Sergio Altamura - Les Mille Lumieres d'Anita

[Shan2809]

at the beginning i thought "meh" but at the end i was like "zomfgwtfbbq" ("awesome")

[KHFREAK999]

It takes balls for one man with a 12string and a looping station to play a 2 minutes intro nowadays... Glad some people keep experimenting!

[antibling]

pimp!

[advogadohistoriador]

Aesthetics rules the behaviour of mankind. We reflect, in our actions, the beauty we are able to sense. We'll (re?)learn that someday. The occult-oriented, anesthetic aural stimuli we now get is turning us into robots. Our imaginative energy is being drained out of us.

[010010ryan]

@advogadohistoriador i dont know what you said... but it blew my minds mind within my mind.....

[captdiggs]

Simply Amazing.

[HAIMOND96]

1. Go to rainymood(.)com

2. Get back to this and play the video

3. Be happy

:)

[Renngan]

Many years ago my elderly guitar teacher decided to abandon guitar teaching, he said music was becoming trash and it was what most people liked to learn, trash. He said he would keep the good part of music only to himself...lonely, but satisfied. Hearing this song i can exactly understand what he was saying... Lonely, but satisfied, not giving a fuck to anything but his music.

[shozen49]

im not gunna lie, i cryed the first time i heard this...

[dangthefuss]

@shozen49 as did i

[alastairmacdonald1]

outstanding

[joepenfield]

wOw! 

[andreapaglianti]

che meraviglia di esecuzione, brano bellissimo ..

[FalltoAbism]

fuck fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK, THIS GUY IS A FUCKING ARTIST! my friend you deserve a especial place in the music history.

[ChandiRosi]

I wrote poetry to this. It's gorgeous and inspiring.

[ZeroVersionTwo]

No joke, I actually like this rendition better than the one in BLU . . .

[FTR01]

Love drawing to this song.

[melissais]

I listen to this song every day. <3

[BigChief014]

@melissais me too! :D

[melissais]

HOW COULD ANYONE NOT LIKE THIS?!!!!!!!!!! D:

[teunv111]

Antia has alot of lights..

I love this song..

[spasman]

I really love this guy.

Tiny bit homo.

[melissais]

So sexy, so talented. I just love it so much. <3

[TheFloppyRhino]

super mario starpower

[ummtone]

GOt to love loopers!

[ZeroALLEY]

bravo!

[Theproxy1]

Did he just smile at 4:21?

[joboy89]

@Theproxy1 he knows he sounds good. can't help but smile

[Killing4AReason]

@Theproxy1 i bet he was thinking "fuk yeh, im awesome"

[fullmetaljazz63]

Sergio you're a great artist ... your music helps us to breathe... so close to the human beat...

[BERSAUTER]

Absolument magnifique. Fantastique !

[StrawberryJungle]

So beautiful...

Oh yeah the music is good too.

[hebrewuser]

I lay prostrate before each video and Sergio destroys me and then rebuilds me anew--everytime different. This is music at depths which annihilate every preconception one has....

[m4shx]

I have to say I am a bit disappointed, I've been your fan for a long time now and I bought Blu, I still have to go back to this video because it simply beautiful, perfect studio version doesn't appeal to me as much, maybe we can get a more 'live' style cd then?

[Magdinus]

@m4shx: I also bought the disk to discover the CD version was inferior to this one, a bit disappointed I shall say :(

[pillarofdavidson]

How, in one's brain, would a person be able to come up with something this pretty? It has to be witch craft! I keep coming back to this one song! Witch Craft I tells ya!!!

[AlexiyOv]

Odd

[echsecutioner]

This guy is a genius, simple as that. It's magical.

[blithe111]

I fucked a goat. Sorry Karen.

[anarovsky1]

i thought it was Hugh Lauri D: lol

[Almightification]

Oh God this needs to be at the start of a movie, something do to with the Mafia = P

[imabadking]

somebody needs to cast this guy for a mafia movie.

[janmyk007]

Linisin mo gitara mo! burara ka! :)

[vicktorium]

sergio altamura's music changed my life.

[vicktorium]

HOW?! HOW?! this man uses loop machines to make most of his songs, AND I NEVER GET BORED? HOW JESUS, HOW?!?!?!?!

[supermanny73]

When i die, let this song be playing in the background as I make my ascension to heaven!

[karunalalan]

32 obedient sissies who obeyed their mom and had to be different at all the phases of life clicked Dislike here.

Or probably they wanted to hear updates about how the world coming to an end, got here by mistake and in that frame of mind the awesome music just didnt make sense

[Magdinus]

Completely blowing my mind and whispering directly through my heart... thank you Sergio !!

[quarentine99]

I love Progressive Acoustic music

[SundaraYoga]

This is pure poetry... I'm speechless...

[GarretsShadow]

Beutiful...

[VictorDB97]

5:31 I LAAAAAAUGHED!

[tinketteful]

would it make Sergio less of a musician should he actually clean his guitar-- y'know, take better care of it?

[RafaPiloni]

This is what beauty must sound like..

[hip142]

why does this only have 30k views. wtf.

[carkim521]

Truly Amazing!

[Tetragrammaton8TV]

no offense...i LOVE almost all artist and their music on candyrat, but this guy is just a lil bit boring...just looping some things that lasts too long, no real changing or movement...doesnt sound bad at all, but yet still boring after a few minutes, his other vids too

[Mischthief]

@Tetragrammaton8TV The only thing funny about your comment is that what he is doing is called building. Like one of the top comments I have seen, "It's like a red carpet opening for the ending of the song." Not to mention we could go into the chord structure of the things he is doing, or the phrasing in some of his songs, which tends to get a little off the wall. He is a complex artist. Not as showy as some of the other candyRAT artist, but he is certainly well placed among them. <3 :)

[Mischthief]

@Tetragrammaton8TV But I can see where you are coming from, if you hop from Nicholas Barron to Sergio. So, no hard feelings? <3

[Tetragrammaton8TV]

@Mischthief i´d only placed my point of view to this guy. hes good and the isnt that bad at all, but MY preferences are more for the delicate fingerstyle guys. nichloas barron is....hm...i love his fuckin cool attitude, but his songs are as well a bit "boring" for me...i love simple music too, but not this.

[Mischthief]

@Tetragrammaton8TV Ah, I feel ya.

[VictorDB97]

@soullesplain Je suis brésilien, mais comprends très bien le Français.

[TheJakeL152]

isnt a guitar, its mandolin that looks like a guitar

[BaseballGod710]

@TheJakeL152 Twelve string guitar buddy ;)

[LynxEng]

A good guitarist that should stay away from loop methods etc. Doesn't suit acoustic guitars. Play with some like minded folk who actually play another instrument . This sounds shit.

[bodoron]

@LynxEng Like with so many things I believe it's a matter of taste. I have no problem with how this piece is done.

[Benawisan]

uh forget it, i found it myself...

[Benawisan]

so...what does "Les Mille Lumieres d'Anita " mean?

[K1LL14N]

@Benawisan I believe it means 'The Thousand Lights of Anita', my french isn't too well though, but I'm 90% sure!

[Benawisan]

@K1LL14N yeah, i found it in the comments below, but thanks anyway :p

[soullesplain]

its a 12 string acoustic i played on it no joke Its quite the same as a 6 string just it hurts more :D

[StreetSoldier88]

Is the only requirement of getting on Candyrat records just being ridiculously ridiculous with an acoustic guitar?

[willieashe]

Fantastic.........

[LPSGRGES]

1:57 The moment we were all waiting for. :P

[leafscratch]

I wish this song would never end <3

[supermanny73]

@leafscratch it never has to end, by friend..

[Armyd00d]

@leafscratch Repeat as necessary :)

[victoraleb]

@leafscratch Yep!

[Andy40004]

@leafscratch me2

[PedroMaverick]

So beautiful!



[TheOxxie]

like dubfx but with guitar

[iSMASHYERHEAD]

Seriously, epic goosebumps!

[iSMASHYERHEAD]

"Hey friend, could you quickly change the strings on my guitar? you know how, right?" "Yeah sure, it'll take me a minute tho... Oh wait... 12 strings!"

[MarekYuha]

Amazing...

[spooncastro]

I didn't know that Terry Gilliam could play guitar so beautifully : D

[cyruss098]

Let's make no more wars, let's make more music like this! :)

[Marabomara]

Gets better every second!

[gilboEFC]

Man i spent the first two minutes making a concious effort not to turn this off and it was worth it really clever

[gilboEFC]

Man i spent the first two minutes making a concious effort not to turn this off and it was worth it

[MDotMosley]

1:33 sounds like Coldplay - Viva La Vida, haha. Obviously this is much better though. :)

[coiote123456]

32 people are jealous

[meteser6]

1:31 Does he ate at the GUITAR? :D

[deechhom]

awesome..........

[nocturchaos]

HA! Great... Oh i really love this guy... And i´m not gay!^^

Such an epic guitarist...

Gimme some years more and i´ll be the next Sergio Altamura...

Cheers

LeGoose

[psscopata]

I'd have to say this is one of the most underrated videos on youtube.

[TaintedBlood1101]

@psscopata Underrated? 23,000 views in 8 days is nothing to scoff at. it is an amazing piece but it needs time to build it's audience =)

[JahKewn]

Purpose of foam in the sound hole?

[psscopata]

@JahKewn i'm just guessing here, but i'd say it is to reduce the echoes?

[OlyDave]

@JahKewn prevents feedback issues.

[HoreaPauna]

@JahKewn prevent feedback. you get a shitload when you use loops, delay or reverb

[TomDodsonMusic]

@JahKewn If he's trying to achieve a sound straight from his pickup, then the natural acoustic sound is unneeded and also could cause feedback, it just helps to isolate the sounds so the pickup can isolate the different frequencies better.

[whipy]

This makes me want to pick up my Jamman again ;-)

[jasarmy07]

Sergio, es una excelente pieza, gran talento e imaginación, muy creativa, me gustó mucho, gracias por compartirla. Felicidades! Jorge.

[K1LL14N]

does anyone know the Tuning?

[bazdesh]

@K1LL14N So.. from low to high - A#, F, A#, D#, F, A# = A#sus4 (very low tuning, it's lower than a baritone).. I'm not 100% sure..

[K1LL14N]

@bazdesh I figured out that it's actually D-A-D-G-A-D (I already did the song a couple of times at home now) just tuned way lower, I believe that on the album he tunes it down to a C but in this video you might be correct that it's down to an A#! But thanks anyway :)

[bazdesh]

@K1LL14N It's just interesting that with such low tuned strings they are playable.. I have a set of .13 - .56 (the "heaviest" I can get) on my acoustic and the strings are still wobbly and they don't stay in tune at all..

[K1LL14N]

@bazdesh I know that Leo Kottke had a special guage of strings for his 12 string because most of the time he played in lower tunings.. Maybe Sergio has the same..

[aceofheartz101]

sergio your a gruft clean that gat stop being such a smelly bugger ,,, nice tunes but

[newmetalnow]

Masterpiece. Eargasmic.

[ptanenbaum]

i wonder what he's playing through that's giving him such deep sustain.

[whipy]

@ptanenbaum 1. Lowden 2. Grand Concert 3. Twelvestring ;-)

[TobiasGlebke1991]

i haven't words for this !!!

he is a big man!!!

sorry my english is not so good!

[dobby240]

I cant provide the words to describe the feeling that brought...

screw it im not even gonna try.

[IFoundFunny]

I wish I had the proper equipment to record my songs aswell.

[42hiker]

I really wish this was the version on the album (not that the album version isn't excruciatingly beautiful)

[intomuse]

sounds a little loopy to me (just kidding : )  could be a nice sound track for the opening of a movie.

[DeltaGunner1]

It is not all intro, he's putting together the left track and makes it sound like two guitars, note the tape marks on the top and the many places it has been

[lazylazyshark]

spectacular!

[hpotter7860]

Sergio is a quite fine musician, and the intro on this video is longer than the album (Blu) version. His style is very romantic and evocating.

[aceofheartz101]

for feck sake sergio POLISH your guitar ,,,

[ManitouPL]

@aceofheartz101 lol why, its beautiful vinatge guitar. he would ruin it by polishing

[tcurley93]

good

[newmetalnow]

What? You should all shut up and listen to this masterpiece :o~

[Ikeribus]

The intro isn't long. Probably people didn't know looping. -_-

[RenaissanceArtistMan]

This may be rather simple, this may be loop pedal heaven, this may be too long, but if this guy wanted he could play this right in front of you. This has always been the defining factor to a musician for me, and I bet it would be awe inspiring. That and the fact that this tells a beautiful story rather than being on the cutting edge of speed or technique are the factors that should be apreciated.

[majood2000]

1:56 I felt the disturbance in my emotions !!

[Fast4b]

Wish it was this version on the cd... cd version isnt bad but not as good as this one. 

[jtjjbannie]

No matter how good someone really is, some douche-bag just has to hit the dislike button!

I'll never undrstand that!

[LiquidGib]

i like the visual production of this video

[Scott00086]

It's nice... I've seen a few of this guy's songs. Might rely on the loop effect a little too much for my taste...

[vagrantsoul32]

...weather this song "leaves you cold" or warms your heart, at least it makes you FEEL SOMETHING. To me, Sergio is a success because he can invoke emotions.

[TaylorJohnVideo]

fantastic!! Great work Sergio!

[VictorDB97]

This man... He's connected with the angels who make music in heaven.

[soullesplain]

@VictorDB97 the titel says the 1000 light of Anita sooooo i dont know if it helps

[3miraden]

Absolutely breathtaking.....it took me on a journey

[3miraden]

Absolutly breathtaking.....it took me on a journey

[OnlyKoolaid]

any time you use a looping or doubling device you will always end up leaving a big ? at the end. alot of building, alot of power, then you need to seemlessly lead into something else... or you get hate from the youtube children. "It's not like what I'm used to QQ BOO HOO!" STFU!

[MasonDixonPhoto]

Thanks for deciding for all of humanity what they should like, and failing that, dictating what may be discussed... culminating in mocking anybody with a dissenting view. Funny that you would call others 'children', when it is you acting like a petulant child

[OnlyKoolaid]

@MasonDixonPhoto A WILD TROLL! I saw you trolling so I put out a line and here you are.... trolling like a little bitch. I hope you got that warm fuzzy feeling as you typed every little angry letter on your keyboard.

UMAD? Yeah umad....

[MasonDixonPhoto]

@OnlyKoolaid Thanks for illustrating my point.

[OnlyKoolaid]

@MasonDixonPhoto No disrespect. To reiterate, If someone is not able to see the beauty of the song, they need to stop watching it, it is the viewer's choice. I have this album, I love this music. I don't wish to govern the actions of anyone, you assume this. I call it "I say I don't, therefore you think I say you must-itus." I like this, I did not say YOU didn't or do. If you did not consider yourself a "QQ'er" why reply? why say anything at all? You need to rethink what you did 'cuz u mad.

[MDotMosley]

@MasonDixonPhoto I don't understand how anyone can call this anticlimatic. :O I'm not so keen on some of Serigio's stuff but for me this song and Dragonfly especially are amazing!

[MasonDixonPhoto]

@MDotMosley Your lack of understanding does not surprise me. Best of luck with that.

[MasonDixonPhoto]

While I recognize the innate talent and skillful technique he employs, the music of Sergio Altamura always leaves me cold, because each song builds inexorably towards a crescendo that never arrives. In the end, the music is anticlimactic, and instead of leaving me wanting more, I feel I have wasted the time I have already spent.

Clearly I'm in the minority. The song has 513 likes and only 21 dislikes, and the comments seem to be mostly favorable. So I guess he should keep on as he's going! ;)

[Ludure]

@MasonDixonPhoto ermm... agree ! o0"

[TalonTSI95]

@MasonDixonPhoto I thinks it's more about the journey than the destination with Sergio. I'm not sure how anyone can call this a waste of time and also claim to recognize his innate talent.

[MasonDixonPhoto]

@TalonTSI95 One can objectively recognize talent without subjectively appreciating the final product. I recognize Michael Jackson was talented, but that did not make me want to listen to, or purchase the album "Bad".

[TalonTSI95]

@MasonDixonPhoto Im not saying that anyone has to like it. I'm merely suggesting that if the lack of closure ruins the experience for you, then perhaps you're missing the point.

[MasonDixonPhoto]

@TalonTSI95 I said climax, not closure.

My comment was my personal opinion, not an attack on the musician or his fans... so your personalizing this is inappropriate. I am entitled to dislike something without you insinuating that is some fault or limitation on my part. I have a wide range of musical interests, I am quite capable of grasping subtleties of melody and phrasing, and you have NO IDEA what makes me tick.

Get over yourself.

[TalonTSI95]

@MasonDixonPhoto "anticlimactic" - MasonDixonPhoto

[MasonDixonPhoto]

@TalonTSI95 Which is STILL not 'closure'.

[vicktorium]

@MasonDixonPhoto man, im a great fan of altamura's music, but i really respected your opinion there, you realize that hes doing a great job, but its just not of your taste, i see few like around here nowadays, so keep that way!!

[MasonDixonPhoto]

@vicktorium Thank you for recognizing one can express anl opinion without it being an attack on those who have different opinions.

It seems this site has been overrun with conformists, who are so threatened by any dissenting views, no matter how respectfully expressed, they feel compelled to launch into personal attacks, in an effort to silence any competing ideas, and to beat others down so they feel taller by comparison. The really pathetic part is that these folks think they're enlightened!

[galvin227]

@MasonDixonPhoto I have to ask, how can you think this is anti-climactic? I think it did end abruptly, but it definitely felt climactic to me.

[sachary]

I recommend using youtube to watch videos. it's fun.

[attitudegirl123]

It's funny how some people think they're all that just because they're good at being jerks...Feeding their self-pride through conflicts and arguments which they inevitably try to win in order to quench some sort of self-preserving of urge of not being wrong... Well, atleast there's this incredible music to put people in a good mood! Mr. Altamura truly has an incredible talent! May he continue with his music!

[photopicker]

Notice the cracks and grunge on the guitar top ... it's a player and well loved !!!! :)

[CarcassFB]

@photopicker

Lol, i'd hope so, it only costs around 8 or 9 thousand US dollars...

[photopicker]

@CarcassFB unfortunately that used to be a high price for an instrument but now it's fairly common!

[Fast4b]

Loop machine is an amazing creation tool when well used. I wonder what is the model/brand of this toy...