(Original Song) Into the Light - 2nd Time - Merel van Hoek - Fingerstyle Guitar

[stratas2]

this is a cool song

[niacinsoupbowl]

Talented. 

[xxswordbenderxx]

what guitar is that Merel?

[SSfanQV]

Je t'aime!

[Phatguitarsounds]

Awesome! Kind of reminds me of Nuno Bettencourt and bit. Very cool!

[maxlarsen]

Hahahha so cute....Well played..

[MrFubbels]

first time listener, really great sound. seems perhaps a little strange to say, seeing as the speed of the picking is what makes the melody pop. but i just wished you slowed down the intro, tease me into the song, take 43-59seconds, where you pace your playing slows and smooths, a little intro to the song would really help it along i think. BUT, great song, great talent, sub'd to keep an eye on you :)

[merelvh]

@MrFubbels I know, this is quite old now.. ;) Thanks.

[Xhayn]

Love it so much !

[LambJake]

Thank you! Love your style! (())



[sirgreggins8824]

i love cute girls that play guitar

[martialartistick]

Wonderfully done, great music

[MegaOzzy1978]

nu dat zelfde eens spelen zonder kapo snap niet waarom ze die dingen gebruiken nergens voor nodig

[DumbDishNL]

Hey! gaaf joh! Klinkt erg mooi! Ga nu ook de rest van je filmpjes kijken ;) Wat is dit voor gitaar? Hij spreekt me erg aan. Op de een of andere manier moet ik aan Nick Drake denken. Ken je hem ook? Lijkt een beetje op z'n Guild gitaar. Well, keep up the good work, en bla bla, je kent het verhaaltje wel ;) Ga zo door, girl! Klinkt heel mooi en rustgevend :) Groetjes, Joost

[Xilefave]

/watch?v=99HhBcuRoc8

My first Song!

[DCguitarduo]

super goed! ga zo door ! klinkt echt heel goed ! en goede timing trouwens :)

[merelvh]

@DCguitarduo danku :)

[JesseRoussell]

I'd love to collaborate something WITH you fingerstyle-acoustic! Someday? : ) I live in New England, USA.

[merelvh]

@kimfuly DADGAD, thanks!

[tigre6943]

Vous êtes vraiment douée !

Bravo !

[merelvh]

@tigre6943 Merci beaucoup :)

[jonlyte]

What is the tuning for your guitar? It sounds exceptional!

[merelvh]

@jonlyte Thanks, it's DADGAD

[wild0goose]

briiliant so nimble

[przemeksowinski]

Your skills really are extraordinary. And I love the Taylor. It sounds exatcly the same as Malei Jamal's one. A small piece of advice: don't keep your strat hanging on the wall, it's not the best place for the guitar's precious wood. They like being kept low, as the humidity of the air is optimal near the floor.

Best wishes and keep playing :)

[liamdorney27]

This is my favourite piece of yours :) I really like your guitar!

[missIMPOSSIBLE01]

WHOAA you're so good. you're my model.

[andysmooth]

nice work!

[guitaray1]

same capo woot

[drbrydie]

How model mic stands do you use and how many...1 or 2?

[yonagarcia]

wow i have the sensation to be in vacation , good job ! can you make a lesson video or write tabs please ??

[acodaniel1]

Hi! I am watching several of your videos...you are extremely talented! Where do you come from? Where did you learn to play like that? All the best! ~ Daniel

[JesseRoussell]

I love how surprisingly talented you are! : )

[Garraliposker]

Won-der-ful!! 5 stars!!! :-DDD

[JSCWhistler]

I love your ability to write music like this, I only wish I could play even a little bit of finger-style guitar! Keep it up, I can't wait to hear more, your playing is wonderful! :)

[royhoeymans]

Supergoed! Geluidskwaliteit ook fantastisch!

[pablutobailey]

Great song!!!

[dancingrizz]

Dang B?}>>

[tfinvold]

This is zen. Astounding quality, I recognize the type of microphones you have and those are AWESOME mics. Beautiful guitar as well. Whoever disliked the video is an Imbecile.

[tfinvold]

This is zen. Astounding quality, I recognize the type of microphones you have and those are AWESOME mics. Beautiful guitar as well.

[trixter79]

close my eyes and listen to this!

i can imagine how wonderful all i have around can be!

amazing song!

[johndcofdc]

Wow. Your one mean player. Great job and great song.

[4evergreendayfan]

Hey!

Jij hebt echt talent! Echt het is soo geweldig gespeeld!

In welke stemming staat het? DADGAD?

Klinkt een beetje Iers.

Super gedaan!

Groetjes

[OgreDaddy]

Every time I listen to you, it's a complete pleasure.

[TheMasterAchim]

Nice sound...I am also using the Rode NT1A...Did you mix it with picup sound?

Can you tell me, which Audiohardware (Preamp, Interface) you use?

Thanks for information

[merelvh]

@TheMasterAchim Thanks! :) No, It's just the two mic's and the audio interface is an Emu 0404 usb. Oh and a little reverb and delay but that's it!

[slaiyen13]

talented , beautiful , what else ?

[Bysler]

Beautiful guitar and playing! So clean and smooth.

[geogreg27]

Absolutely incredible. Beautiful fingerpicking & the video quality is pure & clean. NIce.

[bluespired]

Beautifully played, good luck!

[sevenender]

WOW A GREAT ORIGINAL YOU ARE SO TALENTED!

[merelvh]

@sevenender Thanks!

[violeirosurbanos]

Absolutely fantastic!

Thumbs up and greetings from Brazil!

[marinhomarape]

Great Song... Thanks for Sharing

[Brandon75689]

Can I marry you? Then you and I can play guitar together all night.

[merelvh]

@Brandon75689 Haha of course !

[Brandon75689]

@merelvh You can look at some of my songs I am working on. I am hoping to make a finger style song as well I just need to upgrade my equipment a little before doing so. you are the most talented female guitarist I have seen on youtube in a long time. xD

[satothequeen]

Wonderful composition, excellent interpretated!

Congratulations, my friend!

Thumbs up for you!

Sato :)

[SabMei1]

Hey, this isn´t bad too Merel!

You are very talented!

Respect - Sabine

[WeepingZeeGuitars]

Yes the guitar sounds great, but by itself it is just furniture... Beautiful playing! Happy Holiday Season!!

[Twirretwarre]

Merel, geweldig gespeeld... wow, nog maar 3 jaar dat je gitaar speelt en nu al zo goed! :-)

Roeleke

[MrPentatonicablues]

Amazing*****

[flewincnowokayx12]

I agree with everyone, this is totally excellent! Great job!!!

[bhaktajose]

Very sweet performance!

[OrchestraGemelli]

Bravissima!!!!

[187Guitarplayer]

wow, this is so great.. your fingerstyle is very impresive

[chal0072]

Beautiful. Nice guitar too.

[TheNewfairytale]

it very beautiful music

fantastic

[rockandjazz]

That was excellent! Enjoyed it thoroughly! :)

[Zenon003]

skilled beautiful and beautifully skilled

[Tenntoad]

Cool tune...and well played. Thanks for posting.

Rgds,

Joe Carpenter

[sunaJH]

Nice tune,

doesn't hurt you're a babe either:)

[stratt281]

Amazing....Hello from the State of New Hampshire in USA!

[Bcutter]

I like this. The Em6-Bsus2 chord switch at 1.26 is just perfect.

[jacobras]

Erg mooi!

[TFCTalent]

I've been so busy sending this out into cyberspace I hadn't realized that I've yet to leave a comment.

BRAVA, MEREL!!! ♥♥♥♥♥

Bobby

TFCTalent. com

[shanepetrCZ]

nery nice !

thanks for video !!!

amazing !

hi Petr greetings !

[staffansvahn]

Hello my friend,

Thank you for your invitation. This is a wonderful song and you are very talented.

Best wishes

Staffan

[MrMuziekfan]

I am very impressed, your guitar playing is amazing, my compliment !!!

Peter :)

[pontepolentepontepi]

BEautiful song :-)))

Bravissima !

[dadgadjohn]

Very well played, and a beautiful new guitar.

[Keesfarida]

Hoi Merel,erg goed en mooi wat je speelt ,goed geluid erg helder,knap gedaan ,groetjes Kees Nipius.

[flewincnowokayx12]

Hello there! Fantastic! 

[LisaLossong]

beautiful,very nice to meet you***

[djdaaz]

wow , dit is echt super gedaan hoor :)

[MarcelloDiViolino]

this is great! :)

i love it

*thumbs up*

[TheJAMALONG]

Outstanding Guitar Playing!

[Peterwh1]

i was racking my brain for ages to think how i've heard this before as i just stumbled across your page now for the first time, then i read some comments and it was the guitar idol competition. very nice song. subbed and ready to watch more!

[lhemeon]

What a beautiful song

[ComposerKuandohan]

Nice composition, very well played!

[sherrillwallace]

Very beautiful song. Guitar too. I had to sub. Just great. Sherrill

[BeatnikManfred]

Yeah.....you are stunning...I´m deeply impressed .....marvelous

Best wisheS...MANNI

[z454]

Sensational!! Great song and guitar,!!!!

Michael

[76Soco]

Love it!

Great harmonies!

Very impressive.

[miekemaligne]

Very beautiful!  Mieke

[guitarflo123]

Het heeft even geduurd, maar nu ben ik er uit: Dit vind ik je beste nummer ;) echt onwijs mooi!

[Zcrockit]

Holy flying shit balls! You're good.

[LGuitarB]

I find your aptness at writing even more amazing than your technical skills for your age.

[akaronngren1]

You are GREAT!!!

[tokmind]

Excellent

[RockAddictedFrank]

Wow, i'm very impressed, nice job! Continue on this way, you've got talent ;)

[E1M9I4L6IO]

Fantastico....que dulzura

[RileyAcoustic]

Wow I am very impressed! I am not skilled at all with alternating bass. I can't believe I haven't listened to your stuff before. We are the same age and started around the same time and you are much more well off then me! I really wish that I had a lot more originals under my belt, but I only have two. Again, wonderful job! You have awesome compositions on here.

Riley

[merelvh]

@RileyAcoustic Thanks for the nice comment Riley! :)

[guitarDouchebaggery]

awesome! good luck with the Guitar Idol competition

[karencm09]

Heel mooi! Keep up the good work!

[notpopebuthope]

WOW! So beautiful! Girl & Guitar & Sound & Performance ... THANKS! GREAT!

[stievelien]

ik vind deze zoo mooi ^^ echt een van m.n favorieten :D

[merelvh]

@stievelien Haha bedankt!

[trade2240]

wowww!! beautiful and talented girl! what more can i expect???? yeah!

[1il7]

@trade2240 qué andas espiando en mi canal eh!! no aguantas nada! luego luego a babear caray.. buu pulgar abajo para tu comentario.

[Amuziko]

Great music!

[OgreDaddy]

A pleasure to listen to!

[remoods]

Hey girl,

you are amazing ...wonderful playing !!!

REMOODS

[RagtimePassion]

Hi, Great play with beautiful sound & recording... I love it! I really admire your technique, so if you'd like to try my ragtime arr. I could send you Tab; mail me through YouTube ;-)

[TheDreamBeach]

I like this melody very much!

[EstebanChurches]

Stunned. Another impressive composition. Keep 'em coming!

[merelvh]

@EstebanChurches Thank you! :)

[MauroPavanelli]

great playing!

[guitarrx3girl]

Merel!!! YOU are >>>>>>> beyond fantastic!! I loved this from the very beginning to the very end!!! GREAT JOB!!!! I "liked" & "faved"... ~♥~ Emily

[permjatschka]

Very well done!

[OGHASIT]

hummmmm you play left hand or right hand pretty good! and in both direction.

I like.

[stonecry7]

very relaxing and happy. great style and playing you got going here.

[mikeylonglegs]

amazing love to here an Antoine Dufour cover. but your style is truly refreshing

[CamilaSilvaguit]

wonderfull!

[fridrikur]

Fantastic. Love your (finger)style.

[BRONZE8020]

Yea - doesn't seem to string buzz as much as the Yamaha and not tinny sounding - nice.

[min7b5]

Well done!

Best,e

[Aymanband]

Very nice dreamy and relaxing. Thank you

good luck with the competition

[bhaktajose]

Very impressive performance!

[MartijnMuijsers]

Wauw echt PRACHTIG gedaan! :)

[TheMoodsBand]

Amazing finger work 0.o I'm impressed xD

[sjsimbo]

I think this is my favorite tune, keep coming back to listen. Awesome stuff :)

[MyScreeningRoom]

Lovely music...thank you.

:)

[GotMusicTalent1]

Love it! This is today's site feature for sure! :)

[reiviloguitare]

Hi Merel, nice fast picking that needs a good technic and concentration ;-)

Amitiés

Olivier

[Bigerjoel]

I discovered your videos tonight. It was a great moment of surprise, joy and pleasure. I am really impressed by your playing and your music. Thank you for this happiness and thank you for sharing with us all ...

[joerchBr]

Hi Merel,

very nice playing and great picking

Greetings from Detmold/Germany

Joerg

[titusibenjamin]

Sweeeeeeeeeeet !!!!!!

[The5iveTibetans]

awesome.

[ropiyas]

Niiiiiiiiiiiice. Just gotta looooove that natural sound!!!!

[PupDogRecords]

You are an absolute joy to listen to. Fantastic playing!

[HanzP]

Really nice, Merel! Very good pickin' !

Greets, Hansel

[freepatriot]

Your right-hand technique is outstanding

[Sitzriese321]

Really like your stuff! I envy your play. Kudos!

Jan

[jograd08]

ur skills r great! i thought ur yamaha is much more balanced from base to high treble and has that crystal bell like tone on the high e. Likewise the waander guitar has a slightly warmer sound to my ear

[rbuckert]

Heel erg mooi :D

[k14ce2002]

Great job as always!

[elevn7]

sounds beautiful. those nt1-a's are really great mics. you have an audio interface that you plug those into ? or do they go right to the camera ?

thanks,

Jack

[Mpoiuz]

Hi Merel, a very nice version and really beautiful guitar!!! (The Yamaha don't compares to the waanders, but i like it's sound too)

best wishes - uli

[BoeckmannLudwig]

Sounds really great, Merel!

Best wishes,

Bernd

[aedo41]

Practice makes perfect!

The 2nd time around gets even better...

Bravo!

JP

[bohmaniac]

that's a beautiful guitar

[HUNrobar]

Really cool! You, your guitar, your song.. Respect. :)

I'm also 16 and also love fingerstyle and I'd also like to write own songs.. So keep up, you are a great encouragement!

[KasugaD400]

Hi Merel, your guitar has a brilliant sound, and your playing is wonderful!

Have a nice weekend

Werner

[yakyuu928]

good!

[bluesjuke]

So very wonderful.

Keep sharing that gift for life.

[YouOriginal]

wohhmg

[paulbraz2]

Great job. Yes I do like it better than the Yamaha.

[Muhlenburger]

Oh! You know Joost!!! I have a Ryan guitar similar to the one he used to own. He's a great player... and so are you, Merel!

[ganzjohn]

I can assure that when I was 16 I didn't play so well... keep cultivating your passion! So that we can listen many beautiful experiences from you :)

I have in program to create other similar videos... I wish you will visit and leave a comment :) bye - john

[DealeyGW]

Great job! As always ;)

[jacecrawford]

very amazing :) how do you feel about the g7th capo compared to others ?

[Broadus55]

Wow! Well done!

[JazzInc]

This is my favorite as well. Great playing and a tune that'll stick with you.... in a good way :D

[masterrofl]

best song so far! great;)!

[laurabrake1]

Excellent. Laura

[WeepingZeeGuitars]

Very Nice!

[fritskezowittenie]

Hey Merel! Ook deze klinkt weer erg lekker! :) Zelf geschreven? Keep up the good work! :)

[sguitar]

very nice video :-)