Booo, we want Patrick Bateman.

Up for Germaine Williams (fadi)

Fuck this emo teh ghey

You should click on his profile on youtube, he's got about 8 other videos.... Kids a fucking genius when it comes to covering songs. He's dope cuz he learns how to play songs that haven't even been tabbed yet, then he'll play whole chamber music, 2/3 guitars in one with hybrid picking.

Watch this if you like music that evokes emotion:



beautiful....



This dude is surreal.

This guys is fucking RAW!!! I'll make a full type of review when I' sober though, I' kinda fucked now haha...BTW, I got friends visiting in March...bitches actually, I'ma have them hit you up when they get into Miami Son1

guy is pretty sick... but in all seriousness, I've jammed with kids who can play just like this, if not similar. I love the style though

Dude.... its not that simple... You have to be familiar with what he's covering then see HOW he covered it, its the reason why most of the shit he covers has no tabs out on the net. He listens to the song, plays whole chamer music, makes the song his own etc..

Like the cover he does for Explosions in the Sky- Your hand in mine, he plays multiple guitars in one. His hybrid picking is impeccable.

check out this:



now GIHM's cover:



Aside from playing 2 guitars in one, what else does he do?

I love dudes innovation, he takes the song and makes it his own, at times i feel as though his version is better than the original.

I'll check 'em out in a bit

It's not bad. But there is alot better out there.

I've jammed with guys who can play like this, too. And play shit by ear, no matter if its guitar, piano, or whatever.

And if you're wondering who falls into the "better" category.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU -- Wait for it to kick in at 40 seconds.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nmE3QaGetn4

Andy McKee is a true guitar genius. Shit ain't covers, either.

This one is:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1fB62cGbo

Cover of "Toto - Africa"

Sorry it ain't emo.

Another dope acoustic guitarist

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wDFP_MbvyGc&...feature=channel

I know I posted this one like two years ago.
Shit is insane.

I think I had an acoustic guitar thread or something back when I used to fuck with an acoustic guitar.
Maybe it was a different site.



Anyway the shit Prox posted is mad teh emo ghey!!!111


With notable exceptions, if your name doesn't start with Bob and end with Dylan fuck the acoustic guitar.

The shit he covers is not even Emo bers, 1. you're saying that joking around, or 2. you don't know shit about music outside of your metal genre that you're obsessed with.

The song "girls' that GIHM covers is by a jap multimedia/artist/pianist and here's the original:




Wuts also funny is that the shit he covers are stuff like Explosions In The SKy/GOdspeed YOu black Emperor and others from that field of music, and guess who is a fan of Explosions in The SKy? A.J motherfucking Minette from HUMAN ABSTRACT lol All your metal core thrash black death metal musicians are more than likely fans of these bands that you misconstrue as "emo".

I've seen this years ago cuz almost everyone i know always reverts to showing me these clips when we talk of guitar. Technically he's awesome, but his songs don't captivate me as GIHM's covers do because they lack profound soul sounding feel that gets at you and strikes a hearts chord.

If you wanna compare guitarist like Andy Mckee then you should watch these:

Tommy Emmanuel









See, watching stuff like this is more enjoyable for witnessing showmanship and dexeterity/technicallity/complexity

Or watch Paco De Lucia




What GIHM does is that he categorically covers songs from an array of music that is the most touching and makes it his own. You guys have probably never heard the originals cuz most of you don't even know who Mum, Explosions in the sky, Godspeed you black emperor, or takagi masakatsu much less heard their music.

And trust me, when it comes to acoustic guitar, 99 outta 100 times you will not post something from youtube or video that i haven't seen. For every 1 video you show me, i can top it with 5.

I love Paco, Tommy Emmanuel, Chet atkins and the like but i'm not COMPARING THEM to GIHM nor vice versa. Its totally different.

^ Fair enough.

I'm down with a lot of mellow shit myself. And while Andy is, like you said; technically dope, I too prefer something with a bit more soul.

Again.. This GIHM guy IS good at what he covers, but I'm just saying, most guitarist's who have been playing for a few years can play like that.


My buddy when we were driving from Canada to San Fran would sit in the back with his guitar, a song would come on the radio, and he'd mess about for a minute, figure out how to play it, then jam along with the rest of the song. It's just something you pick up - I can do it on piano, too. I think it's just a universal thing.


Point is.. Saying this guy is a genius or what have you, isn't really a big deal. ALOT of people can do it, doesn't make them a genius though.



While we're on the Guitar ish. Check out Raul Midon. He's completely Blind, plays fingerstyle like a mofo and sings some jazzy shit. Very dope.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=BTv24sSNXHc

SMH @ calling GSYBE and EIS "Emo".

Not surprising coming from 2 Pukes.

^ Shut up, you fake-watch-wearing-wanna-be.

I don't want to come off as argumentative, stubborn or arrogant, but dude, if your friends are that good tell them to do a song and put it on youtube cuz i wanna see. The reason i'm so skeptic of your claims is because I play guitar and usually browse Guitar Tab forums looking for music, and not just rock music either, it can be philip glass or something, but usually the songs i want tabs they don't have any for it and most of the time you'll hear many many guitarist say "maybe that guy gihm from youtube knows how to play it" the reason is cuz most of the songs are complex, layered, etc, i.e. the songs are like trying to take an entire nuances of orchestra and play it all on one guitar. I can hear a song and play singular noted melodies mixed with chords, but this guy covers and play bass, melody and harmony all by himself at the same time and makes it sound unison. I've put on his music and had these musician kids ask me what band this is and i say its just one dude covering a band and they're like "one guy?!? sounds like 2 or 3 guitars playing".

I guess the only way you'd understand is if you actually heard the original songs first so you could appreciate what this guy is doing. Its not as simple as sitting there listening to the radio figuring out the rhythm and melody within a couple of seconds and jamming, thats just undermining.

Example. The song BBF3 is by Godspeed you Black emperor, its an orchestrated song with multiple instruments thats 30 mintues long and this kid concisely compresses the song all in 5 minutes as one:



If you type in The song BBF3 is by Godspeed you Black emperor on google for tabs you'll see that NO ONE has tabbed or figured out the song and almost all comments say shit like





so... excuse me Karaz if i take your post with a grain of salt.

Corny. And Homo.

/Epic Fail

@ writing /Epic Fail like shits cool

You need to stop playing video games and step outside homie.

Funnily enough, all my homies who can play guitar like this are now over in Canada, and I'm back in Aus' right now for Christmas. Not trying to get out of posting a video or anything, but uh, be kind of hard to get over there right now lol.

I understand and respect what you are saying - But that last song you posted looked simple even to me, and I played maybe 6 months of guitar back in the day, so I'm not anywhere even near 'good'. Sure, the picking mixed with strumming is cool and all and I can understand if your new to it, could be hard. But I've seen loads of guys play like that and play stuff that sounds alot more complex. There is a huge music base here in Australia though, and they're all pretty innovative, so maybe I just grew up with it and it takes a bit more to wow me. Or maybe it's like you said, I have to hear the original songs and what-not.

Next time I am at a folk show or something I'll whip out the Mobile phone and be sure to video you some stuff, though.

And in saying all this, I'm not saying this guy is bad, like I said before - I'm just saying there are alot of people who can play like this, and you shouldn't be chalking up how he plays as some unreachable goal - 'Cause give it a year or two with playing, and you'll be as good.

Kariz it's good to see how you changed your whole style tryna swagger-jack the BOWSS tip. Only thing is, your wanna-be biting ass still failing Hard...it's like tryna fuck somebody's homegirl, only when you walk into his bedroom you find Duke drilling yo moms with his boxers stuffed in her mouth and a paper bag covering the rest of her face...you look in horror as she yells at your for being a total fuckup, then she proceeds how she's getting it raw and than your next sibling would be an accident just like you were. Your moms Karizmatik, she just got fucked. That's what I'm doing, I'm fucking yo moms as you watch.

Now back to the point of this thread. No more hijacking.

^ See now your just embarrassing yourself, dude.

What I done told you about smack talk? Your no good at it. Your like that fat kid in school who got picked on too damn much, then tried coming up with long humor-less rants that just make you look even more pathetic than I'm sure you really are.

But, I digress... Stop embarrassing yourself. Take it on the chin like a man and move the fuck on, no one is finna read that shit.

YAWN

Better luck next time Kid. You got your failure of an attempt at coming back, now stay on point with this thread.

Kariz, in all sincerity, view this video (original Rachel Water from the same source)



Watch it entirely from beginning to end, digest it, which shouldn't be hard because the song is beautiful. AFter you do this, view the first vid i posted in this thread.

Let me know when you do this, please.

Rachel Water clip is very dope. Gorgeous, strings piano and guitar are perfect. I don't know why, but I feel like I have heard that composition somewhere else before. Is it fairly known?

To me, the re-make this guy did actually doesn't do it justice. Sure, he is re-creating the over-all "Sound" with clever picking and chords. But it just doesn't match up to me.

Sorry. Call me an idiot or whatever.. But that original recording is amazing. What he is doing is clever, but it doesn't match up to the original, and 'technically' isn't that astonishing.

how many instruments did gihm incorporate into one guitar?

I agree with you entirely proximo. I've seen some of your comments on gihm's videos. Honestly, kariz doesn't get it. First he compared gihm to andy mckee and other virtuousos- but as we all know by now, gihm is in an entirely different category. Secondly, he compared gihm's covering ability to the ability to cover a song on a radio. Any song played on the radio is generally based upon the vocals or guitar, and does not contain the vast instrumentation that gihm is able to cover.

Gihm is an entirely different type of guitarist. Although he does covers, he is insanely creative! He takes a post rock song from the likes of mum or godspeed! and plays an entirely new version with several of the melody instruments. He often times alternate tunes his guitar into his own tunings (like in BBF3, where the high E is tuned up several steps), and makes completely new chords that MATCH the melody/melodies of the original song. The chording he uses in many of his covers is very impressive, considering the fact that they're primarily in alternate tunings.

Okay, hi all. I registered to this forum just now to share my thoughts

Pr0x1mo i swear to GOD you were being an ass to me on youtube a few months ago, but hey! xD

I respect everybody's thoughts here but i believe some of you just don't understand what he's getting at.

Just because you have lots of skill in a guitar technique and can play very complex music does NOT mean it can be the best music to listen to. I do appreciate the high skill levels of those guitarists but i enjoy gihm's style more.

I do enjoy listening to the such of Andy McKee but they just don't do it for me; Their music just doesn't seem to have enough character, it all seems so perfect.

In GIHM's case - The guy has skill! Yeah sure mabye its not WOAZERS OMG L33T skill, but he has the skill to capture (great) songs, transform them into his own 'genre' and give them enough atmosphere to give you the pleasure of hearing his interpretation while the original song still shines through at its best.

I've seen so many different covers of so many songs on youtube - but rarely of such orchestral and instrumental artists such as GSYBE. GIHM always seems to be the one to pull his finger out and create such amazing atmospheric covers. I have discovered many new artists which i have found through this guy and enjoy both versions of the song.

But there can be no 'better' version as they both have completely different feels to them. This is what i like about this guy - how he can change a song completely, but keep it the same at heart, so when you listen to the original again.. You can still enjoy it.

It's not the skills which you have that matter, but it's how you use them.

I just feel i had to say this.. And i am gonna go to bed.

Oh and btw - stop arguing, geez..

Yeah, dude changes the tuning on his guitar so that he can whole chamber music. I remember in that video some kid said that gihm's guitar sounded outta tune

Just saw that video yesterday too.... I was being an ass to you where? on youtube or another forum?

How did you 2 even find this forum to begin with? Cuz the only way i found this thread on google was by putting "pr0x1mo" and "gihm" together, and this is the first thing that popped up, so unless you guys were specifically searching me (doesn't surprise me), its kinda weird.

Triple post ftw!


Ya, on youtube, (mrpeeman101).
Surprisingly no, i didn't search you ~_~. I searched "gihm artist" in google, ha.

Yeah its a good video - one of my faves, along with owen never meant.. I hate the tuning for that song..

Lol @ "I remember in that video some kid said that gihm's guitar sounded outta tune"

Yo, why did gihm set his new video to private?

I dunno BUT I DOWNLOADED IT BEFOREHAND MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

did you dl the video or only as mp3?