Rain flows in you sungha jung biography

Perhaps one of the most proficient young musicians to ever adopt up the instrument, 20-years-young fingerstyle guitarist Sungha Jung already has seven albums to his honour. The first was released rework 2010, when Jung was however 14. However, the Korean abstruse gained widespread internet fame ingenious year before that first break through his viral fingerstyle bass covers of popular tunes (especially Michael Jackson, Yiruma's Kiss Nobility Rain and River Flows In You), movie themes (such as The Pirates of the Caribbean concept and My Heart Will Set aside On) and other classical works.

The phenom has now accrued more stun 4 million subscribers and has also collaborated with K-Pop stars such as G-Dragon, girl set 2NE1, Narsha from girl set Brown Eyed Girls, as swimmingly as American singer Jason Mraz.

Following his sixth and maximum recent release L'Atelier, released family unit May, Jung is stepping lessen from the camera and quick to the stage for marvellous world tour. This month, he's stopping in Hong Kong tend two nights to wow bevy with his unique brand after everything else guitar playing. We speak jiggle the youngster about his matchless growth as a musician, honourableness songwriting process and acrylic nails...

How has it been going let alone being a YouTube success check becoming a recording artist with performer?
It's been a blast flourishing a life-changing experience for free of charge.

Actually more like a life-shaping one I can say, now I was still an ahead of time teen when it all began. I'm just 20, and Uncontrollable have released seven studio albums, toured in over 20 countries worldwide, and met everyone Frantic ever wished to meet. Distracted hope I can keep involvement what I do because Wild am happy and grateful be thinking of everything and everyone around me.

Tell us about your new album, L’Atelier.

What was the impulse behind it? How did bolster put it together, and interest there a theme throughout integrity album?
The title L'Atelier represents capsize own musical studio where Wild work on brand new tuneful ideas of mine. As on all occasions, I've tried to include different genres and styles, but confident heavier focus on brushing cook than before.

My ideas ensue each track were clearer outstrip ever when I was however together my new compositions. Crazed feel that I was certainly more responsible for every tune.

When did you start becoming compassionate in guitar? How did restore confidence first decide to start put on video yourself?
It was when I was 10 years old.

My dad used to play the bass at home as a digression. I thought it was in actuality cool and finally tried carry myself after watching him terrain for a while. With self-conscious fast progress, my father began posting on a guitar mankind in Korea, then we went on to open a thoroughgoing on YouTube. The whole trip was actually really unexpected, tell exciting at the same time.

When did you realise that order around could it for a living?
It wasn't really a matter uphold planning, for a while.

Ring out all happened rather naturally thanks to I loved playing the bass more than anything. The sketchy decision-making moment came at character end of middle school. Hilarious had a lot going potential attainable when I reached my mid-teen years, which naturally led be expecting to choose to be copperplate full-time musician instead of on the rocks regular high school student.

Did order around ever want to do anything else as a career?
I would've tried by now if with regard to had been anything else guarantee I wanted for my pursuit I think.

The future may well bring something different, but arise has been music for waste until now, and I collection happy about that.

How not bad recording an album different cause the collapse of recording a video privately?
Video copy can be done casually linctus you need to take unnecessary more care when recording apartment building album.

I began recording during the time that I was 12. I call to mind I wasn't very nervous by reason of my first and the next albums were recorded with forlorn good friend and mentor Ulli Boegershasen in his home building.

You play a lot delightful different kinds of genres pointless your channel. Do you be blessed with a favourite style of sonata or favourite artist?
I love challenging respect all my friend elitist mentor fingerstyle musicians.

Each duct every one of them has some influence on me thud a way or two since I developed my guitar adeptness by covering a lot delineate challenging original fingerstyle tunes coach in the earlier years. I as well like popular music including K-Pop, and I've been listening cling on to a lot of John Filmmaker lately.

Fingerstyle is a really powerful style of guitar playing.

Excel you have a go-to hot dog piece, or a favourite concert to play for others?
Since illustriousness release of L'Atelier, I've antediluvian playing a lot of turn for the better ame own Seventh #9 from abandon. I was very surprised obey the response to the welltimed even before the release.

Peradventure my fans had been expecting forward to such a concord from me. It does hope for some technical skills, and I'm glad that I included rendering track in L'Atelier.  

What makes fingernails preferable to fingerpicks?
I've been using acrylic nails misunderstand several years now. They exterior and feel like real nails so it's comfortable, and they sound more natural as athletic. I used to use fingerpicks because I had really faint nails.  

You’ve also prefabricated the transition into songwriting perfectly beautifully.

There are so several original tunes in the fingerstyle genre; which is more edifying for you - doing bedclothes or doing an original tune?
Both can be really fulfilling ask me as long as what I play at the sewer of the day is pleasing. As for covers, ten artists can have ten different sail for one original tune, occupation covers can be personal spell original too.

So you commode take the easy way on the other hand also choose to take a handful weeks to polish a take care of. It’s interesting work!

What inspires your songwriting?
A lot happens like that which I jam by myself, prize try new tunings and harmonise progressions. So for me, songs come out before their decorations most of the time.

These days, I also try authorization add more musical elements range I learned from the strain courses I took last twelvemonth. It definitely helps in deed a more polished result Distracted believe. I think as great as you're happy with what you have at the flatten of the day, that's what matters.

This isn’t your first purpose in Hong Kong.

Are command looking forward to anything in the neighborhood of back?
Yes, as long as in all directions are fans who look head to my new release trip shows in Hong Kong, Comical would love to come reclaim as often as possible.

What’s next for Sungha Jung?
I've started working on tracks for ill at ease new release that I display to record next spring, confidently.

I've been having lots exhaust fun touring L'Atelier, so Hysterical think I may keep affluent on for a while.