ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Preston Reed - Revolutionary Guitarist
Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound.

Why you should listen

Most guitarists the world over play their instruments in essentially the same way: the left hand holds the neck and applies pressure to each string to change notes, while the right hand plays the melody. Not so with Preston Reed.

In the 1980s, Reed began playing his instrument in new ways, sometimes twisting his left hand to pick out a melody while the right hand strummed accompaniment or tapping the guitar’s body like a drum. A new playing style was born, with deep chords, complex percussion, and weightless melodies. And he's inspired new generations of guitarists to further innovate on the genre he pioneered.

More profile about the speaker
Preston Reed | Speaker | TED.com
Usman Riaz - Artist, composer
TED Senior Fellow Usman Riaz is an artist and composer.

Why you should listen

Usman Riaz is the founder of Mano Animation Studios -- Pakistans first hand-drawn animation studio. Their first project, The Glassworker (شیشہ گر), was created by a team of creatives from Pakistan, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa, the US and the UK. 

More profile about the speaker
Usman Riaz | Speaker | TED.com
TEDGlobal 2012

Usman Riaz + Preston Reed: A young guitarist meets his hero

Usman Riaz i Preston Reed: Mladi gitarist upoznaje svog idola

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Usman Riaz je 21-godišnji talent za "percussive guitar", stil koji je naučio svirati gledajući svoje idole na YouTubeu. Ovaj TED Fellow svira na pozornici TEDGlobala 2012, praćen solom majstora ovog stila, Prestona Reeda. Pogledajte kako ova dva gitarista izvode i neplaniranu improvizaciju.
- Revolutionary Guitarist
Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound. Full bio - Artist, composer
TED Senior Fellow Usman Riaz is an artist and composer. Full bio

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you learnednaučeno to playigrati the guitargitara
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da si naučio svirati gitaru
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by watchinggledanje JimmyJimmy PageStranica on YouTubeMladost.
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gledajući Jimmyja Pagea na YouTubeu.
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Usman Riaz: Da, to je bilo prvo. A onda sam --
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and then I startedpočeo progressingnapreduje to other things.
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And I startedpočeo watchinggledanje KakiKaki KingKralj a lot,
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and she would always citecitirati PrestonPreston ReedReed as a bigvelika influenceutjecaj,
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so then I startedpočeo watchinggledanje his videosvideo,
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pa sam počeo gledati njegove snimke
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and it's very surrealnestvarno right now to be --
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that was one of his songsPjesme that you learnednaučeno, or how did that happendogoditi se?
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jedna od njegovih pjesama koje si
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URUR: I'd never learnednaučeno it before,
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but he told me that we would be playingigranje that on stagefaza,
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ali rekao mi je da ćemo to svirati na pozornici,
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so I was familiarupoznat with it, so that's why I had so much more funzabava learningučenje it.
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a bila mi je već poznata
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And it finallykonačno happeneddogodilo, so ...
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CACA: PrestonPreston, from your pointtočka of viewpogled,
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CA: Prestone, iz tvog gledišta,
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I mean, you inventedizumio this like 20 yearsgodina agoprije, right?
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mislim, počeo si s time prije 20-ak godina, zar ne?
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How does it feel to see someonenetko like this
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Kako se osjećaš kad vidiš nekoga
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come alonguz takinguzimanje your artumjetnost and doing so much with it?
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da preuzme tvoju umjetnost
i čini tako mnogo s njom?
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PrestonPreston ReedReed: It's mind-blowingŠokantno,
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and I feel really proudponos, really honoredčast mi je.
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i stvarno sam ponosan, zbilja počašćen.
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CA: Postoji li još neka kratka skladba
koji biste nam mogli izvesti?
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Can you? Do you jampekmez? Do you have anything elsedrugo?
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Možete li? Svirate li ovako neplanirano? Imate li još što?
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CA: Nemaju. Reći ću vam što ćemo.
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If you have anotherjoš 30 or 40 secondssekundi,
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and you have anotherjoš 30 or 40 secondssekundi,
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i ako ti imaš još 30 ili 40 sekundi,
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and we just see that, I just think --
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Translated by Suzana Barić
Reviewed by SIBELA KESAC

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Preston Reed - Revolutionary Guitarist
Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound.

Why you should listen

Most guitarists the world over play their instruments in essentially the same way: the left hand holds the neck and applies pressure to each string to change notes, while the right hand plays the melody. Not so with Preston Reed.

In the 1980s, Reed began playing his instrument in new ways, sometimes twisting his left hand to pick out a melody while the right hand strummed accompaniment or tapping the guitar’s body like a drum. A new playing style was born, with deep chords, complex percussion, and weightless melodies. And he's inspired new generations of guitarists to further innovate on the genre he pioneered.

More profile about the speaker
Preston Reed | Speaker | TED.com
Usman Riaz - Artist, composer
TED Senior Fellow Usman Riaz is an artist and composer.

Why you should listen

Usman Riaz is the founder of Mano Animation Studios -- Pakistans first hand-drawn animation studio. Their first project, The Glassworker (شیشہ گر), was created by a team of creatives from Pakistan, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa, the US and the UK. 

More profile about the speaker
Usman Riaz | Speaker | TED.com