Guitar Drifting

I just ran across this Justin King guy and was amazed at this style of playing known as "drifting."
Tis very cool stuff and I thought I'd share it with some of you.
Hope you enjoy

Justin King


Andy McKee


Preston Reed


J. King


ETA: Thank you vanhippi for these 2 more additions:
Kari King (any relation to Justin?)


Stephano Barone


Peace,
spec

Have you ever seen the movie 'August Rush'? Some good guitar work done in that film, too.

Wow I can totally respect this, having played the piano for 10+ years and always wanting to learn guitar but never getting around to it...

reply to post by Mactire

Have you ever seen the movie 'August Rush'?

Yes, one of my favorites for both the playing and the story, good stuff and inspiring!
Thanks for the reply Mactire
I just love this Justin King style, talk about "out of the box" playing...

spec

Well considering I cant even play a kazoo, I found these clips highly enjoyable .

thanks for sharing spec.

~meathead

reply to post by sum1one

I know sum1one, and to play like this it seems it would be advantageous to learn as one is first learning to play guitar as opposed to later trying to master it. It makes me wish I had incorporated it way back when I first started.
Thanks for the reply!

spec

reply to post by Mike Stivic

I cant even play a kazoo

Hey there friend
Glad you enjoyed them, and you don't need any lessons for a kazoo, just make some noise.
Can you imagine Archie pulling out a kazoo during the opening scene with Edith? haha

Peace,
spec

I attempted this kinda playing once... I won't delve any further then that.

If you like this, you may like Kaki King

Kaki King - Playing With Pink

Very cool girl, and similar to the Andy Mckee stuff.

Stefano Barone is also very talented, using a loop station to create some outstanding sounds

Stefano Barone

Thanks. The first video was great. It looked to me he was playing slap bass, classical style finger tapping (like Stu Hamm), Rhythm & lead guitar combined with a little percussion all on a acoustic guitar!.... Very impressive.

One artist off the top of my head (many more would come to me after some thought) that tried doing that sort of stuff a while ago was Tommy Emanual of Australia. He has the Guitar, bass & percussion thing at the same time on an acoustic guitar in his version of "Lady Madonna"

sorry went through twice

reply to post by vanhippi

Thank you vanhippi, exactly what I was looking for. Hope ya don't mind I added them up top!
I wonder if she is Justin's sister?
I am like you, I tried this style....and that was as far as I got!
Much thanks for the reply!

Peace,
spec

reply to post by phatpackage

Thanks. The first video was great

My pleasure phatpackage
Thanks for the refernce to Tommy Emmanuel, I had never heard of him and he surely get's down!
I am always amazed at players that don't look at the guitar so much while playing.

Peace,
spec

Having been around musicians my whole life, I must say this technique isn't seen often. Thanks for sharing!

reply to post by speculativeoptimist


That's cool man, great musicians.
And yepp, I think there is only a gifted few who can play like this

Great thread btw, star and flag.

reply to post by speculativeoptimist

and you don't need any lessons for a kazoo, just make some noise

tell that too these guys





~meathead

Thank you nightstar!

You musicians might digg this drummer thread too
A Collection Of Great Drummers
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Peace and Rhythms,
spec

reply to post by Mike Stivic



Bustin' a gut over here meathead! Whoda' thought!?
Good stuff man!

cool here are a couple more






Students who are technically flawless

Ya I should just quit!
In all seriousness stuff like this makes me wanna get my guitar and keep practicing some more! You can't get this good without putting any time into it! Thanks for the inspiration, bro.

(some of king's stuff kinda reminded me of some Tool, did you get that too?)

reply to post by sparrowstail

Very nice playing sparrowstail! Not quite the drifting thing, but nice nevertheless
Thanks....
Peace,
spec