ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaki King - Guitarist
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting.

Why you should listen

Kaki King's percussive technique (guitar geeks compare it to Preston Reed's; everyone else compares it to Eddie Van Halen's) drives her songs forward, while layers of overdubs and her own soft vocals create a shimmering cloud of sound.

King's work on the soundtrack for 2007's Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe, along with contributors Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder. Her groundbreaking multimedia work The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.

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TED2008

Kaki King: Playing "Pink Noise" on guitar

Kaki King prži uz "Pink Noise"

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Kaki King, prva žena na Roling Stone-ovoj listi "bogova gitare", prži na celom setu uživo na TED2008, uključujući i njen prvi singl, "Playing with Pink Noise." Neverovatna virtuoznost susreće se sa tehnikom gitare koja se zaista ističe.
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I was thinkingразмишљање about my placeместо in the universeуниверзум,
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Razmišljala sam
o svom mestu u univerzumu
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and about my first thought about what infinitybeskonačno mightМожда mean,
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i o svojoj prvoj misli o tome
šta bi mogla da znači beskonačnost,
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when I was a childдете.
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kada sam bila dete.
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And I thought that if time could reachдостигнути
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Mislila sam da ako vreme
može da se prostire
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forwardsnapred and backwardsуназад infinitelybeskrajno,
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beskonačno napred i nazad,
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doesn't that mean that
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zar to ne znači da
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everyсваки pointтачка in time is really infinitelybeskrajno smallмали,
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je svaka tačka u vremenu
beskonačno mala
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and thereforeстога somewhatдонекле meaninglessбесмислено.
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i stoga pomalo beznačajna?
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So we don't really have a placeместо in the universeуниверзум,
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Mi nemamo zaista mesto
u univerzumu,
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as farдалеко as on a time lineлине.
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što se tiče vremenskog okvira.
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But nothing elseдруго does eitherили.
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Ali nema ga ni ništa drugo.
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ThereforeZbog toga everyсваки momentтренутак really is the mostнајвише importantважно momentтренутак
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Stoga je svaki trenutak
zaista najvažniji trenutak
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that's ever happenedдесило, includingукључујући this momentтренутак right now.
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koji se ikada desio,
uključujući i ovaj sada.
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And so thereforeстога this musicмузика you're about to hearчујеш
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Tako da je muzika koju ćete čuti
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is maybe the mostнајвише importantважно musicмузика
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možda najbitnija muzika
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you'llти ћеш ever hearчујеш in your life.
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koju ćete čuti u svom životu.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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For those of you who I'll be fortunatesretni enoughдовољно to meetсусрет afterwardsпосле тога,
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Za one s kojima ću imati
sreće da se kasnije upoznam,
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you could please refrainrefren from sayingговорећи,
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možete li da se uzdržite
od izgovaranja:
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"Oh my god, you're so much shorterкраћи in realправи life."
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"O moj bože,
puno si niža u stvarnosti."
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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Because it's like the stageфаза is an opticalOptički illusionилузија,
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Jer je scena kao optička iluzija
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for some reasonразлог.
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iz nekog razloga.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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SomewhatDonekle like the curvingsavijanje of the universeуниверзум.
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Nešto kao iskrivljeni univerzum.
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I don't know what it is. I get askedпитао in interviewsинтервјуи a lot,
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Ne znam šta je u pitanju.
Često mi kažu:
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"My god, you're guitarsgitare are so giganticgigantski!"
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"O moj bože, tvoje gitare su džinovske!"
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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"You mustмора get them customPrilagođeni madeмаде -- specialпосебан, humongousogromna guitarsgitare."
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"Sigurno ti ih ručno prave -
posebne, ogromne gitare."
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(LaughterSmeh)
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Thank you very much.
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Hvala vam puno.
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Translated by Mile Živković
Reviewed by Tatjana Jevdjic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaki King - Guitarist
Kaki King combines jaw-dropping guitar work with dreamy, searching songwriting.

Why you should listen

Kaki King's percussive technique (guitar geeks compare it to Preston Reed's; everyone else compares it to Eddie Van Halen's) drives her songs forward, while layers of overdubs and her own soft vocals create a shimmering cloud of sound.

King's work on the soundtrack for 2007's Into the Wild was nominated for a Golden Globe, along with contributors Michael Brook and Eddie Vedder. Her groundbreaking multimedia work The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body uses projection mapping to present the guitar as an ontological tabula rasa in a creation myth unlike any other.

More profile about the speaker
Kaki King | Speaker | TED.com