I Should Have Stopped Playing - But I Didn't

[@edwardanderson3506]

Push through the moment! You're a true ambient soldier!

[@greghcarr8192]

incredible song. your intuition on the fretboard is unmatched. the tone from that guitar is so pure.

[@SefiroUltima]

Might wanna know that this vid went from kinda silly to tear inducing in a matter of seconds during your turning point for me. I'm a frustrated musician, moved out of my country for a while, came back but haven't been able to grab my guitar and bass again and do the one thing I love the most. Thanks for the soundscapes, thanks for the tears and thanks for reminding us that nothing is silly if it makes you pour your heart into it.

[@SkidMark_Music5575]

The music, along with you silent commentary is one of the the most inspiring 5:00 minutes I've ever watched on KZbin!

[@brandonscott6496]

That was beautiful. I love your work. I've become a huge fan of everything ambient in the last several years because I love the way it sounds and it brings peace to my soul. I to am a musician and I should have stopped playing after November 27, 2020 after taking a bullet through my neck hand and loosing a 1/3 of my hand but God said I wasn't done with you. No self loathing, pick up that axe and start playing again. I can't form a C chord now to save my mothers life but my style has evolved into something comparable to yours. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@AndrewColyerMusic]

OMG this brought tears to my eyes. Dude, thank you so much for writing this comment! No excuses, keep playing and making music for the world. Or just yourself and your loved ones. Where can we hear your music? - Thank you so much. Andrew Colyer, New York

[@brandonscott6496]

@@AndrewColyerMusic I've been hesitant to share my work online. I could send a video if you care to hear.

[@InvirisAmbient]

What a great story Bill! It has happened to us all and most of us WOULD stop playing, but you carried on and soldiered through for the benefit of the music. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful moment!

[@rhysaleszander]

Love your new guitar ! Can’t think of a more perfect compliment than giving another guitar player a great guitar ! Deven is a stand up Dude and your playing has in spired me to be a ambient guitarist ✌🏻🎶

[@sleepyfinger]

Dude, I have snotted over my beard live, a few times. And no where near as beautiful as this piece. Devin must be grinning like a loon. 🙂💜

[@nathanmielke1977]

This is one of your better ones. Thank you

[@johndwilliford]

Thanks so much for including your signal chain! So few do that but I feel like I learn so much from those who do! Bravo!

[@chordsoforion]

You are welcome and thanks so much for watching!!!

[@James-3000]

Great tune, that Kiesel is a beauty.

[@vincentdequiram1102]

Thank you for your endurance that kept you playing and led you to this insights. Thank you for accepting the lesson and teaching it to us! 🙏

[@Emily_M81]

Beautiful message. Thank you for sharing :) Have you heard of Collision Devices? I just got their Crushturnal last night and had a similar experience (without the sneeze threat). I activated its internal sequencer, set down my pick, and turned on my guitar's Sustainiac. I spent the next hour getting lost in it, manipulating the Sustainiac's controls and the FLoyd's whammy bar. It became this sublime experience, I never knew my guitar vibrated from the Sustainiac; I'd never been so in tune with the guitar before.

[@tdemask]

Beautiful! Possibly more so because of your perseverance. Bravo!

[@macsarcule]

Magic, Bill! ✌️😌🎸

[@BarryGrueter]

Lovely piece, thank you for sharing your gratitude 🙏

[@philf4086]

Now that's a perspective! Sneeze be damned, you are standing in the way of history.

[@Hesohi]

Inspirational Music. Thank You!

[@agerven]

Beautiful Bill. And good advice, don't stop playing while the magic lasts, and a little bit beyond. Forgive me for saying so, but your face looked to me like Jethro Tull's Aqualung. And realizing that me mind started drifting, expecting to see a long slow drip from your nose. But it never came and a smile appeared on your face. And like the layers of guitar playing echoing, that feeling of anticipation echoed through my mind. An exciting and, musically enchanting video, which you managed to give extra entertainment through the texts you added. Thank you for a musically and otherwise enchanting dream. Truly beautiful.

[@michael.bester]

It’s not about (in)sanity-you’re an artist, Bill. You’re committed to the practice of creating something uniquely yours in the moment, and that’s a beautiful thing. Thanks for sharing it.

[@theherbalizer5145]

Transported. Thank you. 😇🥰🙏

[@joe1annie2]

Thank you for sharing cool stuff going on.

[@timwheeler4883]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@johnminer96]

This video made my day! I laughed hysterically because I can relate to moments like that, but I was also humbly reminded of what a gift music is and where it ultimately comes from (Colossians 1:15-17)!! Thanks Bill!

[@honetsu]

Great Moment of Now... Thanks!

[@SonicReels]

And you're a poet too. As always, a wonderfully beautiful video from my favorite ambient guitar player.

[@adyslexicgnome2233]

Such a wonder moment indead, and what a fantastic guitar. So glad Devin gave you the guitar, otherwise I wouldn't have come across your channel. Really want the guitar, my cars died, so have to get another one to destroy, however my son thinks I ought to get the guitar instead, (both in roughly same price bracket, but can't afford both! lol)

[@adammindykowski6984]

The power that manifests in a moment of "grave creation." Your willpower is commendable, Bill, and the result is 5 minutes of unique and beautiful music. ❤

[@mattastic247]

As someone with a constantly runny nose, I can relate to this on so many levels. Thanks for sharing this wonderful moment in time.

[@Steve-wl6vr]

That guitar sounds awesome in your hands, I didn't quite get it when Devin was showing it off but somehow make it, make sense.

[@Guitarlessonshub]

Exactly

[@diegofedericoporfiri398]

Amazing piece, It conveys the intensity of your feeling so well 🌚

[@clayc124]

You were caught up in the moment! Well done.

[@willwork9349]

beautiful guitar I can absolute see myself making different music with that guitar than the one I usually wear. Maybe Devin will send me one too ;) Congrats on the new axe

[@ChrisMHall]

Thank you for not stopping

[@eliotmccann2589]

You made the right choice to continue. If indeed it was a choice- perhaps it was destiny.

[@visog]

Beautiful! Glad you didn't stop playing. Suspect that guitar'll replace your Ibby as your go-to

[@timsellsted521]

There is no magic quite like music. Thanks for sharing your magic!

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

This was magnificent - ethereal!

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

This will be played at my funeral. Thanks for sharing.

[@claudevieaul1465]

Hahaha, oh that's perfectly relatable - both the need to sneeze ánd it happening while you're in the middle of something profound... 🤣👍🙏🙏🙏

[@Liquidfantasymusic]

do some Fractal and Helix presets.....?. that would be awsome. Thank you for the beautiful soundscape. Love from Norway

[@JeffHendricks]

Beautiful.

[@GaborEID]

There are videos of the amazing Austin Archey, the drummer from Lorna Shore, and I think the reason why he's grimacing in these videos is something similar. Thanks for the story, and keep playing!

[@ericskinner7355]

To find that moment, is why I play.✌️

[@robst247]

My nose, my nose lived dangerously Its courage was no stunt! Throughout the goriest battles My nose was out in front! But when the war was over And we'd defeated the Hun Suddenly, for no reason at all My nose began to run! -- Spike Milligan

[@maxnits9556]

Amazing! Love from Ukraine! 🌿

[@Guitarlessonshub]

I love the sound

[@humblegeorge]

It does sound wonderful.Great Job indeed.I probably would have sneezed and shit myself too.

[@samseitz9937]

Any thoughts on pairing the neo with the new ocean machine?

[@ToneNailer]

Reminds me of the intro to These dreams just played out. I like that.

[@antico.2757]

I was showing my friend the power of my "ambient" setup (as heard IN my studio) for the first time the other day. He was really enjoying the stereo sound bath and then I got a little carried away. Next thing I knew he jumped up and excused himself right as I developed a sudden strange stomach cramp out of nowhere. Turns out I made him poop, and myself almost also I believe. True story. A unique moment in the history of the Universe for sure. For him and I at least. The power of fingers + ebony + magnetic & electrical currents is so much more impactful on us than we like to believe.

[@agerven]

That's an urge i have never experienced while enjoying ambient music.

[@reviewerman9786]

Poop song, market as laxative music

[@jaywalshmusicandsong1736]

Dude

[@martinhoogeveen3690]

Sounds great Bill, nothing wrong ...💖.

[@Mr.ColdNote]

Somehow that guitar seems to fit your sound - style and look more than any other I have seen you play

[@adthinzad]

I love that violin'ish wood look. And music ...mmmmh! 🙃🙃🙃

[@MegaSkycap]

God bless you!

[@doomedcolonist]

Reminds me of a gig I played when I was downwind of the bass player. I wish she'd shown half of Bill's restraint here.

[@Omnilion]

1:12 beautiful playing! Is that a partial capo only covering the middle strings or how are you able to play the low notes for example in this part? Thanks for the music!

[@moonboogien8908]

I was wondering the same thing... Must be a partial capo, cause you can't play behind a normal one.

[@nickable7201]

I wonder if anyone out there is making music like this just using a Kemper? Anyone know of anyone doing so?

[@scottcarpenter701]

I had this happen the day before while talking with my neighbour in our elevator. Except there was no hold back. no tissues in the moment. I had no guitar to straighten my stance. nature won that day.

[@stickman393]

If I may ask, what does that tiny capo do to the guitar tuning? It doesn't seem to be affecting the low E...

[@chordsoforion]

It's a split or partial capo and covers strings 3-5. Here's a tutorial i posted recently on the topic. Partial capo discussion is in the middle of the vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqnFf2WOd5uNrrM

[@stephenmacintosh9185]

A lovely piece of music. I was initially concerned that your issue may have been of a more agricultural nature.

[@AndreasRitter-q6h]

Still Waters are deep like the chambers of the Soul

[@Kailenrulzu]

Idk if you'll read this, but you're the only one on here with this feeling in your music

[@ikestoddard2458]

You were totally in the Zone.

[@xsjetworf]

Sometimes the concert is just for yourself. Thank you.

[@michaelbartholemew4327]

Love that guitar, I wish they had a Canadian distributor. As for the nose, trouble seems to increase with age! Maybe it’s all the chemtrails 😢

[@txarli]

Thanks for not being sane ❤

[@p.t.anderson1593]

Oh, to be human, to be anything at all...

[@rrubio44]

Interesting how a Person must get past their own "presuppositions" about what Music is to actually Feel and absorb the Beauty of the Ambience of this kind of Experience.. 🎶🤔🧠

[@JayTheLane]

Benefits of a beard 😂

[@mattimaranda9638]

Is he going to stop playing??? It’Snot likely.

[@michaelbutler2312]

actually it wasn't a unique moment in the history of the universe as millions of people have runny noses and sneezing every day. a new take would have you doing something else incredible so don't worry about trying to repeat anything.

[@sonambula69]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz……… ok……..zzzzzzzzz………… great……..zzzzzzzzzz……..

[@intothemusic7121]

Nice. Next time try it on a keyboard so you'll have one spare hand to take care of your nose.

[@BeachBoyee]

Now shred, this is getting boring as hell.

[@andsoistopped]

Superb. Snot what I thought it would be. 😂😂😂😂

[@soundscapematrix]

TO DEVIN TOWNSEND........I'm a big fan and would love a guitar like that one..We drove 180 miles once to see you play 6 songs in San Francisco and it was well worth it......I do have a nice Kiesel but not that ONE.Bill: Unrepeatable for sure.......Beautiful guitar and you have bonded quite nicely.