loco motives by justin king

[ryankirkmontana]

i filmed this video. Shot on a canon xl2. i've got the entire set archived

[yuki1963822]

ｗｏｗ，ｔｈｉｓ　ｇｕｙ　ｉｓ　ｗｏｎｄｅｒｆｕｌ．



[nkershaw]

this guy is good

[petelekkoduido]

wow, this man is simply the best!

[stewartjlong]

@petelekkoduido Definitely not.

[00Dakka]

actually reminds me of on the run by pink floyd

(the tapped arps)

[smokey534]

This is an awesome song. I can play most of it (seriously), and my brother tabbed this by ear and the video and can play it perfectly. You may not believe me, and I can't post a video, but he can.

I'm actually working on a Powertab of this to put on UG (Ultimate Guitar, for those who don't know.)

[kungfujellybean]

Haha! Well congratu-fucking-lations.

[axemanjan]

Hey smokey you ever do the tabs?

[stixz]

@smokey534 : Did you ever get the tab on Ultimate Guitar? Cuz that really would be awesome to learn this song.

[cannibaldemon]

agreed tkweazel

those who have criticism referring to justin kings play style please before you say anything, stop and think that this man's poop has more talent than your lives work and you will only sound like a jealous child.

[tkweazel]

all of u talk as if u could do this... shut up about what u think and show me what u can do

this style is crazy hard!!!

[theintoxicant]

DO ANOTHER ONE!

[BRudy87]

this song is AMAZING!

[RaphaRox]

superb

[marius1234321]

¡Fantastico! America inspirada creando nuevamente

[Draygune]

that was gorgeous

[vanbaarm]

ça fait un peu sonnerie telephone

mais il gere a mort mais rien n'empeche que je trouve ça trés moche

[tinchok2]

Reminds me of that pink floyd tune of dark side of the moon...

[COMPTQNPEANUTS]

On the run is what you're thinking of, and it does kinda sound like that actually

[MetalAddict247]

This song does remind me of trains xD

[Blumowitch]

Maybe thats why "Loco motives" thin, dude :-D

[breakoutdegree]

i'll admit, perhaps some of his tapping is abit repeatative and boring, yet other of his tapping songs are amazingly complex, and meldoic, and quite beautiful songs...in regards to the "one trick pony" comment, you clearly haven't followed him as you say. he's released the likes of august train, paris morning, scrabbo tower etc, which are beautiful instrumental peices with no tapping.alternatively,we have theres something about angels, ashes, reach you..all beautiful acoustic peices with vocals.

[breakoutdegree]

oh and whats this, justin king and the apologies? wow, he has an almost indie-esq music going aswell, a combination of all his finer traits put in a more commercial context, so seriously, get your facts straight and stop talking out of your arse. his tapping is perhaps repeative, but trying listening to his other stuff!

[breakoutdegree]

btw all that was aimed at

highlander1745, i just balls'd up the reply part of it, lol.

[MetalAddict247]

Haha spot on mate. :)thumbs up

[YouLikeBosch]

The fact that a guy in the audience requested he play the song is music in itself.

[stewartjlong]

anyone know the chord progression near the end

[satanicaa]

listen to the song crown

[Truthseekerfinder]

Will do.

[bobsaget1982]

the tapping does get kind of boring

[zaglamir]

Not to be argumentative... but this music. Listen to it... he creates a back beat with the left hand tapping than plays his own lead and drums over it. It's quite skillful and still manages to sound quite melodic. To each their own though, just don't cut it down becuase you don't find it "musical"

[pepi10102]

I don't like this song, but the guitarist is absolutely amazing.

[OmegasWill]

you know he got the tuning of DADGAD from Michael hedges song ragamuffin. in fact thats where king got his style from.. hedges is the one who invented this peculiar style of acoustic playing. but of all the guys ive seen trying to follow him.. they will never play like what hedges played

[littlephoenix1115]

dadgad is just a slide/folky thing in general...

[Vaughanabe13]

I don't really buy into the philosophy that if you are a fan of a musician, you MUST be a fan of that musician's influences. In my opinion, you can love Justin King without loving Hedges, just as you can love Stevie Ray Vaughan without loving Albert King...Plus Hedges isn't exactly making music anymore (although at this point neither is JK, so bad example)

[JMainez]

He's in the middle of recording another instrumental album at his blackberry hills studio. At least that was the word when he played at the Troubadour last month.

[Vaughanabe13]

well ok, when I wrote that he was touring Europe and had said his next album would be not have guitar on it.

[JMainez]

Thank you for the help the other day by the way. It's a different technique, but the more I've played it the more it starts to sound close. Thank you again.

[soph104]

its out now and its supposed to be pretty good

i heard some tracks and it had a few too many electronic addins. but still amazingly insightful. its on his website

[wheelsdude]

Until this video, I've never actually seen a man's hand go so fast that it turns into a blur. This is freakin' incredible!

[asdfghbvxxxv]

no the camera just sucks

[Sheraton21]

he's still moving INCREDIBLY fast, just try playing it

[asdfghbvxxxv]

I already learned it ill try to post it up if i have time

[Ahlm4]

pls check his cd:s with the more "classic"-songs and not only this tapping-songs :)

[BeatDatThang]

suck it john mayer

[SMoore472]

lmao i totally agree wit u beatdatthang

[hendrixrulezz]

tunig the same like in the many songs of Andy mckee :) like it watch?v=ZseKYTgoB2U

[asdfghbvxxxv]

Andy Mckee Only uses DADGAD in drifting

andy mckee uses a variety of unusual tunings

[itzSommyJr]

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure this is DADGAD too.

[asdfghbvxxxv]

the tuning For all of his songs are DADGAD

[CptSADO]

he always plays the same things...Same kind of riffs i mean...

[hegy98]

yea except for "Change"...which is just bad.

[kirkjr2]

What up everyone... I've got his full set on tape cause i filmed this concert. I've also got a full set from a private show from Bozeman, Mt. I'll upload um all cause jk's amazing at the guitar....cheers... rkp

[GGNiger]

FREAK!!!

i'm lovin your guitarstyle

[WaywardBrigand]

During the intro, perhaps King could not make his hand into a blur?

Damn his speed.

[klembok]

DADGAD

[YouLikeBosch]

Does anyone know the tuning for this song? Is it just Drop D?

[HoMeJaCk9]

andy mckee justin king john meyer angels and airwaves and +44 should all jam together

[lazyboypnoy3]

john mayer's skills on guitar. he played some funk on that one car commercial. he was on Chappelle's show jammin with Dave Chappelle and Questlove. oh yea and this song is so creative

[pinkyndabrain]

HAHA yeah wtheck...john mayer is a beast guitarist

[westernflyer45]

How is Mayer not a guitarist?

[guitarplayerone]

john mayer isnt a guitarist unfortunately

[DrDread]

itsa 714ce :)

[aznboy712]

He and John Mayer should jam

[emmanuelibus]

what model taylor is this? someone please? THANKS!

[Felosele]

as far as we know, a 716ce

[Vaughanabe13]

It's a Taylor 714CE, not 716.

[shinsuke0921]

your version is veryverycool.

i uploaded this clip, wacthing your playing.

[Vaughanabe13]

I learned Justin's version from this clip. It's growing on me the more I play it. The problem is when my guitar is tuned in DADGAD it doesn't have the same kind of harmonic response as Justin's Taylor. Man, if only I had 3k to spend on that guitar I would be in HEAVEN

[zab666]

hmmmm of course his guitar is very good for tapping but the harmonics should be the same on every guitar...

[Vaughanabe13]

Yes and no...it's hard to explain. The harmonics are always there, but it depends on the tonality and resonance of the wood of the guitar on how much they are brought out. Some harmonics on my guitar don't ring clearly and I don't get the same full sound out of it that Justin does with his Taylor.

[zab666]

oh, now i see what you mean. every guitar is differnt in that way, even my e-guitars have different strong harmonics.

his guitar is off the hook ...and only 3k ....damnit

[XtotheTREME]

maybe hes just good at playing

[Vaughanabe13]

Thanks man... hey, I don't think my version is that far off, considering I've never seen him play it. Now I now some of the things I am doing wrong.

[Thorreth]

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