man, watching you grow from you popping up on my shorts page when i first started playing guitar to watching you branch out into different genres and even types of content was so awesome and inspiring for me to grow. not just as a guitarist, but as a musician. thank you for sharing mikey ❤
i think the best thing to have when learning an instrument is passion because without passion its hard to find the motivation to actually practice. passion drives you to practice, it makes you want to pick up the guitar and play, it gives you inspiration. its clear that you have a crazy amount of passion and i admire you for that bro
@@nikki11679that isn’t gonna make you good lol . Giving credit where credit is due is important. Anybody can be this good if you put in the effort , practice and have passion and discipline. That’s what separates some from most. Gotta have the burning desire. Remember “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” When you get home from a long day at work and don’t pick up your guitar , is it that you can’t or don’t want to? Ask yourself that
I've been playing 18 years. Time flies. I really made the most progress as a guitarist in those first 3-5 years. I'm no EVH but I'm comfortable with my skill level for a guy with severe arthritis. For anyone out there getting frustrated in the first year or so, keep at it. It'll pay off. But how Mikey is finding other live musicians to gig with is honestly beyond me, even at my age. I'm convinced drummers and bassists just don't exist in real life.
this kinda lit an ignition inside me again as to what it was like to play guitar for the first time. these days I haven't been picking up the guitar because I'm so caught up with everything else in my life, but I realized that I'm still the same kid who had decided to play the guitar and wanted to play for hours on end every single day that I could. and for that I want to pick up my guitar once more and try to finish the hard songs that I once wanted to complete in order to fulfill not just my self esteem, but for the kid that wanted to rock out the entire world. thank you mikey 💛
I think one of the interesting things I've learned over the years is that being good at anything means lots of sucking, repetition and more sucking. It's easy to see someone who's been at it for a few years and say "wow, they're amazing, I wish I could play like that!" What I've learned is you gotta be willing to put in a lot of time and putting small achievable goals to hit. I love playing guitar, it's a journey for sure, but no better feeling then trying to learn a riff or song, you're terrible at first and then you keep at it and then it clicks!
I started string bass in orchestra in 5th grade in 1985 .. got a guitar in 8th grade and have been playing. 36 years … you are sooooo good .. your progression is amazing .. I’m inspired to keep learning
Mikey, i want to thank you for bringing me another perspective to guitar. I'm most of the times stuck on playing the same licks and riffs, but your playing has changed me over the last few months. Learning from you, i now try to play other genres than my preferred ones, this has lead me to alter the way i see guitar.. You are a great inspiration of mine, thank you
think of it as hours spent on guitar than counting the years.. hendrix spent all his waking hours playing guitar and became a master in 4 years.. accounting of course for his military service..
I have been playing 40yrs and never officially learnt any scales i know zero theory learnt by ear and after a while the fret board just all links together and makes sense and you will be playing scales without actually knowing you are playing scales.
me genuinely tripping when he said “just play what you feel-you don’t have to learn scales if you don’t want to” this is a great video bro and also really inspiring for me to just keep going ❤
You’re truly a breath of fresh air and an inspiration to young aspiring guitarists and musicians!! Keep up the amazing work! Love and support from Greece ❤️
this video honestly made me a lot more confident and determined to get better at guitar. i’m the kinda person to kinda quit if i’m not automatically good at whatever i’m doing and i’ve been trying to change that recently. i started playing guitar around 2 months ago, so far i absolutely love it and it’s something i would love to pursue, but i get burnt out quickly bcuz of not making crazy progress immediately. seeing someone who, in my opinion, is absolutely amazing at guitar show how they were at the beginning and that you were once at a similar skill level as me made me way more confident, basically showed me that with time, i will get better :)
I’m over a year into playing and I feel like I can learn anything I want to now it’s just not having the time to do so is a huge problem for me.. but I will never stop playing.. I absolutely love it
Dude you gave me a lot of confidence about my playing, but I'm still in my comfort zone playing just for me. But this video make me mor comfortable to get out and play, and practice and everything. You became one of my guitar heros.
Just wanted to say man that fact that you started at 17 and are this good is insane. I started at that age too I’m 19 now and sometimes it can feel daunting or that I’m like behind the curve compared to all other my age who played guitar. So just want to say I find you really inspiring that you started at that age and not that good I guess it really really just is about practice.
glad this popped up on my recommended videos lol i just got an electric guitar and im diving straight into songs i wanna play with easy chords after a week of learning the absolute basics. hopefully i can have progression like this too
1:20 those long nights are so real. I can't even count the number of times that I played well past 2 am soloing to endless backing tracks. And the 7 hour day practices as well. My friends don't believe me when I tell them how long I've practiced before.
I started guitar about 9 months ago, and I’d say I’m getting pretty good, but this made me not wanna just play for hobby, I love blues and I’ll probably stick to blues/rock so thx for saying we don’t have to do what everyone is doing just do what you like and that’s that ❤
I played with a lot of dedication and now 4 months into guitar I played the guitar solo in my school band in our cultural festival and it went well and the crowd went wild
you are my guitar hero with the growing studies and my course i get less time but i still love my strat and wont let it go (its name is phoenix) i am self taught and now playing for more than an year now
That's kinda my issue,I've always had it as a hobby and what killed my desire to get really good I'd realizing no matter how good someone is there is always someone better and I'd hate to dedicate all my time to still be considered sub par to others
@@someone7068 the point about playing an instrument is not to be better than anyone, but the pleasure when you playing it... And how much you enjoy it...
Im 32 and just got my first proper guitar and a small amp. Im broke so dont ask how. I can do 6 hours+ no problemo. But my bout with anxiety and depression is really hard. Good thing im feeling so much better nowadays, i can whisk those feelings away on command. Thank the Lord for the healing and peace of mind he gives. I decided that i wanna play music. I left gaming for months now and now willing to accept that i suck! No more ego if i really want to play. Also you may not be the fastest player or the most knowledgeable when it comes to modes and scales but you can certainly play for real
Dude if I could choose the song of my life, it would be Lenny. My Dad would play it on a stereo when I was a baby to help me fall asleep and it worked every time, and playing it on guitar is even better.
My dude, we've been playing for about the same amount of time. I started playing in 2017 with the jailhouse rock boogie pattern and from there it kept on progressing. Then I took a break for a year or two (although I still played occasionally and learned a few new riffs but I wasn't playing everyday for sure) and I just started grinding again about a year and a half ago and now im better than I think I ever was. good luck to you bro and I hope you make it big one day.
I started electric only 6 months ago and you have inspired me to give it my best. also where's the gear collection vid? How important is music theory to you and learning players?
I had the same thing. It was weird, since the first three years i did not really do anything. Like the hardest songs i could play were jellybelly by the smashing pumpkins and my own summer by deftones. After 3 years, something suddenly clicked whereas before i liked the concept of guitar but dis not like putting in the work, now i needed to play guitar and began to experience withdrawl symptoms if i didn’t play guitar for long enough. I could play for an entire day with no breaks for a weekend without even stopping to eat. And i would love every second of it. Now of course sometimes i don’t want to play as much, but there are also times like those. And man, I made like so much progress. After three years: Could play single note riffs and power chords Did not know one chord or one scale Played like only easy metal like deftones Basically no progress, just screwing around Knew nothing about music theory After 3 months with my newfound obsession: Venturing into jazz chords and weird chords, tritones, all that jazz Still was a metalhead Knows a lot about music theory Can sing and play at the same time Can play jack johnsons “Constellations” Can play classical guitar songs like “Capricjo arabe” Basically could just play anything pretty well, an all rounder I found all guitar fascinating and wanted to explore all of it, and so I did not focus on speciallizing. Just remember, if you want it enough, work and all, you can do it, and I am a prime example ( i do find it important to note that I was a music lover since out of the womb, my literal first word was guitar no joke. I had played like a bit of piano and drums beforehand but no instrument stuck with me. I can now play various percussion instruments including drums, bass, piano, and most of all guitar)
Lmao I was the opposite. I swore against single coil pickups and now, I really love playing my strat a lot more. Played a lot of metal and I can say, it's a lil easier than playing blues type Jimi chords. I want a happy medium between a strat and les paul but I like having both options separately.
Been obsessed with guitar… Played for 3-6 hours every day for like 3 weeks until my wrist started hurting. Sadly im on a break rn it sucks so bad i just want to play and improve maaan
holy shit youve played at crossroads??? ive been there to see JM and Tigers jaw couple times. thats crazy im that comment thats been to that bar in the video sick
Tbh polyphia is the reason i bought a guitar, i always wanted to play as a kid my cousin played guitar but now I'm an adult and when i listened to polyphia for the first time i decided to buy one for Christmas 2023, I'm still very early on but it's really fun i mainly got it to ease my brain away from my main hobby and because i aspire to one day make something that sounds cool 🤷♂
This was fun!!! Would recommend checking out Seasons End by Weapons has great riffs and Daisy Chain's album Oh my, Satan. Thanks for the recommendation RUclips.
Honestly, all I’ve wanted to play were my own variants of songs on fingerstyle, but I had been convinced by myself and others that it was just a dream. But now, fuck it. I’m gonna play and practice the incredibly difficult and “impossible”, transcriptions and songs like how my heroes Tommy Emmanuel, and Sungha Jung played. I’ve spent over 10 years noodling and I know I can actually finish a song by ear! I think Last Train Home is a good start, then maybe MJ or Ween.
man, watching you grow from you popping up on my shorts page when i first started playing guitar to watching you branch out into different genres and even types of content was so awesome and inspiring for me to grow. not just as a guitarist, but as a musician. thank you for sharing mikey ❤
what song in 2:44 ?
i think the best thing to have when learning an instrument is passion because without passion its hard to find the motivation to actually practice. passion drives you to practice, it makes you want to pick up the guitar and play, it gives you inspiration. its clear that you have a crazy amount of passion and i admire you for that bro
I think tbe best thing is to have Joe piscopo as your dad
@@nikki11679 I didn't even notice the channel name damn 😅
@@nikki11679that isn’t gonna make you good lol . Giving credit where credit is due is important. Anybody can be this good if you put in the effort , practice and have passion and discipline. That’s what separates some from most. Gotta have the burning desire. Remember “hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” When you get home from a long day at work and don’t pick up your guitar , is it that you can’t or don’t want to? Ask yourself that
Exaclty
I've been playing 18 years. Time flies. I really made the most progress as a guitarist in those first 3-5 years. I'm no EVH but I'm comfortable with my skill level for a guy with severe arthritis. For anyone out there getting frustrated in the first year or so, keep at it. It'll pay off.
But how Mikey is finding other live musicians to gig with is honestly beyond me, even at my age. I'm convinced drummers and bassists just don't exist in real life.
this kinda lit an ignition inside me again as to what it was like to play guitar for the first time. these days I haven't been picking up the guitar because I'm so caught up with everything else in my life, but I realized that I'm still the same kid who had decided to play the guitar and wanted to play for hours on end every single day that I could. and for that I want to pick up my guitar once more and try to finish the hard songs that I once wanted to complete in order to fulfill not just my self esteem, but for the kid that wanted to rock out the entire world. thank you mikey 💛
Do it brother. Find a weekend every once in a while
I think one of the interesting things I've learned over the years is that being good at anything means lots of sucking, repetition and more sucking. It's easy to see someone who's been at it for a few years and say "wow, they're amazing, I wish I could play like that!" What I've learned is you gotta be willing to put in a lot of time and putting small achievable goals to hit. I love playing guitar, it's a journey for sure, but no better feeling then trying to learn a riff or song, you're terrible at first and then you keep at it and then it clicks!
I started string bass in orchestra in 5th grade in 1985 .. got a guitar in 8th grade and have been playing. 36 years … you are sooooo good .. your progression is amazing .. I’m inspired to keep learning
Mikey, i want to thank you for bringing me another perspective to guitar. I'm most of the times stuck on playing the same licks and riffs, but your playing has changed me over the last few months. Learning from you, i now try to play other genres than my preferred ones, this has lead me to alter the way i see guitar..
You are a great inspiration of mine, thank you
This is a cool look back at your progress! Keep at it, and thanks for inspiring people!
I'm around 4 months into learning guitar and this was really motivational to keep practicing. Thanks
The fact that you could do this with your dad is nice. Some can't get that. God Bless you bud.
great job man took years of practice and it shows - obsession is an understatement. keep it up bro
I love your videos man this was an amazing journey for you and you come a long way thanks for sharing.
I've been playing for 5 years, and I still don't know any scales. It gives me inspiration to see you learn them in less than 2 years
think of it as hours spent on guitar than counting the years.. hendrix spent all his waking hours playing guitar and became a master in 4 years.. accounting of course for his military service..
I have been playing 40yrs and never officially learnt any scales i know zero theory
learnt by ear and after a while the fret board just all links together and makes sense
and you will be playing scales without actually knowing you are playing scales.
@@bobdillon1138 anything u recommend to practice to be mastered in playing by ear?
me genuinely tripping when he said “just play what you feel-you don’t have to learn scales if you don’t want to”
this is a great video bro and also really inspiring for me to just keep going ❤
its not called practicing, its called enjoying playing some dope stuff
It’s called practicing
No it’s called practicing
@@ULT_P3GGY that’s what I said dingus
@@xx_pcgamer_xx6866 He didnt refer to you but to the comment above you dinglenut
@@mrdestruktiv I know. I said it first and he didn’t need to say the exact same thing again dingus
BRO U ARE MY IDOL LOLLLL
The prom proposal was pretty cool
You’re truly a breath of fresh air and an inspiration to young aspiring guitarists and musicians!! Keep up the amazing work! Love and support from Greece ❤️
Ok dude, that was really inspiring to me. Great work!!
this video honestly made me a lot more confident and determined to get better at guitar. i’m the kinda person to kinda quit if i’m not automatically good at whatever i’m doing and i’ve been trying to change that recently. i started playing guitar around 2 months ago, so far i absolutely love it and it’s something i would love to pursue, but i get burnt out quickly bcuz of not making crazy progress immediately. seeing someone who, in my opinion, is absolutely amazing at guitar show how they were at the beginning and that you were once at a similar skill level as me made me way more confident, basically showed me that with time, i will get better :)
Same
Wish I had someone to teach me every day. You’re so lucky
I was blown away to hear sum cky coming from ya holy shit take me back to when I was 14 skateboarding again bro your fucking awesome on guitar
I’m over a year into playing and I feel like I can learn anything I want to now it’s just not having the time to do so is a huge problem for me.. but I will never stop playing.. I absolutely love it
Mate you are slaying it ! Covid was actually pretty well timed for your guitar progress
Amazing to watch your progress, great video and dedication
Thanks Mikey this just gave me more motivation to keep on practicing, this video was amazing
Dude you gave me a lot of confidence about my playing, but I'm still in my comfort zone playing just for me. But this video make me mor comfortable to get out and play, and practice and everything. You became one of my guitar heros.
Just wanted to say man that fact that you started at 17 and are this good is insane. I started at that age too I’m 19 now and sometimes it can feel daunting or that I’m like behind the curve compared to all other my age who played guitar. So just want to say I find you really inspiring that you started at that age and not that good I guess it really really just is about practice.
i think this is the best video ive watched in my whole life
glad this popped up on my recommended videos lol i just got an electric guitar and im diving straight into songs i wanna play with easy chords after a week of learning the absolute basics. hopefully i can have progression like this too
1:20 those long nights are so real. I can't even count the number of times that I played well past 2 am soloing to endless backing tracks. And the 7 hour day practices as well. My friends don't believe me when I tell them how long I've practiced before.
exactly like a lot of people dont really understand the amount of time that goes into it
This might sound dumb, but do you know what song that is, I can’t seem to find it and I wanna learn that part he’s playing
@@noahball12 foxey lady i think
Thx for inspiring me to don’t quit and keep learning because of you I kept playing and learning the solo of in bloom
Awesome video man, thanks for sharing. love it!
I started guitar about 9 months ago, and I’d say I’m getting pretty good, but this made me not wanna just play for hobby, I love blues and I’ll probably stick to blues/rock so thx for saying we don’t have to do what everyone is doing just do what you like and that’s that ❤
Great stuff dude and your dads a legend
doing all that in such a short time is crazy
Very inspiring journey. Thanks for sharing it with us.
7:50 2018 was an edgy year. i felt that
Nice! I like it! That's progress right there!
One of the best vídeos of yt, I hope that some day I can play like you bro.
Even through the years he still has a sick room
I played with a lot of dedication and now 4 months into guitar I played the guitar solo in my school band in our cultural festival and it went well and the crowd went wild
you are my guitar hero with the growing studies and my course i get less time but i still love my strat and wont let it go (its name is phoenix) i am self taught and now playing for more than an year now
Whats your best advice for someone losing confidence in learning?
Just play it, don't think about it
That's kinda my issue,I've always had it as a hobby and what killed my desire to get really good I'd realizing no matter how good someone is there is always someone better and I'd hate to dedicate all my time to still be considered sub par to others
@@someone7068 the point about playing an instrument is not to be better than anyone, but the pleasure when you playing it... And how much you enjoy it...
@@someone7068 listen to what the other guy told you because what he said is true
enjoy what you play, practice, find inspiration that makes u wanna play
Loved the video. Really opened my eyes to practice with ups and downs
This video actually inspired me to try to play different genres than my usual music taste (especcially the time when you tried out polyphia)
Im 32 and just got my first proper guitar and a small amp.
Im broke so dont ask how.
I can do 6 hours+ no problemo.
But my bout with anxiety and depression is really hard. Good thing im feeling so much better nowadays, i can whisk those feelings away on command.
Thank the Lord for the healing and peace of mind he gives.
I decided that i wanna play music. I left gaming for months now and now willing to accept that i suck!
No more ego if i really want to play.
Also you may not be the fastest player or the most knowledgeable when it comes to modes and scales but you can certainly play for real
Playing the guitar is a lifelong journey, and everyone's is different.
Whats that song in the backround at 0:13 and 0:19 0:21
Idk if this is a dumb question or not but what was your method of practice like what were you doing to progress and learn so well 😭😭
Just practicing a bunch of stuff like songs and finger placement and improving in areas that you're lacking in and you're guaranteed to progress
This was an awesome video. Thanks so much
Wow Mikey, you're a real rock star
Love the progression. Glad you got the prom date!
Any videos on how to practice? Looking around for a good practice routine for beginners
Dude if I could choose the song of my life, it would be Lenny. My Dad would play it on a stereo when I was a baby to help me fall asleep and it worked every time, and playing it on guitar is even better.
bro youre one of my inspirations
1:38 the blurred feet lmao
My dude, we've been playing for about the same amount of time. I started playing in 2017 with the jailhouse rock boogie pattern and from there it kept on progressing. Then I took a break for a year or two (although I still played occasionally and learned a few new riffs but I wasn't playing everyday for sure) and I just started grinding again about a year and a half ago and now im better than I think I ever was. good luck to you bro and I hope you make it big one day.
so sick that you started so recently mate
İ wanna be like this guy someday
Sweeet progress ❤💯
I started electric only 6 months ago and you have inspired me to give it my best. also where's the gear collection vid? How important is music theory to you and learning players?
i’m glad i recorded myself as a beginner and even now to see how far i became
Can we have the full video of 1:44 plsss?
I had the same thing. It was weird, since the first three years i did not really do anything. Like the hardest songs i could play were jellybelly by the smashing pumpkins and my
own summer by deftones. After 3 years, something suddenly clicked whereas before i liked the concept of guitar but dis not like putting in the work, now i needed to play guitar and began to experience withdrawl symptoms if i didn’t play guitar for long enough. I could play for an entire day with no breaks for a weekend without even stopping to eat. And i would love every second of it. Now of course sometimes i don’t want to play as much, but there are also times like those. And man, I made like so much progress.
After three years:
Could play single note riffs and power chords
Did not know one chord or one scale
Played like only easy metal like deftones
Basically no progress, just screwing around
Knew nothing about music theory
After 3 months with my newfound obsession:
Venturing into jazz chords and weird chords, tritones, all that jazz
Still was a metalhead
Knows a lot about music theory
Can sing and play at the same time
Can play jack johnsons “Constellations”
Can play classical guitar songs like “Capricjo arabe”
Basically could just play anything pretty well, an all rounder I found all guitar fascinating and wanted to explore all of it, and so I did not focus on speciallizing. Just remember, if you want it enough, work and all, you can do it, and I am a prime example
( i do find it important to note that I was a music lover since out of the womb, my literal first word was guitar no joke. I had played like a bit of piano and drums beforehand but no instrument stuck with me. I can now play various percussion instruments including drums, bass, piano, and most of all guitar)
hi mikey, im a huge fan, i have a question, whats the song in 2:50, loved that solo intro, thanks
I never realized that band mate walk off vid was you lol
dude kept learning new things. Aah, that feels familiar.
Lmao I was the opposite. I swore against single coil pickups and now, I really love playing my strat a lot more. Played a lot of metal and I can say, it's a lil easier than playing blues type Jimi chords. I want a happy medium between a strat and les paul but I like having both options separately.
Been obsessed with guitar… Played for 3-6 hours every day for like 3 weeks until my wrist started hurting.
Sadly im on a break rn it sucks so bad i just want to play and improve maaan
I miss having this passion
holy shit youve played at crossroads??? ive been there to see JM and Tigers jaw couple times. thats crazy im that comment thats been to that bar in the video sick
Tbh polyphia is the reason i bought a guitar, i always wanted to play as a kid my cousin played guitar but now I'm an adult and when i listened to polyphia for the first time i decided to buy one for Christmas 2023, I'm still very early on but it's really fun i mainly got it to ease my brain away from my main hobby and because i aspire to one day make something that sounds cool 🤷♂
WE LOVE CATHRINE 3:46
Brilliant ❤
whats the solo at 8:18 ??
I taught myself the Guitar in 4 years. I would have learned it faster but i couldn’t practice everyday, had to Work🥺.
Thats crazy ! :) My first amp was a little gorilla like that 1992;)
my progression sounded like cries (i cried because i thought i never get better)
Finally going to give you a sub because I made an account finally thanks for all you man!
Ayyy long form video let's go
what is he playing at 8:30 its a walking bass jazz thingy
I remember when your dad was into just working out
I love playing Lenny
song at 1:18??
This was fun!!! Would recommend checking out Seasons End by Weapons has great riffs and Daisy Chain's album Oh my, Satan. Thanks for the recommendation RUclips.
Songs that you play in this video?
So much good progress.. but still has not found the Telecaster 😮😅
nice!
dude, you're my favourite guitarist on RUclips
Honestly, all I’ve wanted to play were my own variants of songs on fingerstyle, but I had been convinced by myself and others that it was just a dream. But now, fuck it. I’m gonna play and practice the incredibly difficult and “impossible”, transcriptions and songs like how my heroes Tommy Emmanuel, and Sungha Jung played. I’ve spent over 10 years noodling and I know I can actually finish a song by ear! I think Last Train Home is a good start, then maybe MJ or Ween.
What is the name of the group you were in? I wanna listen to that album
7:51 Smoke?
I’ve obsessed so much that I got a wrist cyst and now I have to wait weeks to remove it and can’t play 😭
How old is he?
Idk 🤷
@@melodic1941thanks
Idk 🤷
I’d say at least 6
@@BeejaBujuidk man i think he’s at least .5
Why did you initially swear off humbuckers?
How do you play what feels inside
1:19 what's the song name?
Hey I play since 1 month can you tell me what to learn cause the internet is really messy
The fact so many talk about his feet is exactly why he censored them 😂
are you self taught? i'm willing to put in the hardwork but i'm not really sure where to start and stuff