Heaven Fest quickly growing into a destination festivalīoulder-based guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy has been a YouTube sensation for a few years now with more than twenty million views of his various videos - an extraordinary feat that few artists can boast of achieving these days. I’m just going to sit back and trust that everything will happen naturally in my career.See Also: - Trace Bundy talks about his unexpected success in South Korea “I honestly just love playing and sharing my music with people. “I’ll be going over to Europe and the UK - and there might even be a new CD in 2010 or 2011. “My calendar is already packed,” Bundy said. Plus, a portion of the proceeds will go towards Habitat for Humanity.” “This will be a really fun night for students - they can leave the semester with a smile on their faces. “I’m going to play four or five holiday songs and there will be lots of fun surprises.
“This will be the first time we’re doing the show” Bundy said. I do have management and booking, so I can focus on playing and writing music.”īundy’s music really resonates in the historic Boulder Theater, so the artist chose the venue to host his Acoustic Holiday show. “You had to do that in the past, but with the Internet you can control your own career. “I’m intentionally not going with a record label,” Bundy said. That doesn’t mean that Bundy’s running off to sign a major record deal. Last year, he won the “Best Promising New Talent” award from Acoustic Guitar magazine.Īnd yes, he did teach 6,500 people to play “Sweet Home Alabama” at the World’s Largest Guitar Lesson in 2008. When I play Central America, they really like the songs that have a Latin influence”.īundy’s also been collecting music awards. In Japan, they like the beautiful melodies. “When I play in Africa, people stand up and clap to the percussive sounds. “Everywhere I travel, people respond differently to my music. “I’ve had the chance play places like Japan, Korea and Zimbabwe, Africa,” Bundy said. Fans from around the world found him via the Internet and he became an international musical traveler. I finally realized that I had to pursue this world - and it’s worked out pretty well.”īundy didn’t have to search too hard to find gigs. I’d fly to shows on the weekends and make it back for my classes. “I started getting offers to play around the country and people heard about me on the Internet. That’s when my music really started to take off.
“So I taught classes at CU for two years. “I had finished my defending thesis and they asked me to teach two classes at CU,” Bundy said. However, it would be a few years before the local musician really put those skills into play.īundy got his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering at CU Boulder. It was all about thinking outside the box.” I started putting my own spin on things and started using multiple capos, weird tunings and added percussion with my hands. “One day, I started playing a simple melody with my left hand and I tried to see what I could do with my right hand.
“I started working on my own songs and I was using pretty typical finger-picking styles,” Bundy said. The guitarist started developing his own intricate brand of fingerpicking and percussive stylings. It wasn’t long before Bundy became known as the Acoustic Ninja. So, I started to learn other songs and wrote my own acoustic guitar music.” “My older brother was definitely influenced by heavy metal, but I wasn’t into it.
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Right away, we bought a guitar magazine and I learned how to play five heavy metal songs. “My brother and I each chipped in $5 and bought this $10 guitar. “I started playing the guitar in Colorado,” Bundy said.
I have a couple of holiday albums and I’m looking forward to playing songs for this time of year.”īundy’s originally from Minnesota, but he spent most of his formative years in Buena Vista. “I want to make this the kind of event that people will look forward to. “I’m hoping that this show will be an annual event,” Bundy said. Saturday, Bundy returns to Boulder with his debut run of the Acoustic Holiday show.
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