REN's Emotional Tribute To Callum Mackay- Pro Guitarist Reacts 

A beautiful heartfelt reaction Michael. I just have to wonder what else Ren has in store for us, I do not think that I will ever stop being surprised and excited by this fantastic artist, he is just an exceptional talent. As a 70+ year old I have listened to and followed all of the greats of the past and put Ren up there with the very best.

This is just outside of Drumheller, in the badlands northeast of Calgary. A great backdrop for a beautiful tribute to his friend.

Emotive and visceral, I haven't seen an artist that transcends and communicates so widely as Ren in a a long time.

I said in an early reaction comment that i didn't think Ren could play guitar in the ethereal emotional way of my favourite guitarist, David Gilmour. He certainly achieved all that on the piano in this gorgeous piece of art. Yo and thank you for this reaction.

I was a ice skater an a ever ago . If I were skating today Id be claming this song before anyone else could !

Again tears with this song… music can make us feel things… Ren’s music is the direct transference of feelings from one human heart to another… thank you… yo are amazing …❤

Omg you just made me realized how sweet this would Sound on guitars

I’ve watched this so many times now, of course I cried the first 20 times, and I’ve kept my composure for many times since…. until I just watched this with you… 0 composure 😢 I respect you a lot Mike, musically and humanly (if that’s a word) Thank you for this Take care brother 🙏 Daz

Yo Mike. Great analysis as always and I appreciate the love and respect that you are giving to Ren and his music. Much love from Wales UK.

Ren is the greatest !! I love him!! He is an exceptionally talented young man .

Mike if you checkout Disco Doc's review of this song. he explains what happened the day Callum passed.

I didn't expect to be brought to tears either... Ren knows how to reach in and touch the soul. By bravely profoundly and so beautifully baring his.

Ren as always... so moving... so expressive.. such skill and authenticity 💕💔🥲 Loved your musical analysis on this, cheers! 🪀 💕

This instrumental makes me feel as if I was a leaf drifting down the river of life. For me, it sounds as if it goes from serene to whimsical to rapids to serene again, mimicking life and all it's struggles. And the final serenity is death. As for the location Ren's at, it's the Hoodoos near Drumheller Valley, Alberta Canada. You should google it. It's a very beautiful place as seen in the video. Great reaction yet again. Peace and love.

Love your take on it, Mike ❤Sounds beautiful on guitar. Reactor, Dicodec decided to improvise a guitar part on top of Ren's piano playing, and didn't say a word. It was touching.

It was absolutely transcendent. I like how you put it- the process of processing emotions. Grief in music form. Haunting. Told my family to play it at my funeral. Great reaction as always ❤

Yo Mike! Please do a guitar cover of this song.

I think I'm floating in heaven on earth!

Love it when you pull out the guitar and let the guitar "react"

Yo Michael! Yer right, it makes a beautiful song for guitar ! Love your reactions! I would relish a guitar cover of this by you!!

Yo. I didn't know that chord signified hope but you're right; it does. It sounds so dope on guitar too. You're always bringing out so much understanding of the music.

Love that you read the background story for this one! Ren asked us all to think of our departed loved ones during the premiere. Ren is so good at helping us release our emotions and letting feelings rise to the surface! There is so much beauty in this piece! I loved it! Yo Mike ❤ thanks for reacting ❤

Michael this is a beautiful piece and you're so right with guitar would sound just as emotional. Yo! Keep on the great reactions! R.I.P Callum ❤🙏

Happy birthday Callum and Ren! #ren #mackay R.I.P. Callum Mackay, R.I.P. friend and courageous would-be life-saver Lewis Darroch. MacKay: a in Ma as in "again", ai in cKai as in "tide".

feel parts of depeche mode "precious" on the instrument

Oh how things can be said with no words What a beautiful piece Ren🎹🎶💗

Yes, this would be fitting as a soundtrack also. .

This piece is so full of floods of emotion ,you can almost hear his voice trying to tell us who the man was and the frustrating emotion that comes from his knowing we will never have the chance to meet him.

Yo! Great reaction, Michael! Ren is amazing ♥♥♥

Yo! I saw some images from this session last year, during the summer. I imagine Ren came up with this one quickly, recorded it as soon as his crew was in Calgary (someone said June), but sat on it, knowing he wanted to release it on or near Callum's birthday. And, yeah, it's a beautiful piece!

Yo, nice reaction to this beautiful tribute piece!

Soundtrack for sure

I needed that... Beautiful melody, a composition that anchors the spirit to calmness and propels the gaze towards the future horizon!... Thanks Ren. Thank you for the reaction.

Thank you, MIchael, for the reaction. Great review.

yo Mike, another great analysis and reaction :)

Yes indeed, Ren knows how to pull the heartstrings! Yo Michael I really enjoy hearing and seeing how other musicians respond to and can break down what they hear when listening to a new piece of music for the first time!

Callum's story is on Disco Doc's channel with BBC news footage if your interested 💛

You are always so good and gentle with emotions amd with Ren. Thank you for yet another wonderful Reaction.

The memories of hes gone freind Cullum Mackay ❤😊

It is very moving and would be beautiful on the guitar as well yo.

Yo ❤ beautiful reaction Mike x Isn’t this piece just sublime in all its emotional facets 🥹 I did not realise you were a fellow Aussie dweller, how wonderful 🇦🇺🥰

Yo! Another beautiful and heartfelt reaction. Thank you!💝🙋‍♀️

So beautiful.

It sounded like he was telling us all about Callum's life. Kind of sad and messed up when he was young, then he had a manic faze and then he spiraled to the end. That's how I felt listening to it. YOu're the best Mike.

Aww, i wish you would play more

Michael, the first time I heard this song Freaked me out because it was so much not like ren and yet it was exactly like ren.There's absolutely nothing this guy can't play if he really puts his mind to it

Much love ❤️ Sue

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Yo I have seen a lot of corrections to McEye so assume Ren must have said it during the pre-premier livestream. I hear a flow starting in their their childhood, the scene of & aftermath of Callum and Lewis deaths, then finally the state of acceptance Ren finally reached that allowed him to make the piece.

❤❤❤ its been on replay , Ren Gill halftime retake 🎉🎉🎉😊

LESSS GOOO

Yo. Beautiful ❤

Calmly, classy , bloody, talented, divine, caring, kind , thoughtful, loving, giving , ect.. bday 3‐29🎉 #team #sickboi #renegade #lovehurts #friendship ❤🐰✝️🕊

Yo thx for the reaction. Enjoyed it.💕👍🦇

yo very dope.

Loved your reaction Bro, and seeing you play that melody on the guitar was dope. Btw, i feel like the melody is Callum in this song.

On first hearing, if someone had told me that Einaudi had released a new piece, I'd have believed them

Imagine this with a cello accompaniment, it would be full on 😭

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Beautiful scenery and music 👏👏👏 I wish you could look on guitarist Marcin Patrzalek 🎸

The theme reminded me of the Downton Abby intro music

Thank you for your raw emotions! It affected me the same way. It's such a beautiful tribute. I really appreciate your guitar interpretation. You did a beautiful job. ❤ R.I.P. Joe and Callum. Thank you Ren for honoring their lives with such love.

This was incredible...thanks Michael always appreciate your analysis.

Yo, thank you for your reaction to this... always nice to hear the interpretation from your musician eyes and ears. I heard a couple of other musician reactors also comment that he ended this on a "hopeful" note ❤ that is a beautiful thought!

Its in Drumheller Alberta an area known as the badlands hes getting treatment for his illness in Calgary

Felt the same way man , wow

This was filmed back in June and saved for Callum's birthday. Filmed about an hour from Calgary

Thank you, Brother! 🙏 ❤

Yo, loved the breakdown as always. This one's special

Yo! This is just heartbreakinly beautiful ❤✌

Can you play whole song on guitar? I like what I herd

Music just lives in him, doesn't it?

This looks loke Drumheller in Alberta, where people go to look for, and dig up, dinosaur bones and fossils. I can just imagine hiking in the canyon, and hearing this bouncing off the walls....beautiful. Yo.... gotta say... today, the beard is on point.

hello dear!! we all know ren's vast range in talent, but to do it this way and evoke such emotions!!! kathleen bts renegade

Yo Mike, you were quick to transfer this to guitar, very impressive. Certainly more piano friendly, maybe it could be played as a duo on guitar…

Ren brought me here...

Drumheller Alberta.

Yo! ✌️❤️

Yo. Great feedback. Lydian mode eh?

(MacKay is pronounced "Mac-Eye")

Yooooo

Yes, another musician reactor pointed out that this piece ends with a chord signifying hope. Yo, if you catch my drift.

Lol, you made the wrong decision. Mackay is originally the name of a powerful Scottish Clan which was based in the far north of Scotland. Clan Mackay were followers of Robert the Bruce and fought against the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. The pronunciation is like MAK-👀 with only one eye, so Mack-i. I hope you enjoyed the wee history lesson 😉🤣🤣.

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mack eye its pronounced 🫡

Mike, Ren worked on this one for a while. Some have said that he played it in the Money Game 3 BTS extended version near the end. I haven’t been back to view it yet, but it makes perfect sense. Ren is self-taught and has been playing piano since his school days. He used to spend lunch hour in the library, playing piano. You should know the setting. It’s near Drumheller, Alberta. Would you call Ren a musician’s musician?

You should record a play over the top of it.

Not that it needs anything added but i think the only Man for laying some guitar over the top is of course Romain 🎸🎵🎶🍯🤌🙏🐝🍀

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