The orchestra in my mouth
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0:00 - 0:02My name is Tom,
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0:02 - 0:05and I've come here today to come clean
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0:05 - 0:09about what I do for money.
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0:09 - 0:12Basically, I use my mouth in strange ways
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0:12 - 0:14in exchange for cash.
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0:14 - 0:15(Laughter)
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0:15 - 0:19I usually do this kind of thing
in seedy downtown bars -
0:19 - 0:20and on street corners,
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0:20 - 0:23so this mightn't be
the most appropriate setting, -
0:23 - 0:27but I'd like to give you guys
a bit of a demonstration -
0:27 - 0:30about what I do.
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0:34 - 0:43(Beatboxing)
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2:02 - 2:06And now, for my next number,
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2:06 - 2:10I'd like to return to the classics.
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2:10 - 2:12(Applause)
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2:12 - 2:15We're going to take it back,
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2:15 - 2:17way back,
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2:17 - 2:20back into time.
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2:22 - 2:30(Beatboxing: "Billie Jean")
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2:42 - 2:46♫ Billie Jean is not my lover ♫
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2:46 - 2:51♫ She's just a girl who claims
that I am the one ♫ -
2:51 - 2:55♫ But the kid is not my son ♫
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2:55 - 3:00(Applause) All right.
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3:02 - 3:04Wassup.
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3:04 - 3:07Thank you very much, TEDx.
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3:07 - 3:09If you guys haven't
figured it out already, -
3:10 - 3:12my name's Tom Thum, and I'm a beatboxer,
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3:12 - 3:14which means all the sounds
that you just heard -
3:14 - 3:17were made entirely using just my voice,
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3:17 - 3:19and the only thing was my voice.
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3:19 - 3:21And I can assure you
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3:21 - 3:26there are absolutely no effects
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3:26 - 3:31on this microphone whatsoever.
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3:31 - 3:33And I'm very, very stoked —
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3:33 - 3:35(Applause)
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3:35 - 3:38You guys are just applauding
for everything. It's great. -
3:38 - 3:43Look at this, Mom! I made it!
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3:43 - 3:46I'm very, very stoked to be here today,
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3:46 - 3:48representing my kinfolk
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3:48 - 3:51and all those that haven't
managed to make a career -
3:51 - 3:55out of an innate ability
for inhuman noisemaking. -
3:55 - 3:58Because it is a bit of a niche market,
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3:58 - 4:00and there's not much work going on,
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4:00 - 4:02especially where I'm from.
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4:02 - 4:03You know, I'm from Brisbane,
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4:03 - 4:04which is a great city to live in.
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4:05 - 4:07Yeah! All right! Most of Brisbane's here.
That's good. -
4:07 - 4:09(Laughter)
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4:09 - 4:11You know, I'm from Brizzy,
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4:11 - 4:13which is a great city to live in,
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4:13 - 4:14but let's be honest --
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4:14 - 4:18it's not exactly the cultural
hub of the Southern Hemisphere. -
4:18 - 4:22So I do a lot of my work outside Brisbane
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4:22 - 4:23and outside Australia,
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4:23 - 4:26and so the pursuit of this
crazy passion of mine -
4:26 - 4:28has enabled me to see
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4:28 - 4:30so many amazing places in the world.
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4:30 - 4:36So I'd like to share with you,
if I may, my experiences. -
4:36 - 4:38So ladies and gentlemen,
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4:38 - 4:41I would like to take you on a journey
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4:41 - 4:42throughout the continents
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4:42 - 4:46and throughout sound itself.
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4:46 - 4:51We start our journey
in the central deserts. -
4:51 - 5:01(Didgeridoo)
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5:01 - 5:04(Airplane)
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5:04 - 5:06India.
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5:06 - 5:20(Beatboxing)
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5:20 - 5:25(Sitar)
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5:25 - 5:27China.
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5:27 - 5:40(Guzheng)
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5:40 - 5:46(Beatboxing)
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5:47 - 5:49Germany.
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5:49 - 6:02(Beatboxing)
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6:07 - 6:09Party, party, yeah.
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6:09 - 6:14(Laughter)
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6:14 - 6:17And before we reach our final destination,
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6:17 - 6:19ladies and gentlemen,
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6:19 - 6:21I would like to share
with you some technology -
6:21 - 6:25that I brought all the way
from the thriving metropolis of Brisbane. -
6:25 - 6:29These things in front of me
here are called Kaoss Pads, -
6:29 - 6:32and they allow me to do a whole
lot of different things -
6:32 - 6:34with my voice.
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6:34 - 6:36For example, the one on the left here
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6:36 - 6:38allows me to add
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6:39 - 6:42a little bit of reverb to my sound,
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6:42 - 6:43which gives me that --
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6:43 - 6:49(Trumpet) --
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6:49 - 6:51flavor.
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6:51 - 6:52(Laughter)
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6:52 - 6:54And the other ones here,
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6:54 - 6:56I can use them in unison
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6:56 - 6:59to mimic the effect of a drum machine
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6:59 - 7:00or something like that.
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7:00 - 7:03I can sample in my own sounds
and I can play it back -
7:03 - 7:08just by hitting the pads here.
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7:08 - 7:22(Noises)
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7:22 - 7:28TEDx.
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7:28 - 7:36(Music)
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7:46 - 7:50(Applause)
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7:50 - 7:54I got way too much time on my hands.
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7:54 - 7:56And last but not least,
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7:56 - 7:59the one on my right here allows me to
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7:59 - 8:02loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
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8:02 - 8:05my voice.
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8:05 - 8:08So with all that in mind,
ladies and gentlemen, -
8:08 - 8:11I would like to take you on a journey
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8:11 - 8:13to a completely separate part of Earth
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8:13 - 8:16as I transform the Sydney Opera House
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8:16 - 8:20into a smoky downtown jazz bar.
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8:20 - 8:24All right boys, take it away.
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8:24 - 8:28(Music)
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8:33 - 8:35Ladies and gentlemen,
I'd like to introduce you -
8:35 - 8:37to a very special friend of mine,
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8:37 - 8:39one of the greatest
double bassists I know. -
8:39 - 8:44Mr. Smokey Jefferson, let's take
it for a walk. Come on, baby. -
8:44 - 8:50(Music)
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9:27 - 9:28All right, ladies and gentlemen,
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9:28 - 9:31I'd like to introduce you
to the star of the show, -
9:31 - 9:33one of the greatest jazz
legends of our time. -
9:33 - 9:36Music lovers and jazz lovers alike,
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9:36 - 9:38please give a warm hand of applause
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9:38 - 9:42for the one and only Mr. Peeping Tom.
Take it away. -
9:42 - 9:46(Music)
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9:46 - 9:53(Applause)
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11:02 - 11:04Thank you. Thank you very much.
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11:04 - 11:09(Applause)
- Title:
- The orchestra in my mouth
- Speaker:
- Tom Thum
- Description:
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In a highly entertaining performance, beatboxer Tom Thum slings beats, comedy and a mouthful of instrumental impersonations into 11 minutes of creativity and fun that will make you smile. (Filmed at TEDxSydney.)
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TEDTalks
- Duration:
- 11:41
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