Michael Einziger WAKE ME UP Avicii Guitar Lesson

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  • Опубліковано 11 січ 2025

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  • @CallUp93
    @CallUp93 10 років тому +155

    The real person who actually played the whole guitar part of the song... So awesome

    • @restore_114
      @restore_114 7 років тому

      Jeong Seo Agreed

    • @sf1292
      @sf1292 3 роки тому

      Electric Guitar played by Nile Rodgers

    • @talkswithvigy7860
      @talkswithvigy7860 2 роки тому

      @@sf1292 wow for real? There is not of electric work in this song tho

    • @sf1292
      @sf1292 2 роки тому +1

      @@talkswithvigy7860 there is in the build

    • @markymark5352
      @markymark5352 Рік тому

      No shit

  • @syphodyas226
    @syphodyas226 5 років тому +50

    I love when famous musicians actually take time to make a video on how to play a song. Such a down to earth cool thing to do. You’re awesome mike

    • @syphodyas226
      @syphodyas226 5 років тому +1

      Btw I just found out that you had done the guitar part in this song on reddit by a random user. I was surprised cause I’ve heard the song a million times and had no idea. Great job man

  • @talkswithvigy7860
    @talkswithvigy7860 2 роки тому +9

    I love it when musicians make use of simple chords and make such amazing songs.

  • @seanjimenez2929
    @seanjimenez2929 10 років тому +17

    One of the best Guitarist Michael Einziger.

  • @LesPauloCaster
    @LesPauloCaster 11 років тому +53

    I just can't believe Mike wrote this riff, I grew up listening to Incubus and it's weird seeing him doing collabs for this kind of music. Many tutorials (if not all) miss that closing #F major in the chord progression; nothing better than watching it from the master himself!

    • @dwain182
      @dwain182 11 років тому +6

      I hear that. I loved Incubus growing up and this song was SO catchy.
      Now I know why!

    • @glendavis3229
      @glendavis3229 10 років тому

      agree

  • @thealliedsouls
    @thealliedsouls 11 років тому +41

    hey man really cool of you to actually come out and post a video tutorial most artist wouldn't even bother. you got my support.

  • @phoodawg20
    @phoodawg20 6 років тому +3

    Mike is such a down to earth and humble dude.

  • @PioneerPauly
    @PioneerPauly 5 років тому +6

    You are ONE with the guitar and its so cool to watch. I love that quick bridge playing too.✌

  • @ricardomarrufo8302
    @ricardomarrufo8302 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely no one can play it as you do... So much passion and character. Thnks!!

  • @johnronaldb
    @johnronaldb 8 років тому

    Avid fan from Cebu Philippines here. I've been following this band and Mike since my late high school days.

  • @kindandstrong
    @kindandstrong 10 років тому +9

    Always been a massive fan of yours, and Incubus. Phenomenal guitarist.

  • @rtapiach
    @rtapiach 11 років тому +4

    Thanks Michael. Regards from Peru

  • @klumsytripper4896
    @klumsytripper4896 11 років тому +1

    This song is an EPIC WIN, Micheal. Congrats on its success andHUGE THANKS for sharing a lesson with us.

  • @youngbyun3198
    @youngbyun3198 11 років тому +1

    In today's world, where many artists are very protective of their work, it is so refreshing to see an artist embracing, sharing and encouraging his music being widely distributed among fellow music fans.
    Thanks for the upload!

  • @CharlBrazle
    @CharlBrazle 11 років тому +4

    So fkn awesome! So simple chord shapes but so powerful!

  • @frankbreuer8849
    @frankbreuer8849 9 місяців тому

    So generous to explain this beautiful song and its intricacies. I'm down for reviewing what I taught myself years ago. Thank You, Michael

  • @Steamerbeen
    @Steamerbeen 4 роки тому +7

    He auditioned for Alanis Mourisette when he was 15, gives you an idea of the kind of talent your dealing with.

  • @SXI96
    @SXI96 10 років тому +3

    great guitarist and great human, have always admired your work and skills, you're an inspiration mate

  • @spencerpearman4882
    @spencerpearman4882 11 років тому +7

    Mike.......YOU'RE FUCKING AWESOME! You've been a huge idol of mine since the Enjoy Incubus days until the If Not Now, When? times...This is much appreciated. You're an amazing guitarist and (I'd say) even better human being. Thanks again!!

  • @zerosiii
    @zerosiii 11 років тому +3

    Mike I can't say with words how much i love you!

  • @gerardosanchezramirez6884
    @gerardosanchezramirez6884 4 роки тому +1

    Thank Mike! Finally I learned this beautiful riff!

  • @JosephSolaceTV
    @JosephSolaceTV 11 років тому +12

    omg didnt know this guy co wrote this song. subscribed! please more vids! :) we would all love :)

    • @Rtrumpet1
      @Rtrumpet1 10 років тому +3

      Most people dont know Mike and Aloe Blacc are on the song, People think Avicii did everything but all he did was remix it

  • @amandamcbride256
    @amandamcbride256 8 років тому

    THANKYOU!!! How humble of you to share the magic. You are amazing!

  • @danielblackwell7712
    @danielblackwell7712 10 місяців тому

    You're a legend mate inspired my playing so much with this piece. Daniel

  • @nkeith0812
    @nkeith0812 11 років тому

    MIKE! YOU SHOULD BE USING THIS CHANNEL ALL THE TIME! SHARE YOUR GUITAR WISDOM WITH THE WORLD! YOU ARE THE BEST!

  • @Thekeith962
    @Thekeith962 11 років тому

    Fantastic little song to play on the mandolin Thanks.

  • @16dmarti
    @16dmarti 11 років тому +2

    That's pretty awesome of you to make a video on your own song so us who like it can play it right. Keep on writing, your music is rocks.

  • @sidfernandez7569
    @sidfernandez7569 10 років тому +1

    great songwriting. an artistic success. simplicity is key here.

  • @cloudmonkey2686
    @cloudmonkey2686 7 років тому +1

    So cool you took the time to do this.
    Not many artists would.
    You should deff do more songs from this and incubus or just your originals that are not published and your all time fav songs in general. Thank you

  • @Drygun01
    @Drygun01 11 років тому

    Well done Mike. A musical genius in the eyes of us mere mortals.

  • @Whitehawkvisionfilms
    @Whitehawkvisionfilms 10 років тому

    Really Great! So humble and talented! Can't thank you enough for teaching this to us!

  • @tomkend26
    @tomkend26 10 років тому

    Its a fantastic song Mick, for me its real, its rich in soul and rocks along like a turbo charged locomotive. Thanks for sharing the fantastic feel you developed for the song and I cant wait for more from all of you guys.

  • @Treesideofficial
    @Treesideofficial 11 років тому +10

    borrowed Zimmer's guitar! Awesome....

  • @your11tomy7
    @your11tomy7 11 років тому

    You rock Mike! Thanks for posting this lesson! Huge fan of your work!

  • @carandme1
    @carandme1 11 років тому

    Great lesson. Love the song. Thanks very much for you time....

  • @TheMrdavies666
    @TheMrdavies666 3 роки тому

    Always loved this man and his work with his band Incubus

  • @Dereckburgess9999
    @Dereckburgess9999 10 років тому

    thank you - this is exactly as my instructor Kev had called it from listening to you play - great to have it slowed down for me to learn - very grateful ...yours from the UK

  • @tTT9043-w8s
    @tTT9043-w8s 10 років тому

    Just started getting in to learning the guitar and this was very helpful. Thank you so much for putting this out there. Huge fan of your work with Incubus and had no idea you wrote this too. It was great to see you slip up a few times, makes me learning the guitar feel less intimidating when someone as good as you can still make mistakes and not be bothered too much by it. Thanks again!

  • @neilzyaus
    @neilzyaus 11 років тому +2

    Awesome, thanks man. Gotta say this guy is my no.1 guitar hero. I love Incubus and everything they stand for. Rock on :)

  • @mkeurself99
    @mkeurself99 11 років тому

    Geez Mike your're freakin amazing for doing this. You and Brandon are my idols and I admire and support everything you guys do. I hope you and the rest of Incubus NEVER stop makimg music. Your music and talents are seriously the only things keeping me alive and have me wake up everyday and proudly put my feet on the ground. Thank you Mike so much. And congrats on your wedding/marriage!! :D...I love you and stay freakin unstoppable. Bless your guitar playing youthful soul. Thanks so much.

  • @janellestanley340
    @janellestanley340 10 років тому +1

    Love you Mikey!!!!! You are so talented!! Glad you are out doing other awesome projects,!! But as also a die hard fan of Incubus, cannot wait until we see you all together again, making your magic! 2015-Possibly a new album??? :)

  • @samchitty8678
    @samchitty8678 11 років тому

    Awesome, thanks Mike. Would love to see more videos

  • @blisstheraper
    @blisstheraper 3 роки тому

    Being thought by the man himself awesome 👏👏👏

  • @Zenblonde
    @Zenblonde 11 років тому

    Great melody, thanks so much, great that Hans let you use his guitar, :)

  • @kirkleeslater
    @kirkleeslater 11 років тому

    mike you are amazing mate! a true fan, you and incubus changed the way i sing, played music and the music i listened to, even got a tattoo of the morning view cd on my chest :). thank you

  • @clearosemusic
    @clearosemusic 9 років тому

    Finally! A video with someone playing it right! Thank you for taking the time to do this video :)

  • @valentinahenriquez4159
    @valentinahenriquez4159 11 років тому

    That guitar sounds so smooth, thank you Mike I totally look up to you as a musician :) and I loved this song you wrote I'm waiting for you and the boys in Chile - december!

  • @motomech10
    @motomech10 11 років тому

    how awesome is this. thank you very much for sharing, you rock! peace out

  • @oscarjimenez88
    @oscarjimenez88 11 років тому

    Awesome tutorial. Thank you!

  • @Eggl1988
    @Eggl1988 11 років тому

    so freaking good :O ... and he's an aweseome teacher. Private lessons ftw ?!?

  • @ronschlesinger
    @ronschlesinger 11 років тому

    Wow, good lesson Michael, and I Looooove this song, today I turned up the volume in my car to the max on this one, it's great, and I am gonna play it

  • @cawtaba44
    @cawtaba44 11 років тому

    Awesome!!! Thanks Mike!!!!

  • @triptonik23
    @triptonik23 11 років тому

    You're a legend! You guys should collaborate again! haha wow incredible thank you for the music!

  • @masterlanman
    @masterlanman 11 років тому +2

    This video automatically beats every other video, due to the fact that he actually played the guitar in the song.

  • @Lulu.m.n.lucrezia
    @Lulu.m.n.lucrezia 11 років тому

    Hell yeah!!! I wish you could give lessons like this for each Incubus' song!!! well... now you've got your own UA-cam channel... I think you'd be... just a little :))...blessed and hero-worship for that too!!! thanks!We love you Mikey!!!!

  • @dutchmen100
    @dutchmen100 11 років тому

    Great lesson Keep up doing this!

  • @lonelydwightfrye
    @lonelydwightfrye 11 років тому

    What an amazing song!

  • @willychandra7466
    @willychandra7466 11 років тому

    thanks for your lesson

  • @c5leo6
    @c5leo6 11 років тому +1

    He gives this lesson because he wrote this song
    Great song in guitar :D
    Great Mike!

  • @jakubowskikamil
    @jakubowskikamil 11 років тому

    True, in other covers and tutorials the proper, specific transition between versers is missing. And chords G / E alternate are also missing :)
    Michael thanks for your tutorial :)

  • @SantiYounger
    @SantiYounger 11 років тому

    that was an excellent tutorial thanks man

  • @MusicMotivator
    @MusicMotivator 11 років тому +1

    Yah, for some reason I was surprised to find this was you- just seemed such a departure from stellar work with Incubus. Great right hand man- I show many students this one!! Cheers.

  • @gottaluv6t9s
    @gottaluv6t9s 11 років тому

    i love your tutorial videos - nothing quite like learning songs directly from the musicians that make the music! Please Please Please one day do Anti-Gravity! Its one of my personal favorite rifts from incubus!

  • @DigitalFactoryFX
    @DigitalFactoryFX 11 років тому +4

    legend.

  • @AshAlmond1
    @AshAlmond1 11 років тому

    Lovely Song. Thanks Michael. I've just covered this song and uploaded just now.

  • @TearTheRoof0ff
    @TearTheRoof0ff 4 місяці тому

    I was thinking 'finally someone actually playing those quick leading fourth chord changes each cycle in the intro... Turns out it's the actual damned guitarist... Thanks a lot for this!

  • @unclegiggler307
    @unclegiggler307 11 років тому

    great lesson

  • @TheAmangkurat
    @TheAmangkurat 10 років тому +1

    I love this guy

  • @sot13may1
    @sot13may1 11 років тому

    your work is great!

  • @nuttienut108
    @nuttienut108 7 років тому

    I love this version and thanks a lot for the lesson brother.^^

  • @cristianlabra7920
    @cristianlabra7920 11 років тому

    Thanks for the tutorial!! And amazing song!

  • @mircea5013
    @mircea5013 10 років тому

    Awesome teaching, dude! :)

  • @Kevtheguitarguy
    @Kevtheguitarguy 11 років тому

    How awesome to come on and share and teach, what other artist does this? always a fan of the music but now also a fan of the person

  • @yosode
    @yosode 3 роки тому +1

    Mike writing this song is like Messi playing soccer with his right foot broken

  • @apu889
    @apu889 4 роки тому

    woah man i so glad i found this video after all this time struggling lol. thankyou so much!

  • @lucyfern1831
    @lucyfern1831 11 років тому

    Played like a boss

  • @Clay_hmmm
    @Clay_hmmm 8 років тому +3

    This guy is so cool

  • @TheJekhill
    @TheJekhill 11 років тому

    Great skills

  • @Nananuii
    @Nananuii 11 років тому

    Great lesson. Thank you so much

  • @ryanford1809
    @ryanford1809 4 роки тому

    So good!

  • @clapton5000
    @clapton5000 11 років тому

    gracias por compartir tu música

  • @PaulRoseMusic
    @PaulRoseMusic 11 років тому

    SO happy you now have your own UA-cam...

  • @luisgoregonzalez7394
    @luisgoregonzalez7394 4 роки тому

    Awesome like always!

  • @jameshcopeland
    @jameshcopeland 11 років тому +1

    standard shape but without the high string voicing... chords are Am .. Fmaj7/C.. C/G... G ... hope that helps

  • @ganas3
    @ganas3 10 років тому +3

    MORE VIDEOS!

  • @taze27
    @taze27 8 років тому +4

    This is Hans Zimmer's personal guitar? The same Hans Zimmer who composed the music for the spectacular Batman movies? Wow you have great connections in the biz. And yes I love this song and thank you for showing how you presented it!!

    • @cerotonineyt
      @cerotonineyt 8 років тому +3

      He is the guitar player (sorry for the bad english there) from a band named incubus, so he is a little bit famous

  • @HuasoPodrido
    @HuasoPodrido Рік тому +1

    Man that's sweet! Did the guitar ever get back?

  • @danielellis3167
    @danielellis3167 11 років тому

    Thanks Mike, you're too good to us :)

  • @matthewskoblar5230
    @matthewskoblar5230 4 роки тому +13

    Imagine if Incubus performed this song, should perform it as a tribute for Avicii.

    • @GettingOnThatBass
      @GettingOnThatBass 3 роки тому +7

      The singer for Incubus doesn't sound anything like Aloe Blacc, who sings on the Avicii track. I'll admit it'd be interesting to hear his take on it though

  • @RoadhawK66
    @RoadhawK66 8 років тому

    Great info here!

  • @jpa23245
    @jpa23245 11 років тому

    Mike please breakdown and explain Nebula and New Skin!

  • @hellokitteh3
    @hellokitteh3 11 років тому

    Oh wow I didn't know you co wrote the song! Awesome!

  • @jrjubach
    @jrjubach 11 років тому

    Nicest, coolest guy on the planet.

  • @cirus87
    @cirus87 11 років тому

    Thanks for making a tutorial video.

  • @HAHAA-gd1nr
    @HAHAA-gd1nr Рік тому +1

    9 years ago :v, nice sir

  • @bifbolander
    @bifbolander 10 років тому

    Mike, when you play the bridge live with Aloe Blacc, you play a partial chord and slide down. Can you tell us what you are playing there? Thanks for the tutorial man, so awesome!

  • @Rambo5Team
    @Rambo5Team 11 років тому

    Thanks Mike

  • @alexandervang6064
    @alexandervang6064 8 років тому +3

    How the heck am I only discovering now that he co-wrote this song? Incubus is in my top 5.

  • @ketty_lassantos8736
    @ketty_lassantos8736 11 років тому

    So good....

  • @dominic77999
    @dominic77999 11 років тому

    hi - can someone tab the bridge plz. Cannot work out a couple of the notes... I have the rest down now and it sounds great :)
    Thanks for the lesson :)