迈克·道斯是一位英国吉他手，以能用一把吉他同时作曲、编曲和演奏多个部分而闻名。他被认为是世界上最具创造力的现代指弹吉他手之一，曲目涵盖原创热门视频和流行编曲，并与 The Moody Blues 乐队的贾斯汀·海沃德一起在主流排行榜上取得成功。
道斯连续两年（2017 年和 2018 年）被《Total Guitar Magazine》和 MusicRadar 读者投票评为“世界最佳原声吉他手”。在接下来的几年中，他多次获得第二名。YouTube 名人里克·比托 (Rick Beato) 称迈克是“世界上最好的原声吉他手之一”。
他的首张专辑是 Gotye 的《Somebody That I Used to Know》的吉他独奏版，迅速成为热门歌曲，在 YouTube 上的观看次数达到数千万次。此后，他的成功被多次复制和扩展，例如《One》、《The Impossible》和《Jump》等歌曲在多个视频平台上发布。
他的名声使他有机会与格莱美获奖艺术家合作，例如与 Tommy Emmanuel 合作录制了二重唱唱片《Accomplice Vol. 3》，以及获得格莱美奖提名的金属乐队 Periphery，Mike 与他们一起录制了 2024 年的双单曲发行。
Mike 出现在 Justin Hayward 的多张现场专辑中，包括在美国公告牌排行榜上排名第 2 的《Spirits…Live》。Dawes 还是一位享有盛誉的教育家，曾担任《吉他世界》和《原声吉他》杂志的专栏作家，并在世界各地教授吉他大师班，开发应用程序，出版学位级文献，在 SKY TV 的《吉他之星》节目中担任电视评委等。
最近，他为 Mentrix 和 Gareth Croker 为 Ubisoft 的《波斯王子：失落的王冠》创作的令人惊叹的配乐贡献了电吉他，其他的伴奏作品也在 AMC 的《风骚律师》等电视节目中出现。
然而，迈克的激情在于表演。仅在 2023 年，他就与汤米·伊曼纽尔、克里斯托弗·克罗斯、Periphery、The Aristocrats、贾斯汀·海沃德和雅典国家管弦乐团等多位不同的艺人同台演出。
他的第三张录音室专辑《Galactic Acid》预计将于 2024 年 8 月发行。
“他用拍打、轻敲和爱抚，走向辉煌”《吉他世界》杂志
“DAWES 令人惊叹”《吉他手杂志》
“原声敲击巨无霸” Total Guitar Magazine/ MusicRadar
与指弹中国合作项目：
2014 指弹中国音乐节巡演
2018 WAGF 原声吉他音乐节
Mike Dawes is an English guitarist known for composing, arranging and performing multiple parts simultaneously on a single guitar. He is regarded as one of the world’s most creative modern fingerstyle guitarists with a repertoire spanning original viral videos and popular arrangements, alongside mainstream chart success performing with Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues.
Dawes was named ‘Best Acoustic Guitarist in the World’ two years in a row (2017 & 2018) by Total Guitar Magazine & MusicRadar reader polls. With numerous 2nd place rankings in the proceeding years. YouTube personality Rick Beato named Mike ‘One of the finest acoustic guitar players in the world’.
His debut release, a solo guitar arrangement of Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ quickly became a viral hit with tens of millions of views on YouTube, a success duplicated and expanded upon numerous times since with songs like ‘One’, ‘The Impossible’ and ‘Jump’ across multiple video platforms.
His reputation has invited him opportunities to collaborate with GRAMMY award-winning artists such as Tommy Emmanuel, with whom he recorded the duet record ‘Accomplice Vol. 3’, and the GRAMMY-nominated metal band Periphery, with whom Mike joined on their 2024 double single release.
Mike is featured on multiple Justin Hayward live releases including Spirits…Live, which debuted at #2 on the US Billboard Chart. Dawes also has a strong reputation as an educator, acting as a columnist for Guitar World and Acoustic Guitar magazines as well as teaching guitar masterclasses all over the world, creating apps, publishing degree level literature, appearing as a TV judge on SKY TV’s ‘Guitar Star’, and more.
Recently he contributed electric guitars to Mentrix and Gareth Croker’s stunning soundtrack to Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, with other session work featured on TV shows such as AMC’s Better Call Saul.
Mike’s passion, however, is performing. Having shared the stage with acts as diverse as Tommy Emmanuel, Christopher Cross, Periphery, The Aristocrats, Justin Hayward and the Athens State Orchestra in 2023 alone.
His third studio album, Galactic Acid, is anticipated for release in August 2024.
“HE SLAPS, TAPS, AND CARESSES HIS WAY TO BRILLIANCE” Guitar World Magazine
“DAWES IS JAW DROPPING” Guitar Player Magazine
“THE ACOUSTIC TAPPING TITAN” Total Guitar Magazine/ MusicRadar
Collaboration project with Finger Bullet China:
2014 Finger Art China Music Festival Tour
2018 WAGF Original Guitar Music Festival