Jeong-Hyun Lim

Infobox musical artist
Name = funtwo


Img_capt = funtwo playing "Canon Rock"
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Jeong-Hyun Lim
Hangul: 임정현
Revised Romanization of Korean: "Im Jung-hyeon"
McCune-Reischauer: "Im Jŏnghyŏn"
Alias = Jay Lim, guitar90
Born = birth date and age|1984|07|05
Seoul, South Korea
Origin =
Genre = Neo-classical metal
Instrument = Guitar
Occupation = Student, Musician
Years_active = 2004 - present
URL = [http://www.funtwo.us/ funtwo.us]

Jeong-Hyun Lim (임정현), also known by the online alias funtwo, is a Korean guitarist known for his cover of JerryC's Canon Rock.

He played and recorded his cover of Canon Rock during 2005. He uploaded his video onto the popular Korean music site called [http://www.mule.co.kr Mule.co.kr] . It was then uploaded to YouTube by a viewer nicknamed [http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=guitar90 guitar90] , under the title "guitar". It was not long before it gathered popularity and speculation as to who was beneath the baseball cap.

Funtwo's cover of Canon Rock has been mentioned on CNN, 20/20, "The New York Times"cite news|last = Heffernand|first=Virginia|title= Web Guitar Wizard Revealed at Last
publisher =New York Times|date = 2006-08-27
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/27/arts/television/27heff.html?ei=5088&en=5b993ce30a7b7039&ex=1314331200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all|accessdate =2007-07-02] , and National Public Radio [cite news|last=|first=|title=Guitarist Behind 'Canon' Video Revealed
publisher=NPR.org|date = 2006-08-28|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5725826 |accessdate =2007-07-02] , in addition to MBC news, CBC Radio, KBS news, and other Korean news stations.

Many viewers have speculated and thought the video as fake since the music is not in proper sync 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." The performance itself was recorded in two parts, and edited together. An image of a traffic light was used to make the transition.

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 twice — once for the Korean ambassador in Washington, DC, and 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. 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.

Youtube Contest

Fans of this guitarist suggested a competition between 3 online guitarists: JerryC, FunTwo, and Q Park. They posted this all over YouTube: "Post this everywhere if you think FunTwo, JerryC, and Q Park should have a guitar playing war!FUNTWO VS JERRYC VS Q PARK CANON COMPETITION!"

ongs (as funtwo)

Listen
filename=Jeong-Hyun_Lim_-_Canon.ogg
title=Jeong-Hyun Lim "Canon Rock"
description=30 second sample from Jeong-Hyun Lim's performance of Canon Rock
format=Ogg

#"Canon Rock"
#"Overture 1928"
#"Summer"
#"Carol (funtwo is coming to town)"
#"Mission (Main Theme)"
#"I'm Alright (Neil Zaza) [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJJzWDXGum0 YouTube - funtwo - I'am alright ] ]
#"Triptych (Daita of Siam Shade)"
#"Zenith (Daita)
#"Happy Birthday To You

References

ources

* [http://screens.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/the-real-real-funtwo-comes-forward-by-his-pinky-you-will-know-him/ The REAL Real Funtwo Comes Forward: By His Pinky You Will Know Him]

ee also

* Canon Rock
* List of Internet phenomena