. Hey, they played Steve Vai on there.

  • Theres an app for that.

  • If he keeps his awesomess up, he's gonna tear a hole in the matrix. He better stop

  • WTF?? That's so awsome!!

    How is he able to compose this shit???

  • @shyagam He's not composing, he's heart and fingers are talking together ;)

  • @Nyratas Sure looks like it...

  • It looks so easy when he's playing this...

  • i watched it and couldn t stop !

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  • i honestly do not understand how a pretty damn small amount of people listen to this guy but all of the mainstream crap gets publicised constantly even though they dont write all of their own material, quite a lot of them dont write any of the crap they sing, and even if there is an instrument in the background, no one cares about them. Keep goin andy, ur epic

  • this is what real music sounds like

  • best evar

  • Andy is simply the best.... great guy with a great sense of humor too... I met him in Topeka which is his home town awhile back in a local guitar store that he used to work at and he's a real down to earth guy.... wonderfully humble and yet so talented as a writer and performer.

  • Andy is simply the best.... great guy with a great sense of humor too... I met him in Topeka which is his home town awhile back in a local guitar store that he used to work at and he's a real down to earth guy.... wonderfully humble and yet so talented as a writer and performer

  • 28 people don't have passion burning in their hearts.

  • master

  • TG9900 and Canadaguy80 You both know nothing about music if u Think its lame ..

  • He looks like he's lost weight. Go, Andy! Fight the good fight!

  • Dear youtube.. why is there a dog damn dislike button?

  • @neileatsballs Justin Beaber

  • ???? Your hands are okay??? Damn pay attention!! you'r crazy!

  • SRSLY! where is the 2nd guitar?

  • amazing

  • What an incredible guitar player. On a truly different level. Only few are gifted that way.

  • i wish i could play like that. man, ur'e the one of the best guitarist i've ever seen.

    Cheers from Poland!

  • OMG moorri esse cara toka muiiiiiiito !!!!!!!!!!!!

  • I just wonder that what would be happened if Tommy Emmanuel and this meet each other and play guitar together....

  • @helloiamaman they played together at the sage in gateshead a couple of years ago. they were totally awesome!

    ^_^

  • Woo going to see Andy tonight in Leicester cant wait!

  • Даже слов не надо, всё и так чётко))

  • Даже слов не надо)) Всё чётко.

  • 26 people don't know what real music is.

  • Tight Trite Night comes to mind

  • Wonderful sounding guitar! so mellowy :)

    Which brand of guitar could that be? and woodtype? is it Cedar? definetly have to get me a similar one in the future :D

    Big ups to Andy!

  • this guitar is a lucky) because Andy playing on it

  • @PonchoLoon

    E

    B

    G#

    C#

    A

    F#

  • Andy McKee and Igor Presnyakov need to write a song together. It should be just... Divine.

    (awesome song, by the way)

  • Sorry bout that but it makes me sick that nobody knows him

    I saw a comment from Don Ross on Facebook.

    He checked out a cd of Bieber.

    Most of the tracks had the same chord progression and actually the same key.

    I don't think such a thing deserves it to be played in the radio all day.

    I respect Gaga and Bieber and I'm really sorry that I called his and her music crap, but it's just my opinion and I please you to respect that so long as I respect yours.

    Thank you.

  • How many variations can one make out of this wonderful piece? I mean, I think I hear his guitar doing some rap stuff (!), then there's a hint of violins somewhere.

  • i can always rely on a smile from him

  • @abgely1

    You're right! I'm so sad that synthetised voices as GaGa or other "artists" like her has more fame then talented people... These cannot play NICELY live on stage, because they always needs some autotune or other things... THIS is a real talent, dont be offended.

  • Does anyone here know the tuning for this?

  • i am in love

  • Who actually wants to hear gaga and bieber comments on these videos. i am fed up with the stupidity. if you hate him, leave him out of good video comments. if you like him, get the hell off youtube. who's with me?

  • @abgely1 wrong sorry, but this music is appriciated by all fellow musicians. imo there is two kinds of music. music for the masses (e.g beiber/gaga) and music for musicians (e.g everything we don't hate!)

  • I am constantly looking on the internet for good music, new inspiration, this is the kind of stuff that stands out from the rest. God Bless you!!!!!

  • I love this guy. His music is a portal to another world not one of us can comprehend

  • I don't know how many conversations some friends and I have had over who's a better musician, Andy McKee or Tommy Emmanuel, and although my box of ticket stubs say I think it's Tommy, I'm dieing to see Andy McKee =]

  • wow. that was awesome. i love to hear music like that. real music made by real instruments and by talented people like him. not like this pop music stuff. gaga or something.

    andy mckee should be more popular!

    sry for bad english (=

  • @abgely1 He’s not well known because he doesn’t play a genre of music that appeals to a large audience. He doesn’t sing either which is a pretty big factor. Most people don’t want to listen to music consisting of only an acoustic guitar. He is appreciated by finger style acoustic guitar players such as myself. :) I’m huge fan of Andy’s. He’s awesome.

  • @abgely1 To be honest, Lady Gaga is an amazing musician plus she's talented to hell. Don't be fooled by all the fame she has, she may be in pop music but she's hella talented but not that many people really notice it.

  • I agree below, just let the man soak in his awesomeness. Hes got talent and a dedication that has produced some sort of fluidity with the guitar thats unimaginable. Inspiration for wanting to get better at the guitar no doubt. One of the best in my opinion. If you dig art and poetry however, you should check out the channel. Props Andy, keep it up

  • i know what i'm about to type is hypocritical, and i'm sorry to put a comment on a video of andy that doesn't really concern him, but in the comments for these acoustic solo musicians all i see is comments about how they are better then bieber and gaga... and it's starting to drive me insane...... sorry just wanted to vent... i just don't see the point of comparing apples to dog poo or vice versa

  • Exposure to real talent like this can be humbling to those who appear on or watch shows like x-factor. Sadly, perhaps this is why this guy isn't widely known.

  • He plays with a strength and refinement that you just dont see anymore!! CLASSIC

  • I cant understand people like you.

    It's just my opinion ... not all people want to gain recognition like you do know

    So please stop that, I'm a little 17 year old guy and you think I just want to gain recognition ??

    Men your life must be really bad !!

    I'm glad I'm not you ;-)

  • If someone writes a tab for this I'm gonna poop on my wife's chest when she's sleeping.

  • @jksoccerfreak you should do it anyway

  • @jksoccerfreak i would like to see that

  • @jksoccerfreak i would like to see that

  • @jksoccerfreak i feel sorry for your wife if you poop on her chest while she sleeps lmao

  • @jksoccerfreak lol ultimate-guitar. PICS OR IT DIDNT HAPPEN

  • @jksoccerfreak gimme a week. make sure you video it and upload it to youtube.

  • @jksoccerfreak andy wrote a tab for this....

  • @jksoccerfreak

    Better start shitting. There is a tab for this

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  • @jksoccerfreak better start shitting. there's already a tab for this

  • @jksoccerfreak How nasty that even is... when you play this song it makes everything alright :)

  • I'm sure glad we have artists such as Justin Bieber to bring us some real talent. . . . sarcasm of course...;-)

  • @BloodTar Poor comparison 

  • Man, that tapped harmonic at 0:48 sounded so nice. Andy McKee is a genius.

  • I wonder how you learn to do such music. It is the way he is using both hands. How did he start out? I don't think he thought of playing like this when he started playing guitar.

  • @Enliden I wonder the same thing.How he make this kind of music? Its a particular style I didn´t heard before? I don´t know... so much creativity! Unbelievable!

  • @alefenili There's a lot of classical guitar techiche behind, as reveals the hand position, but deffinetly there's a lot of his own musical research

  • @Enliden No. Not when hes started out I'm sure, his playing now is nothing but heart. The music you hear is whats in that mans soul expressed through the guitar, thats the only way to write music like this.

  • eAR SEX!

    That was awesome!

    Go Andy!

  • why has rpoland uploaded this twice? its barely any different from the other version

  • @BigNacho big fucking mistake...

  • saw him perform live at a best buy last year, so random i know...but super cool. he's such a rad dude.

  • andy plays this song with so much energy and emotion that i prickels on my skin. it feels like each cell is responding to this great piece of music

    absolutely incredible

  • Has he ever collaborated with any singers? This is really nice playing but it does sound a bit like a singer-guitarist with the singer missing!!

  • Awesome!

  • shit it looks easy xD but it's not..at all

  • This is awesome, man!!!

  • OH  GOD

  • I don't hear any auto-tune, therefore this guy has no talent whatsoever.

  • @BigNacho Actually guitarists tune manually! How cool is that! people should try it sometime, it's actually pretty difficult

  • @ckfootballman lol you're a retard. hes being insanely sarcastic and auto tune is that shit that bieber and kanye and faggots like them use to change the pitch of their voice since they cant really sing

  • @ckfootballman too tune like a lower A string to a D?

  • @ckfootballman its easy :P

  • @ckfootballman not really lol trust me man...i know im a guitarist but really it just takes a good ear after playing awhile (maybe a few months?)

  • @ckfootballman .....? Your not being sarcastic right? Do you have a difficult time tuning?

  • @BigNacho

    haha i love you xD

  • @BigNacho I hope people realize you are being sarcastic and putting down the mainstream of today that can't perform live and have to have computerized help to sound decent. Sorry everyone, Taylor Swift can't sing on pitch live, Katy Perry sounds horrible through the mic. Great music, but it's not natural like Andy here.

  • @BigNacho Man, get some information before to say something, I am a student of guitar, and when I play this song, I always make the tuning by ear...

  • @xXxGoyexXx Can anybody smell the steaming pile of sarcasm that is my original comment?

  • @BigNacho LOL I just figure it out after i commented sorry!!!!

  • @BigNacho

    BAHAHA are you TRYING to get flagged for spam!!?! :P

  • @BigNacho lol, its beggining to seem that was these days, lovin the sarcasm btw xD

  • @BigNacho I had to go through all the comments just to get to yours. I find it hilarious that people don't understand the meaning of this comment, and think you are actually serious. God, really?

  • Its so good, that I wasted months trying to learn this song!

    And I love it everyday!

  •  BEST OF THE BEST

  • just nice so nice omg how nice that is =)

  • AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

  • wow

  • okay, it was 1979, the opening act for 'firefall' was a solo acoustic guitarist whom i thought was going to singer-songwritter, instead he was a player like this, so i know this style isn't original to mr mckee..vickie genfan is a usa girl who plays like this too

    but Andy is incredible!!

  • Chuck norris's beard has nothing on Andy Mckees

  • You are a legend or something keep playing 5 stars for you!

  • keren..abis

  • then i jizz in my pants

  • i wonder if the art of motion has anything to do with parkour?

  • if you wanna talk about bieber, do it on one of his videos. If you wanna talk on this video, then talk about andy mckee.

  • @victoireisthere Obviously a Bieber fan then.. If not then why speak out, and if so, let the poor little guy speak for himself, I can't imagine he'll be able to do that with much voice soon enough. There have been plenty of "Biebers" that have come and gone, the same as he shall, all in good time. Those like Mckee and Dufour.. Inexchangable. They have a soul all their own, Bieber is just money making, kid-go-lucky bullshit. Nothing comparable to the true passion and beauty displayed here.

  • nobody does it better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • This guy sold his soul for this talent... Wow

  • THIS WHAT YOU CALLED TALENT.

  • i hate the way people smile and enjoy when they hear bieber or gaga name.

    But when i speak to them about metallica, ozzy osbourne, andy mckee or megadeth,

    they only say: who the hell are they?

  • @marcelo10almenara don't get me wrong, I love Metallica, Ozzy and Megadeth, but don't you think it's kinda strange to juxtapose them with Andy Mckee?

  • @marcelo10almenara I doubt anyone says who is Metallica or Ozzy or even Megadeath. They are huge names in music even if not everyone likes them. And Andy seems out of place compared to 2 thrash bands and ozzy....

  • Thank god there's someone thats popular that isn't an autotune asshole!

  • my dream

  • this isn't a regular tuneing?

  • I love the way he uses dead notes

    Andy we love you !!!!!

    I wish you'll get famous some day .... you totally deserve it.

    With deep respect

    Tim

  • @TG9900 u mean he already is but of course he deserves more fame

  • @scorpiongio100 he is not that famous

    in my town when I ask some do you know andy mckee ?

    the answer is always the same

    never heard of him

    thats sad because this is real music not to compare with bieber and gaga crap

    but everyone knows gaga and bieber

    thats what i mean you know ?

    everyone should smile when he or she hears the name andy mckee

    Cheers

  • @TG9900 so sad that he boasts is because he so well!

    why do people want nothing but Bieber and gaga!

  • @TG9900 Andy Mckee and Igor Presnyakov are great musicians, they make my mind clears. I recommend you listen to some Presnyakov .. Mckee and him Are the best! :)

  • @anrrax i saw igor live last month ;-)

    Yeah he's great that's true

  • @TG9900 Looky bastard :( i live in argentina so i cant go to see him :(

  • @TG9900

    Who is Bieber? :-)

  • @Luciasfal haha ... good one :D

  • @TG9900 it is sad thats what we are reduced to..

  • @TG9900 im sure i would smile, with my heart and lips. Thank you Andy for your magic!

  • @TG9900 I'm starting to think that users who name check B**ber in their comments when they are not commenting on a B**ber video are fucking record industry plants pursuing an advertising and/or SEO strategy.

  • @TG9900 They will someday maybe. The thing is though, it's hard for musicians like Andy to break out into the public eye when they don't sing. It sucks but it seems to be the way of the world.

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  • @CanadaGuy80

    About that "unwarranted praise".

    All comments on you tube are, to some extent, hoping for that same vindication, yours included.

    Now what would be funny is if this comment is thumbed up, but then someone calls it hypocritical. : D

  • @QuipyGirbo I thumbed down

  • @siracabacajr

    ummm.... thanks? 

  • @QuipyGirbo Good point. I can't argue with that.

  • @CanadaGuy80 unrcognised??

    McKee has 37.000.000 views on youtube

  • @derlogger2 Alot of people will listen to it atleast twice, so its probably safe to take that number down to only 17,000,000. You have your guitar players trying to transcribe the hell out of it too so they can play it, listening to it multiple times so take that down to below 10,000,000.

    He really isnt that known. Go ask 1000 people if they know who Andy Mckee is and you might get about 5 at most saying "that fat guy on youtube"?

    Compared to mainstream, hes a nobody.

  • @MrFaulconbridge

    Mainstream is mainstream for a reason. It's fairly stupid music for fairly stupid people. You know, "the majority." Those of more refined tastes in music find most "mainstream" revolting. Just FYI. If you really love music you will seek out talent in multiple genres and be interested in new, unique sounds. Music isn't good or bad because other people say it, it's good or bad on its own merits. There's a logic to music that only the best artists grasp. Maybe you aren't one.

  • @empbac bang on

  • @empbac Yes, i confer with this statement, to deny its authenticity would be equal to not belive that a 1 kilo granite rock wouldent hurt ones face if one was socked by it.

  • @MrFaulconbridge And thats why i don't listen to the radio. Rather my Andy McKee, Antoine Dufour, Tommy Gauthier, Peter Cilluzzi CD's. Gets good looks from people when i drive past blaring it.

  • @derlogger2 Unfortunately, Andy Mckee's recognition doesn't extend past the guitar community. He's a fine guitar player with a fan base of other fine guitar players.

  • @CanadaGuy80 why would he need to? i mean, the dude makes good cash playing. If he makes cash on something that in the beginning was to impress chicks with, i am down with that. Then again, Taste is like the arse, its divided no matter what gender or race.

  • @DroneGrinder Making good cash doing something you love is a sweet gig. Agreed. I'm still laughing at your arse comment. lol

  • @DroneGrinder I checked out your channel. What are those vids you uploaded about?

  • @CanadaGuy80 Your welcome, nice to see people has still has a sense of humor. :-) About? what do your mean, Like a purpose or a statement? 2 videos are just songs i made, and i had to add some footage, and i renderd out those 2, superlight and the other, and the third was just an creative impulse i got with two guys in a band i was in. it was late at night and it became what u saw. Fun at the moment. :-)

  • @CanadaGuy80 Your welcome, nice to see people has still has a sense of humor. :-))

  • @CanadaGuy80 Your welcome, nice to see people has still has a sense of humor. :-))

  • About? what do your mean, Like a purpose or a statement? 2 videos are just songs i made, and i had to add some footage, and i renderd out those 2, superlight and the other, and the third was just an creative impulse i got with two guys in a band i was in. it was late at night and it became what u saw. Fun at the moment.