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[semperpresto]

I just met your mom the other day (vancouver) and she turned me on to your cd. and I dig it bro! your gonna go far man! And your mom's a cool chic :)

[bigman1225]

That was amazing, why so many shitty ratings? That shows you how uncultured people are in this country.

[Blekesy2]

these are pretty good.

...how do you get your action so good for tapping?

[LUMBERTHON]

practice probably...

[333099]

he can´t play, sorry

[editorgay]

are you deaf, dumb, blind??????????

[Wespe1919]

i can just sense it in the darkness of blakes. rock on! hope to catch you live at Nomad sunday...

[simonruane]

Great music, I love it

[gabonzomatic]

6th string needs tuning

[LUMBERTHON]

yo momma needs tuning. if u listen to his other stuff he has a similar tuning. artistic/creative licence maybe? stop bitching n accept greatness when u see it ffs

[yashatasha]

boring tune

[LUMBERTHON]

yea, thats wot i said when i holed yo momma

[solomon131312]

I like it, artist explores. Keep it up.

[pinkdirt]

yep, a mess but in a couple of years it will be tight as fuck i hope

[markdeaton]

Another mess.

[lateentry48]

very original..not many can play as well as you do. A good producer can come up with something to make you a star. in fact, that is how a guitar should be played right from the very begining.

[streakofreaks]

search for andy mckee. he'll take you to school.

[fistle]

yawn....yet another pretentious geek

[rickyBelpanno1984]

tommy emanuel*

[rickyBelpanno1984]

il futuro rommy emanuel :)

[kikezz]

r u suicidal?

[MikeE381]

Very Nice!! But, try to give the, b-g¤ (key end tone) some more stroke.. (zif to dif), with the soft minor C..

Ad a little more fis-c. Your tap-poi over the c% kalloids and smithers, are brilliant!!!

Keep it up!

Love it!

[rockeramazon]

omg, okay u rock...I seriously think it was you who played for the Diablo video game, lol....it sounds like that music, but on different notes...omg, luved it =)

[bsomfg]

Your talent is amazing. I love this song!

[666Orthiad]

what are you guys all talking about.. i can't do that myself.. he can play that very good and it's sounds good to.. so, make a vid of yourself trying to be better.. then you can say somethin about it.

[dynamorules]

Cool...progressive...very interpretive! Emotionally driven piece....no wonder some are annoyed. But you know what hank?....i thought you did very well. It's diff and diff is cool!

[rumpenisse]

please stop and use the guitar as it was meant to be used, stop slapping it around..I feel sorry for the guitar

[iVanHalen666]

vaya paquete....jacob mirate videos de Andy Mckee anda xD

[Paaaaaaaaaaap]

Ooooooooh fine : another accident, right?

[enduropunk]

nooooooo, trama bobos........

*_*

[liamw91]

Actually I think DanishDave has a point, nothing wrong with a bit of criticism :/

You're obviously a talented guitarist, but the slapping and tapping....you could create amazing music if only you put it to good use, something along the lines of Andy Mckee

Gotta say i admire your improvisation without a tremalo, thats the first time i've ever seen someone do something like that :D

[zrtgvbnjkop]

Sucks ballz

[pastlink99]

dude that was awsome. i dont know what that wad but it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck it was ....interesting to say the least. keep up the good work.;)

[noige]

This song sucks.

[hendew65]

you're just jealous that you couldn't think of something as brilliant. go back to your 3 power chord emo music!

I say Beautiful work on this one. I also like the "accident" song.

[pablekz]

Powerful. It's like the soundtrack of a street dog wondering on a sunny hot day.

(that guitar is one lucky bitch tough...)

Bring in some more!

[flaminHampster]

yeah i have to admit it, that one just plain SUCKED

[xhokeyXpokeyx89]

you suck. =)

[danishdave]

you've only taken techinques from your influences such as justin king, but one major factor that separates you from justin king or any other finger tapping artists is creativity and personality.

great musicians can trigger thoughts and emotions from the listeners, so remember that as you create your next instrumental.

[danishdave]

this instrumental is just boring. all the harmonics, slapping and bending the head to distort the sound.. that's great and all, but everything sounds so elementary. you know the techniques but they are no where near perfection, so combining all these imperfect techniques creates a one long and boring instrumental. your slaps sound very irritating, and so are your finger tapping sounds.

[Bhaltair]

Hey DanishDave... Why don't you have any videos up of yourself? How about not being a negative jerk all the time and put your hands where your mouth is instead of where your jerkoff attitude is?

[danishdave]

everyone's saying how great this piece is, so i'm gonna criticize as a fellow musician. and you should expect the kind of criticism since that's the risk you have to take if you're gonna post stuff on youtube.

[CGYtitty]

bravo again...

[Achilles1223]

great, i play just like u do, i thought it was beautiful, and guys, seven year old kids cant play this cause this is called feeling the music

[Sodiee92]

Wow...Wow..Wow....That is so amazing!!

[johnstangg]

you're really good, but you already knew that.

only criticism: you ae trying to make everything to epic. Which some might like, but...

[Planefreak23]

take guitarlessons

[kykah01]

it got no musical, technical, or artistic value... what do you people so excited about? he plays guitar like a 7-year old kid

[glaive21842]

what the hell kinda 7-year old are you thinking of that can do that stuff O_o

...are your speakers on loud enough? it's kinda a quiet song...

[suikodenman]

fuck you

[koony16]

my ears are bleeding.... this is what you do when experimenting with your guitar to find cetains sounds and finding out your notes and so on, but if your gonna go out on stage and do this shit its pretty sad...gotta learn to play before you can perform.

[dragonbarnesz]

Your Style Of Playing Is So Unique I've Never heard Anything Like It Its Great Your Music Has Such Atmosphere To It And Also A Sense Of Surealness In My Opinion Keep Up The Great Work

[Sayduhzuoh]

u scared the shit out of me, good job!

I like this horror show, im gonna watch the other ones.

[IRONCLICK]

finger picking 3 chords up and down the scale then slapping a sour note and pretending it's something artistic is just plain sad...way sad

[sk84evr777]

...uhh.. do you take medication?

Have you been to anger management classes?

I think you should stop beating your guitar. It never did anything to hurt you.

[cesarandi]

i really like it.. i can do the same thing, but only when i'm drunk

[dragonx329]

I loved it, my ears where glued to the speakers the whole time.

[thAtOneGuyHAHAHA]

and all this is, is a movable chord with the same picking pattern.

[thAtOneGuyHAHAHA]

JESUS easy on the guitar strings and guitar

[Daxiwe]

Cool! This video made me realize the limited vision I had about acoustic guitar and its sound possibilities. This guy expands our vision on this beautiful instrument (using the proper amplification, of course!). Great!!

[kevy8up]

Ok really, im not impressed at all. I can't play guitar and I can make some shit like that up. Be a lil more imaginative and quit beating the shit out of your guitar..lol

Hint: candyrat com lol

[mrzombie619]

then shut the hell up and do it, then put it up here so that everyone can make you self conscious of how bad you suck. I personally thought it was really good. Very imaginative.  Although I'm more into playing electric guitar I still enjoyed this very much.

[kevy8up]

Don't think im gonna shut the hell up. And I don't have to like it...really! For anyone else reading these comments Andy Mckee and Antoine Dufour more than Feed your need for Solo acoustic guitar. Search their names. Have fun enjoying this guy...bleh!!

[glaive21842]

By the way...that "beating up the guitar" is called Slap, and it's an actual guitar style

If you want to check out more slap, look up Justin King, namely the Larrivee Movie Clip. It's not all slap, but he definitely uses it a lot

and as a final note...i suggest you NEVER listen to traditional Japanese music

[jimmyjubejube]

please tune ur low E string

[hhalij]

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[jcrow62]

I think that this is the best thing i've ever heard. The way you gently caress that guitar makes me want to cry a single tear for all that is beloved in this world. Sigh.

[lipocs]

is that even a song? u play like me after i smoked too much weed to be able play right. u must be faded right?i feel bad for that guitar. someone save that thing.

[Omathousand]

wow...just beautiful, that will have to suffice 'cause i don't think language has a better word for it...but music certainly has and you just told it with this song man.

[lipocs]

omathousand ur a fucking moron

[Omathousand]

so that makes two of us. yeah i love you too dickhead.

[glaive21842]

I'd have to say otherworldly...but otherwise yeah.

good stuff here ^_^.

[NeverHighStoner]

It didn't really pick up until 3 minutes in, buy that time I had almost completely lost interest

[reaver86]

dude really you should treat your guitar better you beat on it randomly and there is no real need at all to do so try making things sound a little more smooth and less spastic other than that you have talent

[glaive21842]

that's the idea though...

If you only play at one tone, it just doesn't have as much feeling

[bonFreakingJovi]

GAWD

YOU DO *NOT* HAVE TO PLUCK THE E SO HARD, YOU SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME!

Plus you knocked it out of tune, your form is sloppy and this is a very unmelodic song.

[dbest13]

you guys are stupid...good stuff man. seems like a lot of jealous people on here. keep up the good work!

[Wapo21]

jealous?? wacko..!

[Wapo21]

is this some kind of a blooper thing? imitating andy mCkee?

[randome927]

learn to write a song properly. there is not form, just a bunch of similar sounding riffs.

[ne0nblakk]

Wow, wtf. Is this a joke?

[rubiks4x4]

i feel sorry that you wasted time and money in the studio

[killcancersteve]

wow, it's definately different and i could see how people would slam your music but i think it's creative and has drama and feeling in it. i like it.

[Wapo21]

Duh?!

[discusflyp1]

1st tune the guitar. E is FLAT... 2nd crap...

[Wapo21]

He's music is Crap..

[rumpenisse]

Hi again.. I still think you´r a bore..please make music not war...

[Wapo21]

hahhahahah!

[farooforever]

even you look bored... now imagine the audience

[Mosesisawesome]

this sounds like me fooling around with a guitar not playing it...

[qwerasolk]

why the fuck is he messing with the guitar. If u hate your guitar just give it to me

[ebroome]

uggg...dude what you do in the privacy of your home/studio is great just dont subject the rest of us to your boring guitar slapping..your not even playing, your like a monkey who dosent know how a guitar is meant to be used and your trying to figure it out by messing with it.

[billie1123]

who? the person in this vid or someone who commented?

[deishouz]

andy mckee for the win

[PhrAiLGuitarist]

By the way, I'm not trying to be an ass at all. You're not a bad guitarist by any means. I'm just trying to give you constructive criticism from the perspective of a guitarist who is VERY familiar with players of your style. If I were sitting in your crowd, I would probably be thinking what I said below, that's all. Like I said, not bad, though, man.

[PhrAiLGuitarist]

Hmm... I've watched a couple of your videos. I'm sure in a live setting, this is fun to watch and it looks like you're really feeling what you're doing but you're extremely repetitive. With folks like Justin and Kaki King, Andy McKee, Tommy Emmanuel, Doug Smith, Anthony Mazzella, etc., etc., you should refine your style a bit. You've got the talent and knowledge of the technique. I'd just recommend less repetition.

[CountOlaf41]

I like the sharpness of that guitar.wish I had money...

[MusicxxxLad77]

great job man, and dont listen to all those other ppl...there just jelious bastards...

[gerardfrancismanley]

Awsome Jacob. Wish my speakers were a whole lot better!!

[carlitos200000]

Verga chamo le echas un cerro de bola

muy bien

[gabriel3383]

I'd hate to be the sorry bastard to buy that guitar from the pawn shop!

[fostachild]

spank that guitar!

[htmlpumel]

come on. Boooo Booooo. Soooooooooo Booooooooooooooooooring. Uhh U make me sick,

[shade37777]

sweet picking you would make chet proud.

[macgyver897]

i really don't think he would

[shade37777]

i was joking dipshit!

[billie1123]

chill out.

[macgyver897]

Oops, it's kind of hard to pick up sarcasm when you're on the internet full of people stupid enough to say that genuinely.

[roblinda]

Sorry mate. Avant-gard-a-clue. Terrible, just terrible

[Janzah]

like this .

[gemjam1]

to me maybe he should write music behind movies, build it up drama etc..

[fostachild]

shut up

[hisnames8k]

dude..you are possibly on the cutting edge of creativity. That being said, there is a formula that has brought about musical revolution in the past and this is a far deviation from it. You are missing a very important variable. You have to incorporate current culture into it. If you do not, you do nothing for the advancement of music, and your innovation is ignored due to the overwhelming temptation to call it obscure and never look back.

[melissapink1991]

i think you are so wicked.

i love it alot.

you should look at ours its iffy ok and go on the first one you see. you are so good.

[Sevealoth]

This sounds like a bunch of pieces to what could be a cool song. It's a little repetitive...and I don't really understand the use of muted slides on an acoustic. Some parts do sound cool though. I'd say clean it up and organize it, and it could be sweet.

Just my input.

[rrkgb]

to each his own, not my style of music. but i can see the guy is into it.

[sixelajygz]

check-out "jygz" people...

[plinkytx]

I like the technique, but it's very repetitious. Kinda reminds me of Rhett Butler. Good playing, but no direction.

[billie1123]

the really strong E you keep doing is annoying and its ruining the song. gett rid of it

[nickbrennan87]

Gotta appreciate something different. Liked it

[ajp82]

if you guys like this style of guitar you should check out the John Butler trio, this guy is good but jb is the master

[seven7years]

he is not THAT good.

his technique is awful

[matticus12345]

wow, i like this, it relaxes me. this is wondeful because i have insomnia and ADHD lol anything that slows me down is great. keep playing its different and i like it

[billie1123]

gutted

[matticus12345]

what?

[sexymexybm]

boring boring boring. then right around 2:30 he got interesting. not because he started hitting things, but because it started to sound like a song, and it was no longer someone fuckin around on stage...

[sqrossman]

you are Ani Difranco and Alex Degrassi in one! Bravo!

[xilentdk]

heka hard to enjoy, play music man!

[spaghettiman]

he should think a little more about the music instead of these strange techniques that just look interesting but dont sound any good.

[aconnecte]

An abstract artist.

[kellaway]

I thought it was insane! keep up the good work :D

[SONLUVER]

i hope your not acutally thinking about this as your career

[hellinusholy]

Why did you stop so much?

Just keep going, don't stop. Play fast...pop a fucking string. Fight the guitar. Make that bitch scream! GOD!

[paschendale15]

the fast finger picking is good. its an easy trick to make a realy good sound, but man, dont hit ur e likes its trying to fight u, you think to much about it, trying to make it work, just let it flow without it making ears bleed on some notes. but other then that, glad its not mainstream style, and for the most part gj

[flensarata]

i agree with the person below me (kungfucolin)

[kungfucolin]

I can respect what you're doing, but honestly, I found it really hard to enjoy.

[Whitemexican]

man ppl on youtube can be so hatefull, i dont get it...owell, i think your music is great, ppl who hate on u are just jealous cuz they cant break away from the norm but u can

[therealrockpresley]

Education of the norm is essential in understanding the "Norm". the NORM for this style of guitar playing is WAY outside the box from where this guy sits. this guy isn't a thinker. repetition is great in music, sparingly. freedom comes from understanding the "NORM". this is NOT broken away from the norm.

[Shifty727]

your songs much over the place but i can get the feeling you put into that song which i think that is an amazing feat and only some artists can get out of a song...

[betterwatcherself]

Where is all this hating coming from? I think his performances are beautiful, and am tracking down the CD. What's the psychology behind spewing out venom over this music? What's with that?

[therealrockpresley]

Anything to make a buck right ?

[MellowJB]

i think....you try to make it into something amazing and you have only limited skill for now but try having one idea for the song that was all over the place ..but im high so i enjoyed some of its melodicness

[ninjagoon333]

music is so much more than you think it is. what you're displaying is unorganized patterns and unpleasant noise. close your eyes and listen to your music. please don't waste your money on a demo. spend it on guitar lessons.

[fstball4110]

yes the stroking of the the neck was what was really good..

[nunoclement]

i hope that your trying to make a joke loll

you are bit pretincious and honestly your not good at all sorry

[silentfrwy]

wow....i hate to say it man, but you're really not that good. you're trying way too hard to be like andy mckee or justin king.....find your own style, because all i hear is a bunch of noise.

[jsimpsonMEV]

Good Lord...TUNE IT! Other than that, it sounds like a bunch of absolute babble. Maybe a dulcimer is more your thing, maybe a single bongo...but please put the 6-string down. Technique is sloppy at best, and the compositions are garbage.

[teamboomboomrats]

random..

[jsimpsonMEV]

Agreed. You remember the "Super Greg" stuff on the web a couple years ago, where he's supposed to be some great hip-hop DJ icon? This guy playing guitar is like SuperGreg scratching. Absolutely random garbage, but he sure seems to be into it!

[chrisb12416]

Lmao, your shit.

[10109878]

I started playing when I was nine and honestly by the time I was thirteen I would have made this guy look bad. Just random shit and some old school rip-offs.

[abcsaba]

He is a good guitarist, but what he is playing is so sad and there is no melody in it.

[reccaman58]

no guitar playing skill, whatsoever. nice stroking the neck of the guitar tho, but thats all you were good at.

[x0GuitarHero0x]

lol im sry but i think this guy is crap

[teamboomboomrats]

agreed

[Rthevampireslayer]

This is Beautifal :)

peace&love

_R

[markraybeach]

UH... Check out guys like Don Ross or John McLaughlin, you'll see what this guy is trying to do... he's almost kind of there, not quite, but you know give him time.

[liquidpersuasion]

duuude i went to high school with this guy.

[gamer65]

truly an influence to guitar players around the world.

[Hammadkazmi7]

wot

[galadriel6969]

damn..that's some good shit. oddly, kept reminding me of an Ani Difranco song.

[XDXDiluvanimeXDXD]

man, this style of guitar playing still has me dazzled. It's a refreshing was to make new music, and it has a jazzed sense to it without it really being jazz. props dude, will look into buying your stuff!

[MadGouki]

awesome man, reminds me a little bit of the doors and a little bit of improv experimental stuff. Very interesting. Don't let the people on here get to you. I know how hard it is to play guitar, and that is some pretty impressive stuff you do.

[suphx]

Tune your E bro..... but pretty cool

[BrezHurley]

You read my mind.

[petepete161]

Dude you are awesome at the Guitar!!!

Pete.

[Harrybot]

This is a great song! It makes a story in my mind, and it is very enjoyable.

[MrMonokel]

omg it's like music for therapy or something

[brlteach]

Thanks, Mr. Wolkenhauer. I'm making a purchase.

Will you be uploading "Brothers," "Disturbing Nature," etc.?

[jacobwolkenhauer]

A lot of the songs from the demo are oooooooold. Disturbing Nature is pretty retired (I'm not sure if I've ever actually played it at a show); it was commissioned for a dance piece about 2 years ago. Most the videos that will be going up soon will be newer songs.

[adlsjf]

refreshing from most of the crappy uninspired "original" songs that get featured. he should compose movie music

[Bustababe]

Tuning is just fine. Never seen anyone play with tuning during a song before? phAil lolz. Chances are, half the people who commented and said it's bad, can't play "Smoke on the Water." I enjoyed it :) Thanks for the upload~

[guitarded82]

so what is impressive about this? Tuning is off and and nothing he is doing is great, kinda boring.

[brianyou2]

wtF?

[justingordon1]

good player, could use sometuning though

[saleall]

lol he made the guitar go out off tune by pulling the strings too much. wtf? ..but steel cool ..:p that guitar sounds nice ..what is the name of thet model?

[MirandaPartee]

Very nice. I like your way of playing.

[kpxkrappy1]

. i don't know but some of the most famous guitar players use their thumbs. i think if you can use that, you can add a bass line when repeat what you play it would make it tons more exciting.

also it doesn't sound like one whole song, it seems like you just put random pieces and improvised off of it and then gave it a name.. ehh. nice playing keep up the good work

[AnteroC77]

exactly...he gets a 'meh' from me as well....but they would actually make great etudes for educational purposes

[AnteroC77]

...except for the repetitive slapping gimicks though...the melodic picking is nice but not anything impressive, its a shame because his melodies are actually quite good