Erik’s Blog

Aerial Boundaries… The song that put Michael Hedges on the map. I wish there was a higher quality video because this song needs to be seen as much as it needs to be heard.

I had the honor of seeing this guy many moons ago at Wolf Trap in Virginia. Up until then I had only heard Michael’s music on CDs. Ever the skeptic, I couldn’t believe the recordings were of one guitar, one take. At times, in songs like Aerial Boundaries it sounds like two or even three guitars are playing. If I hadn’t seen the goofball play it live I never would have believed one guy could make such a rich sound come from one friggin’ guitar.

Michael died 10 years ago in a car accident in Northern California. It’s mind blowing how tragic of a loss this is (not a personal loss, but a loss to the art of music).

Anyway, feel free to forward past about the first three minutes of this video unless you want to listen to him talk. Hopefully a better video of Aerial Boundaries will pop up on YouTube sooner or later. In the meantime, buy his Aerial Boundaries CD, grab your headphones and fly…

(Cool segue into Inna Gadda Da Vida, by the way.)

One of the greatest guitar gods of our time. Hammering with both hands, playing the guitar like it’s a six-keyboard piano… Where do people like this come from? He can’t be from earth, he just can’t be.

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Yeah, another YouTube video. This dude is cracking me up, though.

Love the band… Love the song… OMG…

Then:

…and, now:

No phone service means no dial-up, which in turn means no Internet access at the townhouse. I have to go to Starbucks and use a T-Mobile Hotspot account to get online.

I’ll be soooooo happy when we finally have a house.

[Update: I made a really bad video of the apartment using my Macbook’s built-in camera and mic. Really, folks, it sucks. It’s also boring. If you like video that’s sucky and boring, feel free to give it a whirl.]