ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naturally 7 - A capella ensemble
The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It's as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could "-box" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound.

Why you should listen

The men of Naturally 7 can sing like a dream. But what you might not expect from this vocal group is what else they do -- their voices contain multitudes of instruments, from a glorious trumpet to a full drum kit (with a side of turntables). They call it "vocal play" -- the art of creating instrumental music with the human voice. It's an evolutionary step beyond beatboxing, which is a solo pursuit -- these seven musicians are a tight orchestra.

Naturally 7's sonic range is clear even by reading the member lineup: Roger "N'glish" Thomas is a baritone and rapper; Rod Eldridge handles tenor, trumpet and scratching; Warren Thomas brings percussion, guitar and a third tenor. Baritone Dwight Stewart; tenors Jamal Reed and Garfield Buckley (who also plays harmonica); and bass Armand Hutton round out the group.

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Naturally 7: A full-band beatbox

Naturally 7 hace "beatbox" como un grupo de musica completo.

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Grupo de R&B único, Naturally 7 hace "beatbox" como una orquesta completa para disfrutar a traves de su suave sencillo' , "Vuela Nena".
- A capella ensemble
The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It's as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could "-box" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound. Full bio

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♫ I think I'm readyListo to do my thing ♫
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♫Creo que estoy listo para mi asunto♫
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♫ I think I'm readyListo to take my chancesposibilidades
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♫creo que estoy listo para probar mi suerte♫
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♫ I've been diningcomida out and all stressedtensionado out ♫
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♫He estado cenando fuera y muy preocupado♫
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DueDebido to the circumstancescircunstancias. See? ♫
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♫Debido a las circunstancias. Ves?♫
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♫ I gottatengo que get up, get up, get up, get up ♫
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♫Tengo que levantarme, levantarme, levantarme♫
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WakeDespertar up, wakedespertar up, wakedespertar up, wakedespertar up ♫
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♫despertar, despertar, despertar, despertar♫
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♫ I see what you're sayingdiciendo
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♫Veo lo que estas diciendo♫
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♫ We sentexpedido a demomanifestación to the worldmundo, they said it soundssonidos like Take 6 ♫
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♫Mandamos una demo al mundo, dijeron que suena como Take 6♫
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♫ I said "HoldSostener on, wait a minuteminuto, I'll be back with the remixremix" ♫
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♫Yo dije "Espera, espera un minuto, volveré con la remezcla♫
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♫ They looking at us funnygracioso, we can't make any moneydinero
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♫Están mirándonos chistoso, no podemos hacer dinero♫
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♫ It tooktomó us yearsaños to figurefigura out that we was dealingrelación comercial with dummiesmaniquíes
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♫Nos tomó años darnos cuenta que estábamos tratando con tontos♫
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♫ They didn't understandentender the soundsonar from the BronxBronx, that's the boogiemover el esqueleto down ♫
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♫No entendían el sonido del Bronx, ése es el lío♫
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♫ to HuntsvilleHuntsville, AlabamaAlabama, there's no circlescírculos in my plannerplanificador, so ♫
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♫A Hunstville, Alabama, no hay planes en mi agenda, así que♫
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♫ It was time to make the productproducto, so we hookedenganchado up with TownsendTownsend
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♫Era tiempo de hacer el producto, así que nos enganchamos con Townsend♫
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MadeHecho a dealacuerdo with JohnJohn NealNeal, on the roadla carretera soldvendido tendiez thousandmil
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♫Hicimos trato con John Neal, en el camino vendimos diez mil♫
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WBAWBA, that meansmedio a tripviaje to NashvilleNashville
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♫WBA, o sea un viaje a Nashville♫
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FestplatteFestplatte showedmostró up and said them boyschicos are naturalsnaturales
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♫Festplatte se apareció y dijo esos chicos son natos♫
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♫ Can you hearoír what they were hearingaudición? See what they were seeingviendo? ♫
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♫¿Puedes oír lo que estaban oyendo? ¿ver lo que estaban viendo?
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♫ From BronxBronx to BerlinBerlina, we tooktomó the tourgira Europeaneuropeo
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♫Desde el Bronx hasta Berlín, hicimos el tour Europeo♫
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♫ All vocalvocal yeah, we widitwidit, call the albumálbum "What is it?" ♫
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♫Todo vocal sí, lo hicimos, llamamos al álbum "¿Qué es eso?"♫
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♫ With SarahSarah ConnorConnor, setconjunto the goalGol for numbernúmero one and we hitgolpear it ♫
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♫Con Sarah Connor, apuntamos hacia el número uno y lo conseguimos♫
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♫ But now it's KevKev, SimSim, DrewDibujó, StewEstofado, time for a newnuevo day ♫
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♫Pero ahora son Kev, Sim, Drew, Stew, es momento para un nuevo día♫
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Ringanillo the alarmalarma, hitgolpear 'emellos on SkypeSkype or a two-waybidireccional
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♫Pon la alarma, búscalos en Skype or por dos vías♫
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SungCantado by the wordspalabras, we readyListo to flymosca! ♫
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♫cantado por las palabras, estamos listos para volar!♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! Time to leavesalir that nestnido
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♫Vuela nena! es tiempo de dejar ese nido♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! This ain'tno es no time to restdescanso
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♫vuela nena! no hay tiempo para descansar♫
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♫ Come on flymosca babybebé, we got work to do ♫
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♫Vamos nena, vuela, tenemos trabajo♫
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♫ Here we go, spreaduntado my wingsalas and ... ♫
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♫Aquí vamos, abre mis alas y...♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! Time to leavesalir that nestnido
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♫Vuela nena! Es tiempo de dejar ese nido♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! This ain'tno es no time to restdescanso. Come on ♫
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♫vuela nena! no hay tiempo para descansar. Vamos♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! We got work to do ♫
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♫Vuela nena, tenemos trabajo♫
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♫ Here we go. SpreadUntado my wingsalas and flymosca. One more time ♫
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♫Aquí vamos. Abre mis alas y vuela. Una vez más♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! Time to leavesalir that nestnido
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♫Vuela nena! Es tiempo de dejar ese nido♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! This ain'tno es no time to restdescanso
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♫vuela nena! no hay tiempo para descansar♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! We got work to do ♫
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♫Vuela nena, tenemos trabajo♫
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♫ Here we go, spreaduntado my wingsalas and ... ♫
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♫Aquí vamos. Abre mis alas y...♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! FlyMosca babybebé flymosca
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♫Vuela nena! Vuela nena vuela♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! FlyMosca babybebé highalto
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♫Vuela nena! Vuela nena alto♫
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FlyMosca babybebé! Up to the skycielo
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♫Vuela nena! alto hacia el cielo♫
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SpreadUntado my wingsalas and flymosca
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♫Abrir mis alas y volar♫
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InstrumentalInstrumental!
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♫ We're readyListo to flymosca! ♫
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♫Estamos listos para volar!♫
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Thank you very much.
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Muchas gracias.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naturally 7 - A capella ensemble
The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It's as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could "-box" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound.

Why you should listen

The men of Naturally 7 can sing like a dream. But what you might not expect from this vocal group is what else they do -- their voices contain multitudes of instruments, from a glorious trumpet to a full drum kit (with a side of turntables). They call it "vocal play" -- the art of creating instrumental music with the human voice. It's an evolutionary step beyond beatboxing, which is a solo pursuit -- these seven musicians are a tight orchestra.

Naturally 7's sonic range is clear even by reading the member lineup: Roger "N'glish" Thomas is a baritone and rapper; Rod Eldridge handles tenor, trumpet and scratching; Warren Thomas brings percussion, guitar and a third tenor. Baritone Dwight Stewart; tenors Jamal Reed and Garfield Buckley (who also plays harmonica); and bass Armand Hutton round out the group.

More profile about the speaker
Naturally 7 | Speaker | TED.com