An America's Got Talent PRODIGY?

Ok ... so this kid goes on American Got Talent and everyone freaks out. But is he any good??? I harbor no opinions about American Idol or this guitarist or anything, so I will give you the straight, objective, 100% correct opinion. Spoiler alert ... the kid's good. PS: I refer to it as American Idol in the video, please forgive me, SImon!
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[@elzbietakucharuk2335]

Marcin was a guest in Royal Albert Hall this year

[@luislabbe315]

The crowd went nuts

[@lmcphee1]

Oh, and as another comment, personally I think Marcin’s AGT performances are the worst place to start with him. The show put so many restraints on what he was allowed to play and so many time constraints on his performances he was very limited in what he could do. He said on Patreon they wouldn’t let him play any of his originals (although singers on the show are allowed to do that all the time), and rejected 10 out of the 12 things he submitted that he wanted to play. He basically had to scramble around and come up with new arrangements for every show. And even though he made it to the semifinals, AGT is a mainstream pop show and really had no idea what to do with someone who plays complex classical arrangements, among other things. I get that this is the first time you’ve seen him, but the comment at the end that he needs more practice is kind of funny. I suggest you watch some of his official videos and see if you still feel that way. Marcin is a phenomenally gifted musician, composer and producer, and is already widely considered to be a world class performer.

[@toooldtodie]

Thank you for discovering the secrets of AGT. This is nothing but discrimination against people who do not have cancer, are not terminally sick or have not quit drugs and have been abstinent for a week, but they are incredibly talented.

[@LordDTwigo]

Well to be fair AGT is a popularity contest once you make it to the quarter finals. Marcin was by far the most gifted, all the judges said so and agreed. Hence why he made it to the semi finals. He only made it that far because all the judges voted for him as their choice, so he knocked out 2 other contestants even though they had the popular vote. The judges votes count less and less as the competition continues. Then it becomes about the American vote. Hence why he lost to a Blind Autistic piano player, who given his disability was good, but he wasn't great or that amazing to be frank. Marcin was hands down the best performance and talent that year.

[@lmcphee1]

@@LordDTwigo Exactly. It’s all about the backstory at that point. Marcin had a happy normal life. That wasn’t going to get him any votes no matter how phenomenal he was. It turned out better for him in the long run I think. He got mainstream exposure and he’s signed with Sony now. If he won he would have had to sign with Simon’s label and I can guarantee Simon would have had no idea what to do with a talent like Marcin.

[@Nia389]

Non guitarist can't understand how heavenly good he is

[@EviMlcak]

This is good to know. He's the best of the best of the best. @@lmcphee1

[@rzymu]

Hey, please check his take on Master of Puppets and please notice that he was 17yo only when we recorded that piece.

[@agencebildo5449]

Thanks for your reaction. Marcin is one of the top 5 best guitarists in the World actually. He's simply genius!

[@bozenatokarczyk4172]

Please name the other four..?

[@flcco.2981]

​@@bozenatokarczyk4172One of the other 4 is Estas Tonne for sure.

[@STANWL66]

Kto jest według ciebie w tej piątce, mistrzu?

[@newtonfirefly3584]

@flcco2981; @bozenatokarczyk4172; @agencebildo5449; @STANWL66; The common "Millennials"-"Gen-Z" and similar are full of arrogance, ignorance, lacking proper base of information, knowledge, expertise, thus extremely limited, faulty, false, baseless views, perspectives, perceptions; most consider their common' 'i-net'-'interweb' access as their base, but lack the basics with proper base, basics, development within information, knowledge, thought, thinking, logic, reason, reasoning, focus, concentration, persistence, determination, confidence, thus unable to properly assess, evaluate, differentiate, discern, more so not within analysis, determination, conclusions, causation, mechanism, proof. Just for reference, there are still quite a number of 'great' guitarists alive, performing from within the previous decades, generations; among them Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Mark Knopfler, Steve Vai, Al Dimiola, Tommy Emanuel few, if any of the younger generation have reached their level, and may not either. There are a few very unique individuals within the younger people, certainly including Marcin Petrzalek, also Alexander Missouri, Jaime Dupis, Lucus Stricagnoli along with some others within various music genres.

[@ZofiaTrzciakowska-ms4wm]

Marcin has all the best in him - inteligence, great personal culture and , of course, an aboverage musical talent. Marcin is simply amazing. Thank you for your comment ✌🎸

[@pyra-be1uj]

he doesn't need practice, see his other videos

[@deannebenkert6700]

I appreciate your reaction, however you saying he still needs practice is laughable. His one of the best guitarist in the world and better on his worst day than you’ll ever be!

[@markbraxton1289]

I agree Marcin is at an extremely high level of accomplishment here even though it's quite early on in his playing...I think this guy needs about another 100 years practice from what he showed us ...making a fool of himself here ..

[@markbraxton1289]

@@anybodyhandle that's because you don't know anything about playing the guitar...it's a bit out of your shallow depth 🤔😉🤣

[@darryllmaybe3881]

I'm not saying you're necessarily wrong, but that pause could have also been an artistic choice. At least that's my interpretation. But it's also entirely possible that he just missed it too.

[@Puntoygoma]

bro he is a musician. He write his own arrangemnt of the songs.

[@bozenatokarczyk4172]

Right so

[@toreyzyre]

Probably the most musically inclined judge there in terms of actual performer is the blonde female judge. Julianne Hough is her name, she's a fairly renowned dancer and choreographer so likelyt can appreciate and interpret the artistry, percussive, and rhythmic elements moreso than the others.

[@kenkeneth4964]

Interesting fact about Marcin is that he started playing guitar in age 10.

[@paulchavez6568]

He trained. In classical and flamingo. He knows what classical sounds like. He want do play his own arrangements. He is brave in performance hand has been told that is not the way the composer intended. Bu, that both the genius and the beauty of his music.

[@user-ng4jw8cc9b]

MARCIN IS MEGA STAR FROM POLAND🎸🎶🌈🤴🏻😇👸😇🇱🇻

[@anybodyhandle]

Marcin I was on his concert and he is for real. He do what he loves to do his way and never made me bored to listen again and again. 💕🎸👏🏻

[@CoolaJokern]

I really, really dislike when someone with a fraction of the talent as someone else within the same field says "he's still got alot of practise to do". Dude saying this kid needs practise is like saying Usain Bolt needs to run faster. At 18 he's arguably one of the top 10 acoustic players on earth, what exactly does he need to do better? He's a top ten-type talent out of dozens of millions of players around the world. This whole video just reeks of disrespect; you couldn't even give him the fact that he should be a rolemodel to young players because god forbid you acknowledged his talent right? He IS a rolemodel, for young and old players. Also the condescending ending "he's doing pretty good". PRETTY GOOD? Check your ego, quit being jealous and get off youtube

[@Chudchanning]

Funny thing about prodigy kids is one day they'll be an adult and half the praise goes out the window. There's a million people out there who can play like this man, most of em don't get this kind of exposure though. He is a great player, but th a t doesn't make him a flawless guitar God incapable of criticism either, it's only phenomenal to people who aren't exposed to this style or caliber of playing on a daily basis. Career musicians can see and hear things that the general public can't, just like a painter can find flaws in another painters paint job

[@KB_-_]

10:22 I poked a hole in a professor’s logic and he threw a piece of chalk at my head - at Harvard Business School! So I totally believe that instructors can snap lol. And I didn’t even assault anything except his ego first 😂

[@agencebildo5449]

I like your professionnal opinion Andrew. I suggest you to react to the best performance ever he did with Ichika Nito "Acoustic VS Electric Guitar - Marcin and Ichika Nito". It's just out of this world!

[@gandhi9936]

The point about Marcin, is that he makes classic his own. So not an issue if he misses a gap in the original.

[@montymatthew1784]

Watch him perform the 5th and 24th Caprice by Paganini ......then say he has a lot of practicing to do.

[@ronny9.794]

Uusualy, when I see a 3-5 minute act but see the reaction time is like 16min, I usually flip past it cause i think to myself, there will be too many stoppages. All in All the reaction part of the video was nearly as good as the act. That is saying a lot. And I agree with another comment made that you seem genuine. If you watch Queen preform at Live Aid, all the reactions feel to me that there is a group of 30 people stealing off one another! If I hear one more reaction of Queen at live aid, during the song Radio GaGa say "Now that's Crowd Control" I'm going to seriously lose my breakfast! Thanks Andrew, and I've subscribed. If you haven't seen Marcin play Led Zeppelin's Kashmir; preforming in a parking garage, check it out. I thought it was his best to date. As Simon Say's "Respect Andrew"

[@adrianmroz646]

thank yoy for yor kind comment , but do you really thin Marcin is like milion of other ? even like thousends? who do yo know thant I dont and where are they?

[@AndrewFriedberg]

I'll be doing more videos on Marcin soon :) He's clearly a virtuoso.

[@newtonfirefly3584]

@AndrewFriedberg; this comment, replying is certainly much better more proper, fitting, suitable; Seemingly after viewing, knowing more about Marcin Petrzalek You realize the last comment was not only rash, but extremely incorrect, improper, invalid, imbalanced seemingly biased by common 'talent show' contestants, which Marcin is certainly not among them; such he was intentionally stopped, prevented to achieve past SF, though performed among the top of all during that season. Simon Cowell had his "chosen winner" from the auditions, Kobe, who is at most a very good 'bar room, dinner theater, cruse ship entertainer with a "story" to promote. :-(

[@dot_wavy1699]

I love your attitude and the way you approach reactions. It feels very genuine as well as you're knowledgeable and actually able to give insight - funny too. Beautifully done. Marcin is an absolute savant I'm looking forward to what he brings us in the future.

[@user-ng4jw8cc9b]

MARCIN IS FROM MIRACLE OF MUSIC GUITAR WORLD, UNIVERS NEW DAY A FRESH WAVE..🎸🎶🌈🌊🌠🌟🌐

[@larrybutler8948]

You haven't lived until you watch Tina S on Moonlight Sonata. I hope you give her a Listen She was 17 when she did this.

[@mariuszmaniek7218]

Tina is great but what do you compare to what she plays and what does Marcin do :) it's hundreds of fires, ready-made. Marcin writes all the notes and arranges himself. So it's not even worth comparing :) :) :) Tina is great in speed and that's it. Marcin is also fast, but he also creates anew :) Regards :)

[@niktniewiem4785]

@@mariuszmaniek7218 There is really nothing to compare. Both are amazing out of this world prodigies, just in a totally different style.

[@tulipan1078]

I'm proud because MARCIN is from POLAND. BRAWO MARCIN.!............

[@marcinmcula99]

No, you can play a classical guitar with a pick. Al di Meola and EVH did it so it's legal

[@OlgaSpriñĝe]

His guitar skills will blow your mind 🎉..

[@isabela670]

O:33 "I'm not saying he's an evil man, although he seems kinda like it" *laughs in one direction fan

[@drypek]

One question remains: Can you play like that?

[@sarahcampbell1115]

I love the analogy of Beethoven clearing his throat. That is so perfect and I'll always think of that now if I hear it lol.

[@paweniedbaa2306]

Please check and react to his version od Kashmir

[@KB_-_]

“Beethoven clearing his throat” that’s awesome 😂 Where is the Billy Strings reaction on this channel??? It seems like the perfect place for it. This guy would appreciate the h*ll out of Turmoil & Tinfoil.

[@takeshikovacs7629]

Dude... u really got check out his version of kashmir... its the 1st thing I've ever seen him do n it blew me away

[@chuckwatts841]

you are one of the few musicians i have seen reviewing this kid ... another gentleman, evidently with a long history as a guitar player watched Marcin's version of Kasmir and decided there was at the least a Base and possibly drums of some sort were accompanying Marcin ... I have seen a number of reviewers and none thought there was anything going on the kid wasnt doing (after they got over the amazement of what the kid was doing) ... would you consider reviewing the piece and commenting about whether, given the pickups and how he can get things 'humming' and control of the sounds he produces, he could produce all of the sounds himself ... the musician commenting on the kid seemed very sure of himself, thinking he knew exactly what the kid was doing ... listening to you was nice ... i love people who do reviews and then explain what is going on ... the 'ooooh and awwwwwe' crowd get old quickly .... i have found a couple reviewers of sings who do the detailed, blow by blow kind of analysis you seem to do ... respectfully ... chuck

[@chuckwatts841]

oh ... i forgot ... love your hollow body electric ... i saw you think about doing a thump on it and thinking better of it ... it does have a wonderful finish ... Marcin's guitars tend to have the varnish worn of where he is striking it.

[@chuckwatts841]

also ... thank you for show the other artists thumping on their guitars ... i know nothing about this, but i loved the snippets you played.

[@stanRmeyer]

Marcin, Kashmere

[@mariuszpodjaski6218]

Preludiùm zrobiłeś a co dalej?

[@mariuszpodjaski6218]

Mądrali może ,byś coś więcej pokazał a nie tylkobyblał?

[@michalkaszatronik1392]

The most pro skill i ever see on internet

[@grzegorzmichaowski8509]

Zrób to co on .

[@Chudchanning]

You can tell who the non-guitarists are in this thread by measuring the amount of contempt they hold for the content creator. Dude is no doubt a very talented player, but you have to know nothing about guitar to think he transcends any criticism. I guess that just goes to show that a handsome guy with an acoustic guitar will always be chosen over a goofy looking guy with perfect execution, especially when there's added visual gimmics. A few of the chord riding segments did venture into abrasive territory, but his tapping skill does make up for that in this video. No player is perfect, and that's OK people. Chill out.

[@gagudeand65]

React to Luca Stricagnoli playing a triple neck guitar!

[@markbraxton1289]

Saying Marcin needs to get more practice in is hilarious ...must be talking about himself from what I saw 😊

[@vegacore101]

The lateness is intentional, that's where he wanted it to be.

[@dr1rip]

Finally great reaction. I'm a music troglodyte, I love music, but only listening. Thanks for showing something which I will never be able to see myself. :)

[@davecorbin5088]

Marcin started out learning classical guitar and found it to be too restrictive. On his more interesting pieces he uses all the standard classical techniques to great effect. This is actually one of his worst performances, possibly because he was nervous beyond belief! Also the sound reinforcement was horrible. Listen to some of his other performances like Moonlight Sonata and I think you'll agree

[@Turvok]

Not a musician. I thought classical was 3 metal strings and 3 nylon? Is that even a thing. I have a few talented friends and that's what they put on their acoustics often. (depending on intent obviously)

[@olgakrole1966]

WE'RE ALWAYS TOGETHER ENDLESSLY MARIA

[@operamaniak81]

I couldn't count for a better time that watching Marcin with you. I love your sense of humor and your wise and simple comments! Knowing another Marcin's rec of the B5, he was too stressed on the AGT, more brutal than he usually is. He also - after the misplaced pause you noted - dropped the B5 and instead played another show-off. Regardless, we know the result: dollar signs in Simon's eyes. Simon and the rest of the sitters - they have an exhausting job of the weeks-long, days-long rehearsals of talents-not-to-be. So they look like "am I still alive", "can someone take me from here" "zombies". Looking back at what I've written, I love that instead of pitying them like me, you turned it into a joke.

[@mariuszpodjaski6218]

Zagraj jak Marcin...

[@donaldjones787]

Stop hating bro! You shouldn’t even be attempting his work.He May be the best in history

[@VoidCosmonaut]

Acoustic > electric

[@JenniferIacino]

AGT 😂😂

[@shannonmanning6166]

I hope that guitar was 18 years old.

[@lylegillean5477]

No hate, but your late. Marcin is the greatest living Guitarist, and maybe the best there's ever been.

[@MaxEfka]

Another 🇵🇱from AGT... SARA JAMES ,13 y.o👸, singing LOVELY & GOLDEN BUZZER from Simon Cowell💯( 2 days ago)

[@wkunique]

excuse me, but you don't have the musical knowledge to judge him, where is he now....

[@pambarron5901]

Do not like commentary while watching video.

[@marekkrzewinski467]

nie zaprezentowałeś nic swoim wystąpieniem ,po co ci jest ta gitara skoro nie umiesz się tym posługiwać

[@absolutless]

Woot!

[@izabel-weronik]

💗🔥🔥🔥🔥💎🥰👍💗

[@richardh776]

Why did have American idol as the title? It is America's got Talent not American idol. Can't get it right!

[@ohhhhmydarling]

Calm down, Richard.

[@richardh776]

@@ohhhhmydarling shut up and you calm down. Anybody knows the difference.

[@AndrewFriedberg]

Fixed it for ya ;)

[@olgakrole1966]

AMAZING..CONGRATULATION I ADORE YOU..MARIA

[@alicjakijewski3]

BYL NIE NOWE WEJSCIE

[@jdmforever5583]

You need to check yourself out, watch and learn from the master because Marcin doesn't need any practice

[@tomaszkowalski7009]

po co to komentujesz!!!

[@hafdtask]

jealous?

[@olgakrole1966]

LOVE YOU MORE THAN THE UNIVERSE

[@lionofjudahos379]

u cant do this

[@philadelphia3117]

Lmao. You're funny.

[@emobloom]

Haha you're desperately trying to be unimpressed, that's not cool.

[@lionofjudahos379]

U just looked for problem there in that great audition that u wanna let others u are great. U are not, he is

[@markmarekchmielewski721]

Drdewber gościu jesteś zarozumiały coś próbujesz grać , ale przy Marcinie jesteś nowicnusem jakbyś coś osiągnął jak Marcin to byś nie siedział przed video. Widzę że przez ciebie przemawia zazdrość, bo nie masz talentu do grania a podajesz się za znawcę