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Kristofer Dahl24th December 2007Ahhh! This so beautiful and the contrast between the soft and the intense part makes it completely breathtaking. This reminds me very much of one of my all-time-favorite instrumental album "Scenes" with Marty Friedman. Merry Christmas everybody!! ![]()
Xranthoius24th December 2007Cool another Christmas song! Nice hat! ![]()
Nick32524th December 2007nice
Dejan Farkas24th December 2007Beautiful ![]()
Toni Suominen24th December 2007That was so epic, very beautiful Marcus!! ![]()
PacmanProductions Reborn24th December 2007EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Uncreator24th December 2007Epic Beyond Belief!!
Breathtakingly Beautiful!!
Pablo Vazquez24th December 2007That´s so beautifull!!! Excellent Marcus!
Coram Deo24th December 2007O holy crap that was awesome!! Freakin sweet as always!
Wow. You make even a Christmas song epic!
That was fantastic! I love the hat too!
Wow, I hadn't realized that everyone else used the word "epic" too. Oh well, it fits!
Now wheres my guitar? I have to learn this immediately.
Iced69624th December 2007Only Marcus could pack this kind of flavor into a Christmas song.
Nick32524th December 2007only if we could download backing tracks then i could play over it and record it
Vinod Saranga24th December 2007Great Job Marcus.
Exellent backing track.
nickmarx1234567824th December 2007woa totally epic
brilliant Marcus
SLASH9124th December 2007Absolutely beatiful. My mom was in the room when I watched this and now I have to learn it by tommorow night. Not that that's a problem at all
Like how you made your guitar so festive btw.![]()
Simple.. Yet sooo effective :-).
I especially liked the muting part!
Spiderusalem24th December 2007you took a christmas song and made it epic. grats to you!
Pink7024th December 2007Love the non-heavy songs turned heavy; but totally classic. Awesome job!
Eat-Sleep-andJam24th December 2007Amazing Job ! I had a feeling you would go
Soft>>>>>>Heavy
Nice ! And Merry Christmas to all ! ![]()
Hemlok24th December 2007Fantastic!!
really good stuff
krimzen24th December 2007thats soo funny. the first word that came to my mind was EPIC! before i saw the comments.. and its true.. marcus your amazing.. great job yet again. thanks dude.. im sure i speak for everyone when i say i appreciate the work you do here. keep em comin
Jerry Arcidiacono24th December 2007Great feeling and tone Marcus ![]()
Batista24th December 2007Seriously Marcus. You could have walked naked to the north pole to get your bend and vibrato!
Shredmaster24th December 2007That's just awesome!
Marcus Lavendell24th December 2007Thanks for all these overwhelming comments!
Merry Christmas ![]()
Rom24th December 2007Wonderful! the switch between the soft and the instense part almost made me cry like a baby lol
Great job and merry christmas
seagull24th December 2007I've been waiting quite some time for another lesson with you - and I can see that I didn't wait in vain.
Excellent work yet again!
quebrado24th December 2007er det en ting dere svensker kan, er det å spille gitar;P exellent lesson;)
Batista24th December 2007Little writing mistake there, I ment of course that "I" could have walked naked to the north pole to get your vibrato and bends" =P
Andrew Cockburn24th December 2007Wow, goosebumps when you kicked in with the high bit !
seagull24th December 2007@quebrado - Nej, hvis der er en ting svenskere kan er det at drikke sig fulde i Danmark. ![]()
Freebird24th December 2007Whoa! And you rate that vibrato "beginner-intermediate"?
That'll be hard!! Excellent job Marcus your lessons are always awesome!
Bogdan Radovic24th December 2007Wow great lesson Marcus !!! Such a powerful solo its breathtaking!!
Kizaze4424th December 2007Holy Christmas! That was sensational!
-Kizaze
Juan M. Valero24th December 2007Yeah, excellent lesson Markus, you nail it !!!
love the vibrato too ![]()
Muris Varajic24th December 2007Amazing job Marcus!! ![]()
Marcus Lavendell24th December 2007Thanks guys!
@ Rom: "almost made me cry like a baby lol"
haha... sorry for laughing, but that comment was just so funny!! lamo ![]()
Gabriel Leopardi24th December 2007Wonderful!! Very good job Marcus!
visi0n24th December 2007whoow, that high note is a very dangerous one ! .. great work Marcus as always ![]()
JukeboxHero24th December 2007Wow I'm going to have to learn this one by tonight to play for my family. Merry Christmas to everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![]()
Power_Arctica24th December 2007Amazing! Great feeling! You vibrato is awesome!
GroovinMastiff24th December 2007That was stunning Marcus! Very tasty indeed.
Happy Holidays everyone! ![]()
shredmandan24th December 2007Man Marcus.The passion and soul you put into your playing is just too good to be true!!!
Hisham Al-Sanea24th December 2007great feeling Marcus and happy christmas
Marcus Lavendell25th December 2007Thanks guys! ![]()
kyldeee25th December 2007I had goosebumbs all over
this is sooo beautiful. .. thanks, gonna learn this one
great job
Unleash-The-Shred25th December 2007This is simply amaziing marcus! Excellent job.
Very moving. Music is definately more than just speed. Truly awesome.
david8026th December 2007Great song Marcus
blindwillie26th December 2007The teachers here leaves me in awe time after time. Thanks for a great year guys.
Tomy Jeon26th December 2007Amazing... ![]()
that was awesome
preownedguitar27th December 2007Hey Marcus, I recorded this one and sent it to my parents for the Holidays. They loved it. Thanks for the inspiration as always.
Marcus Lavendell28th December 2007Thanks to all of you!
@preownedguitar
That's great!! I'd love to hear your recording. Can you send it to me, or upload it in the forum? ![]()
Plaidman31st December 2007Marcus,
that was the most beautiful rendition of this song ever recorded, in my humble opinion.
I've never seen or heard any musician play any style of music on any type of instrument with more soul and emotion than you do on a guitar.
You continue to blow me away. Hope you had a happy Christmas and have a great New Year.
Joel
Marcus Lavendell31st December 2007Thank you so much, Joel!
Happy new year! ![]()
This is so incredible man wow...
You have a very beautiful style. Very clean, but very intense.
I love the way this song builds! Simply amazing.
Marcus Lavendell15th January 2008Thanks Victafor and Retribution ![]()
Pi3814th March 2008This still gets me.
Yonrak21st March 2008Simply put, this takes my breath away.
Such a beautiful piece, I hope to get it right some day ![]()
Yonrak21st March 2008You vibrato is simply amazing ![]()
Haunting. very cool Marcus.
What type of strings do you use with the strat?
Fantastic
Marcus Lavendell4th April 2008Thanks guys, I'm glad you like it! ![]()
@ rockman
I use the Elixir Custom Light set (NANOWEB)
Carlos Carrillo4th April 2008nice lesson and great job Marcus!!!
What about the backing music? I would like to buy that cd.
Marcus Lavendell6th April 2008Sorry rockman, there is no CD availabe with this backing. You have to listen to it here at GMC
Thanks for the interest though ![]()
Wow....
OMG!! MARCUS I LOVE YOUR TONE!
Lian Gerbino30th April 2008you awesome man!
Marcus Lavendell1st May 2008Thanks guys! ![]()
Jenkinson8th June 2008Hey Marcus, I saw this when you came out with it in December, and I have seen it a couple of times since then. This IS the most powerful lesson on GMC, hands down. I wish you could feel the pulse of the members heartbeats when they hear/watch this lesson, it absolutely hits you in the heart. ESJ said it almost made him cry... same with me, my heart melted when you kicked the drive on... Let me catch my breath.... Wow!
Jenkinson8th June 2008Or a tie between this and "Soul to the World," omg.
Marcus Lavendell8th June 2008Thank you so much for your kind words Jenkinson! It really appreciate it!
mattacuk18th June 2008Im back watching this again too! Im going to nail this one read for christmas 2008 ![]()
Marcus Lavendell26th June 2008@mattacuk
That should be more than enough time for you to learn it! ![]()
Caelumamittendum1st August 2008Beautiful lesson and playing. Maybe I should learn this for christmas.
Marcus Lavendell1st August 2008Thank you! ![]()
Truly fantastic! I'm gonna practice this one, hopefully I'll be able to play it flawlessly around christmas times ![]()
Marcus Lavendell14th August 2008Thank you MasterPamer, and good luck! Let me know if you need any help ![]()
Nazgul17th August 2008That's an epic version!
And I especially love your trills!
Canis22nd September 2008This version is a LOT better then random singers' versions
Mariah Carey? Hah, we don't need her! We've got Marcus Lavendell!
Also: This lesson really put my vibrato and bends on the edge! Thanks ^^
Marcus Lavendell22nd September 2008Thank you Canis!
Hehe... I believe it's the first time anyone compared me with Mariah Carey ![]()
Kuba Szafran24th September 2008Awesome arrangement Marcus
!
Marcus Lavendell24th September 2008Thanks Kuba ![]()
sigma716th October 2008the big break sent chills down my spine haha VERY AWESOME A+
SonofDestiny16th November 2008Hey Marcus, any ideas on how I can make my vibrato sound like that??
Great lesson by the way. (My mum liked it aswell by the way haha, had to mention it).
amazing lesson, thogh i gotta say that giving it a 4 is a bit of an under scoring because of the fast parts and very very intense bending and vibrato
Jonathan Burgos27th August 2009Marcus! is awesome,emotional, etc!you are not a padawan, you not a Jedi; you are a realy master jedi!!!!








Merry Christmas GMC! Here's a lesson with my version of one very nice christmas song (of many). "O, Holy Night", by the French composer Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
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