Reddit Claims THIS is the Hardest Song to Cover

[@atutahi]

What are your most difficult songs to cover?

[@Owlgirl-fz9zj]

We play Landslide and it’s actually hard to get the feel right live as it very easily becomes a slog

[@atutahi]

@@Owlgirl-fz9zj That's true! The bass can definitely start to drag it all down if the groove isn't quite right

[@MusicForGod572]

Cliffs of dover is sup[er hard to cover

[@KnjazNazrath]

"Rain" by Jason Becker. Such a simple song on the surface, but the phrasing is crazy.

[@atutahi]

@@KnjazNazrathI’ve never seen a covers band playing a Becker tune but one of my originals bands used to cover altitudes and it was scary EVERY time we played it!

[@aaditaryaman]

It took me a LOT of time to figure out Mr Brightside, that one is hard ngl.

[@atutahi]

Surprisingly awesome song to play though definitely worth it

[@etanmine1136]

I play it on a show last friday it was hard to learn but this feeling when evrything works. 🤌🤌

[@thinmint6778]

Loved the long-form video (as opposed to your usual uploads). Keep it up!

[@atutahi]

@@thinmint6778 cheers! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MemoryMachines]

Love this conversational style of video, dude! Would love to see more 😀😀

[@atutahi]

Cheers mate in that case there’s more on the way

[@iZno85]

Thanks, really awesome video. Interesting to hear your tips and seeing you play the songs.

[@atutahi]

@@iZno85 thanks for watching I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@philipgerrans8152]

great video. this channel deserves more views. you are a very engaging teacher and presenter.

[@atutahi]

@@philipgerrans8152 thanks I appreciate that!

[@bryanfowler5449]

I agree. Your channel is great and you deserve many many more subscribers. Great video.

[@miinpajamas6680]

the harmonic tips is a god send thx

[@atutahi]

@@miinpajamas6680 glad it’s of some use!

[@SamBrockmann]

"I saw it on Reddit!" 😂😂 Oh, boy.

[@atutahi]

Haha I’m starting to hear that a bit too much these days!

[@l6vender]

I'm not in band and i don't write (sadly) but i really love to play polyphia, Ichika Nito and like that type riffs, gained a lot of skill in last two years🎉

[@atutahi]

Great job mate, I give all my students the same advice which is no matter what music you play, try to get out there and be playing with others and performing, it will take your playing to the next level no matter what genre you're in

[@Frymetothespoon]

Dude PLEASE go over what your tone is for the Mr brightside cover at the end!! It was so pretty

[@atutahi]

@@Frymetothespoon hey mate I actually didn’t dial anything in I’m using the “Tele Slap” preset by Joshua De La Victoria in the Neural DSP Tim Henson Archetype Plugin

[@dc.8049]

It's probably All Shall Perish - From So Far Away. Only one person did it and post it here on YT

[@atutahi]

@@dc.8049 wow they did a pretty good job too!

[@Prognosticate]

Can't wait to try out the compression tip for pinch harmonics.

[@atutahi]

@@Prognosticate certainly makes life easier!

[@OwenVickersGuitar]

Mr. Brightside was my first thought when I saw the question as well. I've seen that song take out many a good guitar player in a cover band situation (possibly including me, on occasion 😂). I think the two things that always made me tense up a little in my covers band days were singing the high harmony in the chorus of Livin' On A Prayer, in the original key. And for some reason I will never know, I always butchered the end of the guitar solo in Run To Paradise 😬 It became an in-joke in the band, and I always got 'the look' as the moment was approaching, making it a self-fulfilling prophecy 😂

[@atutahi]

Ooh to be fair I’ve seen Run to Paradise fall apart on stage more than a few times now

[@OwenVickersGuitar]

You were probably at one of my gigs then bro 😂😂

[@atutahi]

@@OwenVickersGuitarhahaha it’s all about consistency!

[@coolmacatrain9434]

4:41 there are 6 dials on that compression pedal .. which one do you turn up?

[@atutahi]

Ratio Sustain and Release UP Attack DOWN Level and Tone to your own taste

[@atutahi]

Very easy to go over board with it so if your tone starts getting muddy and overly compressed just dial it back a bit

[@kdaly8640]

Sweet Child of Mine intro is tricky, hard to play clean and the slightest mistake is so obvious. I avoid it like the plague. Hi from NZ.

[@bobwilkinsonguitar6142]

I've used that as my warm up for awhile, its pretty much brainless at this point😂

[@atutahi]

Sweet Child is a funny one because soo many guitarists learn it at such an early stage in their playing it’s easy to forget how hard it is to perform live if you aren’t used to it

[@atutahi]

@@bobwilkinsonguitar6142haha definitely a lot of people’s go to warm up tune

[@bryanfowler5449]

I’ve learned it so many times and then completely forget it.

[@Fatman4our2wenty]

I dunno I thought learning Sadistic Abductive by Brain Drill was pretty hard.

[@michaelhudson5741]

Anything from Faith No More's guitar driven songs post Jim Martin

[@atutahi]

@@michaelhudson5741 they have such an underrated catalogue!

[@whyamihereidontknow9067]

I always mess up paranoid androids intro lol. Its annoying because besides the intro the rest of the songs pretty easy

[@atutahi]

@@whyamihereidontknow9067 haha oftentimes its the one off parts in otherwise simple songs that throw you off your game

[@dabblesonguitar6752]

Very enjoyable video. Thank you

[@joe.nail1]

More Reddit content please lmao

[@atutahi]

Haha this was a random video but weirdly enough I actually ended up in the deepest reddit hole and am literally thinking about doing another one this weekend

[@mandyjean]

Why Georgia is so difficult to get right 😩 I really struggle with that one

[@atutahi]

@@mandyjean haha yeah the rhythm acoustic part is a pain

[@phant0mdummy]

Jesus, the yap on this dude.

[@beatthesportsbooks]

fr just f'ing play

[@atutahi]

@@phant0mdummy haha I am definitely a certified yapper, for straight more playing than talking check out most of the other videos on this channel!

[@JohnB-im3eu]

These are all such reddit answers 😂. I'm not into djent or shredding but bands like archespire, animals as leaders etc... are far more difficult.

[@atutahi]

@@JohnB-im3eu haha we’re talking about working covers bands in this case, if you’re being paid to perform AAL on night to night then chances are your name is either Tosin Abasi or Javier Reyes

[@alexkish1745]

ok now - anything by polyphia

[@atutahi]

Haha more covers bands should definitely play polyphia!

[@nikhils3060]

thanks

[@theboazanema]

Wagon wheel. Its not hard to play its just over requested down south

[@kimmis15]

What the frick, these songs are only hard for beginners tho. Let’s see a cover of miles of machines by Jeff Loomis

[@atutahi]

@@kimmis15 haha I have a cover of miles of machines on Insta, this is in context of working professionally for covers bands which rarely play Loomis tunes unfortunately although covering This Godless Endeavour by Nevermore would be eeepic

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

Not just beginners: I had to learn Mr Brightside for a dep gig this year, and my fingers are simply not as flexible as when I was younger. It's arthritis, I assume. So despite having played guitar for decades, I couldn't master that riff, and had to come up with an alternative. As far as I can tell, no one in the audience knew or cared, thankfully.

[@atutahi]

@@1man1guitarletsgo great job adapting! A lot of my older students have to come to grips with the realities of playing guitar with hands that have lived an entire life and it's certainly not easy! But much like yourself there are often ways around these limitations that leave audiences non the wiser