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My name is Tom,

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and I've come here today to come clean

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about what I do for money.

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Basically, I use my mouth in strange ways

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in exchange for cash.

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(Laughter)

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I usually do this kind of thing[br]in seedy downtown bars

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and on street corners,

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so this mightn't be[br]the most appropriate setting,

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but I'd like to give you guys[br]a bit of a demonstration

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about what I do.

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(Beatboxing)

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And now, for my next number,

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I'd like to return to the classics.

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(Applause)

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We're going to take it back,

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way back,

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back into time.

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(Beatboxing: "Billie Jean")

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♫ Billie Jean is not my lover ♫

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♫ She's just a girl who claims[br]that I am the one ♫

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♫ But the kid is not my son ♫

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(Applause) All right.

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Wassup.

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Thank you very much, TEDx.

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If you guys haven't[br]figured it out already,

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my name's Tom Thum, and I'm a beatboxer,

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which means all the sounds[br]that you just heard

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were made entirely using just my voice,

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and the only thing was my voice.

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And I can assure you

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there are absolutely no effects

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on this microphone whatsoever.

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And I'm very, very stoked —

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(Applause)

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You guys are just applauding[br]for everything. It's great.

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Look at this, Mom! I made it!

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I'm very, very stoked to be here today,

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representing my kinfolk

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and all those that haven't[br]managed to make a career

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out of an innate ability[br]for inhuman noisemaking.

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Because it is a bit of a niche market,

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and there's not much work going on,

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especially where I'm from.

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You know, I'm from Brisbane,

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which is a great city to live in.

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Yeah! All right! Most of Brisbane's here.[br]That's good.

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(Laughter)

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You know, I'm from Brizzy,

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which is a great city to live in,

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but let's be honest --

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it's not exactly the cultural[br]hub of the Southern Hemisphere.

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So I do a lot of my work outside Brisbane

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and outside Australia,

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and so the pursuit of this[br]crazy passion of mine

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has enabled me to see

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so many amazing places in the world.

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So I'd like to share with you,[br]if I may, my experiences.

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So ladies and gentlemen,

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I would like to take you on a journey

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throughout the continents

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and throughout sound itself.

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We start our journey[br]in the central deserts.

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(Didgeridoo)

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(Airplane)

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India.

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(Beatboxing)

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(Sitar)

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China.

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(Guzheng)

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(Beatboxing)

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Germany.

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(Beatboxing)

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Party, party, yeah.

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(Laughter)

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And before we reach our final destination,

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ladies and gentlemen,

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I would like to share[br]with you some technology

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that I brought all the way[br]from the thriving metropolis of Brisbane.

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These things in front of me[br]here are called Kaoss Pads,

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and they allow me to do a whole[br]lot of different things

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with my voice.

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For example, the one on the left here

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allows me to add

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a little bit of reverb to my sound,

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which gives me that --

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(Trumpet) --

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flavor.

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(Laughter)

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And the other ones here,

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I can use them in unison

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to mimic the effect of a drum machine

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or something like that.

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I can sample in my own sounds[br]and I can play it back

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just by hitting the pads here.

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(Noises)

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TEDx.

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(Music)

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(Applause)

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I got way too much time on my hands.

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And last but not least,

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the one on my right here allows me to

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loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop

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my voice.

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So with all that in mind,[br]ladies and gentlemen,

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I would like to take you on a journey

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to a completely separate part of Earth

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as I transform the Sydney Opera House

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into a smoky downtown jazz bar.

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All right boys, take it away.

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(Music)

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Ladies and gentlemen,[br]I'd like to introduce you

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to a very special friend of mine,

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one of the greatest[br]double bassists I know.

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Mr. Smokey Jefferson, let's take[br]it for a walk. Come on, baby.

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(Music)

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All right, ladies and gentlemen,

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I'd like to introduce you[br]to the star of the show,

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one of the greatest jazz[br]legends of our time.

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Music lovers and jazz lovers alike,

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please give a warm hand of applause

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for the one and only Mr. Peeping Tom.[br]Take it away.

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(Music)

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(Applause)

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Thank you. Thank you very much.

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(Applause)