Between the Buried and Me "Swim to the Moon" GUITAR COVER

This was an honest one-take. As good as I can get it for now. What an epic song, one of the most fun to play so far.

[@joecalabrese8979]

This is probably my number 1 favorite song by BTBAM. OBVIOUSLY that is a very hard statement to make. However 2 things... 1. You are a machine dude, incredible! 2. Watching a play through this flawless really reinforces my appreciation for Paul and Dustie as song writers. It’s mind blowing. Especially Paul’s never ending beginning to end leads through songs.

[@adaptercrash]

I was like. This Album is really bad why would you waste your time learning this? And it's all just stock intervals. Boasting about Alaska on an interview that album was terrible. It's not that difficult. I have those never ending leads too. That's all I do is Neverending leads lol dude. Oh I messed up let's use power chords and can't keep writing leads that morph Into each other throw in these crappy bass line riffs next.. that's not that hard.

[@ArborMusicLife]

lol, nice job. that was sick

[@Extolguitarest]

Thanks

[@blacktaxi2d]

i was compulsively headbanging while watching this

[@Extolguitarest]

This song demands that reactions, ha

[@jayzitty]

Jonathan, I've been learning this song off and on for a few years (just here and there), and I've never been able to find a solid cover. You did it, man. Seriously impressed. Keep doin it.

[@Extolguitarest]

Thanks man, impossible to get a perfect take but I think this one summed it up alright. Beast of a song! White Walls will happen at some point. :)

[@Zsazsa8484]

I finally decided to tackle this song and I know everything up to 3:30 at this point and lemme tell ya just in that little chunk I know so far, this song is a mind fuck finger twister and it’s nearly impossible to play it without mistakes here and there so bro I fucking applaud you, you absolutely killed this cover

[@Zsazsa8484]

Dude this has become my bible for learning this song so thank you haha

[@jamesrohr8790]

Beast

[@KGTv123]

Unreal man. Just subbed

[@ACMusic]

Great playing Jonathan! 🤘🤘

[@SimoTmm]

06:53 little mistake, so you are a human too! jokes aside, awesome and solid playing as usual, kudos to you 🎸🎸

[@Extolguitarest]

haha, yup! I could point you to about 20 more but I realized I'd never get it as good as I wanted, ha.

[@48683747429]

Top 3 favorites, so excited when I saw the notification that you covered it

[@theoriginalsuperpwny]

I was hoping this would come 😉 amazing job

[@Extolguitarest]

Thanks

[@mikemiltko7151]

One take? Holy shit…great job, man!!!

[@Aalonsoftw]

This is THE best cover I've ever seen of swim to the moon! Incredible man...

[@Extolguitarest]

Thanks, definitely spent a lot of time with the song. Still mistake but hey, it's 18 minutes right? haha

[@Niko_Malthus]

8:23 😍😍

[@Nrich1112]

Awesome!

[@anandabricker3396]

Amazing.

[@TheGreenpig1]

Actually insane

[@rscamarobabe7]

That was sick as fuck. Favorite song, gj!!

[@iliketoscreamLOUD]

If they ever needed a stand in for one of their tours, my god do you have that job in the bag. You definitely deserve more views and subs. Do you have a band?

[@brendenroumaya8376]

🔥

[@HumFan]

badass

[@matdagubmx]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@jstro-hobbytech]

Amazing cover like always. How the eff did you remember this whole song. Did you have to make many attempts to finish it

[@Extolguitarest]

Well I took this one in chunks and I would always start at the beginning and play until I got to whatever pat I was working on so by the end I was just playing the song almost all the way through 5-6 times back to back. It took a long time for sure but what an amazing tune by BTBAM; STILL one of my favs.

[@jayzitty]

Would love to see a White Walls cover

[@insideouteyes5572]

Thanks man

[@user-ul1rg9vt6b]

I wanna set more than one like to this 👀

[@jrose92081]

Wow

[@hedrokka5727]

You absolute madman. This is the sort of playing endurance I strive to achieve. btw... not that I don't love seeing any of these older songs being performed.. But it would be amazing to have the automata covers done again w/ your updated recording setup.

[@Extolguitarest]

I will definitely consider revisiting those, would be nice I agree!

[@sicboi80]

Dang.

[@DJENTISNTNOTAGENRE]

What an achievement it is to cover such a monster of a song! Did you take lessons/study music theory or are you completely self-taught?

[@Cukes_]

How often do you practice, and for how long? I.E. every night for an hour. You crank out BTBAM like it's nothing, and always kill it!

[@Extolguitarest]

Maybe an hour a night if I'm lucky. It's usually a quick warm up and then off to ear-work like this.

[@kurtangusofficial]

damn Edit: subbed

[@Myosos]

Awesome cover, as usual! Do you plan on doing Obfuscation as well? I would love to see how the solo plays out :) Another question, do you write your own music as well? If so, how much playing that many BTBAM songs has influenced your own writing?

[@LMTR14]

playing guitar like that is possible only if you have long spider fingers. I don't have em :-(

[@ShaunSmithGuitarTuition]

Nice work! great tone too! i have some backing tracks to jam to on my channel if your interested? hope all is well and keep up the good work!

[@LMTR14]

what's the point if we can't hear you. I want to hear ONLY the guitar. if I wanted to hear the backing track, I'd turn that on simultaneously with your video. that is how youtube is limited. I can't switch off the backing track in your video, but I can add it from a seperate source. get it? so don't put it in

[@Extolguitarest]

Ahhhhh, I guess I'll make sure to cater all my videos to your specific taste of guitar covers next time. Thanks for the valuable and meaningful input.

[@hedrokka5727]

holy fuck for real LOL?

[@williamsanders2348]

Shut. Up.

[@LukeZuniga]

I can hear the guitar better than the backing track on my broken phone speaker. Get new ears.