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
TED2008

Kaki King: Playing "Pink Noise" on guitar

Tumugtog si Kaki King sa saliw ng "Pink Noise"

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Tumugtog ng live si Kaki King, ang kauna-unahang babae sa listahan ng mga "guitar god" ng Rolling Stones, sa TED2008 kasama ang buong banda, pati na ang kanyang unang single, ang "Playing with Pink Noise." Ang pinagsamang makalaglag-pangang pagkadalubhasa at ang kanyang pamamaraan sa gitara ay tunay na nangingibabaw.
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I was thinkingpag-iisip about my placelugar in the universeuniberso,
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Iniisip ko ang lugar ko dito sa kalawakan,
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and about my first thought about what infinityinfinity mightmaaaring mean,
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at ang una kong akala tungkol sa kahulugan ng kawalang hanggan,
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when I was a childbata.
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noong ako ay bata pa.
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And I thought that if time could reachmaabot
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At naisip ko na kung saklaw ng oras
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forwardspasulong and backwardspaurong infinitelywalang katapusan,
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ang daan pasulong at paurong sa kawalang hanggan,
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doesn't that mean that
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hindi ba't nangangahulugan na
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everybawat pointpunto in time is really infinitelywalang katapusan smallmaliit na,
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ang bawat kapirasong oras ay napakaliit,
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and thereforekaya nga somewhatmedyo meaninglesswalang kabuluhan.
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at samakatuwid tila walang kahulugan.
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So we don't really have a placelugar in the universeuniberso,
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Kaya wala talaga tayong lugar sa kalawakan,
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as farmalayo as on a time linena linya.
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kung batay lamang sa hibla ng oras.
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But nothing elseiba pa does eitheralinman.
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Ngunit wala din namang lugar ang iba.
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ThereforeKaya nga everybawat momentilang sandali really is the mostKaramihan importantmahalagang momentilang sandali
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Samakatuwid ang bawat sandali ay ang pinakamahalagang sandali
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that's ever happenednangyari, includingkabilang ang mga this momentilang sandali right now.
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na maaring mangyari, kasama na ang sandaling ito ngayon.
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And so thereforekaya nga this musicmusika you're about to hearmakinig
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At samakatuwid ang musikang maririnig niyo ngayon
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is maybe the mostKaramihan importantmahalagang musicmusika
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ay marahil ang pinakamahalagang musika
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you'llmakikita mo ever hearmakinig in your life.
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na maririnig mo sa tanambuhay mo.
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(LaughterTawanan)
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(ApplausePalakpakan)
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Thank you.
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Salamat.
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For those of you who I'll be fortunateMapalad enoughsapat to meetmatugunan ang afterwardsPagkatapos,
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Para sa inyong makikilala ko mamaya,
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you could please refrainpigilin ang sarili from sayingsinasabing,
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maaari bang huwag niyo nang banggitin na,
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"Oh my god, you're so much shortermas maikli in realtunay life."
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"Ay diyos ko, mas pandak ka pa pala sa totoong buhay."
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(LaughterTawanan)
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(Tawanan)
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Because it's like the stageyugto is an opticaloptical illusionilusyon,
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Dahil ang entablado ay isang ilusyon sa mga mata,
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for some reasondahilan kung bakit.
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sa ilang kadahilanan.
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(LaughterTawanan)
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SomewhatMedyo like the curvingcurving of the universeuniberso.
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Kagaya lang ng pag-kurba ng kalawakan.
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I don't know what it is. I get askedItinanong in interviewsmga interbyu a lot,
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Hindi ko alam kung ano 'yon. Lagi akong tinatanong sa mga interbyu,
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"My god, you're guitarsguitars are so gigantichiganteng!"
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"Diyos ko, napakalaki ng iyong mga gitara!"
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(LaughterTawanan)
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"You mustdapat get them custompasadyang madeginawa -- specialespesyal na, humongousHumongous guitarsguitars."
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"Marahil pinasadya mo pa 'yan -- mga espesyal na malalaking gitara."
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(LaughterTawanan)
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Thank you very much.
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Maraming salamat.
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(ApplausePalakpakan)
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Translated by Schubert Malbas
Reviewed by Polimar Balatbat

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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

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