Badass song! Also, where to start?

[Khaerruhl]

Not sure if this is the right place for this kind of thing, but I just found this song, thought it was a pretty damn good tune!

Mike Dawes - Boogie Slam (2013) Solo Acoustic Guitar - YouTube


Also, I wonder... How does one start with that kind of playing? No real experience with an acoustic, just the electric.

 

[Handbanana]

Pretty sweet. Dudes uber talented.

 

[Khaerruhl]

Indeed! Looked up his website hoping to see atleast what kind of tuning he has, some kind of open tuning starting with an A#? Im lost. Doesn't say on the site and I normally don't listen to this kind of music.

Noticed that he's been playing since he was like 4 or something too. That's dedication for ya.

 

[Hyacinth]

A lot of the folky finger style guys use open tunings. Just listen for the lowest note he hits and he's probably tuned to that note's open chord.

 

[Nile]

Good things to know to start playing is slap guitar/bass and good muting. Not to mention tapping. Not the uber fast tapping but hitting harmonics and such here and there.

 

[Xardoniak]

thats awesome!

 

[powerball13]

His record label 'candyrat records" has A LOT of fingerstyle artists. The biggest names in my book are Andy McKee and Antoine Dufour, but there are many new guys on the scene. There are actually tabs available at their website. I have picked up a lot of techniques over the years just learning different songs by these guys. Lots of time spend re-watching the videos and looking over the tabs.

Here is one of my newest tunes. Has some cool double hand tapping at the end