‘I See Fire’ sounds beautiful on guitar

Revisiting one of my oldest covers with a completely new arrangement... I See Fire from The Desolation of Smaug!
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[@AlbertGyorfi]

From playing guitars to building guitars, and now you're playing the guitars that you've built with your own hands. Hats off to you, man!

[@viler-qh4he]

Bro please comeback😢.

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Nice to see your name pop up in the comments again Albert, hope you’re doing well!

[@vishnunarayanan6232]

What a gorgeous guitar man!! and just as amazing player to go with it, Fantastic!

[@charleshartlen3914]

this is a gorgeous cover my man. well done, well fkn done

[@ekryski]

That was beautiful! And the guitar looks and sounds fantastic! 😍

[@dorsianer]

Love the strumming to add some variation in the end, pure perfection😍

[@northstarz1125]

made me tear up bro. the sheer beauty in your playing is amazing

[@SlicedBread1]

Wow! Simply Amazing sound. Great job.

[@DariaSemikina]

Lovely arrangement! I like that you are working more on bringing out individuality of the song now.

[@jafsterlordbib]

beautiful performance and arrangement

[@Couch_Potatoing]

It was indeed beautiful. Thanks for playing it.

[@StevieGrieserGuitar]

Absolutely magneficant. Well done 👏

[@user-rh8sq7up3j]

So happy to see you back on here!

[@NarnzFitness]

Wow what a beautiful & perfect cover! Loving how the hammer ons sound on the intro! 😊

[@michalmrowicki]

Sounds great!! 👏

[@ideapage]

Beautiful! And the sound of that guitar is awesome. I'm going to go listen again.

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Thanks! 🙏

[@sergemazur2540]

Goosebumps all over my skin, thank you, sir! 🙏🏻 I enjoyed your playing a lot.

[@savm8164]

Great arrangement and fantastic playing

[@charliesandewo3975]

glad to see you back here again 💪💪

[@roytaf7]

What a beautiful guitar! And that arrangement was so good.

[@ChristofferBrandsborg]

Fantastic arrangement

[@Clara-xx1bd]

that gives me goosebumps!

[@michaelpegram3683]

Absolutely beautiful arrangement, and guitar. Barely a minute in, and you had my sub for sure. That song took me on a whole journey in my mind haha.

[@emil2539]

I LOVE IT❤❤❤ my favorite song to play

[@morsoder]

wonderful man! Great to hear you again!

[@baldbearded9601]

This made me want to learn this song again.. I used to play it, and now this re-sparked that thing. Thank you

[@jean-luclefebvre6793]

Amazing!

[@bgardner312]

That was beautiful! Thank you

[@therealsamperius]

Absolute fire! Fantastic arrangement!

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

I see what you did there 👀

[@nateanderson8041]

Well done. I learned Peter Gergely's arrangement of this like a decade ago (dang I'm old) and it's still one of my favorite things to play. Just a great song that nobody recognizes that has no business going as hard as it does.

[@somekindoftactics]

Peter's arrangement is still my favorite one

[@corradoameli2790]

Great to have you back!

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Glad to be back!

[@zamiwav]

Smooth af!

[@brandondoran6020]

You make that guitar sing brother, glad to see you're still posting

[@yairlinnainginzali]

I've been waiting for your video

[@paulblack5679]

Beautiful

[@RxsiYT]

Really, really nice man

[@yashas0157]

The Legend is back....Welcome back James missed you brother ❤️🥲

[@aymeric756]

Thanks for this

[@dandahlstrom2650]

Insane! Can't wait to purchase the tab :)

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Tabs are out now 😊

[@dandahlstrom2650]

@@JamesBartholomewMusic thank you! Best version of the song by far

[@jasonwestbrook6311]

I know what my next guitar purchase is going to be!!

[@Carneiro1422]

always cool to hear a cover to which somebody put similar to amount effort as original artist

[@JunseoLee-e5b]

Wow! this sounds very good! l want play like you!❤

[@sheirsly]

Welcome back dude!

[@happyman35]

Perfect

[@LeoWisss]

welcome back James!

[@pigasus2794]

I guess you must be very proud of making such beautiful guitar making such beautiful sound !! By the way, your playing is awesome too !

[@mohamedbahri427]

Merci James très belle musique 😊👍

[@michaelwhiteside8221]

Now to call in sick to work so i can blast this on repeat all night and nurious my soul

[@benji_and_the_tomatoes]

i don’t remember subscribing to you but i’m sure glad that past me did, this song popping up has certainly made my night. hold fast, mister james bartholemew.

[@alexalex-ow4pb]

Спасибо,Джеймс.

[@Haladir1989]

More beautiful stuff:)

[@marcuspontius3967]

A new guitar cover! I'm excited before even watching/listening 🙂

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

KZbin is telling me you've been subscribed for 7 years... I feel old 😅 Thanks for the continued support!

[@marcuspontius3967]

​@@JamesBartholomewMusicOh really, that must have been not too long after you had cut your hair haha. I just checked my probably most favorite cover of yours, Hurt, is already 6 years old. That one I've listen so often to and is still precious to me. You did a good and careful job on 'I see fire' as well, as far as my simple mind can tell.

[@Fang-zy8cy]

Very beautiful music, your guitar music got me through many bad moments, thank you and welcome back :)

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Glad my music could help 😄

[@Fang-zy8cy]

May fortune always favor you,love you☺

[@michaelclauen5678]

I guess I’m not the only one who is waiting for tabs/notes.. Absolutely loving this piece! I learned your cover version of Everglow in 2014 because I loved the calming vibe and this is giving me kinda the same vibes.

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Tabs are out now! Great to hear, hope you enjoy learning this one 🙂

[@BobSmith-ef6is]

Cant wait to get tabs for this!!!

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Tabs just went live!

[@steray8112]

@@JamesBartholomewMusic

[@jaymann.g]

This was the first song I ever taught myself on guitar. I did it out of spite because my sister said she was doing it, and I wanted to do it before her. Brings back memories hearing your rendition. I love the tone of your guitar too, beautiful.

[@footdragon4999]

how did you go about learning this as your first song because isn't this a fairly complicated song?

[@jaymann.g]

@@footdragon4999 Gareth Evans has a great tutorial that I could follow even as a complete beginner, it's all about the practice. I spent hours drilling the picking into my brain.

[@mamo9721]

Amazoning, I am playing Fingerstyle and the way you interpret it is so good, thanks for sharing ! If. You have the tab I soûls buy it !

[@UnilauhOnlineGamer]

Great stuff as always, James! Great to see and hear you again ❤

[@KlovborgOfDoomElite]

Gave my brain a little well needed rest, thank you.

[@proxlmao]

Your arrangements are truly enchanting. They exude a perfect balance, showcasing beauty without excess, and offer sheer pleasure to the ear.

[@andreaswood6371]

Great cover 🎉

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Thanks Andreas!

[@andreaswood6371]

​Hey James! Will tabs be offered für that arrangement? Would be glad to buy them. Best wisches, Andreas .​@@JamesBartholomewMusic

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

I sent the tabs off to MusicNotes last week so hopefully they should be available soon 👍 Seems they may be a bit busy at the moment though, as they also haven't uploaded the tabs for my last video yet.

[@andreaswood6371]

Thanks for the reply. Then I'll stay tuned😊.

[@clericg77]

One of the best to do it

[@lionarkd7972]

The return of a hero ! I missed you a lot

[@habibsacoustics5069]

Great to listen this version of "I See Fire" from ur own guitar 🎉❤ @JamesBartholomew bro. To be honest u have been one of my motivating guitarists listening to whom I got inspired to start my fingerstyle guitar journey 🎉❤

[@trueicelloving1901]

Very massive 👏 👌 👍

[@jensburger7357]

Great arrangement man! Love it. When are the tabs availeble?

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Tabs just went live!

[@zakialdahabi]

thanks

[@chrisramsden6836]

This song is reason i wanted to learn guitar beautiful song

[@pratyushdeb]

Phenomenal playing man. Respect to the attention to details that you perfectly recreated the vibe of the song so beautifully.

[@Eric_DiRisio]

HE'S BACK 🙌🏻

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

🙌

[@tastysnivel]

The great combination of subtlety, dynamics and control.

[@NarnzFitness]

Just wondering! Have you ever done a fingerstyle cover of the song Freebird? Would love to see the way that you go about covering the solo with this Fingerstyle style way of playing the guitar! I’ve actually never ever even come across a fingerstyle cover of it before aswell! 🤔🤘🏽

[@NoNameValid]

Long time no see my old friend...

[@UnilauhOnlineGamer]

I just said “I haven’t seen a James video pop up in a while!”

[@gamingben4557]

He returns and he still manages to sound better every time. Amazing work!

[@pawezukowicz6122]

So nice and comforting. Makes me wonder from a technical point.. how to even record sound from the classic guitar as you do. Internal mic or something?

[@day_aoliveira]

🍃🎧👏🏾

[@sastp317]

Very long time no see.. From Korea 😊

[@sophiemoser1752]

Yesterday I played guitar for the first time in a very long time and today you returned? If I had known it was that easy to summon you I would have played sooner 😂

[@randyfye]

Great arrangement!! You going to put out your tab for this one?!?!?!

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Tabs are out now 😊

[@randyfye]

Awesome!!! Thanks James. Just got now!

[@ariascruz172]

nicee

[@HONORYOUROATH]

Frosty!

[@dabtewabte6176]

Speeachless

[@rdctd8690]

Well I'll be... Missed your releases, James. Hope you've been keeping well!

[@rdctd8690]

Aaaaahh, you've been luthering! Gorgeous looking guitars, sir. Superb sound.

[@jaminknowles656]

Beautiful sound! May I ask what you’re using to record it? I can never make a recording sound good 😢

[@e.h.7348]

Hey! I sent an email but I'll put it here too, I love your music it's all so amazing! I was wondering if I could use them in a video I'm doing for a college assignment? Full references and credit given of course!! :)

[@Daniel-to4xu]

How is the runout on the sounboard 😮

[@CarlosVinicciusRC]

What kind of effects are you using? Great tone

[@tarab3746]

I know you don’t really do tutorials but you hold the key to playing Art of Motion by Andy McKee. Please, please make a tutorial. 🙏 🥺

[@svenneudecker]

Gorgeous Sound 😍 what's the effect you used in the intro?

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Nothing particular on the intro, just Valhalla Reverb throughout 👍

[@sasha_1290]

I neeeed the tab! ❤

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

The tabs are now available at the link in the description 👍

[@sasha_1290]

Thank you so much! Already learning it right now, amazing work! 😊

[@ryanandbrian]

how do you even get this good??

[@deussa5702]

Misses your Fire

[@ryanm3058]

Would love to know what tuning you are using

[@Dear.Matthew]

When do you think tabs will be avaliable

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Tabs just went live, sorry they’re late!

[@dand900]

The king of nuance is back, with a rare arrangement of another haunting classic! Can't tell you how much I anticipate and appreciate the challenges to learn these gems you bring us. Go ahead take your time, it's always worth the wait 🎶

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Appreciate you sticking around and supporting 🙏 😄

[@dand900]

@@JamesBartholomewMusic Always my musical friend 👊

[@dand900]

@@JamesBartholomewMusic Also, it takes me that long to learn them anyway, maybe slow down haha 😄

[@Po-691]

What do you record with Mic?

[@zacharyzabel6397]

When can we expect tabs?

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

Tabs are up now 🙂

[@psu10w]

dont mean to flex but i got one of his guitars 😎😎😎😎 great cover james.

[@thepecha7]

Cmon maaan, drop them tabs on ma faaaace

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

👁️👄👁️ 🎵 💨 🙋‍♂️

[@thepecha7]

@@JamesBartholomewMusic any chance you will ever release your under the bridge tab? Been waiting on that for years! Long time fan 🤘🏻

[@ЕвгенийАбдулов]

Спасибо братишка за музыку приятную, респект тебе.👍 Подписался бы, да иконку нужную не могу найти

[@heavymetalknight2]

When those tabs coming bro? I'm not smart enough to learn this myself 😂

[@JamesBartholomewMusic]

😂 They’ve just gone live, enjoy!

[@heavymetalknight2]

@JamesBartholomewMusic nice one, bro! 👌