A Guitar Prodigy

I started playing guitar when I was 12.

I was pretty good at it when I first started - till my best bud, Chee Teong started going for guitar classes.

Thats me and him like 2 years back in my first car - a red satria. (The pink tail that you see above my right shoulder belongs to a pink panther i used to hang on my side window)

At 14, Chee Teong was considered one of best guitar players - in Subang that is.

We created a band, we started performing for events (prom, parties, LEO/Interact installations, etc), we impressed some girls, we had a following in school - oh and we even got booed off stage once when we were playing Metallica's Enter Sandman as the closing song during a ball event for SMDJ. Yes, that was us.

While couples were trying to slow dance - we were blasting with heavy metal music. Now, why on earth did we choose that song!

All in all, we rocked the Klang Valley music scene as young musicians - with Sony Music contacting us, showing intesrest to sign us up.

What happened then, you ask? Why didn't I turn out to be a rockstar?

Their first viewing of us was at the SMDJ ball. Yep, how coincidental.

If you were wondering what the name of our band is - its Acillatem.

I'm sure you're like Acilla-what?

Here's a tip - think Metallica. If you don't get it - you need a check. =)

Anyway after all the ramblings - this is what the post is all about.

Last night while I was jamming with my acoustic @ home - I searched YouTube for an acoustic version of With or Without You to make a comparison.

This is what I found.

Sungha Jung.



I'm speechless.



Do check this one out too - Canon in D. (Esther's Request).

Now, speaking of guitar prodigies - he's definitely world class.

Makes you wonder - what you were doing at that age...=)