ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tito Deler - Blues musician, graphic designer
Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell.

Why you should listen

Born and raised in uptown Manhattan, Tito Deler is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. With a natural gift for music, Deler started playing piano at an early age and picked up the guitar by age eight. But it wasn’t until he was 38 that Tito found his true instrument: a steel body resonator guitar. He started writing music of his own, combining sounds from his New York upbringing with the style of pre-war Mississippi Delta blues. He releases his first record, The Original Harlem Slim, which was named one of the top 15 albums by Other Music in 2012.

Deler leads the men's, women's and children's graphic design teams for Tommy Hilfiger in New York City.

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Tito Deler: "My Fine Reward"

Tito Deler: A minha excelente recompensa

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O músico de "blues" Tito Deler faz uma combinação dos sons da educação que recebeu em Nova Iorque com o estilo musical de "blues" pré-guerra Mississippi Delta. Assume o palco, cantando e tocando de forma emocionada e dramática a sua música, "My Fine Reward".
- Blues musician, graphic designer
Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell. Full bio

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SunSol shiningbrilhando up aboveacima
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♪ O sol brilha lá no alto,
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down here it's 10 belowabaixo
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♪ aqui em baixo estão 10 graus.
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I'm movingmovendo-se on to a placeLugar, colocar now
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♪ Agora estou a avançar
para um sítio
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where the streetsruas are pavedpavimentada with goldouro
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♪ onde as ruas estão
pavimentadas a ouro
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There'llLá vai be two trainstrens runningcorrida --
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♪ Haverá dois comboios a andar
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runningcorrida sidelado by sidelado
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♪ a andar lado a lado.
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Some trainstrens are going out
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— há comboios a partir —
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Two trainstrens runningcorrida --
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♪ Dois comboios a andar
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runningcorrida sidelado by sidelado
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♪ a andar lado a lado
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I'm going to catchpegar that fastvelozes expressexpressar traintrem
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♪ Vou apanhar aquele
comboio expresso rápido
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to my rewardrecompensa in the skycéu
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♪ até à minha recompensa
que está no céu.
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ManyMuitos roomsquartos in my father'spai housecasa now --
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♪ Há muitos quartos
na casa do meu Pai
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Oh LordSenhor there's one for you and me
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♪ Oh Senhor, há um para ti e para mim.
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ManyMuitos roomsquartos in my father'spai housecasa now --
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♪ Há muitos quartos
na casa do meu Pai
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Oh there's one for you and me
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♪ Há um para ti e para mim.
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No bluesBlues and no troubleproblema
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♪ Sem "blues" e sem problemas
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Oh my LordSenhor sweetdoce JesusJesus victoryvitória
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♪ Oh meu Senhor,
doce vitória de Jesus
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There's one gloryglória from the moonlua --
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♪ Há uma glória
que nos chega da lua
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LordSenhor anotheroutro, oh anotheroutro from the sundom
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♪ Outra Senhor, outra
que nos chega do sol
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Oh one gloryglória from the moonlua
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♪ Oh uma glória da lua
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and anotheroutro from the sundom
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♪ e outra do sol.
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BehindPara trás I'll leavesair this earthlyterrena bodycorpo
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♪ Para trás, deixarei
este corpo terrestre
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when my LordSenhor kingrei JesusJesus comesvem
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♪ quando o meu Senhor Jesus chegar.
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Thank you very much.
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Muito obrigado.
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(ApplauseAplausos)
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(Aplausos)
Translated by Nichal Gentilal
Reviewed by Margarida Ferreira

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tito Deler - Blues musician, graphic designer
Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell.

Why you should listen

Born and raised in uptown Manhattan, Tito Deler is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. With a natural gift for music, Deler started playing piano at an early age and picked up the guitar by age eight. But it wasn’t until he was 38 that Tito found his true instrument: a steel body resonator guitar. He started writing music of his own, combining sounds from his New York upbringing with the style of pre-war Mississippi Delta blues. He releases his first record, The Original Harlem Slim, which was named one of the top 15 albums by Other Music in 2012.

Deler leads the men's, women's and children's graphic design teams for Tommy Hilfiger in New York City.

More profile about the speaker
Tito Deler | Speaker | TED.com

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