Minh Mon: The guitarist has just passed away at the age of 34, the audience is full of grief

For the 9x generation, guitarist Minh Mon is one of the familiar faces on some social media platforms. He not only releases smooth acoustic tracks, but also inspires many audiences about his love for the guitar.

On July 8, a large audience of music lovers could not hide their grief and grief when they received the news that guitarist Minh Mon suddenly passed away at the age of 34. Not only for young people who love guitar, but many musicians and producers in the world also expressed their grief for Minh Mon's sudden passing.

Guitarist Hien Rau said that Minh Mon died on the evening of July 7, at the age of 34. "Hearing the news of your death last night, I was also surprised. Minh Mon is a great guitarist, doing YouTube at the same time as me and Haketu. I always remember him with very "burning" covers, a gentle but quiet personality. He is always happy and sociable.

Although we are not close, Minh Mon is still a music player that I respect. I would like to send my condolences, I hope my family will overcome this loss," Hien Rau shared.

Many people think that Minh Mon is a "legend" or even a person who inspires and creates a passion for playing guitar for many young people of the 9X generation. Many people in the music loving community also expressed that they have been following, listening to music and learning from Minh Mon Guitar for nearly 10 years and always feel inspired.

Minh Mon (real name Ha Tuan Minh, SN 1990) - an artist and YouTuber who emerged with covers on social media. Accordingly, Minh Mon's YouTube channel owns more than 172k followers, with clips reaching nearly 7 million views. One of them, the cover of the song People Say (composition: Nguyen Hoai Anh), released 7 years ago, has brought Minh Mon Guitar's name closer to the music loving audience.

The song is played and sung by him in an acoustic sound, both gentle and deep. Up to now, the video has had 6.3 million views, receiving more than 1,400 comments. "There are many people who cover this song, but for me Mr. Minh Mon is the best performer"; "Minh Mon Guitar's voice is so warm and inspiring. Hope you release more songs" - some viewers shared under the clip.

Initially, Minh Mon once shared that he felt quite shy when performing the illustrious hit of singer Ung Hoang Phuc. However, because of his passion for guitar and love for the melody of the song, Minh Mon decided to overcome his fears, embarked on "renewing" the song and received more support than expected. Also from here, Minh Mon Guitar continuously released covers of a series of once-hot songs such as Love Charm (Tien Cookie; Pham Thanh Ha and Duong K); Who weeps this pain (Duc Tri); Say You Do (Tien Tien); If that day (Hoang Nha)...

It is known that Minh Mon started recording his first demo 18 years ago, when he was still a 10th grade student in England 2 at Hanoi - Amsterdam High School for the Gifted. On his personal page, Minh Mon revealed: "The song was recorded with a Chinese MP3 player, the price is probably only around 100-200 thousand VND. At that time, everything was lacking, from musical instruments to recording equipment, but I was always happy."

Many people commented that Minh Mon was impressed by his good-looking appearance, good voice, and good playing of the piano. The songs are all re-performed by Minh Mon in an acoustic direction, both gentle and deep. Besides, the male artist has a friendly, enthusiastic, and cheerful personality that makes many people love him.

In addition to maintaining covers and renewing his songs and guitar, Minh Mon also opens guitar courses that he directly teaches in class. The classes are designed to train students from basic (for beginners) to advanced, in-depth guitar training. Besides, Minh Mon often organizes livestreams to exchange and sing for his fans and friends on the Fanpage.

Producer Nhat Minh said that Minh Mon belongs to the pioneer generation of the acoustic guitar cover trend in Vietnam.

"The trend comes from the North that I, Minh Mon, Tung Tic... almost the first generation. We - guitar lovers - have connected with each other, engaged in cultural activities and shared our passions, thereby creating a wave of acoustic guitar covers, more broadly creating music content on YouTube," he said.

When he was excited, Nhat Minh was often shown "great tricks" in his guitar fingers by Minh Mon and he responded with studio knowledge to have a recording with the best sound quality.

According to the leader of F Band, later the cover trend became popular, the creation of digital content also developed to the peak and then saturated, he, Minh Mon and the names of the first generation gradually withdrew, turning in different directions.

Minh Mon still plays music, teaches guitar, and only works on a moderate digital platform. Because at least in Hanoi, Nhat Minh did not have many opportunities to meet Minh Mon, only occasionally interacting on social networks.

"The products Minh Mon made that day were of the same quality as the international guitar community. Until today, those videos are still very good and well-groomed," Nhat Minh said.

Nhat Minh believes that Minh Mon has inspired many generations of guitar lovers. In real life, the young artist is also loved for his gentle and likable personality.

According to him, no matter what, Minh Mon is still remembered as "the person who was instrumental in opening digital content creation activities in music in general, acoustic guitar covers in particular".