Lim played and recorded his cover of "Canon Rock" by JerryC on October 23, 2005.[1] He uploaded his video to the popular South Korean music website Mule.co.kr. A YouTube user named "guitar90" uploaded the Mule video to YouTube under the title guitar, with the introductory comment "this guy iz great!!!". The identity of guitar90 is unknown.[2]
In March 2016, the original YouTube video was restored and is once again publicly available. The video still holds the views before it was taken down in 2011.
Many viewers have speculated and thought of the video as fake because the audio is not synchronized with the video. Lim later stated to The New York Times that this had to do with the fact that "he recorded the audio and video independently and then matched them inexactly."[2] The performance itself was recorded in two parts, and edited together. An image of a traffic light was used to make the transition.
Other activities
Lim has now started to arrange well-known music by himself. He composed a holiday card to his fans called "Carol Rock (funtwo Is Coming to Town)", a rock version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". He also played Dream Theater's "Overture 1928", and recently he posted a video of himself performing Antonio Vivaldi's "Summer" from the Four Seasons, one of Vivaldi's most famous works.
Lim initially expressed no wish to carry on playing as a professional guitarist. However his online fame has allowed him to play to live audiences several times— once for the South Korean ambassador in Washington, DC, then again at the KORUS festival the same year. At the KORUS festival, Lim played improvised, altered versions of the Korean national anthem and the American national anthem. The third time he played was in 2008, the November 22, at the YouTube Live festival where he performed with Joe Satriani, he played first a mix of Canon Rock and Joe's "Surfing With the Alien" and then "Canon Rock". In October 2009, he was a featured performer at the fall ICANN meeting's welcoming ceremony and later joined in at their music night. In the same interview in which he stated his wish to carry on playing guitar simply as a hobby, he also rated his own playing a modest 50/60 out of 100.
The beginning of the music video for Weezer's song "Pork and Beans" is set in Lim's iconic room, with the various members playing their various instruments. The video as a whole contains references to numerous other internet phenomena.[4][5]
Pieces
Lim Jeong-hyun "Canon Rock"
30 second sample from Funtwo's performance of Canon Rock
The REAL Real Funtwo Comes Forward: By His Pinky You Will Know Him
External links
Original 2005 Video
Official Website
Youtube Channel
Canon Rock Video on YouTube
Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last
Pachelbel makeover makes a web superstar
WikiGuitarist
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jeong, hyun, born, july, 1984, also, known, online, alias, funtwo, south, korean, guitarist, known, cover, piece, canon, rock, funtwoalso, known, asfuntwo, oscar, limborn, 1984, july, 1984, koreaoriginseoul, south, koreagenresrock, instrumental, rockoccupation. Lim Jeong hyun born July 5 1984 also known by the online alias funtwo is a South Korean guitarist known for his cover of the piece Canon Rock funtwoAlso known asfuntwo Oscar LimBorn 1984 07 05 July 5 1984 age 38 KoreaOriginSeoul South KoreaGenresRock Instrumental RockOccupation s MusicianInstrument s GuitarYears active2004 presentWebsitehttp www funtwo usKorean nameHangul임정현Hanja林正鉉Revised RomanizationIm Jeong hyunMcCune ReischauerIm ChŏnghyŏnIn this Korean name the family name is Lim Contents 1 Canon Rock cover 2 Other activities 3 Pieces 3 1 Funtwo 4 References 5 Sources 6 External linksCanon Rock cover EditFurther information Canon Rock music Lim played and recorded his cover of Canon Rock by JerryC on October 23 2005 1 He uploaded his video to the popular South Korean music website Mule co kr A YouTube user named guitar90 uploaded the Mule video to YouTube under the title guitar with the introductory comment this guy iz great The identity of guitar90 is unknown 2 In March 2016 the original YouTube video was restored and is once again publicly available The video still holds the views before it was taken down in 2011 Lim s cover of Canon Rock has been mentioned on CNN 20 20 The New York Times 2 and National Public Radio 3 in addition to MBC news CBC Radio KBS news and other South Korean news stations Many viewers have speculated and thought of the video as fake because the audio is not synchronized with the video Lim later stated to The New York Times that this had to do with the fact that he recorded the audio and video independently and then matched them inexactly 2 The performance itself was recorded in two parts and edited together An image of a traffic light was used to make the transition Other activities EditLim has now started to arrange well known music by himself He composed a holiday card to his fans called Carol Rock funtwo Is Coming to Town a rock version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town He also played Dream Theater s Overture 1928 and recently he posted a video of himself performing Antonio Vivaldi s Summer from the Four Seasons one of Vivaldi s most famous works Lim initially expressed no wish to carry on playing as a professional guitarist However his online fame has allowed him to play to live audiences several times once for the South Korean ambassador in Washington DC then again at the KORUS festival the same year At the KORUS festival Lim played improvised altered versions of the Korean national anthem and the American national anthem The third time he played was in 2008 the November 22 at the YouTube Live festival where he performed with Joe Satriani he played first a mix of Canon Rock and Joe s Surfing With the Alien and then Canon Rock In October 2009 he was a featured performer at the fall ICANN meeting s welcoming ceremony and later joined in at their music night In the same interview in which he stated his wish to carry on playing guitar simply as a hobby he also rated his own playing a modest 50 60 out of 100 The beginning of the music video for Weezer s song Pork and Beans is set in Lim s iconic room with the various members playing their various instruments The video as a whole contains references to numerous other internet phenomena 4 5 Pieces Edit Lim Jeong hyun Canon Rock source source 30 second sample from Funtwo s performance of Canon Rock Problems playing this file See media help Funtwo Edit Canon Rock Overture 1928 Summer Carol funtwo is coming to town Mission Main Theme I m Alright Neil Zaza 6 Triptych Daita of Siam Shade Zenith Daita Happy Birthday To You Bumble Mule Jam Project Remix of Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple Carol 2009References Edit 10th Anniversary of Canon Video video via YouTube a b c Heffernan Virginia 2006 08 27 Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last The New York Times Retrieved 2008 12 05 Guitarist Behind Canon Video Revealed NPR org 2006 08 28 Retrieved 2007 07 02 Ihaka James 2006 09 09 Cyberspace star inspired by NZ New Zealand Herald Retrieved 2009 06 18 New Zealand s YouTube stars Sunday Star Times 2009 01 21 Retrieved 2009 06 18 YouTube funtwo I am alrightSources EditThe REAL Real Funtwo Comes Forward By His Pinky You Will Know HimExternal links EditOriginal 2005 Video Official Website Youtube Channel Canon Rock Video on YouTube Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last Pachelbel makeover makes a web superstar WikiGuitarist Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lim Jeong hyun amp oldid 1111468816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
