Tracebundylive

Discography

Releases on the Honest Ninja Music label:

• O Night Divine (1999)
• Solomon's Splendor (2000)
• Adapt (2004)
• A Few Songs for Christmas EP (2007)
• Missile Bell (2008)
• Elephant King (2012)

References

1. ^ Collegian
2. ^ http://unitedinterests.com/
3. ^ http://www.purevolume.com/tracebundy
4. ^ http://www.tracebundy.com/bio.html
5. ^ Performance of Pachelbel's Canon (acoustic)
6. ^ Acoustic Guitar Magazine
7. ^ http://www.facebook.com/TraceBundy?ref=ts

External links

Career

Bundy was influenced by a variety of musicians such as David Wilcox, Ani Difranco and Phil Keaggy. He stopped using a pick altogether when he realized he could play more complex music using all five fingers.
Bundy's first musical release was in 1999 with "O Night Divine", a collection of traditional Christmas songs. His next recording, containing all original songs, was 2000's "Solomon's Splendor". In October 2004 he released a CD/DVD combo titled "Adapt". The DVD shows a live concert filmed in Boulder, CO, in the summer of 2004. Many clips from this DVD circulated on YouTube and have received well over twenty-one million views. Some of the more popular clips are Trace covering the Backstreet Boys song "I Want It That Way", and Pachelbel's Canon^[5] performed on an acoustic guitar using the fingertapping technique. Following this album was "A Few Songs For Christmas", an EP of more Christmas songs released in December 2007.
In 2008, Bundy's released "Missile Bell", a two-part project, consisting of a studio CD, a live CD, and a DVD filmed live at the Boulder Theater in November, 2007. Also in 2008, Bundy was named "Most Promising New Talent of the Year" by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, and came in third in the same magazine's "Best Fingerstyle Guitarist of the Year" category.^[6]
On February 29th, 2012 Trace announced via his Facebook page that his new album, "Elephant King", will be released on May 1st, 2012. ^[7]

Early Life

Bundy was born in Austin, Minnesota^[3] and later moved to the small town of Buena Vista, Colorado. He first started playing guitar when he was 11 years old.^[4]
Bundy met Jonah Werner (now an acclaimed acoustic folk songwriter) in high school and started playing with him at a local coffee shop in Buena Vista. The duo played mostly Jack'o'Pierce and other various folk songs. Bundy then met Tim Thornton from Newcomers Home and started playing old Dylan and Cat Stevens tunes. They all attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and still continue to play together from time to time. Before pursuing his music career in a full-time capacity, Bundy was an engineering professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Trace Bundy

Trace Bundy is an instrumental acoustic guitar player who lives and performs in Boulder, Colorado. He is known to fans as "The Acoustic Ninja" for his legato and finger tapping skills. His playing style features him playing with both hands on the fretboard, intricate finger picking arpeggios and inventive use of multiple capos.^[1] Trace has built up his career through success on websites such as YouTube and Facebook and is now signed with the record label/management company United Interests.^[2]

Sungha Jung

Seongha Jeong (정성하) (colloquially: Sungha Jung) (born 2 September 1996) is a South Korean professional acoustic finger-style guitarist who has risen to fame on YouTube and other sites. As of 2012, his channel had over 17 million views, with his videos getting a total of over 454 million views, and also over 726,000 subscribers.^[1]
Seongha typically takes three days to learn and practice a new piece, and video-record it for upload onto YouTube.^[2] His genre selection is rather broad, as he learns and plays many pieces that are playable on guitar, therefore consequently spread across numerous genres.
Seongha has won 13 awards on YouTube, including 6 "#1" awards. Also on YouTube, Seongha has 494 videos with over one million views. Seongha's video with the most views is the one which shows him playing the theme from "Pirates Of The Caribbean".
Seongha has composed 18 pieces as of February 2011, two of which are featured in his debut album, "Perfect Blue". He released his second album, "Irony", on 21 September 2011.
In 2011, he performed in the US with Trace Bundy, as well as touring in Scandinavia and Japan.^[1]

Sungha jung

Sungha Jung (Born South Korea on September 2, 1996)

Hi, I'm Sungha Jung from South Korea.
My dream is to become a professional acoustic fingerstyle guitarist.

I had been watching my dad play the guitar for awhile before I finally jumped on it myself three years ago.

Currently, I am taking drum lessons and teaching myself fingerstyle guitar.
I used to not have tabs for the music that I played in my videos.
I just listen and pick them up directly from the sound source in videos available on the internet.
However, recently, I have started playing with original tabs whenever they are available to me by courtesy of the authors.
My old guitar is custom made by Selma to fit my body size, and on it, Thomas Leeb wrote "Keep on grooving to my friend."

As of Jan. 1st, 2009 Lakewood acts as sponsor for my guitar officially.
I'm very grateful to those prominent guitarists who have had a great influence on my guitar playing.
I'll continue to study them and learn more about interpretation of music and various playing techniques.
My daily practice routine lasts for one to two hours when school is open, but I play up to three hours a day during the school breaks.
It usually takes me two to three days to practice and videotape a new piece but sometimes up to a week for more difficult ones.

Last, but certainly not least, I can't thank Ulli Bogershausen enough for being my musical inspiration.

Sungha Jung's Guitar

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Artist	Country of origin	Period active	Release-year of first charted record	Genre	Total certified units (from available markets)[Notes]	Claimed sales
The Beatles	United Kingdom	1960–1970[4]	1962[4]	Rock / Pop[4]	JPN: 2 million[Notes][5][6] US: 207.6 million[7] GER: 8 million[Notes][8] UK: 7 million[Notes][9] FRA: 3.3 million[Notes][10] AUS: 2.7 million[Notes][11] CAN: 14.3 million[Notes][12] NLD: 295,000[Notes][13] BRA: 550,000[Notes][14] BEL: 265,000[Notes][15][16] AUT: 400,000[Notes][17] SPA: 640,000[Notes][18] SWI: 350,000[Notes][19] SWE 485,000[Notes][20] POL: 155,000[Notes][21] ARG: 1.5 million[Notes][22] NZ: 525,000[Notes][23] Total available certified units: 250 million	1 billion[24][25] 600 million[26]
Elvis Presley	United States	1954–1977[27]	1954[27]	Rock and roll / Pop / Country[27]	JPN: 200,000[Notes][28] US: 188.1 million[7] GER: 1.2 million[Notes][8] UK: 5.8 million[Notes][9] FRA: 2.4 million[Notes][10] AUS: 1.1 million[Notes][11] CAN: 2.9 million[Notes][12] NLD: 520,000[Notes][13] BRA: 125,000[Notes][14] AUT: 165,000[Notes][17] SPA: 100,000[Notes][18] SWI: 135,000[Notes][19] SWE 380,000[Notes][20] FIN: 213,945[Notes][29] Total available certified units: 203.3 million	1 billion[30][31] 600 million[32]
Michael Jackson	United States	1964–2009[33]	1971[33]	Pop / R&B / Rock / Dance[33]	JPN: 2.7 million[Notes][5][34] US: 90.8 million[7] GER: 11.1 million[8] UK: 18.8 million[9] FRA: 11.2 million[10][35][36] AUS: 5.4 million[Notes][11] CAN: 4.6 million[12] ITA: 720,000[Notes][37] NLD: 1.9 million[13] BRA: 280,000[Notes][14] BEL: 275,000[Notes][15][16] AUT: 1.2 million[Notes][17] SPA: 1 million[Notes][18] SWI: 900,000[Notes][19] MEX: 3.3 million[Notes][38] SWE: 1.1 million[Notes][20] POL: 405,000[Notes][21] FIN: 336,677[29] NZ: 562,000[Notes][23] Total available certified units: 156.5 million	750 million[39][40] 350 million[41]
Madonna	United States	1979–present[42]	1982[42]	Pop / Rock / Dance[42]	JPN: 1.3 million [Notes][5][43] US: 84.7 million[7] GER: 12.3 million[8] UK: 25.8 million[9] FRA: 12.7 million[10][35][36] AUS: 3.1 million[Notes][11] CAN: 6 million[12] ITA: 275,000[Notes][37] NLD: 1.6 million[13] BRA: 3.2 million[Notes][14] BEL: 665,000[Notes][15][16] AUT: 575,000[Notes][17] SPA: 1.1 million[Notes][18] SWI: 1 million[Notes][19] MEX: 450,000[Notes][38] SWE: 1 million[Notes][20] POL: 495,000[Notes][21] ARG: 686,000[22] FIN: 634,634[29] Total available certified units: 157.5 million	300 million[44][45] 275 million[46]
Elton John	United Kingdom	1964–present[47]	1969[47]	Pop / Rock[47]	US: 110.3 million[7] GER: 7.9 million[Notes][8] UK: 18 million[Notes][9] FRA: 4.8 million[Notes][10][35] AUS: 2 million[Notes][11] CAN: 5.9 million[Notes][12] NLD: 975,000[Notes][13] BRA: 685,000[Notes][14] BEL: 390,000[Notes][15][16] AUT: 760,000[Notes][17] SPA: 150,000[Notes][18] SWI: 1.2 million[Notes][19] SWE: 550,000[Notes][20] POL: 150,000[Notes][21] ARG: 156,000[22] FIN: 163,481[29] Total available certified units: 154 million	300 million[48] 250 million[49][50]
Led Zeppelin	United Kingdom	1968–1980[51]	1969[51]	Hard rock / Heavy metal[51]	JPN: 200,000 [Notes][5] US: 113.5 million[7] GER: 3.3 million[Notes][8] UK: 7.4 million[Notes][9] FRA: 2 million[Notes][10] AUS: 1.9 million[Notes][11] CAN: 4.5 million[12] NLD: 140,000[13] BRA: 350,000[Notes][14] SWI: 140,000[Notes][19] ARG: 450,000[Notes][22] Total available certified units: 133.8 million	300 million[52] 200 million[53]
Queen	United Kingdom	1971–present[54]	1973[54]	Rock[54]	JPN: 1.7 million[Notes][5][34][55] US: 42.8 million[7] GER: 11.5 million[Notes][8] UK: 18.2 million[Notes][9] FRA: 4.5 million[Notes][10][35][36] AUS: 1.9 million[Notes][11] CAN: 1.8 million[Notes][12] NLD: 1.8 million[Notes][13] BRA: 1 million[Notes][14] AUT: 900,000[Notes][17] SPA: 370,000[Notes][18] SWI: 1.2 million[Notes][19] SWE: 190,000[Notes][20] POL: 740,000[Notes][21] ARG: 1.1 million[Notes][22] FIN: 366,152[29] Total available certified units: 90 million	300 million[56] 150 million[57][58]
ABBA	Sweden	1972–1982[59]	1972[59]	Pop / Disco[59]	JPN: 750,000[Notes][5] US: 12.7 million[7] GER: 10.4 million[Notes][8] UK: 14.3 million[Notes][9] FRA: 2.7 million[Notes][10][35] AUS: 5.4 million[Notes][11][60] CAN: 2.7 million[Notes][12] NLD: 1.3 million[Notes][13] BRA: 275,000[Notes][14] BEL: 330,000[Notes][15][16] AUT: 175,000[Notes][17] SPA: 705,000[Notes][18] SWI: 600,000[Notes][19] MEX: 150,000[Notes][38] SWE: 730,000[Notes][20] POL: 150,000[Notes][21] ARG: 274,000[Notes][22] FIN: 652,605[29] NZ: 257,000[Notes][23] Total available certified units: 54.5 million	300 million[61] 260 million[62] 200 million[63][64]

The column for Certified Sales above includes markets, the databases of which contain certifications representing figures of 100,000 and more