Managed to throw together a quick remix for Halloween with a track from one of my favourite games, Luigi's Mansion. Been busy working on a secret project that I can't officially announce yet but I should be able to get back into regular video making soon! Wanted to put a glow-in-the-dark pick I got from Hufschmid Plectrums to use but it doesn't really glow in my regular lighting, so I forced some super dark shots in there to show off what it can do. Not sure if it'll be a regular thing, had to 'recharge' it between every take haha.
Managed to throw together a quick remix for Halloween with a track from one of my favourite games, Luigi's Mansion. Been busy working on a secret project that I can't officially announce yet but I should be able to get back into regular video making soon! Wanted to put a glow-in-the-dark pick I got from Hufschmid Plectrums to use but it doesn't really glow in my regular lighting, so I forced some super dark shots in there to show off what it can do. Not sure if it'll be a regular thing, had to 'recharge' it between every take haha.
Guitars - Halo Merus 7, ESP Ltd EC Vampire Bio-Tech Amp - Fractal Audio Axe-FX II - http://fractalaudio.com Picks - Hufschmid Picks - http://www.plectrum.ch/Attack on Titan Final Season - Opening 2 | The Rumbling by SiM | Guitar Cover #attackontitanMichael Mac2023-06-06 | The final episode of the #downloadfestival 20 in 20 is a guitar cover of The Rumbling by SiM! Attack on Titan The Rumbling Guitar Tabs - michaelmac0.gumroad.com/l/therumblingtabs
@simofficialyoutubechannel6767Download 20 in 20 - Ep. 19 - Metallica - Battery #downloadfestival #metallica #guitar #guitarcoverMichael Mac2023-06-05 | Ep 19 of the #downloadfestival 20 in 20 is Battery by @metallica!
Instagram - http://instagram.com/michaelmac0 Spotify - play.spotify.com/artist/5GhP3E1Dqb7YHMKZyoe3nTDownload 20 in 20 - Ep. 1 - Bring Me The Horizon - Chelsea Smile #shorts #bringmethehorizon #guitarMichael Mac2023-05-18 | Celebrate the 20th anniversary of #downloadfestival with my new series, the Download 20 in 20! 20 covers from artists performing this year, starting off with @BringMeTheHorizon
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my guitar cover of the Attack on Titan Season 4 Opening, My War / Boku no Sensou by Shinsei Kamattechan! Took a couple of listens for this song to grow on me since it's so chaotic sounding but definitely fits the tone of the final season; went for a more straightforward rock/metal approach with this cover as the original is already heavy on the orchestral strings and choirs.
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my rock/metal guitar cover of Dynamite by BTS! I'm not the biggest K-pop listener but I will admit this song is a banger. Figured we could do something cool with the arrangement, tried to keep it poppy but still have the heavier rock/metal elements. Huge thanks to David for laying down a great bass track!
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my guitar remix of the main theme from Animal Crossing: New Horizons! And huge shoutout to Gab for his help on this track! Like most of you during lockdown, playing Animal Crossing was how I maintained my sanity - whether it was a chill escape from reality or a creative outlet, designing your island, there was something for everyone. This is a pretty simple arrangement where I wanted a very ambient opening with pads & choirs before transitioning into your regular rock/metal cover.
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my guitar remix of Wicked Child from Castlevania! Definitely one of my favourite tracks from the game and a bit underappreciated, so thought I'd put my own spin on it.
Hey guys, I hope you're all keeping safe and sound in these socially distant times. Have a bit of free time now so put together this guitar remix of my all-time favourite VGM song, Corridors of Time from Chrono Trigger, enjoy!
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my guitar remix of Great Fairy's Fountain/Fairy Fountain from various Zelda games - mainly based on the one from Ocarina of Time! Refreshed my setup with a new camera and some lights from the guys over at Nanoleaf.
Fairy Fountain Guitar Tabs Fairy Fountain Theme Remix Fairy Fountain ThemeSkervesen Kallisti 6 Demo - Michael MacMichael Mac2018-03-06 | FULL SPECS IN DESCRIPTION!
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Hope you enjoy my demo of my new guitar, the Skervesen Kallisti! Wrote this track to showcase it in a little rock song, not really my style but most other videos of Skervesens are metal so I thought I'd switch it up a bit! The guitar looks and sounds great, amazing work by the talented guys over at Skervesen Guitars!
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my guitar remix of Fever from Dr. Mario! The awesome guys at Skervesen Guitars sent me over one of their Kallisti models to try out, which will get it's own demo video soon.
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my guitar remix of Jump Up, Super Star! from Super Mario Odyssey! Super Mario Odyssey was one of my favourite games to come out this year, definitely lived up to the hype! Binged through the entire game the weekend it came out and everything from the way it plays, looks and sounds is just amazing. Huge thanks to Luis for the request!
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my guitar remix of the legendary Ghostbusters theme by Ray Parker Jr for Halloween; huge fan of the first movie and used to watch the animated series everyday after school! Happy to announce that I'm now officially endorsed by and an artist for Skervesen Guitars and will be doing some stuff for them soon.
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my guitar remix of the battle theme Fighting (Those Who Fight) from Final Fantasy VII! Just moved to London and still figuring out how I should film my videos but I wanted to quickly throw this together so I wouldn't be without a new video for too long. Already some incredible metal covers of this song out there by Artificial Fear, Ferdk and Toxicxeternity so I went for a more modern hybrid orchestra type sound.
Hey guys, with season 3 finally coming out this Sunday, it's time to SHOW YOU WHAT I GOT. Hope you guys enjoy my guitar remix of Get Schwifty from Rick and Morty! Bit different from my other remixes, wanted to try out some different sounds than just do the usual metal thing; dumped a solo in there anyway since I haven't written in a while and been listening to a lot of Polyphia lately, definitely check out their new EP if you haven't!
Guitar - Custom Skervesen Raptor 7 - http://skervesen.eu Picks - Hufschmid Plectrums - http://www.plectrum.ch/ Amp - Fractal Audio AxeFX II - http://www.fractalaudio.com Synths - Omnisphere, Arturia Jupiter-8V, Wurli V & Mini V.DOOM (2016) OST Medley - BFG Division and Rip & Tear by Mick Gordon (Guitar Cover)Michael Mac2017-07-08 | Tabs and backing track here - michaelmac0.gumroad.com/l/DOOMTabs
Hey guys, hope you enjoy my guitar cover/medley of BFG Division and Rip & Tear from DOOM by Mick Gordon! Been just over a year since my cover of E1M1 came out and I'm still blown away by the response it received.
Since I just got a new guitar from the guys over at Skervesen, I thought it'd be nice to revisit one of my favourite video game soundtracks and have a crack at some other tracks. Probably went a bit overboard on the editing but I wanted to keep it interesting to watch! Other than Mastermind, BFG Division and Rip & Tear are definitely my favourite from the OST and they're both guitar-centric tracks so they're a lot more coverable. Also used this video as an excuse to experiment when it came to sound design and try to learn from Mick Gordon's production in terms of recreating the synths, percussion, mix etc.
Finally finished with university and back with a new guitar remix of Lux Aeterna from the movie Requiem For A Dream by Clint Mansell! I know this is literally one of the most overused and covered songs on YouTube but I'm a huge fan of Clint Mansell's scores (especially in The Wrestler, Black Swan and Moon) so I thought I'd put my own spin on this classic!
Guitar - ESP LTD EC Vampire Biotech & Halo Merus 7 Picks - Hufschmid Plectrums - http://www.plectrum.ch/ Amp - Fractal Audio AxeFX II - http://www.fractalaudio.com Synth - Omnisphere 2 Sample Libraries - Albion ONE, Metropolis Ark 1, Strezov Sampling WOTAN, KeepForest Evolution, HybridTwo Alpha & Beta.Attack on Titan Season 2 OP / Opening - 進撃の巨人 OP - Shinzou wo Sasaheyo! (Guitar Remix)Michael Mac2017-04-10 | Support me on Patreon for guitar tabs, backing tracks and more! - patreon.com/michaelmac0 Spotify - open.spotify.com/artist/5GhP3E1Dqb7YHMKZyoe3nT
「MAD」 Shingeki no Kyojin OP 1 Season 2 FULL「進撃の巨人 」 Shingeki no Kyojin OP 3 TV Anime "Attack On Titan" Opening Theme Artist: Linked Horizon Music: Shinzou wo Sasageyo! - 進撃の巨人 attack on titan season 2 opening full Attack on titan season 2 opening shinzou wo sasageyo! Attack on Titan Season 2 Episode 1 English Sub Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2 Opening Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2 OPShinsuke Nakamura Entrance Theme - The Rising Sun (Guitar Remix)Michael Mac2017-03-29 | Support me on Patreon for guitar tabs, backing tracks and more! - patreon.com/michaelmac0
With Wrestlemania around the corner I thought I'd make a guitar remix of The King of Strong Style, Shinsuke Nakamura's entrance theme "The Rising Sun" by CFO$. Hope you guys enjoy! Haven't written a solo for a video in a while, so I just shoehorned one in; the original track's pretty simple but it was pretty hard coming up with an interesting arrangement. Wasn't till I wrote the verse riff till I knew what I wanted it to sound like.
Guitar - Halo Merus 7 - http://www.haloguitars.com Picks - Hufschmid Picks - http://www.plectrum.ch/Final Fantasy XV OST - Apocalypsis Noctis (Guitar Remix)Michael Mac2017-03-12 | Support me on Patreon for guitar tabs, backing tracks and more! - patreon.com/michaelmac0
Hey guys, hope you enjoy this guitar remix of Apocalypsis Noctis, the Titan Battle theme from the Final Fantasy XV OST by Yoko Shimomura! Don't think I'm ever gonna be able to top this remix. Never tried arranging a song like this before, the final project ended up with over 100 tracks of choirs, strings, horns and percussion and then mixing in the guitars was a nightmare but I think I managed it okay by the end. Watched a lot of videos by a composer called Daniel James to help with arranging all the different parts, even used some sounds from his sample library packs for the huge impact sounds.
Huge thanks to Eddie, Ro and Jack for their amazing work on this video, check out their channels below.
I'm back with a guitar remix of Promise (Reprise) by Akira Yamaoka from Silent Hill 2, which is probably the best horror games ever made and one of my favourites; was hyped for Silent Hills till Konami cancelled it. Silent Hill has been requested in the comments quite a bit so I thought I'd give it a go; LittleVMills and 331erock have already done awesome covers of this track, so check them out if you haven't! Kept the guitar side of things pretty simple and straightforward, no flashy solos or anything like that; just some clean ambient stuff and been getting into doing some more orchestral stuff lately. Thanks again for all your support and I've got another huge collab video coming out next!
Silent Hill 2 is a survival horror video game published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 and developed by Team Silent, a production group within Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo as the second installment in the Silent Hill series. Silent hill 2 promise reprise (extended). Akira Yamaoka Silent Hill 2 Original SoundtracksPokemon Sun & Moon - Champion Red & Blue Battle Music (Guitar Remix)Michael Mac2016-12-06 | Support me on Patreon for guitar tabs, backing tracks and more! - patreon.com/michaelmac0
Hope you guys enjoy my guitar remix of the Champion Red & Blue Battle Music from Pokemon Sun & Moon! Wasn't planning on doing the whole night and day thing but the sun set so fast while I was filming I improvised and just ran with it. Luckily it works with the game haha. I recorded a version of the Victory Road theme from Sun & Moon before this but I wasn't happy with the end result and scrapped it for this. Trying out a new drum and bass sound so I took a more simple approach to the arrangement.
Hope you guys enjoy my guitar remix of the Overwatch Main Menu & Victory Themes! Tried to include a little bit of everything; some clean melodic playing, shreddy stuff and a huge movie trailer style bridge section. This'll be my last video for a couple of weeks, finishing up a year abroad and have to ship my guitar back to the UK.
Hope you guys enjoy my guitar remix of the main menu theme from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive! I used to play CS:S all the time back around 2010ish, especially those crazy 64 man servers on Dust2 and Office, but I lost interest after everyone I knew stopped playing. Picked up CS:GO last year and it's fun, I just don't play it enough to actually be good at it haha; mainly just watch the pro games whenever I get a chance. Similar to the DOOM E1M1 remix, I went for some industrial metal vibe in this; synths, huge EDM drums etc. Hopefully I didn't ruin the track too much by forcing a solo in!
Guitars - Custom Halo Merus 7 - http://haloguitars.com Picks - Hufschmid Picks - http://www.plectrum.ch/Castlevania - Vampire Killer (Guitar Remix)Michael Mac2016-08-10 | Support me on Patreon for guitar tabs, backing tracks and more! - patreon.com/michaelmac0 Twitter - twitter.com/MichaelMac0 Facebook - facebook.com/MichaelMacMusic Free Download - http://full.sc/2aIu6Ye Hope you guys enjoy my guitar remix of Vampire Killer from Castlevania!
Guitars - Custom Halo Merus 7 - http://haloguitars.com Picks - Hufschmid Picks - http://www.plectrum.ch/Undertale - Death By Glamour ft. Bryce Goertzen & Cole Rolland (Guitar Remix)Michael Mac2016-08-03 | Support me on Patreon for guitar tabs, backing tracks and more! - patreon.com/michaelmac0
I first find out about Undertale through RichaadEB's awesome covers of the OST last year and finally got around to finishing it a couple of months ago. And I'm glad I did! Always been a sucker for RPGs with unique battle systems and the soundtrack was just amazing throughout, definitely recommend checking it out if you haven't already!
Death by glamour/Undertale (c) Toby Fox Undertale death by glamour - metal cover Death by glamour - undertale music extended.Pokemon Go Guitar - Pokemon Go Battle! Gym Leader Guitar CoverMichael Mac2016-07-20 | Support me on Patreon for guitar tabs, backing tracks and more! - patreon.com/michaelmac0 Twitter - twitter.com/MichaelMac0 Facebook - facebook.com/MichaelMacMusic Free Download - http://full.sc/2aqb84c
I've spent wayyyy too much time playing Pokémon Go since it came out, pretty sure I've walked more in the past week than I have in my entire life. It's a good thing the servers went down, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten any videos out at all this month! Got one more remix coming out soon and hopefully a collab video by the end of the month.
Pokémon was always on my request list but I never got around to them since there's already so many covers out there. Not a problem this time, since it's a new game and it's a good opportunity for people to hear some of the in-game music seeing as pretty much everyone turns it off to save battery. There have already been some awesome covers from FamilyJules7x and Smooth McGroove of the Pokémon Go "Map Theme" and "Battle! Wild Pokémon" theme, so check those out if you haven't already.
First time I tried to do something with E1M1 was way back in 2013 but I couldn't figure out a way to make it more than just a straightforward cover plus there were already killer guitar covers of it from Charlie Parra and Erock. But after the reboot came out earlier this year (which is a lot of fun btw!), I thought it'd be cool to do an old-meets-new style remix of E1M1/At DOOM's Gate. Mick Gordon's work on the Doom soundtrack is incredible, great mix of drop-tuned guitars and aggressive synths; definitely recommend checking that out if you've not already!
Thanks to my friend Gab for helping me out on this one! Check out some of his links below and his band Cirse.