Korean Prodigy Guitarist

[SandEagle]

this kid is amazing. listen through, its perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0N4SkIsV48


the Asians really are taking over everything.

 

[Xcobra]

Awesome!

 

[Lifted]

Didn't somebody say his face his so flat because his mother hits it with a bible if he stops practicing his guitar?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

And people say that Asian parenting fails...

 

[zanejohnson]

yeah we're kinda fucked.. asians got the white man beat...

but us hybrids....

nah im kidding...

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

How is he a prodigy? He plays it well, it's a good song, but that doesn't mean he's a 'prodigy' at anything.

 

[Ichinisan]

Doesn't sound at all the same.

 

[gevorg]

But does he really enjoy his life?

j/k

 

[ahenkel]

Its technically proficient I'll give it that but it lacks something

 

[olds]

<--- Audio/Video & Home Theater

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Seoul song?

 

[Locut0s]

this kid is amazing. listen through, its perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0N4SkIsV48


the Asians really are taking over everything.

It's got nothing to do with being Asian (biologically) and everything to do with priorities and values. Most Asian families are huge on a well rounded education. They will spend lots of money on hiring tutors and getting their children extra schooling in everything. It's not all a positive thing as many kids grow up to hate their education or grow up thinking that prosperity is EVERYTHING. However it probably is better than the current western distaste (I don't think this is too strong a term) for education.

 

[Locut0s]

yeah we're kinda fucked.. asians got the white man beat...

but us hybrids....

nah im kidding...

You're a hybrid? I somehow always thought you were 100% white.

I'm a hybrid. Though I look just about 100% white, I'm actually 1/2 Chinese.

 

[Locut0s]

Its technically proficient I'll give it that but it lacks something

He's like 11 years old or something. What it's lacking is passion and emotion. The kids still a kid. If he is really interested in this and this isn't just his parents speaking then the rest will come with time.

 

[zeelandia]

this kid is amazing. listen through, its perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0N4SkIsV48


the Asians really are taking over everything.

I think the kid is great! Definitely shows that he has put in time and effort, but I would not go as far as saying he is a prodigy. I'd further argue that effort matters more than natural ability.

It is not that Asians are taking over everything, it is that immigrants are taking over everything. What makes this country great are the immigrants that work their butts off because they have to in order to build a better life and end up making this country as a whole better.

I think Asians standout because of a few reasons.

1) There are more Asians in the world.
2) White Europeans blend in easily with the native majority so as not to stand out.
3) Asians are wired!

 

[ahenkel]

He's like 11 years old or something. What it's lacking is passion and emotion. The kids still a kid. If he is really interested in this and this isn't just his parents speaking then the rest will come with time.

What I worry about though is if he's being pushed to be perfect and that if that drive to be perfect will make him be afraid to take risks. If all he'll ever be known for is covers it would be kind of sad.

 

[BUTCH1]

I've been a subscriber for awhile, what's amazing is the amount of songs he can play and how well he plays them and I think the OP's description of prodigy applies indeed..

 

[Locut0s]

What I worry about though is if he's being pushed to be perfect and that if that drive to be perfect will make him be afraid to take risks. If all he'll ever be known for is covers it would be kind of sad.

That is what I meant by if it isn't just his parents speaking. Which is all too often the case in Asian families

 

[RocksteadyDotNet]

And people say that Asian parenting fails...

It fails to create independent people.

It doesn't fail to create robots.

 

[sygyzy]

Most Asian families are huge on a well rounded education.

Asians are not big on a well-rounded education. When is the last time you met an Asian student that was a whiz at Art History? Or Roman engineering?

 

[ahenkel]

That is what I meant by if it isn't just his parents speaking. Which is all too often the case in Asian families

Yea I know what you mean. My sister got pushed into playing the harp by my grandma and while she's really good at it. She rarely plays it now. BTW a full size pedal harp $26,000+ If your kids ever ask to play the harp run.

 

[TridenT]

It fails to create independent people.

It doesn't fail to create robots.

I'm agreeing with the second sentence. The Japanese have gone the wrong way this whole time by trying to create robots from metal and silicon... They instead need to see that the potential for a godless killing machine hyped up on anime is right in front of their eyes.

 

[Angry Irishman]

Even better....very technical piece. Apparently he is touring in Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFF0eh_lu8c

His website: http://www.sunghajung.com/ with his album information. He may not be a prodigy but he is making some bank....good for him.

 

[Skitzer]

More my style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1bRbWWsLPM&feature=related

 

[TridenT]

He's at least 13 in all of his videos.

He's not that young AND this shit is entirely possible with parents pushing for it. He's only a prodigy if he somehow shows some miraculous talent with such little effort AND can go far with it.