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 * Jung Yong Hwa **

** About Yong Hwa ** Jung Yong Hwa ( 정용화 ) is a South Korean singer, songwriter, MC and actor. He was born on June 22, 1989, in Seoul, South Korea. He is he leader, songwriter, lead vocalist, rapper and rhythm guitarist for his band, CN Blue. He can play many instruments like guitar, clarinet, piano, drums, recorder, and synthesizer; most of the time, he always play the guitar, I guess it is because he is best at guitar.

Yong Hwa was born in Seoul, South Korea; in 1991, his family moved to Busan, where he first began composing music. After taking college, he moved back to Seoul and joined FNC Music Company and began his training. Later on, in 2009, he and his band mates (Lee Jung Shin, Lee Jong Huyn and Kang Min Hyuk) went to Japan to learn music. While staying in Japan, they did street performances and released indie albums, rock albums.
 * Early Life **

__ Music Career: __ On January 14, 2012, CN Blue dubuted their first mini-album, called Bluetory, in Korea. The lead single, I’m a Loner, has gained much favor and support from the audience. They not only attacked the Korean music market, they attacked the Japanese music market by release their first single “The Way” on June 23. Right now, CN Blue is focusing on attacking the Japanese music market and is making another album.
 * Career **

__Acting Career:__ Yong Hwa’s first acting role was in 2009, when he acted as Kang Shin-woo in the drama You’re Beautiful, this drama gained popularity all over Asia. Through his acting, he gained high popularity, and right now, he is filming another drama Heartstrings, which will be aired on June 29, 2011.

__MC Career:__ Yong Hwa had bring the MC for many music shows/ music awards like Melon Music Awards, SBS Gayo Daejeon, Show! Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo.

__ Variety Shows: __ Yong Hwa got a TV contract from MBC for the program Sunday Sunday Night, in 2009. The show is about seven celebrity MCs going out to capture wild animals, but this show was forced to stop due the protests of animal-rights groups. In February 2010, he was paired with Seohyun of Girls’ Generation to pretend like they are a married couple, in the show We Got Married. Yong Hwa and Seohyun, the YongSeo couple, had created their own song called Banmal Song (I really like this song), and it gained many love and support from the audience.

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media type="youtube" key="5pUfHnWRsRA" height="315" width="560" [I'm A Loner - CN Blue] = = = = =**Carlos Montoya** =  Carlos Montoya was born on December 13, 1903, in Madrid, Spain. He was a nephew of a flamenco guitarist,Ramón Montoya, but he was Carlos Montoya's biggest obstacle. He refuses to teach Carlos Montoya the tricks. Carlos Montoya start studying guitar on his own. He study with his mother, and a neighboring barber, Pepe el Barbero, also known as Pepe the Barber.Until he was 14 years old he accompanying with singers and dancers in a cafes of Madrid, Spain.



In the 1920s and 1930s, Carlos Montoya performed in Europe, North America, and Asia. World War II, have brought Carlos Montoya to United States, and this is where he began his successful days as a musician. He was toured my a dancer, La Argentina. After he settled down to New York during World War II, he started to toured himself. In this period he start some recordings for a few major and independent, labels including RCA Victor, Everest, and Folkways. Carlos Montoya always toured around, but he don't forgot to go back to his homeland, Spain, to spend Christmas with his family.

His style was not appreciated by serious flamenco students, who considered it less brilliant than many others, including that of Carlos Montoya's uncle, Ramón Montoya. Carlos Montoya's favorite flamenco guitarist was Currito de la Geroma . Many of his works do not even keep perfect tempo, increasing and decreasing in speed. He was admired for the speed of his picados and undoubtedly found popularity on the international stage as a result of this technically impressive pace. However, Montoya's playing is often criticized by flamenco traditional lists for having more flash than musical substance. He know how to play a capo on the 3rd fret and on strings that are really loose. It is suspected he tuned down and then compensated with the capo to increase his ability to apply picado .



Carlos Montoya died in March 3, 1993 at the age of 89. Love the structure of this work. could you add some media to this page such as videos or mp3s? Make sure the writing is your voice and your words. How do you feel about this artist?


 * JIMI HENDRIX **

Jimi Hendrix ( was born on November 27, 1942, - September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist. Hendrix is considered one of the artists most influential in the history of rock and roll. After he become famous at England, Hendrix became world famous with his performance at the Monterrey Pop Festival in1967. He also was voted in Rolling Stone guitar great artist in the history and the first five artist in the list of 100 artist all the time. Play guitar by left hand style of Hendrix was gave the audience right-handed and other artists attention. Around 15 years old, Hendrix was bought an old guitar from his father’s friend. This was the first acoustic guitar he buy. Then he try to play and practice guitar by himself, by watching other play, getting tips for more experienced player and hearing the records. Hendrix was a fan of Elvis Presley when he was young and he really like the way Elvis Presley' s style so Hendrix' style more or less were quite similar to Elvis Presley' s style. His first formal concern was with a small band at Synagogue and then he was fire. Later, when he was left Nashville and moved to Northern New York. In January 1, 1964 he moved to Harlem and playing in the bars, and then he was won first prize in a guitar contest at the Apollo Theater amateur. Luckily, after Hendrix became friends with Keith Richards and she was help him to be a guitarist. Jimi Hendrix was the best guitarist in the world! + [] ( try it!!! )

ˆI like your writing style. Make sure your image is of Jimi Hendrix. the picture you have is Andres Segovia.grade 8.5/10



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**Background**

 * Bradford Phillip "Brad" Delson** (born December 1, 1977) is best known as the lead guitarist and one of the founding members of the Award-winning rock band, //Linkin Park//. He is also known as BBB (Big Bad Brad). He plays mutiple instruments, but is best as guitar and bass. Here are all the instruments Brad Delson has played: Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, saxophone, trumpet, and drums. He also does sub vocal for many songs on //Linkin Park//'s album. On an interview, he was asked why he only plays simple guitar parts. He answered "Because I don't like to show off", and confirmed he didn't like guitar solos, as it doesn't help him to match with the band's style and singing.

**How The Band Formed** [The Most Important Part of His Career is the Band]
Brad Delson went to Agoura High School with childhood friend Mike Shinoda. He played in many bands throughout his high school career, the most notable being Relative Degree, in which he met and teamed up with drummer Rob Bourdon. After graduating in 1995, Delson, Shinoda, and Bourdon formed the band called Xero, in which this mark the starting point for //Linkin Park//. Later on, he attended UCLA, and met with Dave Farrell, who later on is a band mate in //Linkin Park//. Chester Bennington was introduced to him some time after, who ends up to be the lead vocalist of the band.

**His Success** [With Linkin Park]
Hybrid Theory, the first album by the official band, //Linkin Park//, was a huge success and received extremely high amount of sales. Peaked at number 2 in Billboard's Top 100 (Albums), and also in Billboard's Top 200 Albums of the Decade, as well as having sold 24 million copies world-wide, making it the best-selling debut album of the 21st century.

Linkin Park released their third studio album // Minutes to Midnight // on May 15, 2007 in the United States. For this album, the band strayed away from the style of nu metal style they had perfected in //Hybrid Theory.// Due to this change, Brad Delson had to try many new styles with the amplifiers and guitars. He also was encouraged by his band members to have guitar solos as part of the songs. As a result, //Minutes to Midnight// included many songs with guitar solos, such as "Shadow of the Day", "What I've Done", "In Pieces" and "The Little Things Give You Away". The album has been doing well so far, and in 2011, //Linkin Park// released a new album which received a lot of attention, mostly by the first Music Video released: The Catalyst.

More About His Instruments and Donations [Some With Linkin Park]
His favorite instrument is his "Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 Made, with the Hybrid Theory soldier drawn on the body of the guitar. He also own 11 other guitars, some are bass guitars, used in different concerts and songs.

Here are some of his fund-raising he has done: (Quoted from [|http://www.ugeducation.ucla.edu/aap/35th/champions/#braddelson]) "
 * 2004 - Delson and his wife established the Delson Scholarship Fund at UCLA, which annually awards four-year scholarships to extraordinary students from Huntington Park.
 * 2005 - //Linkin Park// established "Music For Relief", a non-profit organization founded to aid victims of world catastrophes and combat global warming. Since its founding, "Music for Relief" has raised almost three million dollars, helping victims of the South Asian tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the Southern California wildfires.
 * 2005 - Signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underserved public schools throughout the United States. Delson has personally delivered instruments to children in the program and sits on the organization's board of directors as an honorary member. "

The Catalyst - Linkin Park

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= = Arvil Lavigne is a famous singer that rocks the world with her voice and her beauty. Avril Lavigne has enjoyed huge or big success with punk- influenced pop music in her career. She also starts to branched out in new directions, including starting her own fashion line, Abbey Dawn, and even a fragrance. Behind that success that she has, she has to go through a lot in her childhood.

Avril Ramona Lavigne was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada on September 27th,1984.She grew up singing in a church and her nickname is Avie or Av and her height is about 5'1" which is about 1.55cm. She admired her older brother and start to follow his path. She has start to learn guitar in her childhood and start composing her own music as a teenager, but at first she focused on country music. However, she change her direction to punk and pop music.

Her dream is to become a singer, in order to follow her dream she has to move to Manhattan, New York and work on her debut album. She dropped outof high school after her 11th grade when she got a record deal. In 2002, she was almost 18, she released her first album " Let Go ", and her song " Complicated " got No.1. Her successions keeps getting bigger and bigger, she gets a lot more hits with her next albums. After that, she starts to returning to her more-up tempo and pop-style. Then she gets a Top Ten Hits Songs with her song " Girlfriend". Her new album in 2011 " Goodbye Lullaby" even famous outside of America. How has she influenced music? What makes her special to you? How about some links so we can see her Grade 9/10

**// IDA PRESTI //**



Ida Presti was born on May 31, 1924 at Suresnes, France and she leaved the world of music on April 24, 1967 at the very young age 42. She was a French classical guitarist and has been called "the greatest guitarist of the 20th century, and possibly of all the time” by the people that have been inspired on her. She could do with the fingers things that no other gutiarist could do, her hands were physically very different by nature for having been manipulated by her father when she was a baby. Yes, I chose her as my favorite guitarist and she has been my inspiration for a long time.

Presti first record was for the French arm of the HMV label in 1937 after being approved for her extraordinary talent by her teachers and contemporaries. Until, 1950, Ida Presti met a man, Alexandre Lagoya at a guitar society concert and she declared that Logoya was the best guitarist she had ever known. Soon after that, they were getting married and had together a daughter but there weren’t anyone to follow their career. They had been formed the greatest classical guitar duet in the world to date and the most accomplished classical guitar duos in history such as: Toccata, Danzza Espanola No.2, and Granados Oriental. Presti and Lagoya had been performed over 2,000 concerts. Unfortunately, on April 24, 1967 she died of lung cancer-related complications at 42 during a concert tour in the U.S. Her death in 1967 has been the most devastated event for all her family as well as her husband and by the time they knew that they had lost their lover forever.

Furthermore, I think that the one that most influenced Ida Presti was her husband as well as they influenced each other, and they brought the passionate of music to each other. Thus, they could compost and play so many outstanding duos in history of music; they apparently succeed in so many duets and introduced their loudest, roundest and fullest tone of music around the world for all generations.

I would have liked to have seen some of her videos or listened to some of her music. I see that you tried to put this in your own language. thanks for the effort. Grade 10/10

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=Sungha Jung ☺ (Click to see his own website)☺=


 * Sungha Jung** was born on September second, 1996, South Korea. His dream is to become a professional acoustic fingerstyle guitarist. He had been watching his dad play the guitar for awhile before he finally jumped on it himself three years ago. He have played guitar since he was three! Unbelievable... I like his music so much that I always listen him. I like those guitarist that play fingerstyle.For me, he looks like a profession guitarist. He plays a lot of songs such as River flows in you (Yiruma), Grenade (Bruno Mars), I'm yours (Jason Mraz), He's a pirate( Pirate of the Carribean theme's song),... He is so good that I can't expect it. I wish I can be like him someday but I have to practice more. He's my first youngest guitarist that I have ever seen. He have shocked the Internet when he plays some famous songs and some of them are very hard to play.

One day, I was very surprise when I knew that he played drum, either. Sungha Jung plays drum? Currently, he is taking a drum lesson and teaching himself about his own fingerstyle guitar. His music is so wonderful. The rhythm is so cool. Sometime it becomes fast, sometime it becomes normal and may be slow. Not only his fingerstyle and his rhythm is good but also his guitar is, too. I heard that his guitar is made of somewhere and it sounds very wonderful and better than my guitar.Sungha Jung has a lot of fans in South Korea and so does in Vietnam. He can play over 100 songs, including modern and classical. He has created 7 songs on his own. Of course, many people love those songs.

In Korea, he's a famous person, a youngest guitarist and a teen boy with a lot of fans. On the Internet, I knew that a lot of people compare Sungha Jung with other fanous guitarist such as Andy Mckee. Andy Mckee's song is very hard to play but Sungha Jung plays his songs very comfortable. How can he do that? I want to be like him... On February, 2009, he performed his fist solo guitar and at that time, I didn't know anything about him even about guitar. Heis such a fingerstyle guitarist that I have to learn how to play fingerstyle immediately.

c an you include any videos, interviews or other media? I really like that you have done this in your own words.. That is important. Great effort! I like how you reflected upon your own feelings.

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= = ==**Jimmy Page is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was born in January 4th, 1944 at Heston, England.** **His father was an Industrial personnel manager and mother worked as a Doctor's Secretary.**== = = ==**The first time that Jimmy picked up the guitar was when he was 12 years old, and he took a lesson in Kingston. However, he learned it all by himself. There were the two influences of Jimmy, Scooty Moore and James Burton. Early at age 14, Page left school at 14 to pursue music, he then joined a band called The Crusaders. Page toured with The Crusaders for almost 2 years and later played on several records of the singer //Neil Christian, including the November 1962 Single "The Road to Love".// Page then got an offer from Mike Leander of Decca Records which gave him regular studio work as a session guitarist and he released his first session called "Diamonds" which went to the Number 1 place on singles chart in early 1963s. He continued to release a new single called "She Just Satisfies"/"Keep Moving" in February, 1965. He then joined a band called "The Yardbirds" and got to play the first bass guitar. Page's experiences for the Yardbirds were very influential in contributing** **the success** **of Led Zeppelin in the 1970s. He then awarded as an English guitarist, composer, and record producer. In 2003, the Rolling Stone magazine ranked Page as #9 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.**== = = ==**Jimmy Page, The Edge & Jack White recent adventure was a film documentary called It Might Get Loud. It Might Get Loud isn't like some rock n' roll kind of film documentary. It Might Get Loud was really fantastic for those people who love guitars. It Might Get Loud will not effect how you play guitar, however, it will change how you listen. The film is directed and produced by An Inconvenient Truth's Davis Guggenheim, and produced by Thomas Tull, Lesly Chilcott and Peter Afterman. In June 2008, Page was awarded as** honorary doctorate by the University of Surrey and he also inducted into Mojo Hall Of Fame in the magazine's award ceremony on June 11, 2010.== = = ==Lastly, I think that Jimmy Page is a outstanding guitarist because when he was 12, he learned guitar by himself without any adults teaching him. Plus, he got so many awards from magazines and even in the Top 100 Greatest Guitarists. He worked so hard to compose so many singles and albums for those people who love rock n' roll. I think that Jimmy had proved to the world his talent and how hard he worked to become a professional guitarist. For my prediction, I think he will become a legendary guitarist for those younger citizens to know.== = =

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Can you share any videos or media files with us? Using new vocabulary is great but make sure the writing is in your own words. I really like your last paragraph. Good writer's voice. Grade 8/10
= = = = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Roy Clark life = == <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Roy Clark was born in April 15, 1933, but he up in Staten Island, New York and live as a teenager with his dad in Washington DC. He began playing string instrument such as banjo, guitar when he was 14. When he was 15 he won National Banjo Championships and world banjo/guitar flat pick championships. When he was 17, he has his first appear on the stage show and broadcast name Grand Ole Opry.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> By the 1955, he appear on Jimmy Dean's Washington DC television program. In 1960, Clark went to Las Vegas to play as a guitarist in a band led by former West Coast Western Swing bandleader-comedian Hank Penny. In the early 1960, Dean was invite to appear to host The Tonight Show but he asked Clark to appear, introduce him to the national audience for the first time. In 1963 Clark sign to Capitol record and had 3 top 10 hits. Later he switch to Dot record and again score hits. In1983, Clark open a celebration Theatre in Brandson, Missouri, becoming the first country music star to has his own venue there and thus beginning to trend which led to Brandson becoming a live center music as today. In 1980 and 1990, Clark played for Brandon and he sold his venue at that time and now the venue belong to Hughes Brothers and renamed the Hughes American Family Theatre.

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">On August 22, 1987, Clark was made a member of the Grand Ole Opry. He plays an annual benefit concert at Longwood University in Farnville, Virginia, the money which go to fund scholarships for aspiring musicians. On May 17, 2009, Clark was introduce into the along Country Music Hall of Frame with Barbara Mandrell and Charlie McCoy. On April 12, 2011, Clark was honored by the Oklahoma House of Representatives and he was honored by the Oklahoma Hall of Frame.

= how has he changed music? How does he connect to you? Is there any more media you can share with us? How about adding some videos or media? Grade 8/10 = =Award=
 * 1970 - [|CMA] - Comedian Of The Year
 * 1972 - [|ACM] - Entertainer Of The Year
 * 1973 - ACM - Entertainer Of The Year
 * 1973 - CMA - Entertainer of the Year
 * 1975 - CMA - Instrumental Group Of The Year (with [|Buck Trent])
 * 1976 - CMA - Instrumental Group Of The Year (with Buck Trent)
 * 1977 - CMA - Instrumentalist Of The Year
 * 1978 - CMA - Instrumentalist Of The Year
 * 1980 - CMA - Instrumentalist Of The Year
 * 1982 - [|Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance] for his recording of [|Alabama Jubilee]

hoa- Jeff Beck Edit 0 0 4… ==== ==Jeff Beck born in 24 June in 1944. He is an English rock guitarist.Beck has been married to Sandra Cash since 2005.Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page are the three noted guitarists to play with The Yardbirds. He formed two group The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. Both group have three members include Beck. Beck, Bogert & Appice is evolving from The Jeff Beck Group. The old members are Bobby Tench and Kim Milford. The new members are Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice. Beck genre are blues rock, jazz fusion, instrumental rock, hard rock, electronic. He was ranked 5 in Rolling Stone's " 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".==

==He had receive a lot of awards like Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance six times, Grammy Award for Pop Instrumental Rock once and he inducted into the Rock and Roll of Fame as member of The Yardbirds in 1992 and solo artist in 2009. When he is young, he already intersting about guitar. He also intempt to make his own instrument. He start his career in 1960. During that time he join the Rumbles and Croydon band. In 1963, he have been leading guitarists==

==playing Gene Vincent and Buddy Holly songs. In 1964, his first appearance on vinyl was as a session guitarist.In March 1965, Beck was recruited by the Yardbirds to replace Eric Clapton on the recommendation of fellow Jimmy Page. In about 20 months the Yardbirds recorded have been in the top 40 hit songs. In 1966, the band only allow him to make one album, it name Roger the Engineer. From September to November 1966, Beck and Page shared lead guitar duties with the Yardbirds.==

==After living the Yardbirds, Becks recorded Beck's Bolero with Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Nicky Hopkins and Keith Moon and two solo hit singles in the UK, Hi Ho Silver Lining and Tallyman. In 1967, he form the Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart on vocals, Ronnie Wood on bass, Nicky Hopkins on piano and, after a series of drummers, and Micky Waller.The group make two albums for Columbia Records are Truth in August 1968 and Beck-Ola in July 1969. During 1990 to know he have try a lot of band and a lot band want him to join, he also make a lot of recorded like Rough and Ready, Jeff Beck Group, etc. He meet a lot of new friends like Jimmy Page, the Pink Floyd, Kim Milford, his member Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice,etc. He travel to a lot of place like in Amsterdam and Sydney.==

==He have a lot of great musician influence him,Les Paul**,** Ravi Shankar, Roy Buchanan,Chet Atkins, Django Reinhardt, Steve Cropper and Lonnie Mack. he work with the Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group and he was influence on heavy metal music. His technique is not using pick, play with his fingers, he can lots of different types of guitar and bass. Beck has been married to Sandra Cash since 2005.==

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=**SUM 41**= In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records. The band released their debut album, //All Killer, No Filler// in 2001. The band achieved mainstream success with their first single from the album, "Fat Lip", which reached number-one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and remains the band's most successful single to date. All Killer No Filler ' was certified platinum in the United States, Canada and in the UK. The band has since released four more studio albums: //Does This Look Infected?// (2002), //Chuck// (2004) // Underclass Hero // (2007) and Screaming Bloody Murder (2011). The three albums before Screaming Bloody Murder have been certified platinum in Canada. Their fifth studio album, //Screaming Bloody Murder//, was released on March 29, 2011. Please use your own words. Please write on the musicians in the group and not the group. How have they changed music? How have they affected you?
 * Sum 41** is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario.The band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of members Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Tom Thacker (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jason McCaslin (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Steve Jocz (drums).



Imformation of Tony lommi
==**He is born on 19thFebruary,1948 in England.** **He is an English guitarist and songwriter** **best known as the founding member of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and** **its sole continual member through multiple personnel changes.**== ==In 2000 Iommi released his first legitimate solo album, titled //Iommi//. The album featured several guest vocalists including Ian Astbury, Henry Rollins, Serj Tankian, Dave Grohl, Billy Corgan, Phil Anselmo, Peter Steele and Ozzy Osbourne. Also in the vocal mix was Skin.In late 2004 Iommi's second solo album was released, entitled //The 1996 DEP Sessions//. This album was originally recorded in 1996 but was never officially released. However, a copy with a drum track by Dave Holland was available as a bootleg called //Eighth Star//. Glenn Hughes performed vocals on the album and he furthered his collaboration with Hughes with the release of his third solo album, //Fused//. Released on 12 July 2005, John Mellencamp drummer Kenny Aronoff completed the trio on the album.== =Early history= ==**The son of first generation British Italians, Tony Iommi originally wanted to play the drums, but due to the noise they produce he picked up the guitar as a teenager, after being inspired by the likes of Hank Marvin and The Shadows. He plays guitar left-handed. In an industrial accident at the age of 17 on his last day of work in a sheet metal factory, he lost the tips of the middle and ring finger of his right hand. After attempting to learn to play right-handed, Iommi instead strung his guitars with lighter strings and made thimbles to extend his fingers**==

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I **nteresting facts but not your writing.. I like the links and you answered the questions Grade: 7/10**
 * <span style="color: #4bc3ff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;">Jung Yong Hwa **

** About Yong Hwa ** Jung Yong Hwa ( <span style="font-family: Batang,serif; font-size: 10pt;">정용화 ) is a South Korean singer, songwriter, MC and actor. He was born on June 22, 1989, in Seoul, South Korea. He is he leader, songwriter, lead vocalist, rapper and rhythm guitarist for his band, CN Blue. He can play many instruments like guitar, clarinet, piano, drums, recorder, and synthesizer; most of the time, he always play the guitar, I guess it is because he is best at guitar.

Yong Hwa was born in Seoul, South Korea; in 1991, his family moved to Busan, where he first began composing music. After taking college, he moved back to Seoul and joined FNC Music Company and began his training. Later on, in 2009, he and his band mates (Lee Jung Shin, Lee Jong Huyn and Kang Min Hyuk) went to Japan to learn music. While staying in Japan, they did street performances and released indie albums, rock albums.
 * Early Life **

__ Music Career: __ On January 14, 2012, CN Blue dubuted their first mini-album, called Bluetory, in Korea. The lead single, I’m a Loner, has gained much favor and support from the audience. They not only attacked the Korean music market, they attacked the Japanese music market by release their first single “The Way” on June 23. Right now, CN Blue is focusing on attacking the Japanese music market and is making another album.
 * Career **

__Acting Career:__ Yong Hwa’s first acting role was in 2009, when he acted as Kang Shin-woo in the drama You’re Beautiful, this drama gained popularity all over Asia. Through his acting, he gained high popularity, and right now, he is filming another drama Heartstrings, which will be aired on June 29, 2011.

__MC Career:__ Yong Hwa had bring the MC for many music shows/ music awards like Melon Music Awards, SBS Gayo Daejeon, Show! Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo.

__ Variety Shows: __ Yong Hwa got a TV contract from MBC for the program Sunday Sunday Night, in 2009. The show is about seven celebrity MCs going out to capture wild animals, but this show was forced to stop due the protests of animal-rights groups. In February 2010, he was paired with Seohyun of Girls’ Generation to pretend like they are a married couple, in the show We Got Married. Yong Hwa and Seohyun, the YongSeo couple, had created their own song called Banmal Song (I really like this song), and it gained many love and support from the audience.

media type="youtube" key="WMKo4XTTLMI" height="315" width="420" [Banmal Song - YongSeo Couple]

media type="youtube" key="5pUfHnWRsRA" height="315" width="560" [I'm A Loner - CN Blue] a