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Lady Gaga – Bad Romance – Joseph Vincent

Mike Olaski — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:00:24 +0000

This is a great version of this song. Joseph always does great covers and you should listen to more of his music if you have time. This is a pretty easy song to play and once you get the timing down you can play this song over and over again to perfect it. I enjoy playing this song. Keep watching for updates on Josephs progress as he is definitely an up and coming artist.

Travie McCoy – Bruno Mars – Billionaire

Mike Olaski — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:24:50 +0000

This is the real deal. It is a great video of this song and you can see the chord structure he uses. Feel free to play around with this song and try to master it. I love finding acoustic versions with the original artists performing with such ease. I hope you enjoy the video and let us know how you did with this song. I give this video 5 stars…what do you give it?

Rihanna – Rude Boy – Joseph Vincent

Mike Olaski — Sun, 09 May 2010 03:52:24 +0000

This song is done very well and I was very surprised at this cover. I couldn’t believe how well it sounded and the chord structure is very simple. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I do and I hope you learn to play the song and play it appropriately. Good luck

Rihanna – Take A Bow – Derek Cate

Mike Olaski — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:37:20 +0000

I have posted this song before but Derek does a great job as usual and it is worthy of a listen for sure. The chords for this song as Derek uses are: A Bm GD A CEm7 D G. He is also Tuned down a half step. You should be able to watch the video and figure it out from there. I hope you enjoy playing this song and let us know how you did with it. Keep Strummin’

Jon LaJoie-Everyday Normal Guy

Mike Olaski — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:06:09 +0000

This is an amazing video that shows no matter how easy the chord structure and the strum pattern are that the song can still be hard to put together. As shown by Jon who wrote this song, he still has trouble at the beginning playing and timing his own song. It did not take him long to figure it out but just goes to show that it takes time and practice to get your songs down. This is the only video I could find to show this song acoustically. As you can see the guitar isn’t the hard part it is putting it all together. Good luck and have fun with this song.

Eminem – Lose Yourself – Trace Bundy

Mike Olaski — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:08:53 +0000

This is a cover done by Trace Bundy. It is a great version of this song and shows how creative you can be with just a guitar and some imagination. The video quality is really good and this is a must watch video. I have watched it many times and still enjoy it very much. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Cheers.

Estelle – American Boy – Daisy Finetto

Mike Olaski — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:14:32 +0000

This is a great version of this song. I am going to try to find a video that shows the chords and structure but this is a great place to start. She does such a great job at this song. Her voice is really really good and I enjoyed this song a lot. I am hoping that she makes more vids and I will post them. Have fun learning and playing this song.

Will.i.am – We Are The Ones

Mike Olaski — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:08:06 +0000

There is not much to say about this video. If you are in the midst of all the change in the US with a new president and a new “beginning” then this video will be worth watching. I enjoyed it and even was more positive after watching. We will see in 4 or 8 years if this video is still all the craze. Hope you like it.

Will.I.AM – Yes We Can

Mike Olaski — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:04:07 +0000

I really have watched and listened to this video over a hundred times. It kept me positive and I just think it is a brilliant idea to put speeches like this into a song. I recommend listening to this video but even more, watch for the structure of this song and how well it flows together. It just amazes me how it is all put together.

NeYo – So Sick – Dan Wythoff

Mike Olaski — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:54:29 +0000

This video surprised me. I wasn’t really sure what I was looking for or what I was imagining. I was really surprised and delighted to hear this version of this song. It still holds many of the original concepts but has a twist to it and it is made into his own. Overall a very good job on this song.