Insight Studio Sessions: "Rylynn" - Andy McKee

Guitarist Andy McKee stops by Insight and performs "Rylynn." Listen to his Insight interview here: www.capradio.org/15300

[@douglas5565]

Almost 15 years have passed since I first heard this song, it's been with me through good and tough times. Still gets me every time...

[@ilhamahmad3815]

I saw Andy McKee play Rylynn nine years ago and now it still amazing

[@soledias4235]

This guy is pulling feelings out of the guitar.Wow! So clear,so touching!

[@patricm.3718]

Just beautiful.

[@lifelongfan07]

I like the original version, not to take anything away from this....the man is amazing!

[@abramharry721]

You probably dont care but if you're stoned like me during the covid times then you can watch all the new series on InstaFlixxer. I've been streaming with my gf lately :)

[@mordechaicayson4287]

@Abram Harry Yea, have been using instaflixxer for since november myself :D

[@CHU_NGOC]

Sound so good!

[@RobertLamm5]

***** I remember watching the original of this in 2006, Your time and feel have gotten so much better, which is amazing because they started off so good. Thanks for this great performance. Congrats on your success!!

[@anggabandit7059]

amazing !!

[@stanislavspirin]

Awesome!!!

[@rosaflor8774]

Que qualidade de música e que talento! Parabéns!

[@DSKim-ej5uf]

wonderful~!!

[@EmineMingXue]

Nice......Thanks Andy for sharing such nice tutorial for us to follow and improve and motivate my guitar playing...

[@user-lv9of9xf1j]

Amazing

[@andremouraofficial4040]

Gênio!!

[@bryansphere6359]

In my humble opinion this song is still the best he's ever written!

[@MichaelKobrin]

Acoustic Guitar at its Best!

[@tonyd59]

Must admit,like this 'edited' version,i always thought that middle section was a tad long!

[@muriloninja]

The audio (mic or DI) has to be right on to pickup all the nuances in Andy's compositions and it seems a lot of times its lacking.

[@JoshuaConnorMusic]

It's a shame that the mic isn't very good for recording guitar, cause this is probably his best performance of this song, with a guitar much more suited for it.

[@axleblaze123]

Joshua Connor yeah looks like the ones that you see at radio stations.

[@navrajgurung4402]

yeah josh, I too feel like Andy is and old soul feeling this song. #oldsoulnessnostalgia

[@ruchirsajwan]

Sound setup?

[@MarcHalikas_surfercook]

I wanna use this track in a surf video. :-)

[@prometheusxc]

Andy's best song imo. The ending was a little abrupt here though.

[@CordaRoys]

the only thing bad about this is that it makes me feel horrible about my own playing! wow! you're gettin a lot of sound out of that gitfiddle. :)

[@user-zt3pm2fm5o]

1:17

[@stacykaplan9473]

you will not see more patience then that of a true guitarist... all hacks rush... blow out of tempo on key or not... when you flow with your instrument it's unparalleled

[@patricm.3718]

Anyone know where I can find the tuning and tabs for this?

[@HungarianGuitarist]

Andymckee.com, candyrat.com

[@patricm.3718]

@@HungarianGuitarist THANK YOU!

[@Rael0505]

That guitar is worth at least $15,000.

[@JoshuaConnorMusic]

More like $20,000+ starting price.

[@Rael0505]

***** The base price of a Greenfield guitar is $14,500. Although with all the bells and whistles you can choose from, a Greenfield could go above $20,000.

[@JoshuaConnorMusic]

Rael0505 That's what I meant. The models Andy gets have lots of bells and whistles, fanned frets, sound ports, bevels etc. Though I believe he has a few standard model GFs as well, so he probably has a few worth around $15,000.

[@HQDivinity]

His guitar is worth 10 times more than mine...

[@Framepler]

A genious like Andy makes the guitars he plays on unvaluable.

[@christopherdiodato182]

what type of guitar is it that he plays with that looks like it has slanted fret boards

[@TheRayBanRebel]

its a greenfield fanned fret

[@christopherdiodato182]

is it supposed to give an advantage somehow in playing? I've never seen one like that before his videos and some of the other solos

[@JoshuaConnorMusic]

Christopher Diodato As I said before it helps greatly with intonation and string tension. Other than that Andy has said that it's not really that noticeable while playing.

[@TheRayBanRebel]

the way its the bridge and the nut are angled supposedly helps keep it more in tune the further down the fret you go and the frets angled also kinda can help with playing it a little bit, but i cant say for sure because i never played one

[@ChristopherFryerblurb]

***** you can play a great gwittar in the classic form v.v.neat stuff congratulations

[@isaacc839]

Does anyone know where he got that capo from???

[@ApolloBows]

It's called a partial capo and it can be bought at nearly any guitar shop c:

[@bobshan2035]

Exo Genesis Shubb capo*

[@ApolloBows]

Bob Shan *Partial Capo it can be called either.

[@bobshan2035]

Lmfao look up any interview with Andy asking him what kind of capo he uses on this song. Yes, it can be referred to as a 'partial capo', but the correct term is a shubb capo - made for banjos but often used by fingerstyle guitarists if they don't want to cover all the strings.

[@ApolloBows]

Bob Shan Either term is fine then

[@SeanMCMLXVI]

i just realized he plays with his fingerpads, and not nails, except for thumb anyway ... he may have really short fingernails though

[@AKIRA-dn2zn]

no compressor. effect.

[@barbelfloat]

Very interesting how he only left his right thumb nail long while the rest of his right finger nails are cut. I guess he likes the soft "skin" tone rather than the tone the nail tone

[@glennpennock7487]

... his right hand technique is from a classical guitar perspective totally wrong (it will eventually really hurts his joints) , but I say... who cares if it delivers such a beautiful song! Bravo!

[@johnhayes6309]

+glenn pennock Right hand technique is fine, his finger roll back toward the palm of his hands beautifully......so what's your point?

[@glennpennock7487]

... his technique is fine, John, from a classical guitar perspective it is not (it is not the roll back, but in the classical guitar approach you do not support your attack of the strings with the pink on the wood, it will eventually block your wrist, and your thumb is not bending... it could really hurt him), but than I added 'who cares'; his music is beautiful, and that is far more important than my concern that he would hurt himself on the long term. I am a great admirer of his music.

[@johnhayes6309]

I see what you're saying, I guess the reason why I was never concerned with Andy's right-hand technique is because I always have thought his looks rather good compared to some of these other solo acoustic artists! ha

[@wenderlin1076]

agree about the pinky finger!!! it's not effective but probably he is comfortable with it so yeah hahahaha this song is good though

[@MickeyKraut419]

Who cares about the technique? it's not a classical piece, nor a classical guitar, nor is Andy a classical player... never understood why people have such an unhealthy obsession with bringing up absolutely unrelated tangents instead of enjoying the art in front of them...

[@tertiusduplessis2518]

I don't think Andy Mckee is struggling to get a girlfriend...

[@NathanLanza]

Heh, he missed the entire middle section. Funny to see when he makes mistakes.

[@tracenbradshaw8432]

I'm pretty sure that was intentional. A musician doesn't simply "miss" parts of their own songs.

[@NathanLanza]

From 2:32 to 2:38 the part he is playing is repeated later in the song regularly. At 2:38 he starts plays the bass notes of the first part but accidentally skips to the second harmonic trio of the second part. I'm 100% sure it's a mistake. He skips forward instead of trying to fumble backwards to replay what he screwed up.

[@wir8]

Nathan Lanza And I'm curios, if it was a mistake, why did not they retake the clip? He probably does know when he does mistakes and also probably wouldn't want his works published like that.

[@thomastownsend7627]

wireight I still love it all the same, mistake or no mistake.

[@NickmanTraceur]

Thomas Townsend Indeed!

[@ashleecoy]

I have my own song that is hilarious considering my name is Rylynn

[@glacialdrumlin]

Ashlee Coy okay, Ashlee...

[@phyfts]

He is white.