Condor Ave - Elliott Smith cover

[@jespersahnerpedersen]

Wow, incredible Ethan, much appreciated .. this huge song that Elliott wrote only 17 years old definitely deserves a lesson

[@ethandaum]

Isn’t it so crazy that he could write a song like this at 17 years old?!

[@thomasdap8659]

how do you know that?

[@radioactive_p1ssy.boy.]

@@thomasdap8659 Elliott said it search up Elliott Smith condor ave live

[@stellap-m4345]

@@thomasdap8659 i like your syd matters profile picture

[@thomasdap8659]

@@stellap-m4345 cheers Stella, Syd matters are awesome might put them on right now actually. Bet u didn't expect a comment from 2 years ago to have such a fast reply but here I am and no time at all has passed

[@alexweb9974]

My favorite Elliott Smith song, so dark yet so beautifully melodic. Thank you Ethan for helping Elliott's genius live on.

[@ethandaum]

I love hearing which ones are people’s favorite :) Thank you!

[@Zoe-zoe1717]

could you please do a lesson on this song, i’ve been wanting to learn it forever with no success and this is an excellent cover👏👏👏

[@kaylabradley470]

This is my all-time favourite Elliott Smith song, you killed it!

[@ethandaum]

Thanks Kayla!

[@seandaniel23]

Legend

[@findyourspine]

Saw the thumbnail of you today and exclaimed “THATS MY BRO”. You taught me something on guitar so long ago and I sure appreciate it. Thank you

[@ethandaum]

Thanks Jeff 😊

[@karlport1727]

So beautiful..

[@same8307]

Holy smokes! I watched an elliott smith lesson of yours 5 or 6 years ago. I had no idea you started making them again!

[@ethandaum]

Yeah, the covid quarantine inspired me to get all my recording and video stuff working again :) Fun to be back at it!

[@Spagett998]

so sick

[@reademccardell5208]

Another in a long line of immaculate renderings. Thank you, Ethan.

[@ethandaum]

Thanks buddy ❤️

[@alexbutton7340]

incredible as always

[@ethandaum]

Thank you 😊

[@Hilaire_Balrog]

Elliot was incredible and your incredible covers due him justice

[@binaryagenda]

"The chimes fell over each other" ❤ The lyrics in this song are so good, one of my favourites. You played it really well, great job.

[@helin7435]

Ethan I hope you're doing good, I love this song so much it's one of my favorites from Elliot's discography and I would be forever grateful if you could do a tutorial for it. I have learned how to play Independence Day and Angeles from your tutorials and still play them to my friends and when I'm by myself to this day so I wanted to thank you for them as well.

[@punk471]

These covers of yours are all so lovely. Every little detail that jumps out in the recording is there- which is beyond impressive knowing that you're pretty much playing two guitar parts on one. So nice.

[@zee9134]

gorgeous cover

[@houssemehsn]

Love it ❤️. Gonna try and learn it from your cover, thanks for sharing your passion.

[@ethandaum]

Nice, you got this :) ❤️

[@theweavwithadoubleu]

Whaaaat! No way! Thanks so much Ethan

[@Cdosvirusexe]

just found your channel and in love. Beautiful beyond words ❤❤❤

[@tommasoaggio6763]

Beautiful!

[@mvbasilios]

I love your voice, it's so sweet... Hug from Brazil!

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! Yay Brazil! :)

[@SCWhiteJazz]

great job, gave me those evening goose bumps, well apreciated, thx a lot!

[@mister-bland]

Spot on. Another stellar job!

[@ethandaum]

Thanks Benjamin (as always!)

[@lexaunculpt]

Wonderful! Thank you so much! That was so beautiful

[@Woodyoodyoow]

Wow, you really nailed it! You make it seem so effortless

[@tannertalbot6044]

DUDEEE i was just listening to tbis today and I was thinking if only someone actually did a solid good cover of it and you done it again! Sounds amazing man thanks for this

[@ethandaum]

Nice, glad I could deliver for you 😊❤️

[@TeaForOne1]

Amazing rendition as always your still my go to guy for elliott covers

[@ethandaum]

Thanks, as always! 😊

[@bBbKce]

Great! and Love your wall!!

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! My wall makes me happy too :)

[@crlmala]

A cada video mais minucioso. Parabéns!

[@steveschmits]

Truly amazing! I’ve watched this on repeat since discovering this. Super impressive!

[@anonymousconflict2881]

This is one of those songs I get pumped to try to learn, until I see someone play it 🥲 I’m not there yet 😂

[@ewancoulbeckmusic]

Where did you get the big figure 8 background thing

[@shannonmcfarland8826]

Your cover game is always on point 👌 Must have listened to your cover of New Disaster at least 40 times, no joke

[@ethandaum]

Thanks shannon, that means a lot!

[@nick8857]

Fantastic. Thank you!

[@nick8857]

PS your voice is incredible and does Elliott’s music proud

[@nameisemery5292]

Hell yes! Great stuff. Do you think you'll do tutorials again? I'd love to maybe see some short-form ones, I know its not really your style but I think theres a 'market' for it. This is especially considering how well you understand Smiths' works. Only a true, dedicated fan plays songs like you do- dead on accurate.

[@ethandaum]

Thanks, I appreciate that! I have considered doing that, so it’s good to hear this perspective. I like that the super detailed lessons make them available to less advanced players, but they are a huge amount of work. I could put way more volume out if I made less “produced” ones. I’ll keep thinking on that. But yes, I will do more tutorials. Did you see my fairly recent one for Independence Day?

[@nameisemery5292]

@@ethandaum I am tackling Independence Day as we speak! Totally understand the point about less advanced players- when I was first starting out, I actually found longer tutorials more "intimidating". Just my experience though. Thanks for all you do!

[@aarokukko9449]

Amazing once again! Would love a tutorial on this one, less detailed would be just fine. Learned Angeles & Tomorrow Tomorrow thanks to you.

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! Good to hear that - I’ve been considering making simpler tutorials so that I can get more of them out there

[@billyjoe8759]

Detail is what you need man :) or you just want chords. But Elliott often mix fingerstyle and chords in his songs so... You need some detail

[@puppylove7260]

this is so awesome

[@iThone4]

Never has someone encapsulated Elliot Smith so well

[@ethandaum]

Thanks, that means a lot

[@karynalaine1243]

This is a lovely cover, great job😄

[@ethandaum]

Appreciate it!

[@shanebagel]

Best elliott smith covers on YT

[@hugo311name9]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful job!!!! hugs from Brazil!!!! Happy New Year!

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! Happy New Year!

[@allafleche]

Great job dude !

[@zavalazavala6562]

So good

[@projectnewmoon9314]

Amazing cover! Your videos have helped me figure out how to play many Elliott Smith songs.

[@ethandaum]

Thanks, and I’m glad they’re helping you! ❤️

[@jordansaied4509]

Oh my god you’re incredible! This is the first ive heard of you. Subscribed

[@toddrushton3240]

Nice work.

[@Dave-gw6wh]

Yesss been wanting to play this song for so long!! Thankyouu 😁✌🏾

[@AlexanderMarshallI]

fantastic

[@npoult]

Love your channel ethan, your videos have helped me learn a bunch of Elliot’s songs. They’re by far the most accurate on KZbin so thanks for making them! Your waltz #2 had a very high level guide of the song which helped a lot, I know this is more complicated but even just a few chord notes would help me out. Thanks again.

[@ethandaum]

Thanks for the kind words Nathan. This one feels harder to explain through text because there are some irregular chord shapes, and weaving of melodies through chords... But I think this one is very near the top of my list to do a tutorial for, so I hope I can help you out soon!

[@harrowinthehay8524]

Great playing brother, enjoyed this thoroughly. This is one of his I never did learn

[@theoldpond0]

Nailed it so hard!

[@professortusk]

I've listened to this about 50 times

[@ethandaum]

I have a similar quality, where I can really listen to something over and over :) I’m honored that this inspired that for you!

[@Carrandas]

One of my favorites of Elliott. Great cover, looks hard to sing and play at the same time.

[@ethandaum]

Thanks, yeah there sure are a lot of words to remember in this one :)

[@TobiasHoen]

Wow another great version of Mr Smith. Subscribing!

[@cidelgrande4681]

It sounds wonderful, you are so talented. Pd: I hear you from Spain 😊

[@tuckyjelly]

heck yeah!

[@jeremysample4468]

Dammit this is so good. It’ll make a whisper out of you.

[@scottde7050]

Could you please do a tutorial for Everything's Okay by Elliot?

[@popolopopopo100]

Awesome

[@billyjoe8759]

Very good job (as usual from you) on a really difficult song to play. Actually there's 2 guitars playing on the record. Congrats Ethan from a french guy ! :)

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! Yeah I thought there were two guitars as well... I tried to sort of blend the most noticeable parts

[@billyjoe8759]

@@ethandaum what material do you use for your videos and sound Ethan?

[@ethandaum]

@@billyjoe8759 let's see... for video I have an iphone and a few good lights. And I just use iMovie for these covers - for tutorials I use DaVinci Resolve now, which gives way more flexibility (and is free!). For audio I have a decent condenser mic, and a focusrite scarlet 2i2 interface, which I record into logic pro x. I already had some of that stuff because I've done some recording in the past - you could just as easily use a free recording program

[@Salamander676]

AMAZING Job! You look like a fusion Tom Green& Nicholas Cage mixed with the body shape of DJ Qualls

[@Baoswers]

Good job dude! Your version sounds so much more uplifting!

[@GCWWCT]

Hey man I love Elliot and listen to him everyday while I clean windows with my business :-) you are so amazing. I play guitar and would super appreciate lessons.

[@crummyregent0527]

Nice guitar chips, roman candle is such an underrated album

[@caligaselcabron]

Hope you make a lesson of this one. Great cover as always.

[@xxmyharturhandzxx]

yes !!

[@cosmicoddity385]

i love your sound dude!! do you think you'll do a tutorial for this??

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! I do hope to do a tutorial for this... just may be a little while

[@ryandubois7419]

You are an angel! 👼

[@SmittenKitten.]

[@bramhalfschepel]

very nice cover

[@ButterBallTheOpossum]

This song is no joke. The finger picking pattern is super hard.

[@leonmulder4889]

Hey, could you tell me how you record such a clean sound?

[@chumstik]

this one is so good, your elliott smith covers are the best man. also, how long have you had that guitar for now and how much did you got it for? just curious

[@amargado445]

I love how you do covers really accurate to the original song, will you do lessons like years ago?

[@ethandaum]

Thanks! And yeah, I’ll do more lessons. I did one fairly recently for Independence Day if you didn’t see that yet, and a have a couple more in the works

[@amargado445]

@@ethandaum cool!! I'll check it out, good night :D

[@billyjoe8759]

Ethan do you play Southern belle? I just dont find out his fingerstyle part which is so fast, as usual, on this song. This song just haunts me, it's just so good.

[@Liam.2000]

Did u put a capo on the 3rd but tune it down to make it easier to play?

[@Daneh97]

What are the three chords you play after bm to f# ? Those are the only ones I cant figure out, or at least get a good substitute

[@ethandaum4631]

Yeah, they happen quick, and I didn't always hit them cleanly either... I was going for (relative to capo) Am7 (x02213), Gmaj7/B (x20002), C (x32010). If hit cleanly, the high note (high E string) gives a nice descending melody while the bass line (A string) is ascending - a lovely effect

[@Daneh97]

@@ethandaum4631 oh, man! I never would have figured that out. Thanks so much! That’s something I’ve noticed in Elliott’s music before, ascending and descending together, such a cool musical device!

[@Shane2MA]

I don’t think anyone else out there is playing Elliott Smith covers at this level. How did you master that claw type picking/strumming pattern that is so prevalent in his songs?

[@ethandaum]

I really appreciate that. I still often don’t feel like I’ve “mastered” it, but I got to where I am with lots practice - boring, but true 😊

[@punisher2511]

You’re so good

[@andysparks8103]

Can you do a lesson on this one?

[@rapmusic1811]

Could you PLEASE do a lesson for this?

[@AlexanderMarshallI]

Fuck yeah dude

[@forrestfox5858]

standard tuning?

[@amargado445]

FIRST!! Hellooo

[@Sketchburgz]

Ethan please do an elliot smith twilight cover. PLEASE.

[@ethandaum]

That one is definitely on my list!

[@jeremiasporto7102]

Please can you do a live in instagram or youtube singing songs of elliot? Pleasee

[@ethandaum]

That does sound fun, and also intimidating - I’ve never done a live stream before, and I don’t really have an Instagram account either :) But I would like to do that someday

[@Lewis-vv8sc]

Amazing cover , please do a lesson on this if you get time it looks complicated

[@Goura.Krisna.108]

Please, teach us

[@andrieskrugersdagneaux5185]

Better than the original.