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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Kaki King: A musical escape into a world of light and color

Kaki King: 进入音乐打造的光影世界

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Kaki King自创了一种吉他风格,或许她会成为下一个吉他之王。她将传统吉他弹奏与现代数字科技相结合。在她的突破性作品《The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body》中,就运用了这一结合,在弹吉他的同时,将影像画面投影在吉他表面。在她手中,琴颈就像键盘一样,随着复杂旋律的响起,观众也进入了她的音乐所打造的光与影的世界。她觉得吉他就像一支画笔,为观众呈现了一幅精彩的画面。
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00:16
(Guitar吉他 music音乐 starts启动)
0
4257
3000
(吉他声音响起)
03:53
(Music音乐 ends结束)
1
221894
3000
(音乐停止)
(掌声)
03:56
(Applause掌声)
2
224929
3000
04:03
(Distorted扭曲 guitar吉他 music音乐 starts启动)
3
231708
3000
(失真的吉他声音响起)
07:45
(Music音乐 ends结束)
4
453797
3000
(音乐停止)
07:49
(Applause掌声)
5
457220
3000
(掌声)
07:56
(Ambient周围/guitar吉他 music音乐 starts启动)
6
464660
3300
(背景音乐/吉他音乐同时响起)
11:09
(Music音乐 ends结束)
7
657916
3001
(音乐停止)
(掌声)
11:12
(Applause掌声)
8
660941
5000
Translated by Amy Jin
Reviewed by Bingyu Zhang

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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