Canadian Guitar Festival 2010: Finalist 1, Song 2 - 1st Place (Calum Graham)

Competition Performance - Finalist 1, Song 2 - 1st Place
The Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Championship
August 1, 2010
Loughborough Lake, Kingston, Ontario

HD version: http://www.vimeo.com/23445547

Calum Graham from High River/Calgary returned to take top honours this year, after placing 2nd in 2009. This tune is an original piece called "The Channel". It will be coming out on Calum's next CD in a few months. He has tabs, etc., and another CD that you can find out about here:

http://calumgraham.com

About the judging: The judges are mainly drawn from the main-stage performers, and the judging is done blind: judges cannot see the stage, and the contestants are identified by number only. Five finalists are chosen from a maximum of 24 entrants, who perform two tunes each. Each finalist plays a further two tunes. The judges this year were Don Ross, Antoine Dufour, Tony McManus, and Radio-Canada's Dan Berhman.

More information:
http://www.canadianguitarfestival.com/

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[a0a0aful]

なかなかの好青年だ。

[motoronna]

@a0a0aful はい、彼は非常によくプレーした。

[a0a0aful]

@motoronna

If he is professional guitarist, has he made his debut in Japan? He not only has almost perfect guitar technique, but also he is handsome :)　The good-looking is the important factor to succeed in Japan as show business, even if he is not flippant entertainer.

He should come to Japan to give his excellent performance. He may be able to win popularity there.

I would like to appreciate his guitar play live, too.

[motoronna]

@a0a0aful He's on his way to becoming professional and has a new CD coming out soon. You can contact him directly via his web site: w w w -dot- calumgraham -dot- com. Cheers!

[roffy89]

and the crowd didnt give him a standing ovation??? well i would of looked like a DICK if i was there!!!!!!!! amazing

[motoronna]

@roffy89 The crowd was actually fairly small. Remember that it's a competition where each of the twenty-two contestants plays two songs each, followed by each of the five semi-finalists playing another two each. It's really cool, but it's hard to get worked up about any particular contestant - and you wouldn't want to throw any of them off by getting too boisterous.

[americanFS]

passion brought me here

[tremoloheart]

@NotOrdinaryInGames ..exactly. you never see his thumb on the left hand because he has it on the back of the neck where it's supposed to be.

[tremoloheart]

From the angle that this video was recorded, note that you never see his thumb on the fretting hand, attesting to proper hand position. It allows for more fluidity. Also, I'd bet he has fewer injuries and aches and pains, in general, that many guitarists experience. Anyway, he's a very good musician.

[rdn123ify]

I love his hair ^.^

[bobbinman123]

Anyone have the tuning?

[NotOrdinaryInGames]

The only finalist who held the guitar properly.

[PipersGrip]

@rollerking360 As a musician, I make some weird faces, and I don't even realize it. People always tell me they enjoy watching my face, and I didn't know it until I saw a video of myself. Same with our guitarist, he makes the best faces, and he doesn't even realize he does.

[ALightForTheLost]

@rollerking360 If you had any musical sense, you would know that's passion. When someone puts their heart into music like this kid here, they lose themselves in the moment. It's not about "showing off". I can pretty much guarantee that he forgot that there was anyone else other than himself and his guitar. In the future, just appreciate the beauty of music before you complain about aesthetics. It makes you look ignorant.

[TheBleedingFace]

@rollerking360 Shut up. This is amazing.

[rollerking360]

what is with him making faces and moving his hand slowly when u strums it sorry its too much he just looks like hes trying to show off way to much just play the song dude