Why Everyone Is Talking About REN | (required viewing)

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[RenMakesMusic]

My brother! Just got a chance to sit down and watch this, loved the place you approached it from! I liked the TS Eliot quote too, awesome! thanks so much for reacting and helping support what I do!

[petersadler]

Mike, suicide survivor x 2 here. (Clearly not very good at it)

This is such an important video. Thank you for covering it. Thank you for your ongoing support in your videos for those of us with demons and addictions. I promise you, your voice is massive in this regard.

Your point about immediately regretting the decision is correct. Despite the drugs/alcohol concoction, a moment of sobriety stands in that moment. I’ve never been more sober than in those 10 seconds.

Every day is still a battle for me, but videos like this make it a little easier to know that someone gets it.

Peace ✌🏻

[myhomeonthenet]

Everyone is talking about the song “Hi Ren” as much as all his others are incredible, Hi Ren is the one that people have been recently falling over themselves to push out there and worthy this outpouring is too.

Much love to you all, Ch’O

[firstbornunicorn]

As someone else said, you do know Ren. You reacted to him in his band the Big Push doing "Wade in the Water." Glad he's finally getting the recognition he deserves. Also, a note to anyone who may not know, this song is recorded live and in one take. Quite impressive.

[ralphmunn]

Bro, your level of empathy and compassion is something I've feared our world is losing touch with. Thank you for being here. 🙏

[verified.mycents]

I know Ren doesn't care about the BS industry, but he deserves every accolade and industry wide recognition for Hi Ren. Seriously, this should be song of the year, video of the year, mental health awareness campaign of the year, and more. Calling on all Ren fans - let's make this happen. Download everywhere, share everywhere, lobby everywhere. Salute. Peace.

[bakaboi]

I've been listening to Ren for YEARS on end and I'm so happy to see him finally get the attention he deserves, he is such an insanely talented artist and has helped me through some tough times.

[msammon]

Suggested below but don't miss out on his piece 'Hi REN', it explains him and his journey with depth and power, it's courageous and unlike anything else out there, it also shows a lot more of his ability on guitar and how he explores and arranges.
Seriously don't miss out, if not for the channel do it for yourself it will touch you....

[papawheelie]

Hey Michael! I HIGHLY recommend you do a video for "The tale of Jenny and Screech"! Esp because of the phenomenal guitar skills. This guy just so amazingly musically talented in so many ways. His story telling is fantastic!

[Alnilam]

Ren is a once in a lifetime artist, what I love is his focus on lyrical storytelling that's the focus of his tracks and his vocals deliver in an at time unsettling way but isn't that wht art is for? To make you look at the world ina different way

[slademmxii]

ive been avoiding watching more ren just cuz how hard hi ren hit. this put me in tears. bad. god this is beautiful. and powerful.

[warmoth]

This was a one take studio track.. all the imperfections are left in to add soul to the song. This is a deep song! All REN’s songs are deep.. Written from a personal perspective. A little disturbing, but it hits an emotional chord in all of us.

[tammywilliams]

Ren is totally amazing... I end up crying through half of his songs. They are so moving. just found him today and have been searching through watching all his videos I can find. What a storyteller he is.

[yvonneschlame]

These réaction videos to Ren are becoming a whole new thing of their own. What a beautiful human reaction this one was, too. Thank you, your take on music is really inspiring 🦋

[ScottDJohnston]

As others have mentioned, "Hi Ren" was the first song from Ren I had heard, and it is seriously a must-view. I haven't been affected by a song that much in a very long time. It has a similar theme to this, but cranks up the intensity a lot..

[angeladee]

Ren is brilliant. You realise how overused the words like brilliant, genius, talented and exceptional are, when you spend time getting to know rens art, and truely need to use those words to set him apart from the and they fall short.

[MegaDELROY]

Michael...what can I say? You are a truly good geezer. Beyond teaching musical tricks, chords and scales. You bring in this wonderful, talented young man, who has to endure a pathology that forces him in bed...and you give a reading of the song, the situation, the meaning, in the most humane way possible. This is what Youtuber channels like yours should be about, offering the whole picture, instead of focusing on a stylistic detail. And you just do that, for which I can only be grateful.

[dragonknight]

As a person with a mental illness, believe me whan I say all of this is very, very true. Suicide is not to be taken lightly. You're not weak thinking like this, sometimes it's where your condition takes you, sometimes you really truly feel like it's the ONLY WAY. I survived two different attempts when I was younger. Before I knew I had an illness. I survived...and I understand why I did. One day at a time. Glad I took up guitar at the age of 57. Thanks for helping me on my journey Michael, it's appreciated.

[dirtydianasanchez]

Oh, my heart. Can it sing and shatter at the same time like this?! Thank you, Ren.

[slaterbater]

I like your read on the part "Such a perfect day, take it just in case."

For me though... It sounds like he's talking about his meds. I'm bipolar and manage it with a couple of meds. I've been symptom free for about a year now. The temptation to stop talking my meds when everything is going smoothly is always there... But my meds are why everything is going smoothly.