august rush

[harvester]

any one see the movie august rush ?(a must see for music lovers) and how he played the guitar? then check out this guy i saw it last year but it still blows me away everytime.[ not sure if i can post a link to another site so type http:uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4[/url] into your browser and give him a listenhttp://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4

 

[harvester]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4

 

[umbra]

It was a good video. Micheal Hedges invented the "tap" technique. He also used a sympatheic harp guitar. Stanley Jordan does some of the tap tech. John McLaughlin started using a harp guitar back with his solo albumn "My goals beyound" So we're talking about 1982. And of course Pat Metheny uses the tap tech and harp guitar. Nothing new to world of music. Hedges said he developed the tap tech when he was at the Peabody institute, because he was trying to use the interwoven fingers found with piano, but on the guitar. Hedges is no longer with us or this style of playing would be a lot more popular.

 

[harvester]

why not check out andy anyway?

 

[umbra]

I did check him out. Some of his pieces are Michael Hedges pieces. The label he's on has a complete Michael Hedges collection.