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Background information
Also known asfuntwo, Jay Lim
OriginSeoul, South Korea
GenresRock, Instrumental Rock
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active2004–present
Websitehttp://www.funtwo.us
Korean name
Hangul
임정현
Hanja
Revised RomanizationIm Jeong-hyun
McCune–ReischauerIm Chŏnghyŏn

Template:Korean name 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. The YouTube user with the alias "guitar90" is not Lim Jeong-hyun, but an unknown person who uploaded Lim's video. This has been cleared up in his latest interviews.[1] Quoting from the video, the interview clarifies, "someone else called guitar90 who grabbed the video and put it on YouTube where it became a sensation".

Canon rock cover

Further information: Canon Rock (music)

He played and recorded his cover of Canon Rock in 2005. He uploaded his video onto the popular South Korean music website called Mule.co.kr. It was then uploaded to YouTube by a user nicknamed "guitar90", under the title guitar.

His video is the fifty-sixth most viewed and tenth most favorited video on YouTube,[2][3] as of June 26, 2011, with over 90 million views and counting. At its peak, the video was the fourth most viewed video on YouTube.

Lim's cover of Canon Rock has been mentioned on CNN, 20/20, The New York Times,[4] and National Public Radio,[5] 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."[4] 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

In addition to playing the work of others, 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 has 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.[6][7]

Since March, 2010, Lim has been involved as a guitarist of Onesided.

One Sided

In March, 2010, Lim has formed a band One Sided with former Pyon member Han Lee, Hwiju Park and Chris Lee, in Auckland, New Zealand. The band features Han Lee on vocals and rhythm guitar, Lim on lead guitar, Hwiju Park on bass and Chris Lee on keyboard.

Pieces (as funtwo)

  1. Canon Rock
  2. Overture 1928
  3. Summer
  4. Carol (funtwo is coming to town)
  5. Mission (Main Theme)
  6. I'm Alright (Neil Zaza)[8]
  7. Triptych (Daita of Siam Shade)
  8. Zenith (Daita)
  9. Happy Birthday To You
  10. Bumble
  11. Mule Jam Project (Remix of Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple)
  12. Carol 2009

Pieces (as One Sided)

  1. Enemies
  2. Let It
  3. Hands On Me
  4. When Butterflies Come

References

  1. ^ YouTube - FunTwo on Campbell Live
  2. ^ "List of YouTube videos by all-time views".
  3. ^ "List of YouTube videos by all-time top favorites".
  4. ^ a b Heffernan, Virginia (2006-08-27). "Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  5. ^ "Guitarist Behind 'Canon' Video Revealed". NPR.org. 2006-08-28. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  6. ^ Ihaka, James (2006-09-09). "Cyberspace star inspired by NZ". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  7. ^ "New Zealand's YouTube stars". Sunday Star Times. 2009-01-21. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  8. ^ YouTube - funtwo - I'am alright

Sources

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