Artist Profile: Sungha Jung
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Akshay referred me to Sungha Jung's YouTube page, claiming he had stumbled on a child prodigy. The young musician has an arsenal of guitar videos in which he simultaneously plays both the vocal and guitar melodies of rock classics. Impressed by the playing, I looked for more information on the mini-Asian. Here's what I found out about Jung from his myspace page:
Hi, I'm Sungha Jung from South Korea. My dream is to become a professional acoustic fingerstyle guitarist. I had been watching my dad play the guitar for awhile before I finally jumped on it myself two years ago. I just turned eleven in September, 2007.
Eleven?!?! He's lying. I refuse to believe that this guitar playing is the work of a child. My cynicism led me to two theories. Theory #1: He's lip, er, finger-syncing Theory #2: Remember that movie Jack? He's the opposite - - a 44 year old man trapped in a little body. Head over to YouTube, and check out Jung's performances of songs from The Beatles, Van Halen and Bob Marley.
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there's no effing way that kid is for real!
I have been struggling to play classical guitar for well over 30 years. I just discovered Sungha on Utube and I am blown off this planet. This boy has got to be a reincarnate of the spirit of such players in the category of Django Reinhardt etc He is truly inspiring and I feel honoured to have lived to see and hear him play. Keep with it Sungha you have more than what it takes.
sungha is just short of amazing
What's the point of "finger-syncing" if he has to do it exactly the same way, that wouldn't make any sense ¬¬ ... You have to consider that the songs he plays are arranged by other people, he only practices and plays them, even though he has only composed 2 songs by himself...that's just to clear the idea of him arranging all of those songs...but at the end, he's freeking awesome at playing, no matter how old he is
you're just jealous u know :p
Tommy Emmanuel is not likely to take part in a hoax. The kid is for real.....