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  • I don't think you could have played this any better. This is why we love music for performances of music like this.

  • This song triggers my memories of playing the game as if I was almost in Balamb Garden again which was (for a brief period of time) like a second home to me. I feel relaxed when I hear this and still to this day many years after first hearing it I like to put this on when I can't sleep and i'll drift away and wake up feeling soothed by its sound. Beautifully played and the waterfall is a sweet cherry on top.

  • aww man, out of hot dogs again.....

  • lon, how'd you record this song? you're playing it outdoor but the sound is veeeery clear, is it just your guitar pickup? or there is more equipment you used?

  • Dude! I love your guitar sound! Awesome

  • I have to say that I enjoy soo much all your videos, but this ones it´s just perfect!

    Thank you very much for giving me reasons to smyle in these tough times.

    (The waterfall has made it even cooller)

  • You are the most gifted Guitarist i've ever heard

  • I suddenly want to go play triple triad with the lady in the cafeteria to get that unique card...

  • By far one of the best songs from the game! FF8 was my first and this song is a huge nostalgia trip for me.

  • OMG FF8 was my 1st FF, and this song just hits me with nostalgia. Cant believe Im 23 now, I was 12 when I 1st played it.

  • @locoender thats cool man back in 99,bring back those cool memorys of playing this life changing masterpiece:)

  • Whare can I get the chords to learn this? I have looked online but all i can find is tabs, They dont sound half as good as this.

  • The waterfall in the background elevates this to beautiful lonlon. I feel exactly like I did in the game while listening to this. So relaxed, not a care in the world.

  • you are one talented guitarist Lonlon JP :)

  • This is my favorite song from FF8, I really like your playing of it lonlon. I've been a fan for a year or two now, whenever I want to hear some final fantasy music, I usually look yours up :)

  • How long you play guitar?

  • it's beatiful,i am fan of ff8

  • The fountain is a genius touch.

  • Seeing and watching you play this has made me sooooooo relaxed right now..

  • Compression Of Time. Please. Duo, or single. I HAVE to hear you play it.

  • Great song man

  • muy bien deberias de sacar una version de estudio ya k el ambiental molesta pero muy buen tiempo y arreglo nice :D

  • This is fucking beautiful.

  • soooo nice man,great tone

  • Really beatifull to ear, really thanks =)

  • beautifull *-

  • Oh, I remember the beautiful days... It feels like I'm running again in the Balamb University Garden... I love running... hum.. oh? seems like a "garden" in the University.. why not?!! Hum.. the entrance is here..

    Groooooaaarrrgh!!! (T-Rex biting me)

    ..... (Game Over)

  • @Ultima013 Ha nice. It makes me think I need to hurry up and run from place to place! Everything is so spread out!!

  • wow ur guitar sounded like a piano.... all I can say is the fingers of fury! XD ur awesome dude live well and use ur talent well god bless!

  • great arrangement! i hate to bother you with this, but did you write a tab for this? i would love to play it for friends!

  • seven people could not make into SeeD how sad :(

  • 13 years has it been and this song never stops amazing me.

  • Amazing... Thanks a lot

  • Thumbs up if you think lonlonjp's guitar arrangement should replace all future game music :)

  • @isaco86

    may be in future FFgames? you can find him playng on guitar in some secret location ^^

  • I watch your videos all the time lonlonjp. Everything about your playing is fantastic and I wish I could play half as good as you. I'm a metal guitarist and I can shred up a little Black Mages style, but this takes some serious finesse and feel to play so very cleanly and emotionally.

  • @Chemicallobodomy

    I know what you mean man. It's always one way or the other. Worst, you're good at guitar in reality but when it comes to guitar hero, you're just plain bad :p That happens to one of my friend :p

  • @darknessdeathglhy

    lol yes! Guitar Hero doesn't count for anything though. I got pretty good at it for a while and I did enjoy the game. Guitar Hero and real guitar are not enough alike to compare them I don't think anyways

  • @Chemicallobodomy

    Yeah guitar hero is nothing really comparatively to real guitar or sometimes the bass but the bass is a little bit easier than the guitar. You're right, in fact they can't be compared (guitar hero and real guitar).

  • i wish i could play guitar

  • Excellent!!!

  • bro this is awesome. brings back some great memories of some great times. thanks.

  • This is fantastic!!! FFVIII holds a very special place in my heart so to hear this played so beautifully.. words can't describe it. Thank you lonlonjp. ^_^

  • Definitely a genius, and not for the way you play, this i already knew :P But for the ambience you choose, with water noise. It's just kinda perfect. Great way to play anyway :)

  • what guitar is this??? every time you use that guitar it sounds like you have some amplification effects added to it but it must be it's natural tone. it's a wonderfull sound.

  • FANTASTIC!

  • wow this is beautiful! and the water in the background and in the sound is SO fitting haha. seed rank +1

  • Is your guitar amplified or something? Those strings are amazing! How much was it? Also, irrelevance; what level did everyone graduate their SeeD at? I got 3. xD

  • @paranoidandroidRH Ithink I got a 3 or 4 but I can't remember xD

  • @paranoidandroidRH I think he usually is amplifying it when he's using that Ibanez. Watch the vid he's got of "Force Your Way." (FF8 Boss Battle) You can see he's got this dinky little Vox amp and it's more or less the same sound as here.

  • a "repeat" button is missing on youtube...

  • Hey Lonlonjp Ur Tha Best man! i hope one day play as u do :D!

  • I love the Balamb song :'] You make it even more serene.. If that's the right word <3

  • You look so happy and at peace playing. :) Well thats how i feel when i listen to this song and play FF8. And even more so when you are playing it. Thanx bud! Keep it up always! :)

  • Excellent., The Best of the Best.

  • Do you have any chords or tabs posted for this song?

  • sounds beautiful except for the loud air, beautiful music though

  • You inspire me!

  • haha i think its just me...but i love it how the waterfall is there..i mean..sure its annoying somewhat...but afterall...the school has water lying all over the place right?

  • ah........no words to describe.....you spread happiness to all over the world....;D

  • I'd like to know, you don't ever need a sheet to remember those songs???

    I Learned a few, but hey, you are doing like, half of the favorites songs I grew up with, so... wow.

  • Dude that was so damn awesome, I always assumed it would sound bad on a guitar but that was really good!

  • wow, this is rather impressive

  • Just gorgeous...I love all your work. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent!

  • Woooow, amazing

  • OMG raly amazing this sound with the water too YOU ARE MY GOD¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ T-T

  • you always have that smile on your fac makes me wonder. i wonder the happy you are the more the merrier the music is

  • #@ lonlonjp Aw thank you for this arrangement piece you dont know how much this piece means to me... I was born in 1990 got FFVIII when it came out in 1999, this just took me back in time thank you lonlonjp!

    -Benny

  • Who is the asshole who disliked this

  • wow much remember this song

  • Do you have any tab of sheet for this?

  • I love this song...brings back memories of my childhood :')

  • 10 seconds in this song and you blew me away already. great work.

  • i want to be in seed

  • GREAT!

    

  • Beautiful video :)

  • I love this song!

  • wow you even had the ambiance right! Balamb Garden also had a fountain and stuff....and your guitar sounds really nice!

  • @Torrents77 Yes! I was thinking the exact same thing! =)

  • This is awesome. And beautiful.

    And awesome. *_*

  • The nostalgia , thank you so much for this : )

  • Lovin It

  • ha! I stared to learn this arrangement two days ago and I need 3 more days to play it smooth. I love your version! Gretings from Poland

  • I'm really nervous performing in front of my camera. Any tips on how u keep your cool? And perfect guitar sound, the water in the background really adds the perfect touch to the sound.

  • I see what you did there, its the fountain sound thats always going through balamb garden, Hats off to you good sir, great use of ambiance.

  • Wish I had a nice guitar like yours!

  • Link to original video? This is compressed by a lot

  • FUCK YOU I HATE U... DAMN YOUR SO FUCKING AMAZING I WISH I COULD PLAY LIKE THAT LETS TRADE HANDS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS!!! WHAT YOU SAY :{D

  • love the waterfalls in the back. It's a nice touch :)

  • Wow! That's very beatiful music.

  • NIce playig. I love the game, and his BSO.

  • 6 people hasn't finish the game yet, how optimistic. is that the right word?

  • 6 people are from galbadia garden.

  • 6 people are jealous of his talent.. :)

  • I absolutely adore your music, especially this song, water in the backround n the sound of that guitar... perfect

  • Nice editing as well

  • Sweet!

  • damn.. so awesome.. and where the heck do I find a guitar as awesome as that to perform my own Uematsu-san compositions!? XD

  • Seriously, who dislikes this??? I swear youtube must automatically put dislikes on video's...its the only explanation I can think of.

  • Wow, brilliant man!

  • Based on all the games you like I would say you are around my age. 24 =D

  • I love the sound of the water fall. Very beautiful. Thank you !

  • i can take quistis home if she hears me play that

  • Just awesome, I'm wordless..It sounds more than perfect.

    Got tabs for this arrangement?Would like to give it a try to :D

  • Wow, it made me remember as I really was at Balamb garden, even with the waterfall, just great man! :D

  • It's so nice!! ya!?

    PS. Ahh~...I'm missing my old day. I love to play FFVIII very much. T^T"

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  • I really dig your arrangements! Being a guitar player, It's nice how you mention the tuning in the description and in all of your videos i've seen, you can see how you're playing!! Your videos make me want to pick up my guitar and start learning final fantasy songs :-). Do you use an camera and a microphone or just the mic of your cam ?

  • nice soothing sound,. makes me remember times when i played FF series,.

    Σ

  • I cryyyyy *-* PERFECT

    good job man keep on doing

    I die X-X

  • It's just like he's playing a piano amusing!God bless you and you're Talent!

  • 6 people couldn't make it into SeeD :(

  • ha good one, i liked the refreneced@Freakazzoid49002

  • ha good one, i liked the reference@Freakazzoid49002

  • @Freakazzoid49002 I get along with you. ;)

  • @katsukiakira And I'm sure I would with you as well :)

  • The waterfall is so loud is almost in the foreground xD.... still sooo relaxing! Keep on keepin on!

  • i can´t find this tabs

  • just chillin outside, nice

  • you made me happy sir :D

  • The whole video is great Nice guitar great sound a good guitarplayer and at least one of the best places to compare to balamb garden. with the waterfall etc.

  • He's sitting in the quad in balamb garden! ~~ ^-^

  • wow

    why does it sound so amazing?

    your tone? its electric? your using an amp?

    its so perfect......

  • YAY Finally a song I can roughly play too. Well up to 1:04 anyway ( have not learned that small bit yet, atleast I can join in again 1:25 :D )

    Excellent job again lonlonjp, thumps up for you and the amazing scenery.

  • 6 dudes can't feel the talent of this guy... It's just wonderful how he plays. Keep going lonlonjp, you're a hell of a player!

  • Very nice guitar!

  • nice rendition...

  • This is completely mind blowing! Better than the original, in my opinion! Did you write any tabs to go along with it?

  • I love the way the guitar resonates and the waterfall...

    Not to mention how memorable everything Uematsu writes.

    Thass magic. :]

    Anyways.. I've been wanting to get into classical guitar, where do you think a good place to start is? I've been learning some theory, but I don't have much direction other than that...

    Thanks.

  • honestly i thought this would sound bad on guitar , but you did it justice. thumbs up to you !

  • wow what a wonderful playe you were... i would die for getting there one time in my life!

  • very nice playing, good choice of song. would love guitar tabs as ofcourse would everyone . again, fantastic skill good work - J

  • hi im a huge fan of your videos and was wondering if you are a FF fan or do you just like the music in the games?

  • I have a strange feeling you are Uematsu himself >:(. Hahaha. By the way, the tabs for this were on some website, there was a couple of things off, but it's easily fixed. It sounds almost like yours. I need to practice the part around 0:54 more, I can't play it smoothly when playing on normal tempo.

  • that guitar sounds amazing

  • Great performance, well done!. Do you use Delay on this?

  • 1:26 ..... are you nobou the great himself?!!?!??!! WOW NO WONDER

  • Wow! That was great :D

    Keep on ;)

    Reminds me of old times

  • omg my fav ff song!!

  • i really like how you played this outside, with the waterfall in the back, it really sounded just like how i heard it, i'm not sure if my game was supposed to have all that static, but it still sounded nice, thanks

  • Is that an Ibanez Artwood with a Venice Style Cut-Away? It is a wonderful satin dark guitar! And you are an awesome guitar player...keep it up!

  • @666GothicLord666 haha^^

    Thanks for your watching this video =)

    it is an Ibanez Exotice-Wood hybrid acoustic guitar.

    i love it so much =D

  • He's great at playing the guitar, sure... but check out that sweet mustache! Good job on that mustache lonlonjp!

  • for some gamers, this is like listening to someone play the perfect rendition of like, regular people's favourite Aerosmith or Beatles songs. I don't see what the difference is, game music always affected me in the same way as all the big stars music. Truly profound and influential. You make a lot of people happy with this video, and I thank you on behalf of them. (p.s. I'm a game designer myself btw)

  • @EvilKris haha^^

    Thanks very much indeed for your compliment =D

  • @lonlonjp you are a genious,love the way you play.well done my fellow man:-)

  • @EvilKris I totally understand what you mean and share it!

    Not only listening bring these memories of you playing the game, but playing them is even more awesome, like you can ad a little of yourself into the song!!

    Well that's it, just wanted to say! :)

  • @EvilKris What Nobuo does is actually respectable.

  • Really.... REALLY makes me wanna play FF VIII again. Thanks for sharing these great music of your talented fingers with us. Really makes me calm listening to your plays. Go on like that!

  • Beautiful ... where you play is beautiful too ..

    I never get tired of your videos .. You are a great player ^^

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  • can u tab that for me ?

  • nice guitar and nice song ;D

  • can you play eyes on me? if so MARRY ME! XD

    this is so nice

  • you choose exactly great song such balamb garden to be played outside.

    this really create great atmosphere of peace. nice work, lovely!

  • woooow that's sound incredible *o* you're a great guitar-player *___*

  • You should post the tabs! =D

    (If you dont use tabs you should post us some anyway! :p)

  • What type of guitar are you playing? It doesn't sounds as steel but much deeper and how do I put it it's magnificent. It just sounds way different than a normal steel guitar.

  • YouTube should contribute a camera with a better sound to you, which is capable to record your nice tunes properly =)

  • Your music makes me cry (figuratively)....I used to play these games when I was 12 years old...Im 21 going to 22 in Oct. now. Your music is flawless and it makes me feel happy and sad, you are just amazing, I hope to see more of your stuff in the future.

  • omg i would kill for this guitar

  • wow, that was awesome !

  • Hey! i cant stop watching these so addicting! I own a guitar and would love to learn do u think you can send me a link. . . . on finger style your my New Inspiration!

  • Holy freakin' crap, that was amazing... Please take pity on us mere mortals?

  • Lovely playing. Tis a shame your other videos aren't recorded outdoors, it sounds a lot better than than the acoustics from your room with hard and bare walls.

  • @audioamateur haha^^

    Nice suggestion! :)

    i recorded another song recorded outside, "Fragments of Memories"

    Please watch it when you are ready for so many biirds and cicadas xD

  • nice backsound man, one with nature!

  • @Hell053rs You'd think he's actually in Balamb Garden.

  • why most song are played in Drop D ? and why not E standard tuning ?

  • @expertfighter

    Good question! ^^

    The Drop-D tuning enlarges playing range by making the lowest string 'dropped' down a whole tone. from low to high, DADGBE. You may say this enlargement of playing range is very small, however, this enables us more flexible guitar arrangement, which could not be played on solo guitar before :) Just a whole tone down, you can see another world of guitar arrangement :)