Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - Kelly Valleau Acoustic Guitar

[metaldudebuff92]

check out my drum cover of this song!

[400adub]

i'm guessing you majored in classical guitar?

[totootot09]

and of course, sungha is in the suggestions.

[yodda93]

Very good man :P

[asetbroker]

супер мазева))

[thenixter7]

Pro Tools FTW

[maclaireful]

OMG....a freakin Amazing. Beyond words...only music

[SushiMaster82]

What's the average amount of time it takes you to learn a song?

[Spljofo]

Hey Kelly ,can you play ''Hijo de la luna'' by Mecano. That would be wonderful :)

[666tabarnak]

I prefer Gareth Pearson's version but yours is also pretty good.

[mistec34]

That's pretty fly for a white guy. :P Nice groove, dude.

[jawbreaker1222]

I love your playing. 

[mastertrasher666]

nicely done my friend i love that finger style my passion was to always learn the orginal classical style of guitar i love all music but classical guitar is truly the best for me =) my favorite guitar player is anders segovia

[Zagik53124]

Nicely done, wish i could play like that.

Gotta work on my skills..

[GameLevelEditor]

I like this version pretty happening with that wrist percussion!

[gabumonfanclubx]

Man you are seriously awesome, that was entertaining. 

[ASHISHSMATHEW996327]

nice vedio yar...........................­....

[whouston33wh]

You and Gareth Pearson should do a duet with this song. The pure power of the jam might blow the mics up though

[JohnTheodo]

5 people think that he got Chuck Norris' audio-cover and synched it with this video.

[babanachiket]

good job kelly btw

[babanachiket]

what style do you call this ? please ? this something i am very much interested in

[TheLtlpxru]

whooaaa!!! amazing!!! 5 star from me!!!

[dirge9]

pretty awesome..

[mcgigglish]

Nice video :)

I think it would be nice to play the tune once through very slowly at the beginning, as Martin Taylor does with some tunes. Then play it with the strong rhythm as you do there. What do you think?

great work though

[KellyValleau]

@mcgigglish ...1/2 speed audio is provided for the lessons on my site.

[mcgigglish]

@KellyValleau  lol, no mate I meant as an idea for an arrangement.

You could play once through slowly and without any particular rhythm, then go into the version you play above

Just a thought

[GNSstudios]

@KellyValleau I think what he was trying to suggest was introducing the percussions/rhythm later on into the arrangement. Personally I like how you just jump right into it.

[chandin69]

what guitar is that btw?

[rainbow6vegaslover]

pretty awesome!

[chandin69]

do you play by ear or do you spend a significant amount of time arranging the song beforehand?

awesome playing btw

[MrFaulconbridge]

@chandin69 He learns the song by ear but it takes him a while to put the notes together and memorize it. Arrangements of songs need extra work done to them if you want to make them sound interesting. Sure, if Kelly has a good ear he could probably play along straight away but may sound a little dull.

[chandin69]

@MrFaulconbridge thats what my guess was as well. Im trying to learn his/naudo/iggypres style. they all share the same style. I can get the melody and the rhythm to a certain extent but doing the bass notes with the thumb while keeping the rhythm and the melody going makes it pretty complicated and i lose sync. Are you one of his students btw?

[MrFaulconbridge]

@chandin69 I was subscribed to his site for his lessons about 2 months ago but i try to learn just by watching and listening now. Tablature is great but try not to use to too much. What impresses me about Kelly is his percussive techniques. It really brings the arrangement alive but I find it hard to do the bass drum and play notes at the same time.

Just keep practicing for the melody/B/rhythm !!!. Some songs are harder than others. Billie Jean can be pretty tough because of the funky bass line

[danielas94]

WOW, amazing this NEEDS 1.000.000 views at least!

[hueseph]

Great version Monsieur Valleau. How are you liking ProTools 9?

[raykiii]

Sweet!

[UltimaBigDaddy]

Someday, someday I'll be as good as you're.

[MrColdkilla69]

nice job. howmuch s for a capo?

[Landigio]

Hi Kelly. What microfon do you use? I just only use an amp and it dosent sound to good. So what mic do you use?

[KellyValleau]

@Landigio ...Rode NT1000 and Rode K2

[sinbeforehalos]

this should hae way more views!!!! :D

[woodyamsterdam]

Wonderful rendition!

[KellyValleau]

the monkeypod/spruce is in the "hurt" video below

[metralha1993]

great job!

[MrFaulconbridge]

Another great arrangement kelly. great job

[McDiddy99]

1 person doesn't know who Michael Jackson is.

[wongdog999]

nice one!

keep making more good music!

[Tzevi89]

70 likes, 0 dislikes #winning



[ryanohern12314]

no dislikes... lets keep it that way

[happylfuneral]

nice man! i like it

[thezeropulse]

OZUM :)

[MySnowfox]

Cover the full song, plz

[Zaripan94]

sweet maple fingerboard

[tinhnguoi1989]

good

[204YoungGuitarist204]

epic :D

[FreedomBeats]

Nice sounding guitar and good playing!

[craig5320]

Awesome

[WarriorInternationa1]

Awesome

[johnboy10]

Awesome



[Bigerjoel]

Awesome ...

[anastanig]

Very good.

[lilmark816]

Hey professer Kelly what guitar are you using here, its not your normal classical guitar

[KellyValleau]

@lilmark816....it's a House guitar, from luthier Josh House. Josh makes outstanding guitars. I can't thank him enough for letting me record with them. I've got this one with cherry/spruce and a second with monkeypod/spruce

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[DavixeTheBoss]

Great, like always ...

[KrunchyGoodness]

Always welcome more MJ

[GabrielGroverMan]

truly masterful!

[supakiwibaby]

Awesome.

[167tyler]

very nice.

[willdawg7777]

Inspirational to say the least! Great job like always Kelly!!

[MrMinhtien]

so awesome Billie man :(

[Faethon888]

very interesting arrangement =]

[TheLtdan93]

good work sir

[huds1223]

i love it