Mallorca - Isaac Albéniz - Alan Mearns - arranged by Stanley Yates - Guitar by Zebulon Turrentine

[@rdctd8690]

Stunning. Albéniz was such a wonderful melodist, and what an arrangement by Doc Yates. Fantastic playing, Alan.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@jakajaka22]

Simply magical. I shall never tire of hearing you play that magnificent Turrentine. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@fxm5715]

I really appreciate that you give the luthier credit, too. Beautiful stuff, Alan, as always.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@billallen1594]

I’m lost for words. Thank you Alan

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@charlesstiebing9231]

Beautiful! may God continue to bless you and rick beato who introduced us!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Amen! 🙏

[@titntin5178]

Absolutely sublime. Thank you 🙏

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

You're very welcome! Thanks for listening 🙏

[@martinmustar8656]

Albeniz's "Mallorca" and Tarrega's "Capricho árabe" go so well together... they were like musical soulmates.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

True!

[@user-mi6ye8qv5h]

Absolutely superb!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@taelogmor]

Very beautiful Alan; was there with my family just last week.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Brilliant!

[@zacharyoliver1325]

It's a stunning vista that you chose as the backdrop for this classic. Bravo!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@_Michiel_]

Stunning technique, Alan! This only comes with practicing hours and hours, days and days, years and years. Thank you so much for your commitment and for sharing your work with us!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@sturlafossum743]

Beautiful!! And your sound when you play is just so wonderful. Fantastic.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thank you very much!

[@brianspenst1374]

I first came here because of your pop songs but have stayed for your arrangements for guitar.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@Jonnysamurai]

Beautiful 👏👏

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@scottkidwellmusic9175]

Beautifully played, and a wonderful arrangement. Also a beautiful guitar and a stunning backdrop to play in. Thank you, Alan

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@joekail8031]

Masterfully performed!!!!!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@matto9734]

This is beyond beautiful. Masterly played.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@matthewkolb9950]

Wow! That transition at 3:35! Superb (chef's kiss) I will press the thumbs up when i wake up from the nap you forced me to take.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Chef’s kiss 😂

[@StefanEngler-rb8lu]

That was fantastic. Wonderful scenery and such beautiful guitar work that transported me there.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@jakeella]

Astonishing.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@danmervak7013]

Great performance. I like those cross string trills in the beginning!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@donovan665]

Simply entrancing to the ear and eye.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@AlbertAnguela]

beautiful

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@davidnefesh]

Magical, heavenly music and performance, Alan. And that Zeb guitar looks and sounds so beautiful - lush warm tone. In a recent lesson, I mentioned to my instructor (Alex Rockwell) the excitement of discovering your work, and it was very cool when he told me he was well aware of you since he also studied at Austin Peay with Yates. Alex has a Turrentine too, but very different with a spruce top and ladder bracing, and it's bright and loud. Continued success to you, and thanks for the inspiration of your work and your spirit!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Awesome! I know of Alex through Stanley!

[@TheMachinesWon]

Amazing, such a pleasure to watch/listen!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@ChrisRalph007]

Magically wonderful!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@Paul_Hinton]

So beautiful thank you

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@meanmud1]

immediately lost in the beauty of this - thanks, Alan.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@ryanharbert2454]

Maestro

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Ryman Auditorium….

[@zbroyc11]

Thanks!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏 so generous

[@jamesfowler9652]

Stunning

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thank you! 😊

[@limpindug]

Alan i enjoy your playing.this is way above my pay grade to comment on ,spot on mate keep them coming .🤠🙃🤠🙃 Respect to you mate .

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Cheers 🙏

[@patrickkelly5004]

Bravo, Alan! And the setting is such a perfectly lush and lovely compliment to this tranquil work of music.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Cheers 🙏

[@peterkovachevich]

gorgeous video and playing!!!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@AllegoryofPatrick]

Lovely music and a beautiful video. Albeniz wrote such amazing melodies

[@enonknives5449]

True. However we aren't listening and watching him play at the same time. We are hearing a recording done at a different time, and the video is "guitar syncing." There is no microphone in the video, and there is no outdoor sounds.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Yes I agree, amazing melody!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

@@enonknives5449 No shit Sherlock 😂

[@AllegoryofPatrick]

@@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven 😂 the scenery is idyllic. Much love

[@Mr1drumlover]

So beautiful, bravo 🎉

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@marcoramelli]

Magical!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏 Marco!

[@GlennErikMathisen]

Fabulous!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@Mats.Fagerberg]

Bravo!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@TheAnselmoE]

Incredible!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@JariSatta]

Beautiful chord extensions Nice performance, Alan

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏

[@yugrusretep]

Niiiiiiiiiiiice! (Quite some acoustics for the middle of a paddock 😁)

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Oh yeah!

[@michaelstorms47]

🔥🔥🔥

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@jan-willemrensman]

Bedankt

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thank you so much! 🙏❤️

[@jan-willemrensman]

It was such a beautiful piece. I love Albéniz. So, thank you!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Plenty more to come!

[@frankosz6459]

The combination of the landscape and music together is a transcendent, or numinous, experience (if you prefer). I firmly believe this is the truly wonderful thing that great musicians can offer us. It was lovely also to be left with the sounds of nature (wind, crickets and birds) at the end - very moving. Was it twilight when you were filming?

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thanks 🙏 It was around 6:00

[@snowfiresunwind]

Great performance as usual Alan. Would you consider one day to do a video about your trills technique? They have a very distinctive sound and create a unique dynamic to your playing.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Sure

[@bootlebeats6331]

Really nice. :)

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Thank you! 😊

[@cimarron123]

Soulful interpretation! I hope one day you can arrange / play Isaac Albeniz's "Sevilla."

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

❤️🙏

[@splashesin8]

So nice!✨✨✨✨✨

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

🙏❤️

[@ryanharbert2454]

Asturias/Leyenda next?

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Oh, it’s comin’ kiddo! Don’t you worry!

[@ryanharbert2454]

@@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven ooooohhhhhh I can't wait!!!!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Like you’ve never heard mwahaha!

[@משחקניטוס]

Will you do albeniz Torre bermeja?

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Possibly 😁

[@משחקניטוס]

@@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven 😄

[@1loveMusic2003]

Yates is your old instructor right? I loved the interview you did with him talking about Bach and interpreting What Bach would have intended for the notes and how they are played. Great stuff.

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Yes, he’s the Jedi master 😁

[@alexandereisen3486]

Closing my eyes and drifting into the infinite abyss… did God know that the tree stump needed to be in that exact spot when he created the universe?

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Yes. But hollowed out and not very comfortable

[@zbroyc11]

Gorgeous. Such a sensitive interpretation. and what an exquisite trill. Cedar?

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Yes a cedar! A very clear cedar with unbelievable sustain!

[@zbroyc11]

@@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven I agree. 'has me rethinking cedar. Did you pair it with the Oasis NT's that are on Zeb's site? keep it up bro. I hope that you are an inspiration for many. Have you had a look at Albeniz' Cordoba?

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Umm. The strings are a mixture of polished basses, Salvarez and a Hanabach 1st …I think

[@timoeland6159]

Another beautiful performance! Really curious as to your production process for these outdoor videos. Do you record the sound in a studio then play along in the outdoor setting, or play it live in the outdoor setting? I don't see how you could do it live and get all the camera angles. If you record it first in a studio, how do you sync your finger movements so perfectly with the sound? Either way, very well done!

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

Yeah, the multi angle things are recorded in the studio. I play along with my iPhone like 5 times while my wife records the video. It syncs well if you know the piece and just play it along with the recording.

[@timoeland6159]

@@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven Love the song and the setting! Thanks!

[@erajad]

@@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven I live in Fife ... part of me (the bad part) was wondering how long it took you to chase away the sheep! 😂 Beautiful music - and a visual as well as sonic treat. Thank you (both!).

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

@@erajadThere’s cows there! You have to wait for them to clear off 😂

[@unclelefteye3166]

Dammit, I’m running low on adjectives. Thank you for this. Can I ask what mic/mics you use and/or suggest for acoustic recording? Or do you have a p/u in the guitar?

[@AlanMearns-YesTheRaven]

No all multi angle videos like this are always recorded before in the studio. Then you play along in sync with the track like 8 times for the video. The mics are Neumanns.