The Witness Adam Jones Cover Ft. Cesar Gueikian - EPIC 16 Layers!

A Massive 16 Layers of Guitar, Piano, Drums, Bass and MIDI! "The Witness" Cover Ft. Cesar Gueikian (Gibson CEO). As a tribute to Adam Jones on his birthday and also to Cesar Gueikian as well as the Gibson family, I have been working on this very special project for the past month. This is by far the biggest project I have worked on and also my very first collaboration!
This song is just magical! There are so many layers and when listening to all of them, it is such an incredible experience. Adam Jones created such a beautiful piece here where most parts are in Synth. I wanted to re-create this completely using my Guitar. When I was working on putting together all the layers I felt it will be fantastic if Mr Gueikian could play the intro Piano for me. When I reached out to him, he was so kind and was happy to collab with me. I also wanted a drummer since that is the best part. I reached out to Cameron Winters and his friend Tim O'Nell did a fantastic job on drums in this song.
I recreated all parts by listening closely to the song and I did an extended version with some improvisation in some of my favourite sections. I also created my own solo following 2 different rhythmic melody from the song! I learnt a lot in this process of putting together 16 different layers of audios, mixing the song, compiling the entire videos, etc.
This has been so much fun and it is such an honor to collab with Gueikian and Tim (and ofcourse my baby brother Rudhra). You are going to see 13 Avatars of Maya in this video!
I also wanted to do a beautiful intro video where I envisioned a soul going to a forest where guitars appears from the ground and the soul merges together with this beautiful instrument!
I hope you all enjoy this cover (with no backtrack!) as much as I did creating this. Just the number of layers involved in this song made this a mega project and my dad helped me in putting together a million layers of videos, my mum went through my entire wardrobe and helped me dressing up 13 times to record all the layers and my 4 year old brother also made his first appearance on the cover by playing the beautiful intro MIDI note! All in all, this was a very fun project I did on my school holidays in Dec and a complete team work!
Let's All Wish A Very Happy Birthday To The Legend Adam Jones!
==== My Gears Used ====
Guitars: Gibson Adam Jones 1979 Silverburst Les Paul
Epiphone Les Paul Modern Figured - Carribean Blue Fade
ESP LTD AX50
Jackson King V
Bass: Yamaha TRBX174
MIDI: Arturia Minilab MKII
Effects: PodGo Multi-Effects Processor
Pedals Used: Distortion, Delay, Reverb, Flanger, Chorus, Compressor, Noise Gate, EQ, Volume Pedal, Expression Pedal and Wah.
Amp: Boss Katana 50
Mixing Softwares: Ableton LIVE and Adobe Audition
Audio Interface: EVO 8
==== SOCIAL MEDIA ====
Maya Neelakantan:
/ mayaneelakantan
/ mayaneelakantan
/ mayaneelakantan
/ mayaneelakantan
Cesar Gueikian:
/ gueikian
www.gibson.com...
Tim O'Nell:
/ 7empo.tim
Cameron Winters:
cameronwinters...
/ cameronwinters
/ cameronvwinters
Vesser Project:
/ vesserproject
/ @vesserproject
==== Contents of this Video ====
0:00 Intro
0:29 Piano
0:41 Guitar Intro
0:59 Swells Melody 1
1:22 Swells Melody 2
1:56 High Melody
2:45 Main Melody
2:57 Chimes Melody
3:15 Main Melody Haromized
3:36 Distortion Melody
3:50 Power Chords
5:01 Synth Melody
5:25 Bridge
5:48 Bass
6:11 Drums
6:24 7 Layers
6:42 Solo
8:46 Outro
9:06 Credits
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[@AlidaRocks2084]

Oh my goodness Maya, this is incredible!!! Instant goosebumps. What a beautiful birthday gift for Adam Jones!

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! I am so happy you enjoyed this. I could never get bored of watching this. 😊

[@ssalvaterra]

Little lady, this is indeed very good. Very well done. Congratulations

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! 😃

[@jhustle215]

Such a Beautiful and Epic tribute to Adam Jones on his Birthday with an added bonus of Cesar Gueikian! Your Guitar talent gets better with every new song! Happy Birthday to Adam Jones!!

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! It was very kind of Mr Gueikian to join me in this project. I had a lot of fun creating this. 😃

[@georgemartinez9084]

This is music! This is awesome. Great job to everyone that helped to make this masterpiece. Keep going Maya. Keep having fun.

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! This is a special project and I love this song. I’m happy I was able to pull it off. 😁😊

[@Juanita-gf4te]

Beautiful......brought tears to my eyes.....

[@shresthabageshwar2671]

Masterpiece as always! I get goosebumps everytime when the drums come in!

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Exactly! Me too. I have 3 favourite sections - first time when the distortion comes in, next moment is when bass comes in and then the best is when drums comes in. 😃

[@christothomas7095]

Who else is here after watching Maya on America's Got Talent ? 😁

[@MayaNeelakantan]

😁

[@stevesack284]

That was nothing short of absolutely amazing. Thank you for this. Your work and commitment shines.

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! Putting so many layers together was challenging but totally worth it since I could never get bored of this song. 😊

[@rudysanchez9236]

These kids...THESE MUSICIANS ARE AWESOME! Incredible job for any age or level of experience. I am blown away and I'm very impressed! I hope one day y'all will visit the METAL CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSE, SAN ANTONIO TEXAS! We will welcome yall with open arms! Keep up the awesome work. Your dedication is paying ofv!

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you! 😊 I haven't visited Texas yet. I was in Nashville couple of months ago though.

[@DreamArtScientists]

Sounds awesome, Maya! Great job! 🎸🔥🙏

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! This was a really big project and totally fun! 😊

[@DreamArtScientists]

@@MayaNeelakantan Your playing sounds very professional in this song. Sounds great! Very good work, Maya!

[@MayaNeelakantan]

@@DreamArtScientists Thank you for noticing that! I felt that too. 😊 The time signatures are quite tricky in this song and some layers feels different than the rest. But I can see my timing has gone much better so when I put the layers together I was surprised how good they all sounded in one mix. 😃

[@ubuntuber1619]

Aiyo! Adam Jones Birthday and Pongal celebrations together... Maya this was super awesome just like you.. and i loved how you used a.i art its another trait of GenAlfa.👏🏽💕

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! Wish you a very happy pongal. Yes, I love the AI intro. My vision was a soul goes into a forest where the guitar comes out from the ground, evolves into a beautiful les paul and the soul merges with the instrument. The final video turned out pretty close to my vision and I was happy with it. 😃

[@ubuntuber1619]

Happy Pongal to you too ma cutie pie pickachu🤗🐇, "i was wondering Maya didnt post for a long time, she must be upto something" its interesting i had similar visualisation listening to your track, it started with the grate attractor pulling laniakea supercluster, thats pulling milkyway over the scape of 800million lightyears..passing through the sun, zooming out to earth, then the younger drays event happens midway track, nature goes green again human civilization respawns and one fine day a tree (mother nature)is turned into an electric guitar and towards the end of the track about mid 21st century GenAlpha with a.i achieving a triangular equilibrium between nature, machines and humans.. and all is silently witnessed by the sun..which just transited during Pongal..i just love this track and saved it in my golden playlist... Thankyou so much for such a lovely time travel in just 10mins.👍🏽

[@MayaNeelakantan]

@@ubuntuber1619 wow! I love that. What a travel. And thank you. 😁 This is one of my favourite song so I want to make it as perfect as I can so I can travel with it when I listen to the entire parts put together. I’m happy how it turned out in the end. 😊 Glad you love it too.

[@ubuntuber1619]

@@MayaNeelakantan Chotu baccha🤗🐇, may be mother nature is speaking through your music, Gibson is Mahogany after all.

[@johnjoeflanagan]

Funtastic!🎸

[@jasonpitts8395]

Maya you are amazing.

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you! 😊

[@jameslanclos568]

Oh, you have a Randy Rhoads Jackson guitar! Nice. I see you are stepping up your game, very cool!

[@MayaNeelakantan]

😊 Yeah, it’s actually the King V. I like the full V shape more than the Randy Rhoads version. I got that guitar for my 7th birthday. 😁 It’s my only guitar with a whammy bar.

[@jameslanclos568]

You mean like the original V Randy played? That's the one I like too, with the black pin stripes. It's a Jackson V, right? 50% of my guitars have tremolos!@@MayaNeelakantan

[@MayaNeelakantan]

@@jameslanclos568 Yeah that’s the one. It’s so cool you have so many guitars with tremolos. 😃

[@jameslanclos568]

I used to have about 13-14 guitars, but I sold them and took a 10+ year break. Right now, I have 7 guitars and counting! I decided to start playing again to exercise my brain more. Jimi Hendrix was my favorite artist. He really inspired me the most.@@MayaNeelakantan

[@MayaNeelakantan]

@@jameslanclos568 Jimmi Hendrix is a legend. I’m so happy you are back to playing guitar again. I find music gives such a meaning to life. 😊

[@georgemartinez9084]

"Determined" should be the name of this song.

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you! 😊

[@kashyap1979]

Keeps getting better and better, awesome work!!

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@dontfeedjellyfish6068]

Maya, you are AWESOME!! 🤩😍🤩

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you! 😊

[@robertjoot2540]

Amqzing Job Maya on all your videos love seeing you rock the songs out 😘😇 Your pod Go I just got one order today. Does it make with The tool sound? Or you built it or downloading the killer guitar sound ?? Or maybe do A few videos on how you get Tool Sound on it .. Thank you Keep Rocking Maya

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you! With PodGo I built the tone myself. It took me 2 years for the tone to evolve to the one I have now. A lot of experiments and the main thing you first need to find is the amp and cab sim. Once you find one you like the best you can start tweaking the rest. The tone changes a lot based on the amp and guitar you have too. I did do a video on my PodGo settings a couple of years back in my KZbin channel here but since then I have changed the eq settings quite a fair bit. But that should give you an idea on the amp I used etc. I will make an updated video sometime since many have asked for it. Hope you have a lot of fun with your new toy! 😊😃🤘

[@prophecynine]

Wow! This is completely amazing! Any plans to release this cover?

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! 😊🙏 Releasing the cover? As in? 🤔

[@prophecynine]

@@MayaNeelakantan for streaming on bandcamp/spotify etc.

[@Juanita-gf4te]

@@MayaNeelakantan On a record Maya.....to go on radio.....and sell in music stores

[@WilliamsEtcPro]

Amazing!! KEEP GOING!!

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you! 😊

[@mecca6801]

जैसा कि मैंने इंस्टाग्राम पर कहा था, कृपया अपने माता-पिता को बताएं कि "उन्होंने आपको महानता को ध्यान में रखते हुए बड़ा किया है"। 🤘🏽चीयर्स🤘🏽

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@mojo65-FXDC]

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[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you so much! 😊😃🙏

[@siddharthrawat3370]

Rock goddess 🙌🫶

[@MayaNeelakantan]

Thank you! 😊