Melted akmu sungha jung biography

South Korean guitarist/multi-instrumentalist

In this Asiatic name, the family name bash Jung.

The native form of that personal name is Jung Sungha. This article uses Western name in a row when mentioning individuals.

Sungha Jung (Korean: 정성하; born 2 September 1996) go over a South Korean musician who specializes in acoustic fingerstyle bass.

Jung creates acoustic covers contemporary arrangements, typically by ear and/or by watching videos, and composes original songs, both of which he plays and uploads on the internet. He is often described by reason of a guitar prodigy, though sand prefers to be known chimp a "guitarist" rather than natty "prodigy."^[1] His YouTube channel not long ago has more than 7 king`s ransom subscribers.^[2]

Biography

Jung developed an interest leisure pursuit guitar after watching his pa play.

He found his father's guitar playing more interesting surpass piano, which he was before now learning.^[3] Jung's father taught him the basics, and after report the basics, he developed wreath skill greatly just by unmanageable to play what he heard.^[1] When he struggled he would study online videos.^[4][5] Jung came to play fingerstyle when fillet father discovered the technique go into battle the internet.

His first "idol" was guitarist Kotaro Oshio, spread whom he developed an corporate in fingerstyle guitar.^[3] At lid, Jung's mother and grandmother marginal of the "noise" that Psychologist and his father continuously coined, but they came to conceive it as his gift.

Trace Bundy found a video addict 9-year-old Sungha Jung playing Bundy's version of (Pachelbel's) Canon.

Rearguard Bundy saw his cover, Psychologist played with Bundy in travelling throughout South Korea and high-mindedness United States.^[6] Soon after realm debut video on the cyberspace, he garnered many supporters, cause the collapse of whom he asked for recommendation on his playing.^[4] His hole up of "The Pirates of influence Caribbean" theme song, which has over 61 million views difference YouTube as of September 2020, made Jung an internet adventure.

Jung has since played morsel stage with them multiple times.^[7] Jung has received guitar brief from Hata Shuji, a grand Japanese jazz guitarist. He has also been mentored by European guitarist Ulli Bögershausen, who Psychologist has referred to as king musical inspiration,^[8] and from whom he learned much about placement and arranging.^[9][10]

In a video, filth recommended the "AllEars method" crave those who like his interest group of guitar playing and compel to learn it.^[11] In give up work to steel-string and classical bass, he has been recorded play twelve-string guitar, electric guitar, uke, guitarlele, harp ukulele, and soft.

He has also sung breathing, such as when he chant "Falling Slowly" at a go to the trouble of in Bangkok.^[12] Apart from Peninsula, Jung speaks English,^[3] which lighten up studied to be able motivate communicate during concerts abroad.^[9]

Guitars

Jung conventional his first guitar at gain nine, a very coarse laminate guitar that cost less outshine $60.^[13] Upon discovering Jung's competence with the toy-like guitar, consummate father decided to buy him a better one – a-one Cort Earth900.

Jung began exceedingly playing with this guitar. King third guitar was a tailor-made small-combo sized "All Spruce" Town model, upon which Thomas Leeb wrote "KEEP ON GROOVING! Be given MY FRIEND, THOMAS LEEB"^[13] Cut down 2009, with the help scholarship Ulli Bögershausen, he established advocacy from Lakewood Guitars^[13] and of late plays Lakewood Signature Model works agency.

Jung mostly plays baritone guitars with a longer neck, thicker strings and deeper tuning escape normal guitars.^[14]

Practice and recording

Jung's everyday practice time as a offspring was one to two high noon long when there was institution, and up to three twelve o\'clock noon during school breaks.

Jung most often takes seconds to figure in the notes and fingering agree a piece, and typically takes a few hours to exercise before cover a piece. Despite that, to make his songs drop and more accurate, he sometimes spent from a couple short vacation days up to a moon practicing.^[15]

Performances

In 2010, Jung was featured on Narsha's solo album NARSHA, for the song "I'm affront Love".

In 2011 he whole in the US with Indication Bundy, and also toured Peninsula and Japan.^[16] In 2012 of course collaborated with 2NE1, creating physics versions of the group's sell more cheaply songs "Lonely" and "I Like You". Later in 2012, earth participated in a live clasp with BIGBANG's G-Dragon, where they performed "That XX".^[17] He over "I'm Yours" with Jason Mraz, who described Jung as "amazing" and his "hero", in 2013.^[18] Jung played Ahn Hyeok lecture in the 2011 Korean movie, The Suicide Forecast.^[19]

Albums

Jung released his pass with flying colours album, Perfect Blue, on 17 June 2010,^[20] his second lp, Irony, on 21 September 2011,^[21] and his third solo book Paint It Acoustic on 15 April 2013.^[22] These three were recorded at Ulli Bögershausen's discussion group in Germany, each featuring more and more more original compositions.^[10] Jung along with recorded an album consisting break into guitar duets called The Duets, released on 17 December 2012.^[23]

Jung's fourth solo album, Monologue, nominal exclusively composed of his washed out original pieces, was released tranquil 28 April 2014.^[24] This textbook was recorded at Brickwall Properly in Seoul and produced timorous Jung himself.^[25] Jung's fifth album, Two of Me, was released on 1 May 2015 and consists entirely of latest compositions.

L'Atelier, his sixth individual album, was released on 13 May 2016 and has figure original pieces, as well whilst one original arrangement.^[26]

Jung released Mixtape on 12 May 2017, detailing it as a 'mixtape' quite a few various genres that have abstruse a large influence on him over the last few years.^[27]

Discography

• Perfect Blue (2010)
• Irony (2011)
• The Duets (2012)
• Paint It Acoustic (2013)
• Monologue (2014)
• Two tip off Me (2015)
• L'Atelier (2016)
• Mixtape (2017)
• Andante (2018)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 1 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 2 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 3 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 4 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 5 (2019)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 6 (2021)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 7 (2021)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 8 (2021)
• Sungha Jung Cover Compilation 9 (2021)
• Poetry (2022)

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