Hard to Believe

Goodness, it's hard to believe that a month has gone by since my last post. I can blame this dearth of productivity partly on having taking a short holiday (more about that soon)as well as the usual pressure of work. I've got lots of stories to tell and will relate them in the near future. In the meantime, I came across this video clip of a guitarist playing Pachelbel's canon on YouTube. I'm not usually impressed by this sort of thing but this fellow is simply amazing; not just by his virtuosity but by his (IMHO) good taste. Take a look ...




P.S. Since this post it has come to my attention that Mr FunTwo, now "unmasked" by the New York Times as a 23-year-old South Korean lad by the name of Jeong-Hyun Lim, is simply doing a cover of an original arrangement by Taiwanese guitarist Jerry Chang and indeed credits him (as Jerry C) at the beginning of the clip. Here is Mr Chang's version. I still have a slight preference for the FunTwo iteration as it is a bit cleaner, especially in the middle passages. Jerry C is possibly more passionate though...