I don't have any musical instruction, but to me it seemed very well done! I watch your videos and they make me listen to the original songs again, but I must say your acustic (is that right?) version has an appeal of its own!
@oldwhtman Anyway, Lilium is not a piece of music that any adult would disdain. :) I like many anime soundtracks too, but this is a pearl among all of them.
@oldwhtman but you got cool white beard, and a bag full of life experience, and i know if u could then you would not experience some things:( sorry for ma baaaad english, still learning, so again sorry and greeting from Poland
you are very harsh to yourself .. i happened to read several times that you call your arrangements / transcriptions "failures" which they simply aren't. Surely, there will always be a better player somewhere but that is rather a reason to get encouraged than demotivated. Keep them pieces coming, you're doing it quite well!
i learned his version as well. but i learned the full version so the walk down is slightly different (i personally like this way better then the one he tabbed for the full version). You know you give yourself too little credit for your playing ability. Your performance was enjoyable to listen to. it may not be perfect to your standards but it was far away from failure
As well, I'm unsure why it is that you're dissatisfied with your performance. Aside from sound degradation the video is phenomenal but with an acoustic guitar you need professional grade software to eliminate that. You kept a steady rhythm, no mistakes, guitar was in tune with beautiful harmonics. So you did a very good job. I'm eager to see more in the future. Keep up the excellent work ^^
I'm very impressed by this composition as well as Usaguitarist's. I've only found a total of 3 decent covers of this song on the guitar, two of which being the ones I mentioned, (yours and the video you mirriored). the third is done in a classical style but lacks tablature or sheet music to use as a reference so learning it to mirrio is extremely frustrating. That you added tablature makes learning this song more than just a what if distinct possibility. So thank you for posting that
Really didn't care for this show at all. Thought it was pretty stupid and immature, especially with all the needless fetish pandering and ridiculous violence. Always thought this song was great though and enjoyed your guitar rendition. Found your account searching for beautiful dreamer, which is an anime movie as you may be aware but found your video playing the song instead. Keep up the good stuff as a fellow guitarist/anime fan to another.
@oldwhtman Yeah, those sound good for nylon. I prefer nickel or steel wound myself, but you can't put those on a classical acoustic >_< which I have attempted.
I watched about the first 9 episodes a month or so ago. It's interesting story-wise , but I find the sexual interaction of the under-age characters to be a little disturbing. Not good policy to push the sex buttons of adolescents and teenagers. They're not known for their self-control and wisdom.
I thought the entire thing was interesting to say the least but yes I agree with you the forced sexual interaction between the young characters was disturbing for the most part but even so they are fair game in Japan if I remember correctly the age of consent is 14 or 15.
@oldwhtman that's why it's Japanese anime. sexual interaction? they were just bathing together. maybe Japanese culture is different from western one, so you found it a bit weird or something....
@oldwhtman I know this comment is 1 year old, but just want to say that whole Elfen Lied series kinda question a lot of moral aspects of our societies - like indeed sex between teenagers, pedophilia, nature of violence and other things. Like even though main character is psychotic killer, you cant help but feel sorry for her and sometimes even encourage her actions. After all, shes just a scarred soul seeking happines.
@oldwhtman Ha I compleatly agree with you there I was about 14 when I watched this show and it was a tad confusing to me.... and the gore and nudity really didn't help me... then again I consider myself to be much more mature than people my age. But in the end after watching it I was for some odd reason more understanding of problems (with everything).
Just out of curiosity, who motivated you to learn and play guitar? I enjoyed this piece very much. You play a wide variety of music. Do you have any favorites?
No one in particular motivated me. Any one who played the guitar on TV when I was growing up influenced me. I guess I was born with the guitar gene defect. I don't think I have a single favorite guitar tune any more. I've discovered so many great pieces here on Youtube.
I have a daughter. You learn all sorts of weird things from children. It seems the youth of the world is in love with Japanese animation. If it weren't for them, I would have about 5 subscribers. They love this stuff (fortunately, I do too).
Awesome! Mmmm. don't be so hard to yourself, Mike. I don't appreciate any mistake at all, and even so you'll agree mistakes are not so important as other aspects such as musicality or expressivity. I've never gone to a guitar concert (even playing the greatest guitarists) without any mistake. And they were great concerts. Great job, mate.
If you listen to an original recording of this tune I think you'll find I left out a lot of the 'sweetness'. I think playing that close to the 12th fret is too much work for my anorexic fingers. The strings are so far from the frets.
Hi Mike, you talk of "shame, forced,failure, bad,stole..." no, no, it´s okay, it sounds okay, and it´s good playing. Don´t talk so negative about your playing, people like it and they stop here for a listen ;-)
Is that you, Frank? I thought you'd vanished or simply abandoned the Youtube landfill. Thanks for stopping by ... and for the stars. I hear they're redeemable for cash in some countries.
I use Youtube as an excuse to play and practice. It gives me the illusion of a higher purpose to my playing. I've learned more new tunes in the last 3 years than in the previous 40 years thanks to Youtube. And I've forgotten how to play most of them.
Hi Mike! Once again you say it is bad and I love it... Hmmm... Either I have bad taste... or you are wrong. AND DON'T YOU DARE TO INSULT ME my saying I have bad taste! (I guess that decides it) Beautiful piece and well played!
Excellent version. Thanks, keep on good work :D.
CHereticHPoe 4 days ago
i love howa older man loves game and anime music. great work sir
NovayLp 2 weeks ago
Good work sir.
666dantesama 2 weeks ago
i wish i had a father like you
hobabobba 4 weeks ago
I don't have any musical instruction, but to me it seemed very well done! I watch your videos and they make me listen to the original songs again, but I must say your acustic (is that right?) version has an appeal of its own!
RITakeya 1 month ago
@RITakeya
No, it's classic guitar :-)
TheSanek1990 1 month ago
Please, teach me!
MrFraanP 1 month ago
Amazing, keep playing because i know i can't play like that and its amazing. Your great
74SweatyPandas 1 month ago
Impressive
Carbyne88 2 months ago
I never knew a grown man to like the same music as i do. :) I love this! <3
SailorMars777 3 months ago 5
@SailorMars777 . . . I'm not all that grown up on the inside. Being an adult sucks. Being an old adult sucks a lot more.
oldwhtman 2 months ago 21
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@oldwhtman Anyway, Lilium is not a piece of music that any adult would disdain. :) I like many anime soundtracks too, but this is a pearl among all of them.
odorric 2 weeks ago
@oldwhtman but you got cool white beard, and a bag full of life experience, and i know if u could then you would not experience some things:( sorry for ma baaaad english, still learning, so again sorry and greeting from Poland
poosmos 1 week ago
you are very harsh to yourself .. i happened to read several times that you call your arrangements / transcriptions "failures" which they simply aren't. Surely, there will always be a better player somewhere but that is rather a reason to get encouraged than demotivated. Keep them pieces coming, you're doing it quite well!
Hirn92 3 months ago
T.T beautiful
spetnazrose 4 months ago
well done man!... but in my opinion it needs some vibrato and more feeling... but its was well played
hobbitg3 4 months ago
@hobbitg3 . . . it needs another guitar player.
oldwhtman 4 months ago 5
@oldwhtman don't say that ! you're good but it was just my opinion lol
hobbitg3 4 months ago
@oldwhtman your crazy man your an awesome guitar player my respect to you keep it rocking lm/,
SuzumiyaHaruhi321 2 months ago
exelente :D
cjtoxicity 4 months ago
MERRY ME?
Otakawaii1 4 months ago 2
@Otakawaii1 Ok.
oldwhtman 4 months ago 20
@oldwhtman Haha, I'm just kidding XD you are an excellent musician! Congratulations!
Otakawaii1 4 months ago
@oldwhtman
LOL :) This made me smile.
blackeneddove 3 months ago
I like your work, i know you don`t like to do requests, but berhaps you would enjoy a suggestion instead.
It`s not done on the guitar but i think it sounds well on one, it`s the song choko tokkuri, from the anime house of five leaves.
Anyway if you do it or not, i hope you agree with thepart that it would sound good on a guitar.
Sadly i don`t have a tab for it but still.
IjinKaion 4 months ago
4 persons don't have talent
guig098 5 months ago
Nice!!!
cyberjzus 5 months ago
You play so nice, thanks a lot
wolf69a 5 months ago
Cool dude, I'm learning to play this great song too!
SatanJaguer 5 months ago
amazing ;o
xSnowPop 5 months ago
i learned his version as well. but i learned the full version so the walk down is slightly different (i personally like this way better then the one he tabbed for the full version). You know you give yourself too little credit for your playing ability. Your performance was enjoyable to listen to. it may not be perfect to your standards but it was far away from failure
petree 6 months ago
As well, I'm unsure why it is that you're dissatisfied with your performance. Aside from sound degradation the video is phenomenal but with an acoustic guitar you need professional grade software to eliminate that. You kept a steady rhythm, no mistakes, guitar was in tune with beautiful harmonics. So you did a very good job. I'm eager to see more in the future. Keep up the excellent work ^^
MorohtarRe 6 months ago
I'm very impressed by this composition as well as Usaguitarist's. I've only found a total of 3 decent covers of this song on the guitar, two of which being the ones I mentioned, (yours and the video you mirriored). the third is done in a classical style but lacks tablature or sheet music to use as a reference so learning it to mirrio is extremely frustrating. That you added tablature makes learning this song more than just a what if distinct possibility. So thank you for posting that
MorohtarRe 6 months ago
D: thas so sad . . . u remind me my guitar profeso, when i was 9
Purzzan 7 months ago
Sir, thank you for posting the tabs, iv'e been looking for them everywhere, great job!
TheDoomsday1 7 months ago
All your video's are just amazing, they're even able 2 teach! 2 in 1! keep it up man, look forward 2 your work.
OmgItzMillerTime 7 months ago
Awesome mate , best cover of elfenlied ever
you know how to flow the feelings on the strings
Madararesurrection 7 months ago
I learned it! Thank you so much! :D! no i can cry playing this song jaja :D
Glazius323 8 months ago
Please your Excelence! Resub the tab! I can't download it!
Glazius323 8 months ago
@Glazius323 I don't know why you can't download the tab. It works fine for me.
oldwhtman 8 months ago
@oldwhtman I'm using firefox and it does'nt work... "Charging trouble"
Glazius323 8 months ago
@oldwhtman It's works for Google Chrome, Thank you
Glazius323 8 months ago
You're currently my favorite fingerpicking guitarist.
NoCapsPLEASE 8 months ago
@NoCapsPLEASE Well, thanks. I take it you just started listening to fingerstyle guitar music?
oldwhtman 8 months ago
Hey man! Awesome cover!
kakkashin 9 months ago
This is one of my favorite tunes, and I didn't even know you had an arrangement.
I only know a very simple version. Time to upgrade! Thank you. :)
Lemurrific 9 months ago
Wonderful!
manuelt3435 10 months ago
Very good! =)
vcyfhhonclubpenguin 11 months ago
4 dislikes? What planet are they from!?
knarrenKspirit 1 year ago 25
@knarrenKspirit the planet of "Ilikeysuckishmusic" LOL
vcyfhhonclubpenguin 11 months ago 3
@vcyfhhonclubpenguin yeah...
knarrenKspirit 11 months ago
Have some confidence sir you play this well, it just needs some polishing but i'm sure y'oull get there.
thank you for playing.
807D14M0ND5 1 year ago
OMG!!! i love this song!! so sad but i love it!! amazing cover man!! ^^
locopollo666 1 year ago
This was awesome.
chriswww 1 year ago
Very very good!!
Makenard08 1 year ago
its very good why do you say it was failure!!!
xthelonedrowx 1 year ago
Wow! i know play this only in piano =D!
but in guitar..! *-*!
danieleitar2000 1 year ago
Really didn't care for this show at all. Thought it was pretty stupid and immature, especially with all the needless fetish pandering and ridiculous violence. Always thought this song was great though and enjoyed your guitar rendition. Found your account searching for beautiful dreamer, which is an anime movie as you may be aware but found your video playing the song instead. Keep up the good stuff as a fellow guitarist/anime fan to another.
ThexParanoidxAndroid 1 year ago
What strings are you using? Such a great tone...
GuitaristBryan 1 year ago 2
@GuitaristBryan They are D'Addario Pro Arte high tension, lightly polished
oldwhtman 1 year ago
@oldwhtman Nylon?
GuitarKylePlays 10 months ago
@GuitarKylePlays Only.
oldwhtman 10 months ago
@oldwhtman Yeah, those sound good for nylon. I prefer nickel or steel wound myself, but you can't put those on a classical acoustic >_< which I have attempted.
GuitarKylePlays 10 months ago
can you make the tabs from the song "ma generation" from Stress
GIMMA96 1 year ago
to be honest, i don't the beginning parts the low notes just kill the melody but everything else was good.
thedman016 1 year ago
WOW well played!!!! :) one of my favorite anime melodies... Thank you!
Kasajohn 1 year ago
I'm just wondering have you watched the show Elfen Lied before? because other than my father I don't know very many older men that watch anime.
prettycolors2 1 year ago
I watched about the first 9 episodes a month or so ago. It's interesting story-wise , but I find the sexual interaction of the under-age characters to be a little disturbing. Not good policy to push the sex buttons of adolescents and teenagers. They're not known for their self-control and wisdom.
oldwhtman 1 year ago 16
I thought the entire thing was interesting to say the least but yes I agree with you the forced sexual interaction between the young characters was disturbing for the most part but even so they are fair game in Japan if I remember correctly the age of consent is 14 or 15.
prettycolors2 1 year ago
@oldwhtman that's why it's Japanese anime. sexual interaction? they were just bathing together. maybe Japanese culture is different from western one, so you found it a bit weird or something....
lozyns08 3 months ago
@oldwhtman True.
AwesomelyAwkward7 2 months ago
@oldwhtman I know this comment is 1 year old, but just want to say that whole Elfen Lied series kinda question a lot of moral aspects of our societies - like indeed sex between teenagers, pedophilia, nature of violence and other things. Like even though main character is psychotic killer, you cant help but feel sorry for her and sometimes even encourage her actions. After all, shes just a scarred soul seeking happines.
Tiranozauras 2 months ago
@oldwhtman Ha I compleatly agree with you there I was about 14 when I watched this show and it was a tad confusing to me.... and the gore and nudity really didn't help me... then again I consider myself to be much more mature than people my age. But in the end after watching it I was for some odd reason more understanding of problems (with everything).
ScentofLaceration 1 month ago
Just out of curiosity, who motivated you to learn and play guitar? I enjoyed this piece very much. You play a wide variety of music. Do you have any favorites?
taos52 1 year ago
No one in particular motivated me. Any one who played the guitar on TV when I was growing up influenced me. I guess I was born with the guitar gene defect. I don't think I have a single favorite guitar tune any more. I've discovered so many great pieces here on Youtube.
oldwhtman 1 year ago 2
i think vocaloid did a song with this tune! vocaloid is a japanese lip sync software that makes music, too!
lollollol189 2 years ago
Very nice Mike.
Where do you find these Japanese (?) tunes. Is it video games, or some such thing?
I looked at usa's. No different, apart from the sound and tempo.
Stop putting yourself down; much as I prefer humility.
Keep off the grass.
Paul
Gangly1 2 years ago
I have a daughter. You learn all sorts of weird things from children. It seems the youth of the world is in love with Japanese animation. If it weren't for them, I would have about 5 subscribers. They love this stuff (fortunately, I do too).
oldwhtman 2 years ago
@oldwhtman So you're into anime too?? thats awesome!! great pieces, i give 10/5
stsaab 1 year ago
Very well done sir! And I must say that your self deprecating comments are hilarious. You're a YouTube gem. Thanks for the videos.
stevethehawk 2 years ago
I was actually hoping you would do this song! You're quite talented. Hope to be like you one day^-^
GuitaristBryan 2 years ago
Heh, don't be too hard on yourself, it was a fine recording. You upload more videos on a regular basis then I could ever hope to.
Surreal1337 2 years ago
Perfecto :D
MarcosPS8 2 years ago
Why do you chew while you're playing? o.O
keixoun 2 years ago
Old people chew their cud. Looks ridiculous, dosen't it? Actually, I don't know why my jaw moves when I play. Some neurological disorder, I guess.
oldwhtman 2 years ago
Actually i do some ridicolus faces too, much worse then yours. Is there's a lessons which helps you to stop doing that?
SSSoM3 2 years ago
Probably not. It must be a side effect of intense concentration ... or deteriorating brain function.
oldwhtman 2 years ago
this video make me wanna rewatch the series, the manga was better tho. i wish i could play like you =|
rafastarporco 2 years ago
thats such a nice song....^-^
Iruzuki 2 years ago
Fantabulous...:-)
josealonsoleon 2 years ago
You don't mean that.
oldwhtman 2 years ago
Did I ever lie to you?
josealonsoleon 2 years ago
I assume you have.
oldwhtman 2 years ago
is it exactly the same as the original? no
is it wonderful with your own classic warm touch? HELL YES.
Ive been waiting for you to do this song, your version is great!
All your songs just feel so warm.
2zeigh2 2 years ago
Hey, great job!
I really love this piece. I once made an arrangement for choir and piano of this so I know it quite well and you captured the feeling very good!
Keep on playing and btw...your description is really fabulous.
Todesviper 2 years ago
Bravo.
sockenfrank 2 years ago
Awesome! Mmmm. don't be so hard to yourself, Mike. I don't appreciate any mistake at all, and even so you'll agree mistakes are not so important as other aspects such as musicality or expressivity. I've never gone to a guitar concert (even playing the greatest guitarists) without any mistake. And they were great concerts. Great job, mate.
chamacojesus 2 years ago
Maybe you're right. I should stop listening to John Williams. He never makes a mistake.
oldwhtman 2 years ago
I bet you he has not your fine sense of humor...
chamacojesus 2 years ago
He doesn't need one. He has talent.
oldwhtman 2 years ago
beautiful! 5*****
cebfolk 2 years ago
heh the description made me laugh
ThePredster 2 years ago
Hey man lovely video..<really nice playning so clean!
Theguitarmate 2 years ago
This is a sweet melody sweet played.
I don´t know what you mean in your description???
All the best *****
Sabine
SabMei1 2 years ago
If you listen to an original recording of this tune I think you'll find I left out a lot of the 'sweetness'. I think playing that close to the 12th fret is too much work for my anorexic fingers. The strings are so far from the frets.
oldwhtman 2 years ago
Forget the anorexic fingers :) you played from heart - much more important!
SabMei1 2 years ago
Nice playing, how about being a stand up Comedian? theres plenty out there make a living from it! seriously your rendition was nice,
Harry
Lansdownekid 2 years ago
Good job!
Phystri 2 years ago
Hi Mike, you talk of "shame, forced,failure, bad,stole..." no, no, it´s okay, it sounds okay, and it´s good playing. Don´t talk so negative about your playing, people like it and they stop here for a listen ;-)
Best wishes, Frank 5*****
LONGWINDING 2 years ago
Is that you, Frank? I thought you'd vanished or simply abandoned the Youtube landfill. Thanks for stopping by ... and for the stars. I hear they're redeemable for cash in some countries.
oldwhtman 2 years ago
@oldwhtman Yes Mike, you know me ;-) There were times I didn´t want the YT anymore, but now I´m playing my own stuff, and that´s okay for me.
Stars? I´m immune now, others may have a lot accounts to collect stars, I believe, but I disabled them,haha.
LONGWINDING 2 years ago
I use Youtube as an excuse to play and practice. It gives me the illusion of a higher purpose to my playing. I've learned more new tunes in the last 3 years than in the previous 40 years thanks to Youtube. And I've forgotten how to play most of them.
oldwhtman 2 years ago
I am VERY impressed!
nathan565 2 years ago
Very beautiful your sound! And you play very well!
Ju
Jualtair 2 years ago
Mike, you did it again... and I liked it a bunch! But I'm pretty sure you dont believe me...dont you, ok, let me repeat: THIS WAS GREAT!
Loud and clear enough??
;-D
Pascal
Qpidon 2 years ago
I loved it! Thanks a lot ...
MWAFAQWAZAN 2 years ago
Hi Mike! Once again you say it is bad and I love it... Hmmm... Either I have bad taste... or you are wrong. AND DON'T YOU DARE TO INSULT ME my saying I have bad taste! (I guess that decides it) Beautiful piece and well played!
Take care my friend,
Per-Olov
AndanteLargo 2 years ago
Great playing. This is beautiful music. Thanks for posting.
- Ben
bdclassicalguitarist 2 years ago
It sounds so epic ToT!
Everytime you upload a new video you make my day :)
KoujiKyouyama 2 years ago
:) perfect
eddyboos 2 years ago
Very Nice Fantastic Work
AxAxRxOxN 2 years ago 2