The Human Abstract-Vela, Together We Await The Storm

[2XxGLOxX2]

can you play my guitar, b/c it needs a little sweeping :P

[medic2009guy]

honestly nice editting skills cool non standard cover

[guitargod85225]

I use two fingers on the same fretted sweeps (ex. The second one on 14 fret) is that ok?

[workoutchubchub]

jealousy created those six "dislikes". you killed in dude

[Metalpunkboy]

ohlyshit!!! Youre awesome bro congratulations :D

[cheesenugget38]

I used to hold my pick like that

And I find it easier to do this stuff with it.

But when it comes to meshuggah, I can't get enough power to play the riff for 30 seconds, let alone 5 minutes.

[Nerolus]

@1chimichanga1 CGCFAD

[EmbodimentOfTheDark]

you fucking killed it man!

[EPICALLYINSANE95]

Way to easy if a song.... XD jk

[redlettrrebel]

holy vagina balls

[DeathMetalSoundsNice]

i need you to come to my house and do some sweeping

[fuckabadger]

dude, seriously, that was fucking good

[MyLOLPwny]

So metal your screen shakes

[iCecilJacksonI]

This video is really good, but if you keep your fingers closer to the fretboard life will be a hell of a lot easier. I used to have the same problem and after i fixed it my speed increased. just a tip though

[TheBigAP13]

holy fuck do u think its wrong that everyones been taking months to learn this song adn Ive been learning it since 2 adn its like 4:45 now and Im up to 3:09 in the song :$ like cleanly lol :S

[th3kill3r0fdr3ams]

Carnal un consejo que me des para poder practicar mejor la parte del tapping, esque el resto de la cancion mas o menos me sale y nesecito consejor para la parte del tapping

[jorockeur]

Shit! You are a fuckin beast =)

[DeathMetalSoundsNice]

nice

[schecter99]

Dude nice tone.

[ForAllLivesLost]

Plzz i beg you, if you would tab out the tapping solo, thats the only part i cannot seem to learn!

[ParkwayDrive9837]

Fucking sweeps...good job on 4:10 to 4:20, i drove myself crazy getting that part right

[crazymanny707070]

DAMN!!! D: Beast!

[lankeysob]

I cant get the sweeps down in the chorus, the sweep where you need to bar your pointer finger along the the 15th fret always sounds sloppy as shit when i try to play. Can't get my finger to roll properly and mute the strings.

[th3kill3r0fdr3ams]

ym guitar is like our, but the mine is black

[MetalDeathize]

3:06 O: :D

[AILDvsABRlol]

Cool editing lol. great cover too

[EpicCwiSS]

0.0 ur amazing!

[charliethehumanoidkd]

SICK 

[RoboRobotnik]

Those are some fast fingers. Nicely done.

[TheSpiderHand]

Dude that's pretty sweet, you should check out my piano cover I have up. I changed the progression a bit and improvised a lot so it's not note-for-note or anything. But check it out on my channel please.

[jerm22jerm]

I wonder how many times you had to rererecord this cuz you screwed up?

[Doughboy072]

Psh... I wish I could sweep...

[N1k0zj]

@Doughboy072 Practice it with a metronome, honestly, it only took me a week to learn to sweep. Just start at the slowest speed, even if you can go faster. And pick a decent sweeping section of a song to practice, for me it was Sequoia Throne by Protest the Hero.

[ShredMasterWC]

Good job on the cover all together man!!! Just two things i have to pick at your Low B and C note which is the 8th and 7th fret. Sounds like you have alittle abit of a dead note going on or it is that due to the low tuning? Another not a bad lead tone make your rhythm a little bit more clear and beefier!!! Then you would have a bitchin tone for this song but once agian.... GREAT FUCKING JOB!

[Marudowl]

@Modjo777 Dude! what is the type font you use for the letters in the title of the song in the begining :D i will appreciate your answer :)

[ArtificialFlavaFTB2]

Never heard this band, is it Melodic Death Metal?

[Yukarividel]

Five people stop waiting for the storm, and just went home

[ArtificialFlavaFTB2]

@Yukarividel Lol, that was like the gayest thing I've ever heard. XD Not to be mean though, lightheartedly :)

[Yukarividel]

@ArtificialFlavaFTB2 I actually mega failed on the spelling too, so that didn't help my case LOL.

[ArtificialFlavaFTB2]

@Yukarividel XD XD

[jdragony]

Ugh, I hate commenting but: tama he spent a month learning the song cuz its a HARD SONG TO LEARN you fuckin hater, geez. You act as if this is the only thing he's ever done on a guitar, which is obviously not the case. Mokomo: name a band this unique? Really? Ok: Primus, Opeth, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Vai, Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Faceless, Black Dahlia Murder, want more...? God damn you people need to go outside!

[dozer1196]

I hate your inlays, but fucking sweet cover. I was gonna try and learn this, then I saw the tapping part and decided to work on Mea Culpa instead.

[AILDvsABRlol]

Wow nice man, very clean, but 1 word of advice, turn down the music volume for the song a little bit.

[AILDvsABRlol]

Wow nice man, very clean and skillful.

[sv9942]

uh how did u get it that clean

[SynysterKezia]

Fuckin' ballin', man. But tamadrumer is right; spending a month learning a song can only do so much for you. I'd like to see you spend a month writing a song.

Not tryin' to hate on you or anything, but, as fun as covering badass songs is, you should really try and make something yourself

[CameronIsGodless]

Flawless. great cover. like the intro haha reminds me of the video for the song.

[stpvocals]

incredible bro. i'm loving the tap part. i play that in sweeps and such, i cant do it in taps. im not THAT accurate

[Revilingfool]

nice sweeps,,i got polaris down...but idk if i could handle this

[TheMokomi300]

AJ is definitely the brains of the band...look at the piece....its genius and no modern band is this good at blending notes....seriously anyone who opposes I dare you to try and find 1 band this unique

[tamadrumer450]

@TheMokomi300 Arsis is a band i would suggest to you if you like this one. Both very technical and entertaining

[TheMokomi300]

@tamadrumer450 Arsis eh, I'm definitely having a look ;) thanks for the suggestion bro

[ProgressiveVirtuoso]

@TheMokomi300 A.J. = guitar virtuoso & guitar hero

[tamadrumer450]

I watched this video thinking I was going to see your guitar skills, rather than your editing skills, chode.

[Modjo777]

@tamadrumer450 i'm sorry that u r fucking deaf man

[MANNYTHIIZZLE]

@Modjo777 also wat program/camera do u use to do effects?

[VelaThomas]

@Modjo777 must feel pity on the unfortunately handicapped...

[locallistener]

@tamadrumer450 i'm sorry u like justin bieber and such but some people enjoy REAL talent...

[tamadrumer450]

@locallistener the guys who have real talent are the ones who wrote the song not covered it.

[locallistener]

@tamadrumer450 so ur telling me this takes NO talent? pfffff

[tamadrumer450]

@locallistener music is about creating not regurgitating other people's work. Any one can learn to play like this with enough time and dedication so I respect the effort but covers are a waste of time. What if this band had decided to cover some other band instead of create? then we wouldnt have this song. this guy should put his guitar skills to better use

[wienyhutjr]

@tamadrumer450 is your life so sorry and uneventful tht u need to go out of ur way to hate on ppl ur obviously jelous of?

[greenbeaner69]

@tamadrumer450 way to complain about nothing faggot. i can tell u dont play guitar cause this guy has mastered the sweep of this song and your the chode for complaining about "editing". fucking hater

[imbaeric]

skip the effects

[donny6932]

ah i tried learning this...hard as hell..i only know the intro lol nice cover

[Mrbungles1]

backround music couldve been quieter. but other than that kick ass cover.

[666JOEjoeJOE666]

i realy want to learn how to sweep pick, can you help me out with that

[JulioCPP]

@666JOEjoeJOE666 This is actually a good song to start learning sweep picking, the intro sweeps are easy to dominate with practice so learn those and you'll get the hang of it eventually

[Auburnman8896]

...are the arpeggios minor, minor, diminished, major, and then i cant figure em out! could you give me a pointer?? (for the intro i mean)

[JulioCPP]

@Auburnman8896 They go minor, major, diminished, minor, major, minor, major, diminished and then the fast alternate picking thingy. Hoped that helped ;)

[flamesRules]

Lol, I was like, "YA!!! IM GONNA LEARN THIS SONG!!! ITS GONNA BE AWESOME!!!", now I feel like giving up on life after seeing this.

[MRrawrasawr]

HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. LOOK AT THOSE SWEEPS.

[MariosGuy]

impressive

[drunkmonkey70706]

if only it was as easy as you make it look...

[sv9942]

fucckk mee, i can sweap the first part after about a 2 weaks than when i tried the chorus (thinking i would be same) i faild miserably and still currently am, but that was sick idk how u made it so clean like taht

[clwnz777]

on a scale from 1-10.. how hard is the tapping piece @ 3:08? just wanna know if i should even give it a try lol.

[smiff0009]

@clwnz777 from my experience probably a 20.

[clwnz777]

@smiff0009 lol, i kind of got it down at about 3/4 speed. now i wanna try again.

[smiff0009]

@clwnz777 I couldn't even make half speed sound decent man so good job.

[austinzepeda]

Amazing.

[zaskeq]

A.J Motherfuker, Tha's All.

[Kerburki]

updownupdownleftrightleftright­BAstart, god mode activated at 3 :13. fuuuuuuuu.

[Kerburki]

updownupdownleftrightleftright­BAstart, god mode activated at 3 :13. fuuuuuuuu.

[Erik007able]

Modjo777 u the man! Ive been playing for about 10 yrs and im barely recently mastering these kinds of techniques such as the sweeps and taps. maybe im just a slower learner lol..But i would like to check out more of your playing bro you kick ass! \m/

[AxeAholicTrev3193]

Dude fuckin brutal in a good way

[BenMuscoby]

that was so sick!! Extra gratsies on the tapping part and solo.. HOLY FUCK!! :D

[theoak84]

How come people never play the 5/4 parts?

[xScreamToRisex]

god, this rip off my heart way from my chest...this is so hard.:(

[insecurepiano]

beast!!!!!!!!!! the camera shake was epic! nice timing

[555goodtimes666]

wow im very impressed, this is probably best guitar cover i've seen on here. keep it up

[AToMik1R]

lol nice effects and yeah i can get through the sweeping like stone hard pie but that tapping part is being quite a bitch with me lol

[ilikepie9713]

dude dont think e as a hater but drop c other than that it was intense

[HackMassacre]

i bet a jackson preformer would make this sound better, all hail jackson guitars

[pocketocrisps]

awesome cover, modjo.

[PnutBudda00]

rofl

@ the camera shakin crazily

[PsychicAzn]

It's been 4 months of every day practice now, and I still can't play parts of the song clean.

[AILDvsABRlol]

@PsychicAzn Just keep at it man. All you can do is practice!

[koolmaaan]

@PsychicAzn

if your concerned about the sounds of the sweeps, make sure you use your palm to deaden the notes that you've already swept them or it will sound like crap.

[tmwa7x666]

i've been working on the first sweeping part for like two months and still can't get it clean at full tempo. I can't imagine trying to learn the rest of the song.

[Modjo777]

@tmwa7x666 just wait to get to the tapping part! don't give up man

[lxXTaCoXxl]

@Modjo777 Yeah not only are the arpeggios hard but as soon as I thought it couldn't get any more difficult, BLAM... FUCK! Got naild with double and triple taps lol

[scorpion9221]

dude just asking is this song harder then mea culpa solo?

[Modjo777]

@scorpion9221 definitely it is, it took me a whole month

[scorpion9221]

damnnnnn. wait how long did it take you to do mea culpa solo then? cos i wanna cover this song so i wanna have a rough estimate on how hard it would be. but awesome playing man keep it brutal.

[MANNYTHIIZZLE]

@Modjo777 took me 2 haha, and i still play rhythm at some parts

[fireguy123469]

fucking godlike

[kamikaz1k]

the shaking camera bit during the breakdown was brilliant. congrats on a great cover.

[IceBaloth]

Wow that blows my mind, I don't think guitarist should be able to be that good.

[pilphh]

im guessing u r a guido

[Modjo777]

@pilphh Not at all, I just don't dress up when I record a video lol

[scozzie2007]

@Modjo777 Dude that was fuckin epic! :) Loved the effects you used on the vid too :D

[59guitarist]

where can i get tabs for this song????

[swtchsk8er]

insane

[whenallelsefa1ls]

sick cover man. i've been trying at this song for a year now and i STILL cant get it down all the way =( the tapping all over the place gets me EVERY time. the sweeps arent all that bad compared to that..

[CaedesProduction]

DUde you rock!!!!

[SuperMe1000000]

Haha you have to switch the pick up to cover your mistakes at 1:17 lol

awesome cover though

[clwnz777]

how about no.

[josht617]

@SuperMe1000000 lol he swapped em bc sweaps sound 10x better with the other pickup

[SuperMe1000000]

@josht617 yeah, i just figured that out lol My cousin said it was to cover up sloppiness but screw that it improves the sound way better

[josht617]

yeah it adds a tone to the bottom strings but it makes the top strings sound like shit

[sikthoholic]

Its not to improve sloppiness you amateur. He switched the pickup to the neck pickup because it improves the tone instead of making bright it makes it sound distant. Pronounces the sweeps without the clanginess. If you play guitar, please put it away because you will never sound good. And as for the top strings sound like shit his pickups are probly too high.

[SuperMe1000000]

@sikthoholic

You can go fucking die as far as i'm concerned you stupid son of a bitch. Tell me to quit guitar cus im an amateur, how stupid of you. What are you anyways? A fuckin dropout with no future?

[sikthoholic]

@SuperMe1000000 no man, i graduated, im just a guitarist who hates seeing fucking stupid comments from people who dont know what they're talking about. And my future? Its called work, correspondence courses and music, what do you have for yourself? lol Criticism and anger because you blurt out comments for no reason? Shut your face little girl.

[SuperMe1000000]

@sikthhoholic

Fine then I may have anger issues, I'm not a great guitarist, I'll probably never amount to nothing more than playing covers alone at home, but I'm not dick that goes around trying to crush other people's aspirations over youtube. I guess I better post over youtube next, lord forbid you come across another of my "fucking stupid comments". Lord forbid i blurt out stupid comments... AMEN

[sikthoholic]

whats up with you and god are you gay or something? Science man, physics, music, its all the same.

[SuperMe1000000]

LOL no I'm not religious, I just used it as i'm the type that blurts out stupid comments lol

But yeah, science, and specially quantum physics

[sikthoholic]

quantum physics describe too much man, quantum accoustics, classical accoustics and quantum effects if anything would be the pin point

[SuperMe1000000]

I'm not into music as much as you, i'm merely in guitar class 2. i like the whole concept of quantum physics though... It's so mind boggling which is quite an intriguing feeling. It leaves the will to read more, more and more. (It be cool if i could understand it though...lol)

[Ureyeuh]

Nice job dood. i like the effects as well. how do you get your arps to sound so clean?

[AttackWithABat]

practise.

[bw150]

this deserves more views me thinks :P

[TheHucore]

yeahh menn nice jobÇ!!!

[adammatt333]

nice job man!

not much into the human abstract

but ther guitar work is exellent

[XSacredHeart88X]

Why didn't they replace A.J. with you?!

[5878me11beehive]

good, good... but can you play smoke on the water?

[craigtheman87]

veri impressive, i had no problems with the sweeps but the tapping part is kicking my ass

[josht617]

@craigtheman87 same here lol

[IbanezRG626]

nicely done:)

[stipoy08]

very nice cover

[IanTalbert]

thats pretty ill....

[0PT1MU2PR1M3]

your sweep picking is superb

[shacougraV3]

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[squashua29]

how did you learn this?

[DDROnline]

tabs FTW =P

[tkmsk8kid]

fuck you

[themusic2020]

what tuning is this in w=i want to learn this song

[JonnyZywiciel]

@themusic2020 Drop C man.

[themusic2020]

cheers

[doucher2]

the tuning is in drop C =)

[DDROnline]

Drop C

[sfbds]

its in c

[Morbidvengeance91]

nice guitar and great cover

[themusic2020]

dude can u do a lsesson on how to play this song plz.I so play this let me no if u r

[Dorillo76]

wow, really amazing

[wosbass]

Yeah!

I think Julome's cover and your cover are the best on youtube!

Bien hecho, y felicidades! No estás en ningún grupo?

[th0rtheg0d]

wow!! This is the best i have seen this song done on youtube!!!!

[Jstatham3392]

props to this homie! the sweeping was the best job i have ever heard from anyone that has done this song. very very good job bro. and your tone sounds amazing. keep it bro.

[gabbypunx]

jajaj no sabiaa que hablabas españoool!! xD!! que bien :P y yo ablandote en ingles jaja yeyeah tocas bien padreee:D!!

[gabbypunx]

u're perfect :( !! :P i've been trying to play this song and i can't :P HAHAHA those sweeps are just WOW yee and u did a great job :D NICE

[Modjo777]

hahaha grax, pues practicale mucho que de eso se trata, un dia estas tocando powerchords y al otro como por arte de magia ya te salen los sweeps, asi me paso XD

[erixvubui]

Good job picking it back up at the double tapping part!

[katururu]

oh my f god. This is one of the best covers I've seen.

[BlackRiff98]

In the sweeping part in the beginning, I hate hate hate the first arpeggio. The stretch from the 10th to the 5th fret on the E string is so uncomfortable on the guitar I have. I need to get myself a guitar with a bit thinner of a neck. Sick cover though, keep it up man

[piebeforedawn]

Music Man jp6. (John Petrucci's old signature guitar, he only just made a new version which I haven't tried yet). Literally the thinnest neck on any guitar I've ever played; very very comfortable. It's actually the guitar that The Human Abstract uses too.

[trav1b]

yea i hate the arpeggio 2 but i love that riff

[jaredhyslop123]

that sweeping just amazes me.. that was awesome dude.

[drumsreignsuperior]

gotta love this cover. and it's not complete without the piano. lol.

[javy97477]

wow. your hands and fingers move faster than anything i could ever dream of doing...

amazing stuff sir.

[SeveredUp]

Holy fucking fuck that was awesome and the camera shake was sick

[zaskeq]

Wow, Just that, The whole vid i was =O.

Muted ^^..

[Gen0cid3]

DAMN ! fuckin awesome job dude ! best cover of vela ..

[123orangejuice123]

fucking great,nice guitar too

p.s.nice sweeping

[YojimboOdin]

so good!! wow thats awesome keep up the good work!