Michael Hedges Guitar Seminar Part 1

A really shaky quality video of Michael Hedges in 1991 giving college seminar in Pittsburg. Pingpong balls and Ragamuffin performance. See http://www.nomadland.com/ for information on Hedges and a fund for his children.

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Music

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• Michael
• Hedges
• Guitar
• Seminar
• 1991
• Pittsburg

[laservius]

Did anybody else catch this? He was writing on the board with his left hand! Was he ambidextrous?

[type3secretion]

@laservius I think he was left handed actually, played guitar right, which gives some insight into his amazing left-handed techinques!

[zacharyallen23]

Thanks for posting this. I wish more material was available. Surely there is a backlog of stuff (recordings, video etc..) that could be marketed. I wonder what the hold up is?

[type3secretion]

those running the estate (not his children yet) have been either uninterested or conflicted (in several possible ways)

[K9Thundr1]

Imho, these students just don't get it. MH is telling them to forget what they know but they wrangle him into talking about what note come after what and how he trims his nails. Watch him play Aerial Boundaries. You get the sense that the guitar's geometry, not just it's tuning but it's physical shape, defines his compositions and that the guitar plays him as much as he plays the guitar. He communes with it, That's the joy. He wants you to develop your own relationship with your instrument.

[metaloldman]

I can not thank you enough for posting this video. I had the chance to see Michael play live back in the day. What a loss.

[marko228]

By all accounts- he was a 'Lefty' that played guitar right-handed

[iowaozone]

Anyone notice he wrote on the chalk board with his left hand and plays right handed? Hmmm.

[musicalcoffeedreams]

Guitar has been through many phases in a short time.

And throughout it there have been players that have been credited with the turning tides, and taking to the next level for the world to feed off and expand as it will.

I fear time will almost forget Michael Hedges amidst the McKees and Mayers in the realm of acoustic guitar. Whoever controls his estate should really consider re-releasing some material . . "Artist Profile" and such . . I'll be first in line to buy a copy and share the joy.

[1NewUser4Me]

so where can I get a VHS copy? I've got a nice usb transfer program i can make real nice copies....

[catamaranman333]

Beautiful!

[JackRoarkk]

where is the original of this?!? jeez!

[horacrux]

i love how he is tunning with his right and writing on the board with his left.He could not shut off. i saw him 2x in boston and it was some of the greatest playing/emotional stuff i have ever seen

[horacrux]

thumbs up anything micheal did.He is/was 1 of the true artists of our generation.Like jimi and lenon he pushed himself to the extreme and loved everyone else around him