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It love travelling all around the world, and I am eager to learn and experience different cultures in the context of their own cultures, not from our Western or typical English perspective. Also, it means a lot for me to perform music in different cultural settings and with and/or for people from non-English cultures. Travelling and performing music with different musicians in different cultures has always led me to think and learn something that I have never encountered or experienced; it makes me expand my musical and cultural spectrum.

My Argentino friend Martin Nemcovsky and I went to Rosario, Argentina last August. We performed jazz with tremendous musicians there at a number of different venues. I learned so much about Argentinian culture and tradition by living and interacting the musicians and their families and friends. Despite living in the same continent (North and South America), it is amazing that how they are different from us in terms of music, life-style, philosophy, politics, society, and culture.

I am planning to visit Argentina again next summer and perform music with more musicians at more diverse venues there. Also, I am scheduled to visit and perform with my Canadian, Japanese, and Argentino friends at several places in my home town, Seoul which is one of the most dynamic and vibrant cities in terms of art and technology. Would you like to join us? Please do so.. Everyone is welcome to join the trip :) I can't wait to learn and experience so much stuff next summer

This video was created with photos that I took during my trip to Argentina, except those that are fighting for democracia. I edited them with iMovie 06, using a variety of transitional effects, fonts for text, and video effects. iMovie 06 was straight and easy to use. I had fun creating and editing the video! Hope you enjoy the video...!!!

Music was recorded in Vancouver, BC in October, 2009. Jon Lee (guitar), Peter Kim (bass), Kevin Romain (drums)

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I've just finished my animation and music.
Please check out the site:
https://files.nyu.edu/sjl457/public/animation.html

I have always wondering how those animation pictures are created.
Now, I know it is GIF.

I am using a program called "the GIF builder carbon," which
you can download from http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/235/gifbuilder

It is very easy to use.
You can simply drag and drop images that you want to animate.
GifBuilder lets you control pixel depth, the color palette,
dithering, size, interlacing, transparency, interframe delay,
disposal method, frames position, and looping.

It may sound a bit complicated.
But, once I tried, I found that it is very easy to use and
create animation files.

Creating webpages by html

I've been simply making and posting websites by using iWeb of Mac.
However, I did not know what html files are about.

This is great that I learn how to do with html, and how websites are created.

As a novice web-maker, I had difficulty understanding
the concept of the file in the beginning,
but as I work and create a variety of webpages with html,
I am now familiar with html and feel very confident.


please visit my website that I have created:
https://files.nyu.edu/sjl457/public/index.html

my bio...

Jon Lee is a professional guitarist, music educator, and photographer. He was born in Seoul, Korea and moved to Vancouver, Canada at the age of 14. He has been working as a musician, music educator, and photographer in Canada and many places around the globe. He has recently moved to New York City for performing music, teaching music, studying privately with Randy Johnston, and completing his master’s degree at New York University.


He first began learning and playing classical music on the piano at the age of 10, and swiched his instrument to the guitar when he was 12. He started his first band with hardrock and performed at many places in the early 90s. For professional musical development, Jon Lee moved to Boston, MA and studied Jazz composition & arranging at Berklee College of Music. Also, he studied Jazz guitar privately with a number of internationally renowned musicians and faculty memebers at Berklee and New York University, such as John Wilkins, Richie Hart, and Randy Johnston. He is largely influenced by many legendary musicians in Boston and New York City and plays music based on Jazz and Blues.


After returning to Vancouver, Canada, Jon Lee attended Capilano University and served as a teaching assistant for music theory and ear training classes of professor Linda Falls. After majoring in music education at the University of British Columbia, he taught music at public schools in Delta School District, BC, Canada.


As a performer, Jon Lee has played with a number of internationally renown musicians like Bob Mintzer, Jimmy Greene, Kurt Elling, and Hugh Fraser, at a variety of venues around the world, including Berklee performance center, CBC radio, Chan center of UBC, Wall center, El cacol, Jazzycues, Cellar jazz, Plaza of nations, Prophouse cafe, Cafe Monmartre, and Yri-cafe in Seoul, Korea. Recently, he finished his tour in Argentina with Martin Nemcovsky, Esteban Maxera, and Alvaro Manzaero.


As an educator, Jon Lee taught music at public schools in Canada for several years. He directed concert & jazz bands and guitar programs from K to 12 in Delta school district, Canada. Also, he directed all the guitar program that Delta School district offers every spring and summer. He is associated with a number of professional music organizations: MENC, IAJE, CMEA, and BCMEA. He is a dedicated music educator and provides students with a safe, fun, and enjoyable learning environment. Currently, he teaches music at Paul Pope School in West Orange, NJ.


Furthermore, Jon Lee had written weekly music columns for Chosunilbo, one of the major Korean journals from 2002 to 2009. He covered issues on music and music education. Also, he critiqued many records from Pop to Jazz. Additionally, Jon Lee has involved in photography. He takes pictures from portrait to landscape. His photography focuses on aestheticism and communication with viewers. He pursues images with arstistic, philosophical, social, and political messages that often appeal to the viewer.




“Jazz cannot be limited by definitions or by rules. Jazz is above all, a total freedom to express oneself.”


Duke Ellington

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