All Dance. All Celebrity. All Singing. All Impromptu. All portuguese. About Terms Privacy. All rights reserved. Luna Lee rocks Jimi Hendrix with ancient 6th century Korean string instrument.
She takes the serenity of the gayageum and mixes it with the hard edge of classic rock! Danielle Majeika. Related Stories. Jake Manning. Twin sisters preform haunting version of 'Stairway to Heaven' on harps. The results of her efforts are stunning. It is as exciting to watch Luna play her music as it is to hear her play.
Her passion for the music is obvious. Luna is also an indie artist. She first started sharing her music in , posting her videos on YouTube. She uses social media to keep in touch with her fast-growing fanbase. She even released a well-received debut album in on a an indie label. More recently she decided to use the crowdfunding platform Patreon in order to gain more support for her music.
Unlike other crowdfunding platforms that focus fan donations on just one creative project at a time such as an album, EP, or video, Patreon allows fans to become ongoing patrons of their favorite artists. Luna hopes using Patreon will eventually allow her to focus full-time on creating her unique fusion of Korean traditional and western contemporary music, and bringing our worlds closer together one note at a time.
Where Hendrix uses a wah-wah pedal to create a human-like, "crying" effect; Lee does the same by pushing the strings deeply and with rapid vibrato. She doesn't stop with the legendary ax man either: her YouTube channel is filled with covers that range from Tamia's "Officially Missing You" to Craig David's "Rendezvous. But while maintaining a love for traditional Korean music, she discovered that efforts to update the instrument for modern audiences were lacking.
I thought it could be used for blues, pop, rock and even electronica. Lee is currently experimenting with "pickups" — which convert string vibrations into electric signals that can be amplified — as well as guitar effects to enhance the sound.
She also hopes to release her first album within the year, which she says will include songs by Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Air, Ryuichi Sakamoto and other well-known artists, as well as her own compositions. As for her other passion — teaching — Lee says that Korean children still gravitate toward traditional music despite having a full buffet of musical options, including K-pop, at their disposal.
I think kids find that fun and easily understand it," she said. But once, a student told me he had seen a woman playing gayageum on YouTube. It looks like me, right? But it is up to musicians to make sure they stay contemporary.
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