YouTube Live and Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (12 string acoustic cover)

[ikeehw]

your famous on youtube to me my view average is like 12

[Bobbynoshoes]

lol no wonder you cant even sing in the same key your guitar is in.... youtube made the right choice

hum the notes before you sing them see if they go with the chords

[efeitocolateralromer]

speak too much asshole

[MultiMarius1234]

hah,really funny video

[SteveHunterUK]

quite a lot of talking going on mate, set up a mic so you get a better sound on your vocal and guitar

[oreos96]

crap

[leafsfan9917]

how fast do you go through strings? you sure play them fairly often

[shaykai]

Haha not that fast. Maybe a set every 2 years?

[leafsfan9917]

@shaykai really, I go through strings much faster than that and I dont play nearly as hard as you do

[shaykai]

Eh, well I don't really play all that often anymore. Maybe pick up the guitar for ten minutes ever couple days. I need to play more.

[MetalBeatsPop]

@shaykai Wow, I need a new set of strings every month, I just got some new strings today and broke one of my pegs trying to change them :(

[ijal55]

Personally I hate katy perry or anythig affiliated to mainstream music. but i certainly liked ur version. Gotta work on ur singing though. :)

[eriksic]

get a gf

[shaykai]

Haha, I have one :P

[leafsfan9917]

@shaykai and your very fortunate for that haha just kidding

[AlaskaBoyAlex]

lol your hot, and you play well, but this is a song that is sung by a girl.

[HxOxV]

alaskaboyalex? hmmmm you either like boys from alaska or your gay... lol

[PurpleBagel]

hli

[SeXy5625]

good job!!

[ReinmarVonHagenau]

1:51 start;)

[Spike1020onPS3]

Guitar 5/5 You singing 0/5 lol

[fghjhgf99]

not professional of course, but I give you 5 stars cause you're just cool that way :D

[lewisj8]

at least your closer than me

[achu1414]

lol its good

5 stars

[wh1telightning19]

ben, i may be talking out of my butt right now, but it seems like you start the song on the wrong note. it sounds to be about a fifth off (if you've ever taken music theory). it sounds like get onto the right note when you sing "you should know that you're no good for me". i could be wrong, but every time i listen to your intro i start the song on a different note in my head.

[shaykai]

You could definitely be right, I never learned any music theory and my ears aren't very well tuned haha.

Ben

[Conor6991]

Nice one!!! ha ha! I'm subscribing.

[OurOnlyPlanB]

absolutblue said it perfectly, some people are jealous of you lol, they probly live in there moms basment are over weight and never had a girf friend. anywho ben i liked it, the guitar as always rocks the vocals, pfft i dont know the 1st thing about singing so to me there GREAT!!! lol

[samurai7411]

whats the song in the beginning?

[absolutblue]

some guys here are jealous of Ben

[edwinLester]

shameless attempt. dude. do u even watch ur own video?

[shaykai]

Haha no way, have you heard me sing? Why would I want to actually watch it, I just post em ;)

Ben

[vanillastrawberry008]

naahhhh

[iluvfreakychicks]

WOW!!! That was really horrible...

[gutthy]

terrible dont care if i spelled it right

[ionetworld]

speak so much just sing! nice cover anyway

[flyunzipped]

i added u just for the hell of it lol, funny man!

[CoralDeTamble]

lol some of those comments are funny, your not that bad, maybe your not made to be a lead singer, but myself cannot judge since i am musically retarded. <3

[supermate21]

You are like the vocalist of the lifehouse!!

[fatmanfrommars]

eehhhh......

[renzosantos05]

Men you suck. Just play guitar. Dont sing;its killing me.O.o

[shaykai]

Killing you softly with my song?

;)

[KonstantinKuehn]

dont listen to that retard! ur awesome and u have balls to take a chance at singing such a terrible song! i hate kate perry but u arent that bad at singing it! its just not ur style.. ur a goood singer dont let anyone else tell u otherwise!

[scruffo2]

lol not bad i notice u end all ur notes quick :P whats dat about :P im talking bout the singing btw

[shaykai]

Lol because i'm not very talented when it comes to singing haha. I love to do it, but there are people born to be lead singers, and people who are not. I am in the latter category.

Ben

[snapperblue]

ha you may not be a great singer but you should of been there cuz you are the shiz lol ya and the funnyest

[theshyguitarist]

lol

[JimmyPeee]

What?! I wonder why you weren't invited?! Maybe it's coz you talked for so long that I didn't even know whether you were going to play the song! Or maybe it's coz the singing wasn't that good! If you sung the right tune then it'd be good! I think the only way you're gonna get to YouTube Live is if you get a ticket to go and watch the good people play! haha

[shaykai]

lol, fair enough.

Ben

[cuove]

You were singing it different/wrong. Wrong words over the chord changes. which made u not be able to sing the right melody. Im not meaning to slag u off cause i thought it was a good effort. 4/5

[shaykai]

Haha no worries, this definitely isn't my best cover and it shows. Normally I play through a song 20-50 times before I actually record it, but I was so into this song at the time I had probably only played it around 10 times before I recorded it.

[shazenmaire]

omigosh! i can't believe i smiled all the way after he began singing, good job! hahaha

[shaykai]

lol thanks, not my greatest cover, but it is definitely entertaining I think haha.

[wh1telightning19]

how about a shirt that says, "As seen on Youtube".

[shaykai]

Haha! I freaking LOVE IT! I am actually going to make that shirt man, hilarious :) thanks!

Ben

[shaykai]

I do ramble quite a bit in the beginning.

[shaykai]

lol no worries man, this is definitely not my best cover, but I LOVE to play it haha. My guitar is my own little karaoke machine ;)

[Sk8brdr323]

what type of 12string are you using?

[JosieWright]

omg i love this song but I had to laugh so much when I heard your version^^

xDDD

[shaykai]

haha :) glad you enjoyed it. lol.

[stardarkstar]

ain't nothin like homemade music vids! woohoo! that really sucks you did get invited or the tickets. i like your version though... even though you did kinda messed up a bit i think it's really awesome you made the video! i think youtube made a mistake not inviting you lol!

[AcousticDanBrown]

sorry mate but your out of key =/

[shaykai]

Haha it's ok :D I know I am much better at the guitar playing part than I am at the singing part, but I decided a while ago to just keep singing anyway because I like it. Who cares if dogs barks and cats meow when I sing ;)

Ben

[WorldsWorstMagician]

dude! Every video of yours i end up laffing my head off. Your personality is crazy!! (In a good way). You've got some great talent and some sweet interests. I'll link my friends, don't worry. And keep the vids coming. The more random the better.

[shaykai]

Haha thanks man :) I'm going to be posting a very 'random' howto video later this week or maybe next week.

[warrgrave]

i didnt no who katy perry was till i watched this and looked it up. all i have to say is LOL... its a little differnt then COB, ha you kick ass man for doing this cover! 5 stars!

[shaykai]

lol thanks man. Yeah I listen to just about everything ;)

[musiclover7715]

u rock !

[deshmahn]

LOL! "I throw knives on youtube." Awesome brother.

[shaykai]

Haha Thanks Bro :D

[shaykai]

Dude she is so hot! That's why I wanted to see her in person haha.

[AlkaVirus]

you had to get tickets, it was in the live channel

[stefanmckinley]

youtube is fickle!  My most popular vid has 30k hits... it's 10 seconds of me getting a Hep-A shot... my best vids have < than 100... "sad face"

[shaykai]

haha, a Hep-A shot? Very random lol. Youtube is weird.

[Sandman267]

Haha :D

[CesarMattey]

good technique on the guitar, good voice

[DViAan]

man if you wanna get popular on YT, you need to find your "thing" You know too much, just focus on one thing and really exploit it. I think it would be hard to be famous, the more famous you are, the more pressure you have to endure. I rather be a nobody and have fun than to be famous and have to put up with stupid people pressuring me and stuff. Man you're already awesome for doing awesome stuff, but I guess it wouldnt hurt to have more people watching.

[shaykai]

Hehe yeah, I don't want to be too famous, Just like B level youtube famous haha. I think you are right about my lack of focus, but I have so many varied interests it's hard to pick just one!

[Foreverchagrin]

Wow, wait... i just realized that's a 12 string guitar -is mesmerized-

[shaykai]

12 string for the win!

[Foreverchagrin]

I think you do it better.

[shaykai]

Thank you :D