Airtap

[dragonayr22]

shit a cin do better

[ashindecosta]

13 people dont have ears :O

[urbanstature]

pwned?

[guitarboyi]

OMFG, this guy is amazing.

[humd1ng3r]

This so deserves more than 186,000+ views, its been around for over three years. I suppose its just an example of how the majority of poeple around the world are happy to listen to the mainstream shit that clogs up our radios and never bother to find and listen to real music.

Great song and great skill, love it!!

[buddiha]

me2

[mrtokkim]

I usually listen to some pretty hard metal, but this sure is beautifull!!

[lloydallisonyoung]

Hahaha, 0:32

"....Fuck yeah...you hear that?

........Yeeeeaaaahhhhh"

Badass.

[Thepaly]

nice music should work well in an RPG

[Kylocks]

Unreal, Magnific, De puta madre lo k sea this guy's savage!

[bloofan06]

This is SO cool! He's very talented! Beautiful music!

[dietpepsiipod]

he is so good, you guys have no idea about the skill that this takes rock on Erik

[ctjazzking]

Ijust saw him open up 4 Derek Trucks in Connecticut He played this. Igot 2 meet him cool guy. He said he just startd tryn this out one day, Great stuff.

[Joet80t]

damn...that's something you just have to be born with..

music really is a universal language huh?

[ALLOO42]

This is the best guitarist in the world, right here!

[ZEG8704]

Lovely song and player!

[dave13377]

zomg your a girl

[ZEG8704]

What do you mean?

[dave13377]

with that answer i ment , u must be a girl.

[EnzoFirrari2k6]

It's true, that is sort of a girly response...not that you're wrong lol. But a guy normally wouldn't say "lovely". Dave13377 is just saying you gave away your gender with that comment.

[ZEG8704]

Alright, I didn´t really know that, because I´ve heard a another boy say the same thing.

[EnzoFirrari2k6]

Replace "lovely" with "great" and we have gender neutral WIN! (I honestly could care less, but it's just how people are going to perceive it)

[germpunk6]

1:48 AMAZING!

[johnnyx919]

dats freakin sick sik

[mods6all9over]

genius!

[ryanosborne77]

this guy is the man

[BaldViking]

Wow! That is just unreal. Amazing player.

[bloofan06]

Okay, stupid me... I just read the caption for the video and see his name. Sorry for the stupid question!

[bloofan06]

That's amazing, how he plays with the guitar in his lap! He should definitely get more exposure. Who is he? Is Airtap the name of the band?

[genshikashmir]

No, airtap is the name of ths song

[sgtpatch]

if anyone feels this guy should be alittle more well know then tell all of your freinds and once they see this amazing shit they will prob tell there friends

GET THIS GUY OUT THERE!!

he deserves it

[gcmiriam]

It's when you hear sounds like this that make you certain that God exists.

[lazilazilazi]

i'm not a beleaver...but OH MY JESUS GOD!!...

[theangryskunk]

u are an absolute tool. 'sounds' like this come from hard work, persistence and determination. not god.

[diamond1234567891011]

wa's the tuning?

[HawtRamen]

FACFCF

[VIsaacDEO]

Love this tune. And how he plays - so original.

[clarinet050]

Music moves through his soul and to his fingers.

[Jappaa89]

Ok ..

[gallagher1990jg]

seeing unconvention ways is better

[gallagher1990jg]

seeing unconvention ways is better

[ItWasTheVoices]

Is he kidding me?

[xenzitum]

amazing. would you believe that he started like a street musitian. man the day i see someone doing that in the street i´ll give him all my money in the act.

[skankinalltheway]

I understand what you mean, people as gifted as this guy should be just famous right away, but unluckly it doesn;t work like that, everybody has to work to get noticed, especially when it's someone as unique as eric, i mean he's still not that famous so, that's the unfairness in music, the pussycat dolls go around getting computers to sing for them because they're fit and can dance, but because eric is about the music, he's still unfamous (Kinda), ridiculous.

[benditt37]

I agree with both of you, but skank you use many many many commas :P

[awaldoster]

who needs popularity and famouness when you have passion and gift? =]

[skankinalltheway]

Well it does help when you're trying to make a living, but very good point none the less, as long as he's happy

[Weinhold]

Der Mann ist in meinen Augen verdammt dicht dran ein Genie zu sein ! :-)

[ThomAppleby]

This iss sooo Awesome!!!!

X

[scat47]

totally unique!!!!!

beautiful harmonics!

[ROCKELGIRL]

woooo eso fue increible otra onda completamente, osea otro nivel, muchisimas felicidades..

[KabongoBaby]

John Butler's ocean is still better I think. I think it's the difference in the hair lol.

[depien]

I can't compare then. This is in an entirely different key - alot more happy. Both very emotional, but in each their way :)

I really like both :)

[cgrew12]

i have never seen anything like this

its such a beutiful sound any one who doesnt like thi i have 2 words...

GO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lollipopisak]

love it!!!<3

[tedscomplex]

if you guys rate this then check out Francis Dunnery if you can find any of his later 'it bites' material with his tapboard.

[mezahatred]

Super talented

[cadieuxandpelletier]

this eric mongrain guy is amazing and if you ask me untouchable eric clapton would bow down to this man in my opinion.

[mosjoshit]

This is such a lovely freindship between man and guitar. just by wachting Eric, how he looks at and plays his guitar as it was just nothing else in the world.. Love it!

[kiresnikpmot]

probably the coolest thing ive ever seen

[VanDerCroiX]

yeah! yeah! this is mierda man,pero si piensan un poco alguien q tenga acceso a esta tecnologia no creen q seria capaz de hacerlo mas real y no dejar los rastros de falsedad en videos como este??

no creen q acaso tenga algo de verdad pero autoridades con poder que puedan ver afectadas por el suceso podrian influenciar y cambiar el contenido de una manera tan sutil que la gente que cree q es observadora crea q es falso, si no me creen, nadie esta obligado a hacerlo

[Idzerda90]

DIKKE SHITT!

[RyuNagashima]

Damn! He's playin that like a Piano! That's sik!

[dowling1981]

Ryu - Where have they gone not with that but to them to fall over those?

[vmandanici]

This is what happens when you shave your drummer's head and open tune your guitar and make him play it all in the same day.

Sweeet stuff - 5*'s

[richardispeachy]

just got the album, best album ive heard in a long time!

[DixSolo]

Beutifull

[RoteBlume]

Wenn ich das höre werde ich iwi voll glücklich ^^ Das ist so schööön <3

[torjansons]

reminds me of leo kottke but in anycase good

[langerCAN]

This wouldn't sound good in a band.

With the way he plays it, it is only good on its own.

Sounds awesome.

[chriswheelervw]

not bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dangerstx]

sweet mother of christ that was amazing.

[anthonykeidis45]

damn son u would kick a in a band

[KurtSandford]

He's a one man band... he manages to pull off percussion melody and bass :s

He's the man! =D

[richardispeachy]

nah man, a band would drag him down.

[11Unouno]

the song is touching

[BasseFiend89]

that sound is unreal... amazing

[MAVENdeNYC]

Very creative stuff there. Pretty kool.

[peterparkr10]

amazing, man

someone have the tab of this music?

[sQeetz]

That's perfection.

[2theunstop]

Hey all in the New York area Erik Mongrain Is Playing the in the City with another great guitar player named Matthew Nichols(look him up) at a sweet place called the Monkey on June 30th. Im not associated with them just a fan

[soundcityriotact]

thats fuckin cool!!!

[fxiku]

dueconi, maybe you're a true musician, not a true man. kidding, I got ya.

[dueconi]

I am a musician and I was looking for sex on this tech stuff but I found you and now i DONT NEED SEX ANY MORE

[soptamer]

dude.. you need help!

[omaidshredder]

a eric mongrain!! juste trés bon

[Soulwish]

Cool technique, Amazingly i managed to create something of my own

[drinkingair]

awesome guitar player!

[CloserToFreewill]

Check out his forum on ultimate-guitar.

[lowehigh0]

beautifully constructed piece of music. i'm in awe.

[itiswotitis]

wonderful

[kingalex9678]

What???!!! Are you high or something???

[kingalex9678]

That last comment was towards Devonfrance by the way

[devonfrance]

Don't give up, its not very good for now but with alot of training you can do something correct:)

[Fethers17]

holy fukin shit, do u have ne idea wat so eva, that performance right there is one of the greatest things i've ever seen

[stevecr223]

That really does sound like trapped air!...well poping air..

[screamisboss]

dude who are u yo that was sick!

[simo8ball]

Erik Mongrain FTW

[Hertzy]

Wow just wow he's awsome

[therealkingfuse]

hax tbh

[steamy30]

now that is talent

[Milski27]

Amazing!!!!!!!

[3421phillyk]

He gets a beautiful sound out of it. bloody great

[hermanhimself]

yeah

this sounds better when you tune to drop c

but you have to have brand new strings so it sounds bright

i know how to play one of the parts in this song

[JOxSOxFINEx21x]

THIS IS A TRUE THING!!PASTE THIS MESSAGE INTO 3 COMMENTS AND HIT ALT F1 AND YOUR CRUSSHES NAME WILL APPEAR!!it will be a little scary at first but its cool!!!

[BobQuin]

shut the fuck UP

[blaow69]

harmonicy :P

[benkila]

it's funny but very nice!!!!!!!!

[Spartan013BlackCat]

geez, this guy is good! i wonder if he got the idea from that whats-it-called chinese instrument thingy.

[Shutterguy]

the chinese one is GU ZHANG, but the thais, malays, and Indos also have the same type of instrument

[QueenAzooga]

And this people...is real talent. Now to get some hair...(Kidding). Real talent doesn't need good looks to back them up. *ehem* Lindsay Lohan.

[lawsmich587]

Brilliant.

[Batchylnuevos]

It makes me to laugh and swim!

[tylerwiegand33111]

just wish the camera would stay on his hands, would ,make it easier to learn

[kunalrawat]

it is amazing to see how many styles a person can play the guitar. this was fabulous.

[doatdoatdoat]

that rules

[spectrason]

Man, I remember seeing Eric play in Montreal in the metro. Looks like he can make a good living now! Congrats!

[acrolix]

I'd like to see him play that exactly the same way... to see if it's the real deal or if it's pure freestyle...

[Crazykole5]

He has admitted that alot of what he does for the songs he plays the guitar on his lap for, are indeed a lot of improv. However, if you listen to this mp3 on his website, it is still generally the same thing...

[batman132]

holy shit balls, how does he do that

[rockguitarking42]

How do ya do that - I know about the harmonic tapping and stuff, but when I tried it, it sounded like shit!

[necroangelSC]

It reminds me Bob Kilgore´s tapping.

[theoddvark]

pretty crazy shite. i bought this guys album called fates. its damn good some stuff is a little micheal hedges esc. but none the less i dig it very much

[bmc4854]

This was amazing to watch and listen to. As the song went on I heard a complete orchestra coming from on instument.. I heard strings, percussion, the whole bit. He is truely gifted in his craft.... God Bless you!

[purecork]

amazing.

[tomomiNEIchan]

So beautiful!!

[6Sam6Hain6]

WOW! O.ô

[krysly]

DAMN!!!! fuck yea man. 3 words oh my god!!!! and hes pretty hot too hahaha

[ACMalloch]

im gonna try this stuff on bass guitar

[xtrememoviesnl]

Amazing !! but i tryed already on my bass, it's so goddamn hard to do :p

[fromtheburn]

hes called erik mongrain.

[takatakboy]

man...i can't stop watching this..i really liked the harmonics he placed on the song sounded like an ost of some rpg game..lol

[cam81]

simply amazing....this guys is incredible

[soulman2150]

This guy has just become my new IDOL!! And his name isn`t even Billy :D I want to play like that! I`m gonna trade in my G170 for an acustic guitar!!!

[SilentStryk07]

this guys kicks ass... i wanna get a hold of a copy of his cd

[chaloXPark]

beautiful. just amazing

he really...was touched by god..

[yosenn]

omg!!! What is this!! It´s amazing that there´s somebody that doesn´t voted 5 stars!!

Amazing, saving this, no more words.

[guitar9667]

Cool!

[Gabriele07]

Simply fantasic !!! ... and almost 'phantastic'!

Is this to be the new age of the acoustic guitar ...? Years of "good old fashioned" and hard finger-picking practising overthrown ..?! I don't know what to think ...

[Hammy135]

liked that didnt you

[rokdawg]

fucking incredible

[tristansoop]

very cool

[qefghlmz]

That challenges every preconception the guitar has known - how to hold it, how to finger it(no more 'p i m a' tuition for me), how it should sound, the mix between 'fingered' notes and harmonic. He even throws a tune in too!!

[janderson2000]

Not really...this type of open chord drone tone stuff gets boring real quick. He's good, though...no doubt.

[adamchiv]

theres definatley a loose harmonic structure going on, and there are lots of melodic themes in there too, he just alters them ever so slightly each time, in my opinion he got the balance of improvisation and structure just right, but i can see where janderson is coming from, i would turn this off if hed kept it going any longer. still brilliant though

[pelo8]

c est magnifique...

[didma]

what the fuck this is awesome

[rivalsoda]

great song

[p00die]

I'm speechless...

[jempet]

Good stuff...sounds even better edited on his site.

[Leritu]

Fantastic! :o

[stinkfest]

speechless....

[ShadowForceNinja]

Breathtaking

[kretslopp]

This is like the essence of coziness.

[ottl]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

incredible

[Ruffy33]

amazing to watch to see that its all done by one person

[gwaney]

awesome freakin tapping guitar!!! yay!!

[skitttish]

Stuart Davis plays this kind of style in 2 or 3 of his songs, but its nothing nearly this complex or detailed.

[Zamoth666]

touched by god...

[hearforall]

damn

[Anxh360]

what

[monkeystu52]

that is just absolutely amazing, superb octave harmonics... why haven't I heard of this man before!?