lim jeong hyun, the true identity of “funtwo”
as i usually do when i work, i was streaming npr and i heard about this guitar guy who, heretofore known only as “funtwo”, is actually a guitarist from seoul by the name of lim jeong hyun, as revealed by new york time’s virginia heffernan.
my guitar hero has always been john myung of dream theater, a bass virtuoso if there ever lived one. i once saw dream theater in their concert in vegas, and by stroke of luck, i was sitting pretty close to the stage, and i couldn’t tell if john myung had two hands or several.
and while lim might not be as refined in his playing as myung is, he has incredible raw talent.
lim is playing pachelbel’s canon (which, by the way, is the most cliche’d piece of composition universally adored by all the koreans… especially at korean weddings), and towards the middle of the rendition, he starts busting out his near improvisational virtuoso stuff, and i was blown away.
do check it out.
download lim jeong hyun’s pachelbel’s canon mp3 here
August 30th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Heh.
This kid is amazing and should be encouraged to keep moving forward.
John
PS. I am a retired guitar player with good ears……
September 3rd, 2006 at 5:28 pm
Great playing….
September 11th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
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September 29th, 2006 at 9:30 am
Who is he? Just wondering…he’s good just never heard of him.
October 2nd, 2006 at 7:23 am
I want to find this man and hug him.
October 6th, 2006 at 4:41 am
Great guitar player.
I hope we will get more from him
October 6th, 2006 at 4:22 pm
wow very nice ur a ginius :-) sorry for my english but im from austria where r no kangoroos ;-)
November 10th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
this is the best guitar song ever…i could listen to this all day long…rock on!!!!!
December 23rd, 2006 at 3:21 am
Brilliant. Will play at our wedding. Thank you for the download.
December 23rd, 2006 at 3:00 pm
That’s awesome! you’re going to play it at your wedding?
congratualtions, and i’m very glad to have the mp3 for you!
December 27th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
WOW! I love this piece!!! Great rockin to a world wide classic!!!
Thanks!!!
Kathy
December 28th, 2006 at 11:53 am
ur awsome kid u will change rock if u work hard
December 29th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
Simply amazing, I got goose bumps all over listening to this and watching him play. I sure hope this kid continues to play and play. If he chooses to pursue this as a career, and works hard like Kris Said, I have no doubt he will a great influence on the world music scene.
Rock on Lim Jeong-Hyun!
December 29th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Love it!! Hubby and I are a couple of late old rockers and we are planning 25th Wedding Anniversary - you can be that I will walk down the aisle after the “I Do’s” to this!!! Thank you.
December 30th, 2006 at 4:08 pm
nice…
January 5th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
I am so proud that he is a Korean. I love him so much! Wow~! Fantastic!
January 15th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
i saw his vid in youtube less than a year ago and just like everyone else who saw it, i was amazed at how he played a very difficult piece. eversince i saw that vid, i have wanted a copy of at least the mp3 version of it. kudos to you! i hope someone will provide a download for the vid too! :)
January 15th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
actually, Reeko, you can download his youtube vid using this website here:
http://keepvid.com/
January 20th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I love Pachelbel’s Canon very much.
Now I have many editions, for more info, refer to my website.
March 2nd, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Is it ok to use the mp3 version for weddings due to copyright laws?
I love the original track so much and as a music lover, I have to say this guy has really cheered me up. There is obviously still a lot of raw untapped talent out there and I want more!!!!!
March 4th, 2007 at 1:36 am
“copyright laws”? it’s a self-submitted music. i wouldn’t worry about it. if mr. Lim gives you trouble, tell ‘im junosora sent ya :D
March 8th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Could someone please sign a contract with this guy so we can hear more of him =)
He´s the best I ever seen/heard, a natural genious, absolutely AMAZING!!!!!!