įollowing this album was A Few Songs for Christmas, an EP of more Christmas songs released in December 2007. Bundy acquired the nickname "Acoustic Ninja" after a review of one of his shows in a Colorado newspaper was titled "Attack of the Acoustic Ninja". 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. Many clips from this DVD have circulated on YouTube and have received well over twenty-one million views. The DVD is of a live concert filmed in Boulder in the summer of 2004. In October 2004 he released a CD/ DVD titled Adapt. His next recording, containing all original songs, was 2000's Solomon's Splendor. Career īundy's first musical release was in 1999 with O Night Divine, a collection of traditional Christmas songs. During this period his concert bookings increased steadily, and eventually he decided to become a full-time musician. īundy 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 the university for a further two years. They all attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and still continue to play together from time to time. Bundy then met Tim Thornton from Newcomers Home and started playing old Dylan and Cat Stevens tunes. ![]() The duo played mostly Jackopierce and other various folk songs. īundy met Jonah Werner (now an acclaimed acoustic folk songwriter) in high school and started playing with him at a local coffee shop in Buena Vista. He also introduced a harmonic slapping technique, the use of various effects pedals, and capos. He gave up using a guitar pick, and instead grew his fingernails long to develop his fingerpicking style. During his teenage years he began experimenting with his playing style. As a boy Bundy and his brother bought a guitar together, and Bundy began learning songs from guitar magazines. He was showcased and eventually discovered on websites such as YouTube and Facebook.Įarly life and development of playing style īundy was born in Austin, Minnesota and later moved to the small town of Buena Vista, Colorado. Bundy's guitar playing style is percussive and harmonic: he plays with both hands on the fretboard, intricate finger picking arpeggios and inventive use of multiple capos. He is known to fans as "The Acoustic Ninja" for his legato and finger tapping skills. Also in 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.Trace Bundy is an American acoustic guitar player who lives and performs in Boulder, Colorado. In 2008, Bundy's 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. Following this album was "A Few Songs For Christmas", an EP of more Christmas songs released in December 2007. Some of the more popular clips are Trace covering the Backstreet Boys song "I Want It That Way", and Pachelbel's Canon performed on an acoustic guitar using the fingertapping technique. The DVD shows a live concert filmed in Boulder, CO, in the summer of 2004. In October 2004 he released a CD/DVD combo titled "Adapt". ![]() ![]() His next recording, containing all original songs, was 2000's "Solomon's Splendor". He stopped using a pick altogether when he realized he could play more complex music using all five fingers.īundy's first musical release was in 1999 with "O Night Divine", a collection of traditional Christmas songs. His playing style features him playing with both hands on the fretboard, intricate finger picking arpeggios and inventive use of multiple capos.īundy was influenced by a variety of musicians such as David Wilcox, Ani Difranco and Phil Keaggy. ![]() Trace Bundy is an instrumental acoustic guitar player who lives and performs in Boulder, Colorado.
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