Gawking in Traffic - Interactions… designed or not 

I play guitar. I’ve played it for a good solid while. And when asked by a coworker the other day if I was good, I said, “Yes.” Not, “Yeah… I’m pretty good,” or “Sure… I’m alright.”

I didn’t always “admit” that off the bat - call me shy and modest.

And then I found this young feller on a friends blog and decided I need to get back to practicing. I have two reasons why you have to watch this video, the first of which being interaction related:

1) He uses his guitar in a fantastically innovative way in this song. I mean, I’ve seen people use the guitar body as a drum and the like, but I’ve never seen someone pull of “sound effects” quite like Sungha Jung. Seriously, I love it. He’s a one man band with one instrument.

2) I love guitar. I love this kid. And I want the world to know. Sungha, you are my hero. He’s 11 and has been playing for 2 years. Sheesh…

Plus, he’s got some rockin’ fingernails on that right hand. I’m sure the 11-year-old ladies love it.

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