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外文名 Trace Bundy
中文名 崔斯·班迪
职 业 指弹吉他演奏家
代表作 Canon
艺人资料
美国指弹吉他演奏家崔斯·班迪出生在明尼苏达州奥斯丁市。他的代表作点弦卡农尤为大家所熟悉,并被郑成河以及广大指弹吉他爱好者翻弹。崔斯的每首曲子都带有强烈的情感。在演奏优美旋律的同时,他还加入了各种木吉他上的高难度技巧:点弦,泛音,Loop和使用多个变调夹演奏等。 你无法相信他是怎样用十根手指演奏如此复杂而又动听的音乐,所以崔斯被粉丝冠以“原声忍者”的称号。他幽默和自信的台风常常让观众对他的演出难以忘怀。
崔斯的专辑销量目前已达七万张,遍及了世界上21个国家和地区。他的YouTube视频点击率累计超过两千五百万。崔斯在2008年被美国原声吉他杂志评为“最有潜力的青年吉他演奏家”,并同时在当年该杂志举办的“年度最佳吉他演奏家” 评选中获得第三名的殊荣。2011年,作为“世界超大型音乐课”活动的一部分,7000多名观众见证了崔斯在科罗拉多州红石剧场的精彩演出。
崔斯11岁时第一次接触吉他。由于无法支付吉他课程的费用,和大多数的吉他爱好者一样,崔斯也是通过看书自学。一段时间后,崔斯对乐理知识和创作产生了兴趣。于是,他在大学后期参加了学校的乐理课程,并开始试着写自己的曲子。大学毕业做了两年攀岩教练后,崔斯回到学校继续土木工程硕士学位的深造,并以副教授的身份留校任教2年。于此同时,他渐渐确立了自己的指弹风格,并且尝试各种想法和演奏技巧。伴随着第三张个人专辑《Adapt》的发行,崔斯正式走上了职业音乐人的道路。
专辑列表
Solomon's Splendor(2003)
Adapt(2004)
Missile Bell, Vol. 2(2008)
Elephant King(2012)
Life and career
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. 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.
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 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.
On February 29, 2012 Trace announced via his Facebook page that his new album, "Elephant King", would be released on May 1, 2012.
Discography
O Night Divine (1999)
Solomon's Splendor (2000)
Adapt (2004)
A Few Songs for Christmas EP (2007)
Missile Bell (2008)
Elephant King (2012)