This guy is unbelievable. I seriously doubt that there are a dozen guitar players in the world that could play a guitar as well as this guy. WOW!



Gary

Gary. I agree...I list to him regularly on YouTube.
It makes one want to learn Guitar !!!

He is fantastic. I love his playing. What a pleasure to listen and watch him play.

At one time in my musical career I thought I was a fairly good guitar player, but my fingers never, ever moved so fast and accurately as this guy. WOW!

Gary

funny he only has one video 2 yrs ago?

That was great.
Thanks
Eric

Impressive and memorable. Its a shame a talent like this must resort to street busking... but it is what it is. I loved watching the faces and reactions of the passers-by. Some appear to be frozen in time... and, if this guy happened to be a fisherman, he landed more than a few big ones!

Thanks for sharing. ----Dave

Interesting to see such talent go completely unnoticed by so many people passing by. I get it, everyone is in a hurry trying to get to work and shop.....

I heard that not too long ago the highly acclaimed violinist Joshua Labelle played in a subway in disguise as sort of a social experiment. Many people ( who probably pay good money to see him) hardly noticed him playing.

Like my dad always told me ....
"If you stay home what do you get"? while he would show me the ZERO sign with his fingers ....the idea is to be seen and your exposure to the masses with your music & talent, give out business cards, networking, improve your act, etc,...odds are in your favor if you have the goods & a bit of luck...you just never know who will see you...and that goes for any gig. But one thing is FOR SURE sitting in you living room is Guaranteed to get you alot less.

I stood and listened to Kevin by Fisherman's Wharf for an hour or more, an hour well spent. Snagged a couple of his CD's as well.

Too bad Im 3000 miles away ..I would love to watch him perform....
what is he doing these days still busking?..as these videos are a bit older?..

Like my dad always told me ....
"If you stay home what do you get"? while he would show me the ZERO sign with his fingers ....the idea is to be seen and your exposure to the masses with your music & talent, give out business cards, networking, improve your act, etc,...odds are in your favor if you have the goods & a bit of luck...you just never know who will see you...and that goes for any gig. But one thing is FOR SURE sitting in you living room is Guaranteed to get you alot less. [/quote]


I agree with your dad but sometimes I will turn down request's to play for free. I have to figure if the time involved, set up and tear down,
and the enjoyment factor are worth it. While I have never busked, those that do and do it well definitely have my respect. I think it's good why to hone in your craft for sure.

Miguel Montalban ϟ Sixty Sixty Sounds ϟ Interview & Live.

This interview gives you a better insight to Miguel, he's getting plenty of good paid work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4avV1BzHUX0

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Luv this guy's act!
Saw him many times in NYC

The guitar player is good. There are at least 10 players in every major city in the US as good or better.

He's a speed demon...lots of octaves and triple notes. Not many changes. That's the other half. He may well know and be excellent at that part of playing guitar, too, but this material, while among my favorites, is not that challenging, structurally. It's kind of like Kieth Urban and Brad Paisley. Keith plays lots of notes, but is more of a "blues changes" (read three chords) than anything more challenging.Brad knows changes. Mark Knoffler knows both, as does Rory Hoffman.

John Mayer, Vince Gill,..Tommy Emanuel...even our own Rory Hoffman are a full step above this player. Part of that's because he's young and still learning. Lots of notes are easy. Complex structure is another matter.

Very talented and pleasant to hear, but certainly not in the top 0 players in the world. He IS, HOWEVER, well on his way.

Russ

Oh, I'm not in the area Donny, I'm 1400 miles away myself. I was down there at a conference with my daughter about five years ago. Don't know what he's doing these days. I would think he's working solid somewhere.