Impressive 22 Year Old Korean Guitarist
Zack Kim (Kim Yong Woon) is an incredible, young Korean guitarist living in Malaysia.
He formed the band Cosmic Funk Express a couple of years ago.
Korean born Zack Kim, has been living in Malaysia for the past fourteen years and is a brilliant guitarist albeit being self-taught. A quirky personality who has only recently been introduced to the world of performing, Nevertheless, His flair managed to scale great heights quickly as he takes on a session player role in well-known local bands like Tempered Mental, One Buck Short and GroovetankZack who is also known within the local scene and to those who have seen him, as one the faster guitarist in the circuit, but with all that quick finger acrobatics, Zack still plays with much feel and soul as any other guitarist. Zack was named the best guitarist at HELP Institute’s Battle of the Band which Cosmic Funk Express emerged champion. Some other accreditation of Zack includes working alongside some of Malaysia’s top producers like Greg Henderson and Nick Lee.
As someone who studied classical guitar for years and could never come close to pulling off this piece, despite many many attempts, it leaves me quite impressed the he could teach himself Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu:
Click here for the video of him playing Chopin.
What does the 22 year old Zack do when he is not playing with Cosmic Funk Express? Apparently, he hangs around his house and plays two guitars at the same time.
Click here to see Zack play two guitars at one time.
I think Zack has quite a bit of talent. I would like to see him become successful, as it would be a great improvement to popular Korean music and musicians.