Andrew Gorny - A Dying Angel

[@RLSguitar]

Good combo of false, slapping and natural harmonics blended in with taps. The ending arpeggio was great. Masterful performance and a very beautiful tune. Thanks for sharing.

[@Blateyy]

have this in my favorites and play it all the time.. You rock brother!!

[@Chelsealeemusic]

So much emotion..........most finger style players just bang away. You are amazing. I am speechless. I grew up listening to Michael Hedges because my dad is such a huge fan. Wait till he hears you. You'll have 2 new fans.

[@AndrewKennyBelfast]

This is truly surperb-magical,mystical. Thanks Andrew, keep it up.

[@Fran0Ran0]

a very lovely song, great use of harmonics as well

[@snagdabiskit]

This was just beautiful, bro. Really amazing job!

[@Blateyy]

Dude that was awesome!

[@ColettaHughes]

Wow sounds like you are loving on the spirit of Michael Hedges big time... Rock on!!!!

[@Blateyy]

Phenomenal...Dude, I wish I had 1/10th of your gift!

[@AndrewGorny]

Sorry I didn't write you about this earlier, I just read it today... thanks for the compliment, man... it's funny, a lot of my students they just smack and thwak the guitar here and there and it doesn't mean anything. I wrote this song to kind of show how you can do it that extensively and make it work. The basis of this composition was essentially this. I wanted melody bass and chords just like any solo guitarist, but I wanted the chords to be the highest part of the song... (continued)

[@Sign213]

Hi there andrew! Im a big fan of yours i simply cannot stop watching your videos I love this piece man is it on any of your records ? Greets and good luck with everything you are very talented

[@AndrewGorny]

Haha!!! That's funny you should ask, Erik and I have both been playing Rainsongs for about 5-6 years now, kind of independently from each other... then I see him and he sees me and we go, "there can only be one!!!" hehehe Except I think he still runs Fishman in his guitar, while I'm using a Trance system. A truly divine sound experience with this pickup! But unfortunately you cannot hear it on this video :(

[@citizenfitz]

40 years ago talent like this would land a guy a contract. Now it's back to playing in parks, subways and on corners. Quo vadis, mundi?

[@sisigwithrice]

I hope you don't mind, but this is on my iPod.

[@AndrewGorny]

hey thanks! No I didn't write the music of August Rush... that was mostly Kaki King but she also played a Michael Hedges song in there. As far as my record goes, I don't have any hard copies over at CDBaby right now, but that's why I have two links... if you aren't concerned with havin a hard copy, just go to the other link and you can get it off iTunes... thanks so much for the nice words and I hope your predictions are correct!

[@samhara26]

I can't believe I'm finding out about your music just now! You're amazing, and in my hometown, even. :P I wish you much success and sure wish I could hear you live. I don't find any mention of upcoming shows on your myspace. :(

[@adecentman4618]

Sounding fantastic, would be really interested to hear your guitar playing with a really lush studio sound...

[@AndrewGorny]

the new record sounds pretty killing!!!! But I haven't really heard the whole thing, just slices here and there

[@AndrewGorny]

So here you notice that not once do I play a full-on chord without it being with harmonics. This song is definitely one of the easier ones that I do, but it's really boring unless it's phrased well. I phrase it about 6/10 on this video... there are a lot of notes that I hear that you aren't hearing because I didn't play them hehehe. On the next record this track should be on there and will have the phrasing that I'm talking about... in any case cheers to thoughtful abuse rather than irrational!!

[@mikemoseley]

I was looking into learning guitar i spend day in day out prepping myself for when i make a purchase. Just as we speak learning how to tune and play basic chords and read tabs on the help vids here. Ive been to see Erik live, Andy Mckee, Don Ross and they were all an amazing experience so i guess im kind of lame for not learning sooner! Ide love a Rainsong but im looking at like $3000 for one :(

[@MetalAddict247]

Hey man, how have you been? Just thought, hey I haven't listened to your masterpieces for a while! Still dunno how you get such a great sound, espeically polygons! Great stuff man, take care!

[@JyeWhiteman]

dude u r the best guitarist i have ever seen y r u not famous i dont no nand will only be a mistery for avery short time cuz baby ur gonna hit the big bucks soon did u write the musoc ofr august rush cuz it uses alot of slap stuf and harmonic and it sounds down ur ally i love music more than any anything and ur a huge insparation how do i get ur album by the way k man ur a legend sia

[@humanzee503]

both "polygons" and this track are executed hella dankly, except for the gnar-filter you decided to go with on this one. pierk blacks.

[@AndrewGorny]

@teesand33 sorry, I guess I didn't list it... The tuning is C#G#C#G#BE (I think)

[@777i2i]

excellent - whats the reverb on the guitar? - was it added later?

[@ace4evr]

I want to play natural harmonics like that. That way a lot of my ideas in my head would sound right. But I can't do them properly without muting the strings competely. how...? Overall, your tone is beautiful. The song itself is greatly filled with emotion. I really enjoyed listening.

[@acousticland]

Your way of composing is really creative. Are you a Hedges son ? May be I could buy your album Keep on.

[@sisigwithrice]

hmm... since then, KZbin's upgraded their code.. downloading don't seem to work no more. And my iPod did some funky update and this video's gone now, from my HD too... :(

[@EverythingZen14]

I like this man. You sort of remind me of a lot of the Candyrat guys. You definitely have your own style though. Where can I see you play?

[@Qpidon]

Whenever I see somebody that starts hitting his guitar, knowing its done badly 99% of the time, i get the creeps. But when its been done with panache, precission and good taste- LIKE HERE- I look at my guitar with the taught:"maybe I'll start hitting here today....lol

[@AndrewGorny]

LOL! "Not to be a fag, but I wanna do you" would be even better!!! It's always good to hear that I've inspired someone. My life is hard a lot of the time and these little back pats are great :) Why don't you post a couple vids man? I'll check em out! Take care -AG

[@teesand33]

What tuning is this? This is my favorite song of yours by far.

[@AndrewGorny]

bummer dude! btw I don't care. But this song will be released soon!

[@AndrewGorny]

you can catch me for free many nights of the week in front of nordstrom by pioneer square haha!!!