August 31, 2006
Move over, Jerry Yan. There's a new idol from Taiwan and he plays some wicked guitar (and he has long hair too).
His name is Jerry Chang, or "JerryC". The song he's playing is a kick-ass rock version of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D, a classic classical piece. He wrote the arrangement himself and if you want to rock as hard as Jerry, you can visit his website and pick up the tabs and the background music track there (in the "Lessons" section). I guarantee that after listening to it a few times, you will get a serious case of Last Song Syndrome. You can download a WMV version of the video here.
Ironically, a guy named "funtwo" was the one who got famous on YouTube (most discussed video of all time!) for performing JerryC's "Canon Rock" arrangement. The New York Times did an article on him which revealed his true identity: Jeong-Hyun Lim from Korea.
There's been some serious JerryC-versus-funtwo debate about whose performance was better, but I couldn't care less (though I feel that JerryC is better just because he's the original). I just wish I could at least play the chorus.
His name is Jerry Chang, or "JerryC". The song he's playing is a kick-ass rock version of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D, a classic classical piece. He wrote the arrangement himself and if you want to rock as hard as Jerry, you can visit his website and pick up the tabs and the background music track there (in the "Lessons" section). I guarantee that after listening to it a few times, you will get a serious case of Last Song Syndrome. You can download a WMV version of the video here.
Ironically, a guy named "funtwo" was the one who got famous on YouTube (most discussed video of all time!) for performing JerryC's "Canon Rock" arrangement. The New York Times did an article on him which revealed his true identity: Jeong-Hyun Lim from Korea.
There's been some serious JerryC-versus-funtwo debate about whose performance was better, but I couldn't care less (though I feel that JerryC is better just because he's the original). I just wish I could at least play the chorus.
