A young guitarist meets his hero
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11:06 - 11:08Chris Anderson: You guys were amazing.
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11:08 - 11:09That's amazing.
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11:09 - 11:13(Applause)
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11:13 - 11:14You just don't hear that every day.
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11:14 - 11:16(Laughter)
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11:16 - 11:19Usman, the official story is that
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11:19 - 11:20you learned to play the guitar
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11:20 - 11:22by watching Jimmy Page on YouTube.
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11:22 - 11:25Usman Riaz: Yes, that was the first one. And then I --
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11:25 - 11:28That was the first thing I learned,
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11:28 - 11:30and then I started progressing to other things.
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11:30 - 11:33And I started watching Kaki King a lot,
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11:33 - 11:37and she would always cite Preston Reed as a big influence,
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11:37 - 11:39so then I started watching his videos,
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11:39 - 11:43and it's very surreal right now to be --
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11:43 - 11:45(Laughter)
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11:45 - 11:49(Applause)
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11:49 - 11:51CA: Was that piece just now,
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11:51 - 11:54that was one of his songs that you learned, or how did that happen?
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11:54 - 11:55UR: I'd never learned it before,
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11:55 - 11:58but he told me that we would be playing that on stage,
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11:58 - 12:03so I was familiar with it, so that's why I had so much more fun learning it.
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12:03 - 12:06And it finally happened, so ...
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12:06 - 12:07(Laughter)
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12:07 - 12:08CA: Preston, from your point of view,
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12:08 - 12:10I mean, you invented this like 20 years ago, right?
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12:10 - 12:13How does it feel to see someone like this
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12:13 - 12:18come along taking your art and doing so much with it?
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12:18 - 12:20Preston Reed: It's mind-blowing,
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12:20 - 12:24and I feel really proud, really honored.
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12:24 - 12:29And he's a wonderful musician, so it's cool.
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12:29 - 12:32(Laughter)
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12:32 - 12:37CA: I guess, I don't think there is like a one-minute other piece you guys can do?
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12:37 - 12:40Can you? Do you jam? Do you have anything else?
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12:40 - 12:42PR: We haven't prepared anything.
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12:42 - 12:47CA: There isn't. I'll tell you what.
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12:47 - 12:50If you have another 30 or 40 seconds,
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12:50 - 12:52and you have another 30 or 40 seconds,
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12:52 - 12:53and we just see that, I just think --
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12:53 - 12:56I can feel it. We want to hear a little more.
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12:56 - 12:58And if it goes horribly wrong, no worries.
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13:01 - 13:09(Laughter)
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- Title:
- A young guitarist meets his hero
- Speaker:
- Usman Riaz + Preston Reed
- Description:
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Usman Riaz is a 21-year-old whiz at the percussive guitar, a style he learned to play by watching his heroes on YouTube. The TED Fellow plays onstage at TEDGlobal 2012 -- followed by a jawdropping solo from the master of percussive guitar, Preston Reed. And watch these two guitarists take on a very spur-of-the-moment improv.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TEDTalks
- Duration:
- 16:50
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