Andrew Gorny - Juneau

[@andreyshupliakov]

So beautiful.

[@christophersharron6967]

As expected, impeccable execution, heartfelt playing, and a gorgeous piece of music! Hats off, Andrew!

[@hal_wayland]

Incredible recording, glad to see you uploading again. This one feels like you've reached another level in terms of guitar playing skills, like you effortlessly played this to perfection and with confidence. Not that you weren't already great before.

[@AndrewGorny]

@@hal_wayland this is a HARD tune. Have you heard the space reverb version

[@Karlito1118]

Amazing. You're a genius.

[@andreiyudin1]

First time I hear this. The first time I felt excited about a fingerstyle piece in many years. The long forgotten feeling.

[@AndrewGorny]

@@andreiyudin1 aw thanks man! Yeah I try to be a little less heavy on the pyrotechnics and let the notes really speak... Sometimes it works, sometimes not!!!

[@andreiyudin1]

@@AndrewGorny I really wish more fingerstylists would take this route. I have nothing against the pyrotechnics (and your piece certainly isn't lacking in impressive and original technique). It just saddens me to see how modern fingerstylists have become so obsessed with playing the notes they seem to forget about the music.

[@AndrewGorny]

@@andreiyudin1 well a lot of them haven't found their compositional voice yet. A lot of them are just picking an open tuning and finding stuff that sounds nice. Which is why the key for their music tends to be whatever tuning the guitar is in. This tune is in F, and this tuning is nowhere near an F major chord.

[@andreiyudin1]

​@@AndrewGorny True, I tried to compose music the same way initially, a lot of D and A stuff in DADGAD/CGDGAD with a lot of natural harmonics. I still have a crazy dream to write a set of 12 pieces where every piece would be in a different tuning (ideally should be 24, accounting for major and minor, like Chopin's Preludes, but that would be way too crazy). And of course no cheating such as capos or dropped tunings.

[@AndrewGorny]

@@andreiyudin1 write something in DADGAD in F# minor

[@joybosla]

παντα ωραιος αδερφε !!

[@roh3974]

Awesome, Andrew! Atmospheric and dreamy.

[@amtrmedia]

Been waiting for a spiritual succesor to Michael. I have just found him. Thank you Andrew. Much love and respect for your playing. :)

[@AndrewGorny]

Aw I can't accept that but thanks a lot!

[@amtrmedia]

@@AndrewGorny I shared you with all my friends and we were laughing about how we have missed you for like 15 years. I was the first of my musician friends to listen to Michael Hedges in a Barnes And Noble Bookstore in 2000. I could not stop listening to Aerial Boundaries and then proceeded to buy all the random DVDs I could find of Michaels work. Thereafter I discovered Don Ross, Eric Mongrain, Billy McLaughlin and was blown away. Now finding you actually rejuvenated my love of acoustic playing all over again.

[@jingmo]

Nice!

[@dominikpokorny]

Sweeeet 😌

[@LiveFreeOrRIP]

I feel Michael in this song.

[@TastySnackies]

This is my favorite song of yours, thanks for uploading this recording

[@AndrewGorny]

One of my favorites as well! I've barely changed it since I wrote it.

[@Qpidon]

Truly captivating, Andrew. Wonderful playing X

[@davidshoemaker1164]

Wonderful to have you bring new recordings. thank you!

[@AndrewGorny]

Thanks man! I got a lot coming!

[@pratyushdeb]

such a beautiful song.

[@johnlasseter2940]

This is a wonderful composition. That Minimalist compositional technique of weaving different ostinato figures together is harder than it seems, and I find your use of it really compelling here. That, and I'm a sucker for artificial harmonics played well.

[@AndrewGorny]

@@johnlasseter2940 you might be the first person to actually understand the compositional elements I wanted to incorporate here!!!!

[@douggarrison8432]

Really solid ngl. When are we going to get some new busking vids. 👌

[@trewq398]

[@eltieum]

Bosun's locker in the forecastle ?

[@AndrewGorny]

This is absolutely a Bosun's locker!

[@JohnSBoyer]

Nice jsb

[@HeyNavi]

I still find the 2016 KZbin version to be the best version. The sound you had going on that, along with the “whooshing” air sounds made it sound so damn good.

[@AndrewGorny]

I can actually mix this just like that, but although I like the mystique of that mix, it sounds really overproduced. I wanted to really let the acoustic guitar do most of the work this time around

[@AndrewGorny]

@@HeyNavi I'll do another upload with a "space mix" like you're talking about