A few years ago on AGT there was a solo guitarist, Marcin, who played the guitar while also using it as a percussion instrument. I never saw anything like it. Not knowing anything about the guitar, I have no idea if that is innovative or potentially frowned upon by guitarists, but I enjoyed it.
Marcin Patrzałek, known mononymously as Marcin, is a Polish percussive fingerstyle guitarist, composer, and producer. He is known for combining fingerstyle, percussive guitar techniques with modern electronic and orchestral production. He first gained popularity in 2015 after winning the ninth edition of Polish talent show Must Be The Music, the prize for which was 100,000 Polish złoty and an additional 100,000 złoty for promotion of his music on Polish radio station RMF FM. After local success, he went on to release his debut record HUSH, the release of which was accompanied by singles including Patrzalek's percussive arrangement of Isaac Albéniz's "Asturias"; the video of the arrangement was released through fingerstyle label CandyRat Records. In subsequent years, Patrzałek's popularity grew rapidly beyond Polish borders due to multiple viral releases online. His videos were posted and discussed by notable publishers such as Rolling Stone, Metal Hammer, Classic FM…
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Wow, Marcin is freaking wonderful! Just looked him up and discovered this cover of Clapton's "Layla".
It's got acoustic tapping and cool percussive moves just like you mentioned. So, as a guitarist who likes a variety of musical genres, I'm really open to a lot of different approaches out there to the instrument, and Marcin's playing is absolutely amazing. I love these kinda guitar heroics... beautiful exciting melodies and percussion. It's way beyond my skill and to be honest, I rarely listen to virtuosos who play at this level, but when I do I'm always amazed and inspired.
This next song 👇 just came on while I was typing my message to you and it literally yanked my attention away from what I was writing... check it out:
A few years ago on AGT there was a solo guitarist, Marcin, who played the guitar while also using it as a percussion instrument. I never saw anything like it. Not knowing anything about the guitar, I have no idea if that is innovative or potentially frowned upon by guitarists, but I enjoyed it.
Marcin Patrzałek, known mononymously as Marcin, is a Polish percussive fingerstyle guitarist, composer, and producer. He is known for combining fingerstyle, percussive guitar techniques with modern electronic and orchestral production. He first gained popularity in 2015 after winning the ninth edition of Polish talent show Must Be The Music, the prize for which was 100,000 Polish złoty and an additional 100,000 złoty for promotion of his music on Polish radio station RMF FM. After local success, he went on to release his debut record HUSH, the release of which was accompanied by singles including Patrzalek's percussive arrangement of Isaac Albéniz's "Asturias"; the video of the arrangement was released through fingerstyle label CandyRat Records. In subsequent years, Patrzałek's popularity grew rapidly beyond Polish borders due to multiple viral releases online. His videos were posted and discussed by notable publishers such as Rolling Stone, Metal Hammer, Classic FM…
Wow, Marcin is freaking wonderful! Just looked him up and discovered this cover of Clapton's "Layla".
It's got acoustic tapping and cool percussive moves just like you mentioned. So, as a guitarist who likes a variety of musical genres, I'm really open to a lot of different approaches out there to the instrument, and Marcin's playing is absolutely amazing. I love these kinda guitar heroics... beautiful exciting melodies and percussion. It's way beyond my skill and to be honest, I rarely listen to virtuosos who play at this level, but when I do I'm always amazed and inspired.
This next song 👇 just came on while I was typing my message to you and it literally yanked my attention away from what I was writing... check it out:
These are both amazing.