ONExGUITAR: Chris Tamwoy at TEDxBrisbane

Christopher is a 17 year old Torres Strait Islander living in Woodridge, south of Brisbane. A musician, high school student and football referee; Chris is an amazing kid. He has phenomenal talent and after this video, we're quite sure you'll agree.
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[@fulljiblett]

This kid is a perfect example of how music is ever evolving just by playing what he feels . Thank you for sharing Chris you inspire me

[@christamwoy6072]

No worries! Thank U

[@mattschultz4111]

Wow my guy. That is one heck of a style..... That's how I learned bass, playing guitar sideways and playing like that. Jeff Healy would be VERY proud of you. So don't stop!

[@verebellus]

nothing needs to be perfect to be beautyful, idc if something is offkey about this, this is amazing art

[@davidhetherington5617]

What a brilliant original young musician!!...and what a wonderful heart!! Dave Hetherington

[@profdavidclark]

Simply blown away. Thanks, Chris

[@ryanvillamorrrr]

This game me goosebumps like the whole time. This guy is going places.

[@joelam3983]

Amazing young man with a great heart & soul.

[@donnierittenberry5515]

never seen anybody play like this kid has some amazing talent

[@purrproductions1]

Chris, you play beautifully and speak so articulately

[@davidsepulveda1382]

11. 1 que 1 1 1. 1 1. 1 1 1 Aurora Murphy

[@HeapsGoodProductions]

Woah he's incredible! So stoked he's based in Brisbane, definitely keen to someday hear him live!

[@oliverfillon4014]

Chris, you are already a legend. Well done mate

[@seamusin1697]

Incredibly memorizing and sublime!

[@bronwynmijic538]

Unlimited Talent :) Amazing artist, Has a wonderful respect for family and Culture.This young man has a great future !

[@KarlMiller-DjKarl]

Epic performance… The elders would be proud…☮🔥

[@silky900]

Absolutely amazing

[@andyxlh]

Amazing!!! What a great guy too.

[@operationgnp]

Excellent playing and presentation!

[@Xaazo]

Thank you Chris.... thats all i have to say...

[@user-lp6we9jj9y]

この曲大好きです！！

[@bengreenacre3612]

Heard him on tripple j and wondered how he was getting that sound. Really like it. Seems like a really good kid hope he goes a long way.

[@abeniham]

wow ...I am blown away .. ..

[@naseilitamwoy1867]

I love it cuz man you are going to be a special person later....

[@peterstanleywhiting]

fantastic originality

[@mrwhompass1986]

Oh man. What a talent.

[@jezaraknid314]

UNbelievable think I jus found a new favourite artist (ty to the woman who just called in the doctor on jjj askin for this)

[@EdgLorDallas]

That's why I just came here, because I just heard him on Triple J, on the Doctors show :D He is amazing.

[@kanebowlin5123]

Flipping awesome brother

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

Awesome....

[@michelleboyce2812]

DEADLY!!

[@stephendenovan6792]

So good so so good

[@tyronelol]

Respect! peace

[@hildabzz]

Wow!

[@allynhoward5307]

His skills are a gift from God!

[@sifauddean3434]

u a true Allny

[@LesleighHart]

wow he is really good :)

[@allthingstoallmen4669]

WOW!

[@gerGoPrint3D]

August Rush

[@federicodesalvia]

so talented this boy

[@kaigemarn1850]

Awesome talent...TSI rep you go kiddo you will get there,,,, 2deadly

[@bipinlamichhane6484]

its amazing

[@elijahtamwoy56]

Love u elijah

[@MegaTamai]

I just cried...:)

[@doublef201]

I really would like to meet u someday for lessons

[@readmycomments100]

Inspired by John Butler's ocean? Great work either way.

[@Jayheid98]

the transcendent idiot That's literally what popped into my head when I saw his audition video for America's Got Talent on Facebook a second ago

[@ridinwithsquatch7185]

Eric Mongrain needs to see this

[@ただの車上生活者]

good.

[@4teacher4]

Sick az bra.

[@fulljiblett]

LORD

[@Anthony_Corbellini]

One man band

[@naseilitamwoy1867]

Too Deadly cuz

[@MrTonytits]

@ 3 people out there, what was there not to like?

[@allenirwin698]

He is the next jimi hendrix.

[@mackajones1]

What style of guitar are they playing?

[@devel7000]

+Mac Jones nerd :D in a good way

[@mackajones1]

+devel7000 haha thanks. it's wicked. i really want to learn it

[@slider33441]

faaaaaark!

[@mithauzumaki9746]

Kpn bisa lang at main gitar

[@h.lalthuama7073]

Ka inhlan e

[@reesesalmon1669]

Holy f#ck

[@justforever96]

Whenever I hear people make dumb racist remarks about talent, I just laugh...whichever way they are pointed...

[@valley_robot]

not knocking the kid but this style of percussive playing always sounds the same to me its tuned to an open chord so you are limited to what you can do with it , no matter who is demonstrating it it always sounds like they use the same little tricks over and over again , its impressive to someone who has never picked up a guitar , but a lot of things are , i play guitar pretty avarage but people who hear me play for the first time think im some kind of genius on the guitar because i know how to play the thing to the best of my ability , its not genius, its one trick and lick after the other until it sounds good

[@Kraeuterkeule]

If you can´t hear a difference in this kind of music used by artists like preston reed, usman riaz or justin king...man I´m sorry for you. Limited because you just have another tuning ? and you don´´t use licks and tricks on the normal tuning until it´s sounds good ?

[@jhunter2662]

i agree in a way, i play G D C F and pick it fingerstyle, people think im a god.

[@user-gh9lz1qy2p]

Completely agree with you. This is just another style of guitar playing. To be honest, after listening to it for about 2mins I already became bored. I'm not judging the kid or his playing, but I've been playing guitar for over 7years and I can definitely say that there are millions of guitar players in the world; there's nothing special about at all.

[@brothmusic2355]

change the chordddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

[@AzamGadoGado]

Liat dari thubnil nya saya kira kang ojol njier🙄🙄🙄

[@lukadine3051]

he played a bit to fast for my taste;

[@prnothall9302]

definitely talented ,but, timing is out.

[@rajneeshrana7002]

this is not a talent it's just because people are just getting to see abnormal position of guitar with random annoyed tuning when it comes to it's real positiin it's harder than that

[@alisavavataga4278]

Who said there's a 'real' position? As long as there's beautiful music coming out of the guitar then that is real talent

[@rajneeshrana7002]

I repeat "annoyed music "

[@reubengyfford-scott5992]

There is no real position, so long as you can play in that position, then it its real! The most common position is the traditional way, however it isn't particular harder then the way that this person is playing. An example of this is the drums. There is two main ways of playing it, your 'rock grip' ( what most people learn) but there is also your traditional grip (used for marching bands but most commonly used in jazz). Just because there is one main way to play the instrument doesn't mean you need to play it that way. This is a very talented performer! and if you can understand the difficulty of playing something like that then maybe you might have a bit more respect for it.

[@IsThisRain]

I know it's been 6 months, but what a fucking retarded comment.

[@abeniham]

wow ...I am blown away .. ..