Auto-Tune the News #9 Note-for-Note on 3-Stringed Fretless Japanese Shamisen.

[danielmrussell]

LOveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeee it! Fantastic talent. This one had a lot of really good melodies that stood on their own on the Shamisen. If I saw you doing a street performance or something, I would be super stoked.

[88coldsummer]

Wow, I did't know that Chavez play that incredible instrument! (invisible to ordinary eyes). Ah yeah, the shamisen is good too (?) Bad joke, awesome as always Mike:)

[stevnated]

this is seriously cool

[music4all12]

LOL!

[plunderkitten]

LLLOOOOOL :D

[djguapo]

nice post-it notes :-p

[SeanOB188]

I love the part at 1:17 he's just like NO WAY. haha. Still, amazing job dude.

[miromuchotv]

At first I thought that you were some great musician posing as a geek...'till I read this video's description...

Now I know you're the real deal...awesome videos!

[johnno233]

could not be more unhappy that I found this. I hope I never see any of your videos again!

[Houck1337]

This put a smile on my face :) thanks :D

[GastroGreen]

Damn, thats a nice monitor

[shenlong0]

great video :D ure awesome

[EverydayAdventures]

Now I can look out for exactly what it sounds like on #11.

[TrueSoreThumb]

You even hit the ending Tun Tun TUn endings.. :3

[crazykillerpanda63]

jeez what a solo at 0:58

[Dastweeper]

Nicely done my friend, nicely done.

[kumsato]

my goodness, you're AWESOME!

[spiro37]

damn, thats better than a bango!

[bizzleboi23]

Longest.....description.....ev­er....

[crazylio]

hahahahaha :D

[olfan92]

Thermos un ti li mi ha le. best song :P

[Spoonuser12]

Nice work man, very cool. That instrument really sings in those penatonic voicings. Well, I guess eastern instruments tend to be sort of designed for it I guess lol. I really like the lick at :58. Cool stuff with the minor pent. there.

[flamingspinach]

This is fucking epic

[Jamesen666]

at 2:00 you dropped the bomb !

nice 5*/fav

[clarinet343]

wow u got some amazing skillz man

[kirbybandnerd]

Skills.

[ddimensoes]

wtf?

[Yakushii]

Very very nice.

[FierySockHat]

OHMYGOD

you should do eruption on shamisen!

[FierySockHat]

his facial expression made me think he thought he broke a string or something

[mzr30]

Oh my god!! Very Fun!!

5 Stars!!

[tgt305]

Can you cover any thing else, like some rock songs? Love the sound and the skills.

[Tinplz]

... You Have no Idea how happy this made me.

[tykwondo]

Simply awestabulartaculous....and that is a combination of words that I rarely find occasion to use. you have earned it, my friend!

[ninnymonger]

That was pwnage dude, nice job :)

[EcdsKO1323O]

Don't get sick man. We need more of your renditions. LOL

[butterpaww]

dude you're friggin brilliant

[futrico69]

tun tun tun tun tun tun tun tun

[mlitrus]

@futrico69 that's it man

[Marc911UK]

I can't believe how awesome that was

so I leave you with this thought

"Surely you jest, I'm under Cardiac Arrest Shawty!"

See what I did there.?

[MrBokai]

Awesome! Great job! Subscribed and 5/5!

[guilmon182]

F@cking awesome!!

[LordGrimmie]

I can smell the hope!

[RyxEuclie]

1:02

amazing.

[3diot]

Yes you aced it!

Haha that "My bff gilgamesh " part is tricky!

5 Stars! :D

[iomoo]

LSDKJFLSDJFLKSDJF :D

[beefpelican]

It's interesting how banjo-like the Shamisen sounds. It's not a side of that instrument that i'd heard before.

[samplebitch]

Your goose is cooked, shawty!

[SafeSeth1]

You make me want to learn how to play the Shamisen. To bad I probably will never learn how.

[stupidshnyvolvowner]

I sometimes think I have stumbled across the NERDIEST thing ever, usually on fan sites, or at conventions like Comic Con. Then I saw this.

You sir, win +100 internets for this.

[PerrisZombie]

Very Excelent job.

[jkman10]

What are you using to pick with?

[adrade]

this is so amazing - i dont know what to be more impressed by - your incredible skills as a player of this incredibly hard looking instrument that I've never heard of before, or that you're playing it to autotune the news, and totally rocking it out - so fantastic

[lildaddy4us]

THIS...FREAKIN...ROCKS!

[iwaslikepfffft]

you rock on the shamisen but dude, you're reading waaay into attn bro

[obbeachbum69]

:59 badass

[BizarreWiener]

AWESOME!

[Jamesen666]

wow this is awesome. in an epic proportion !

[Tazwegian]

Hey Mike, can you give macr0machine's comment another thumbs down from me? I would but he is maxed out lol. Awesome video.

[ocean59]

This is actually quite amazing. Well done.

[Cb37Productionz]

Again awesome. Actually, the more I listen to it...UNFREAKINBELEIVABLE!

[Cb37Productionz]

Well, 3-Stringed Fretless Japanese Shamisen Hero, but hey, it's hard to say.

ROFL

[Cb37Productionz]

Aww yeah! Youtube has the first...LUTE HERO!!! lulz, nice vid.

[tripjams]

touche

[tripjams]

why?

[TechXMarine]

why not

[mikepenny01]

Consult the sidebar, friend.

[tripjams]

all long and shit lol

[00anvil11md]

@mikepenny01 Do three next!

[MultiversePatroller1]

@tripjams Ah, my friend, rather, you should ask why /not/?

[Nightmare1124]

@tripjams ummmmm DIDNT YOU READ THE DISCRIPTION!!!!!!!

[imthetube44]

nice lute playin!

[lewghost]

coo!

[OMEGA2669]

Win.

[aceinthehole123321]

pretty cool

[RainInTheSunshine]

Yeaahah this is awsome

[timmit104]

tun tun tun

[TheAlexszabo92]

you sir, are a winner.

[Drummelskrudd]

We geeks rule the world!

[AMProSoft]

Time well spent. :)

[h0pe88]

YESSS!!! that was awesome!

[golfingfiend09]

awesome!

[sweetgreggo]

so random.

[wiirules96]

That was epic. XD

[23atomic]

Great job! I sing these songs all the time to myself. They are hard to get out of your head.

[ThejohnGould]

AMAZING

[danyultube]

That was cool. I also am amazed at the catchy melodies they come up with. I find myself drawn to their vids like a fat kid drawn to cake.

[sereneshirin]

that was amazing.

[eaglebot1234]

heh - heh - heh- hi hi hi haaaahhhaaaa - man that was FUNNY !!!!!!!!!

[krazykappy]

i love you <3

[macr0machine]

HAHAHAAAAyou're a fucking loser man

[bokonon14]

@unterluup Who cares what you prefer? And what the hell is 'a japanese thing'?

[unouomedudeTV]

amazing job!

[fangoriously1]

ha ha nice

[Co0Ps]

Epic!

[IvoGeits]

LooooL ;D

[cccchrismetzzzz]

HOLY HIROSHIMA THAT IS BADASS

[TheLankyDan]

Feature this guy playing with the Gregory Brothers!!

[blenderuser]

EPIC!

[healcannon]

I'm in love.

[manypersons]

this is epic

[Rokira]

Awesome!

[opsin]

Awesome video,and the best more info decsription I've seen on any video on youtube.

I got seriously hooked on ATTN a while back,to the extent I'll get a hook stuck in my head for a couple of days, then have to watch them all multiple times to hear all the best bits.

But anyway, you totally helped me work out what it is that hooks me. As well as the shamisen picking out the complexity of the melody in ways I haven't noticed before. And I appreciate that sort of geekery in others.

[mtalaba]

Insanely great!!! - plus 5 stars from Michael G hisself!

ydm!!

[pyroticben]

Oh my!

[ColeMcGrath]

A good portion of this video, the way your mouth looks you kind of resemble Beaker from the muppets. (Guy that goes Meep Meep) lol

In any case though, nice playing.

[HurricaneSaku]

"Send this man to the brig!"

"Excuse my rudeness, oh glorious king, but what for?"

"i suspect this man of committing ninjary!"

awesome shamisen shredding (i found a new tongue-twister! try saying that 5 times fast! lmao)

[alicynwarren]

Really amazing, thank you!

[ClassicSlasher]

上手ですよ！

[tarichan18]

sha--sha--SHAMISEN!! >8OOOOO right?

Sugoi sugoi!! So cool! Love it!! :DDDDDDD

[badmezu]

haha that was awesome dude wish i had ur skills at shreddin xD 5/5

[yoyole123]

WOW! very impressive!

[stjimmy83]

Amazing!

[WhirlyBoy36]

Just holy crappin' crap!!!

You deserve more than 5 stars for that, since you've added a new dimension to A-T-T-N!!!

I was ':-D' all the way through!! I love you!

-Frank <3

[bobshoefoot]

lol never fail to impress :D

glad i randomly noticed you one day lol

[tylerleebash]

great job!

[KOFPlaymore08]

That was amazing!!!!

[Volvo745T]

That was excellent. And quoted from "more info".

"All of the "sung" melodies are always so cleverly composed and interact brilliantly with the underlying harmonic structure."

11 thumbs up for that.

[a5urbanipa1]

Angels sing the back vocals when you play shamisen. Besides, you've just written the coolest and smartest text ever appeared on this G-d forsaken site.

[RandomNameName]

Epic

[PatFizzle22]

Well done!

[thenameless191993]

Wow thats really amazing nice work Shawty!

[schmoyoho]

i have a suspicion that you are a ninja, because only a ninja can shred on a solo like that. a ninja or a baker--bakers are also badass.

[shadow123763]

I too suspect this man of ninjary. The act of being really awesome.

[midgetsow]

hell yes ninja bakers with chops

[stevensartifacts]

baker in the same sentence as ninja? i have a suspicion that you are going to get your head chopped off in your sleep... and it won't be with a spatula.

[schmoyoho]

you're right, i may be in trouble for revealing the secrets of bakers--but my head will be chopped by a rolling pin, the bakers' weapon of choice. oops, another secret leaked

[brentm48093]

I love the look of "No fucking way" while waiting during "My BFF Gilgamesh says eternal life's an impossible quest." Hilarious.

Well done, sir...

[cultivatedmasochist]

I would marry you on the pretext of being so awesome. Good work!

[dakone]

Awesome man!