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15-471: Elephant King is a 2012 album by Trace Bundy . This two-disc set includes a full-length studio CD and a full-feature live DVD. Dave Kirby of the Boulder Weekly said: "What becomes obvious is that, for a guy who has mastered the fiendish intricacies of multi-voiced fingerstyle guitar, the center of the universe is still melody." Kelly Tasker of Grateful Web reviewed the album and had this to say: "This

30-462: A dizzying range of offbeat technical calisthenics and inverted melodic sense to create what can safely be characterized as performance art." Dave Kirby of the Boulder Weekly . Trace Bundy married Rebecca on September 3, 2002. Together they have two sons. Releases on the Honest Ninja Music label: Acoustic Guitar (magazine) Acoustic Guitar was founded in the summer of 1990 under

45-583: A humanitarian group. At the end of 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. In 2005 Bundy discovered a finger-picking guitar prodigy when he saw a YouTube video of a nine-year-old Korean boy Sungha Jung playing Bundy's version of Pachelbel's Canon . Bundy twice toured South Korea and he would get in touch with Jung and have him open Bundy's shows. Then Bundy would call Jung up on

60-604: A local coffee shop in Buena Vista. The duo played mostly Jackopierce and other various folk songs. Bundy then met Tim Thornton from Newcomers Home and started playing old Dylan and Cat Stevens tunes. They all attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and still continue to play together from time to time. Bundy moved to Boulder, Colorado and attended the University of Colorado where he earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in civil engineering, and then taught at

75-682: A review of one of his shows in a Colorado newspaper was titled "Attack of the Acoustic Ninja". Following this album was A Few Songs for Christmas , an EP of more Christmas songs released in December 2007. In 2008, Bundy 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. The album was inspired by a trip Bundy and his wife Becca made to Central America, accompanying

90-514: Is Bundy's most diverse and complex effort to date, and he accomplishes it all with finesse and a playful spirit that shines through on every track." All tracks are written by Trace Bundy Joseph Brenna & Rob Gordon Trace Bundy Trace Bundy is an American 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. Bundy's guitar playing style

105-525: Is of a live concert filmed in Boulder in the summer of 2004. Many clips from this DVD have circulated on YouTube and have received well over twenty-one million views. Some of the more popular clips are Bundy covering the Backstreet Boys song " I Want It That Way ", and Pachelbel 's Canon performed on an acoustic guitar using the fingertapping technique. Bundy acquired the nickname "Acoustic Ninja" after

120-511: Is percussive and harmonic: he plays with both hands on the fretboard , intricate finger picking arpeggios and inventive use of multiple capos . He was showcased and eventually discovered on websites such as YouTube and Facebook . Bundy was born in Austin, Minnesota and later moved to the small town of Buena Vista, Colorado . As a boy Bundy and his brother bought a guitar together, and Bundy began learning songs from guitar magazines. Bundy

135-413: Is right-handed. During his teenage years he began experimenting with his playing style. He gave up using a guitar pick, and instead grew his fingernails long to develop his fingerpicking style. He also introduced a harmonic slapping technique, the use of various effects pedals , and capos . Bundy met Jonah Werner (now an acclaimed acoustic folk songwriter) in high school and started playing with him at

150-537: The "new" MTV Unplugged series. The issue also included musical works for guitar in various styles including folk , classical , and jazz . In its first year of publication, Acoustic Guitar won the Western Publishing Association's "Maggie Award" for Best New Consumer Magazine of the year. The magazine has seen a number of staff changes over the years. Rodgers remained with the magazine through its tenth anniversary collector's edition in 2000. In

165-460: The editorial direction of Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers as a publication of String Letter Publishing of Richmond, California . String Letter had previously been established in 1985 as the publisher of Strings , a magazine oriented towards players of bowed string instruments. The first issue featured the first in a series of columns written by Sharon Isbin , a biography on Robert Johnson , a profile of Bruce Cockburn 's song craft, and commentary on

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180-607: The stage with him to play Cannon in unison. In 2009 Bundy flew Jung to the United States and the two did a U.S. West Coast tour. Since that time the two have played together often. Bundy released Elephant King on May 1, 2012. In 2014 Bundy won the ESPN SportsCenter Fan Jam contest while he performed the program's theme tune live on the show on March 4, 2014 at ESPN's studios in Bristol, Connecticut .” In 2016 he

195-588: The summer of 2005, Dan Gabel was named associate publisher of the magazine. And In 2006, Phil Catalfo became the editor of the magazine. He was followed by Scott Nygaard and Greg Cahill, and Mark Kemp . Cahill is the creator of the publication's popular online video series called Acoustic Guitar Sessions," featuring interviews and performances by the likes of Richard Thompson, Ed Sheeran, the Milk Carton Kids, Ani DiFranco, Robert Earl Keen, Valerie June, Bruce Cockburn, and many others. The magazine's current editor

210-423: The university for a further two years. During this period his concert bookings increased steadily, and eventually he decided to become a full-time musician. 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 titled Adapt . The DVD

225-743: Was the subject of Acoustic Ninja , a short documentary film made by Florida State University student Robert Bevis. It was included in the official selection of six film festivals, and was a finalist at the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival in 2017. "Possessing a staggering acoustic technique, on both right and left sides, Bundy has made his reputation as a next generation solo guitarist of serious repute. Furious, marksman-like fretboard tapping, blizzards of bouncing harmonics, tricky in-song capo-sliding (or removal/addition), freehand guitar body tapping — Bundy combines

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