ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tom Thum - Beatboxer
Hip-hop musician Tom Thum whirls together beatboxing, performance and an array of mouthsounds.

Why you should listen

Coming out of the small Brisbane, Australia, hip-hop scene, Tom Thum has become a world presence with his unhuman beatboxing sound. In 2005, he and Joel Turner won the team battle in the World Beatbox Championships, and Thum came second at the Scribble Jam Beatbox Battles, America’s most prestigious hip-hop competition, in 2006. He's a cast member in the hip-hop/circus performance troupe Tom Tom Crew, appearing on Broadway and London's West End.

Thum is also committed to teaching hip-hop, and travels throughout Australia sharing the positive message that music preaches.

More profile about the speaker
Tom Thum | Speaker | TED.com
TEDxSydney

Tom Thum: The orchestra in my mouth

Tom Thum: Orkestar u mojim ustima

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U ovoj vrlo zabavnoj izvedbi, beatboxer Tom Thum isprepliće beat, komediju i puna usta instrumentalnih otjelovljenja u jedanaest minuta stvaralaštva i zabave koje će vam izmamiti smiješak. (Snimljeno na TEDx-u u Sydneyu.)
- Beatboxer
Hip-hop musician Tom Thum whirls together beatboxing, performance and an array of mouthsounds. Full bio

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My nameime is TomTom,
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Ime mi je Tom,
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and I've come here todaydanas to come cleančist
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i danas sam ovdje da bih razjasnio
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about what I do for moneynovac.
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na koji način zarađujem za život.
00:20
BasicallyU osnovi, I use my mouthusta in strangečudan waysnačine
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U osnovi, ja koristim svoja usta
na neobične načine
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in exchangerazmjena for cashunovčiti.
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u zamjenu za lovu.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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I usuallyobično do this kindljubazan of thing in seedyuobicajeno downtownu centru grada barsbarovi
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Obično to činim u neuglednim barovima
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and on streetulica cornerskutovi,
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i na uličnim uglovima gradova,
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so this mightn'tMožda be the mostnajviše appropriateprikladan settingpostavljanje,
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pa ovo možda i nije najpogodnije mjesto,
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but I'd like to give you guys a bitbit of a demonstrationdemonstracija
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ali volio bih vam pokazati
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about what I do.
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što i kako ja to radim.
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(BeatboxingNe sjećam je se)
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(Beatboxing)
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And now, for my nextSljedeći numberbroj,
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A sad, sa sljedećom stvari,
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I'd like to returnpovratak to the classicsklasika.
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volio bih se vratiti klasici.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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We're going to take it back,
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Vratit ćemo se,
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way back,
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daleko natrag,
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back into time.
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natrag u prošlost.
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(BeatboxingNe sjećam je se: "BillieBillie JeanJean")
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(Beatboxing: "Billie Jean")
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BillieBillie JeanJean is not my loverljubavnik
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♫ Billie Jean is not my lover ♫
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♫ She's just a girldjevojka who claimszahtjevi that I am the one ♫
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♫ She's just a girl who claims that I am the one ♫
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♫ But the kiddijete is not my sonsin
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♫ But the kid is not my son ♫
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(ApplausePljesak) All right.
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(Pljesak)
U redu.
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Wassupšta ima.
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Šta ima.
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Thank you very much, TEDxTEDx.
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Puno hvala, TEDx.
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If you guys haven'tnisu figuredshvaćen it out alreadyveć,
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Ako već i sami dosad niste zaključili,
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my name'sime je TomTom ThumThum, and I'm a beatboxerbeatboxer,
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moje je ime Tom Thum,
i ja sam beatboxer,
.
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whichkoji meanssredstva all the soundszvukovi that you just heardčuo
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što znači da su svi zvukovi
koje ste upravo čuli
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were madenapravljen entirelypotpuno usingkoristeći just my voiceglas,
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nastali u potpunosti
korištenjem moga glasa,
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and the only thing was my voiceglas.
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samo i jedino moga glasa.
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And I can assureosigurati you
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I uvjeravam vas
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there are absolutelyapsolutno no effectsefekti
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da apsolutno nikakvih efekata nema
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on this microphonemikrofon whatsoevergod.
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na ovom mikrofonu, ni u kojem obliku.
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And I'm very, very stokedoduševljeni
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I jako sam, jako uzbuđen ---
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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You guys are just applaudingPozdravljajući for everything. It's great.
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Vi, ljudi, plješćete svemu.
To je sjajno.
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Look at this, MomMama! I madenapravljen it!
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Vidi ovo, mama!
Uspio sam!
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I'm very, very stokedoduševljeni to be here todaydanas,
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Jako sam uzbuđen
što sam danas ovdje,
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representingpredstavlja my kinfolkrođaci
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i predstavljam sebi slične,
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and all those that haven'tnisu managedupravlja to make a careerkarijera
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kao i sve one koji nisu
uspjeli napraviti karijeru
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out of an innateurođeni abilitysposobnost for inhumannečovječno noisemakingnoisemaking.
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na temelju prirođene sposobnosti
proizvođenja neljudskih zvukova.
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Because it is a bitbit of a nicheniša markettržište,
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Jer, to je nekakva tržišna niša,
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and there's not much work going on,
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u kojoj se ne događa ništa posebno,
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especiallyposebno where I'm from.
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osobito ne ondje odakle sam ja.
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You know, I'm from BrisbaneBrisbane,
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Znate, ja sam iz Brisbanea,
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whichkoji is a great cityGrad to liveživjeti in.
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sjajnog grada za život.
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Yeah! All right! MostVećina of Brisbane'sBrisbaneu u here. That's good.
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To! Većina je iz Brisbanea!
To je dobro.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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You know, I'm from BrizzyBrizzy,
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Znate, iz Brizzyja sam,
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whichkoji is a great cityGrad to liveživjeti in,
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sjajnog grada za život,
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but let's be honestpošten --
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ali, budimo iskreni --
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it's not exactlytočno the culturalkulturni hubsredište of the SouthernJužni HemisphereHemisfera.
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on baš i nije kulturni centar
južne hemisfere.
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So I do a lot of my work outsideizvan BrisbaneBrisbane
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Zato dosta radim izvan Brisbanea
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and outsideizvan AustraliaAustralija,
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i izvan Australije,
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and so the pursuitpotjera of this crazylud passionstrast of minerudnik
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i tako mi je ova moja luda strast
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has enabledomogućeno me to see
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omogućila da vidim
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so manymnogi amazingnevjerojatan placesmjesta in the worldsvijet.
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toliko mnoštvo čudesnih mjesta u svijetu.
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So I'd like to sharePodjeli with you, if I maysvibanj, my experiencesiskustva.
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Stoga bih želio, ako smijem,
podijeliti s vama svoja iskustva.
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So ladiesdame and gentlemengospoda,
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Dakle, dame i gospodo,
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I would like to take you on a journeyputovanje
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želio bih vas povesti na putovanje
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throughoutkroz the continentskontinenti
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diljem kontinenata
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and throughoutkroz soundzvuk itselfsebe.
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i kroza sam zvuk.
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We startpočetak our journeyputovanje in the centralsredišnji desertspustinja.
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Putovanje otpočinjemo u pustinjama
središnje Australije.
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(DidgeridooDidgeridoo)
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(AirplaneAvion)
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(Zrakoplov)
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IndiaIndija.
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Indija.
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(BeatboxingNe sjećam je se)
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(Beatboxing)
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(SitarSitar)
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ChinaKina.
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Kina.
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(BeatboxingNe sjećam je se)
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GermanyNjemačka.
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Njemačka.
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(BeatboxingNe sjećam je se)
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(Beatboxing)
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PartyStranka, partystranka, yeah.
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Tulum, tulum, da.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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And before we reachdohvatiti our finalkonačni destinationodredište,
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I prije no stignemo na
krajnje naše odredište,
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ladiesdame and gentlemengospoda,
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dame i gospodo,
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I would like to sharePodjeli with you some technologytehnologija
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podijelio bih s vama
nešto od tehnologije
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that I broughtdonio all the way from the thrivinguspješan metropolismetropola of BrisbaneBrisbane.
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što sam je ponio iz
rastućeg velegrada, Brisbanea.
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These things in frontispred of me here are calledzvao KaossKaoss PadsJastučići,
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Ove stvari preda mnom
zovu se Kaoss Pads
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and they allowdopustiti me to do a wholečitav lot of differentdrugačiji things
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i one mi omogućavaju
da sa svojim glasom
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with my voiceglas.
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radim mnoštvo različitih stvari.
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For exampleprimjer, the one on the left here
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Primjerice, ovaj slijeva
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allowsomogućuje me to adddodati
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omogućava mi da svom zvuku
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a little bitbit of reverbReverb to my soundzvuk,
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dodam malo jeke,
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whichkoji givesdaje me that --
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čime dobivam taj --
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(TrumpetTruba) --
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(Truba) --
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flavorokus.
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okus.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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And the other onesone here,
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A ove ostale,
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I can use them in unisonsklad
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njih mogu koristiti istodobno
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to mimicimitirati the effectposljedica of a drumbubanj machinemašina
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kako bih oponašao
učinak ritam-mašine,
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or something like that.
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ili nečeg sličnog.
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I can sampleuzorak in my ownvlastiti soundszvukovi and I can playigrati it back
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Mogu semplirati vlastite zvukove
i onda ih reproducirati
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just by hittingudaranje the padsjastučići here.
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jednostavno udarajući
po ovim jastučićima.
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(NoisesBuka)
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TEDxTEDx.
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TEDx.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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I got way too much time on my handsruke.
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Imao sam previše slobodnog vremena.
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And last but not leastnajmanje,
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I posljednje, iako ne i zadnje,
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the one on my right here allowsomogućuje me to
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ovo zdesna omogućava mi da
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looppetlja looppetlja looppetlja looppetlja looppetlja looppetlja looppetlja looppetlja
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ponavljam ponavljam ponavljam
ponavljam ponavljam ponavljam
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my voiceglas.
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svoj glas.
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So with all that in mindum, ladiesdame and gentlemengospoda,
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Sa svim tim na umu, dame i gospodo,
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I would like to take you on a journeyputovanje
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želio bih vas povesti na putovanje
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to a completelypotpuno separateodvojen partdio of EarthZemlja
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na jedno posve izdvojeno mjesto na Zemlji,
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as I transformtransformirati the SydneySydney OperaOpera Housekuća
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dok Operu u Sydneyu pretvaram
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into a smokydimljiv downtownu centru grada jazzjazz barbar.
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u zadimljen jazz-bar u centru grada.
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All right boysdječaci, take it away.
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Dobro, dečki, počnimo.
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(MusicGlazba)
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(Glazba)
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LadiesDame and gentlemengospoda, I'd like to introducepredstaviti you
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Dame i gospodo,
predstavio bih vam
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to a very specialposeban friendprijatelj of minerudnik,
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svog vrlo posebnog prijatelja,
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one of the greatestnajveći doubledvostruko bassistsbasisti I know.
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jednog od najvećih
kontrabasista koje poznajem:
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MrG.. SmokeySmokey JeffersonJefferson, let's take it for a walkhodati. Come on, babydijete.
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Gdin. Smokey Jefferson.
Hajde dušo.
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(MusicGlazba)
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All right, ladiesdame and gentlemengospoda,
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Dame i gospodo,
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I'd like to introducepredstaviti you to the starzvijezda of the showpokazati,
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predstavljam vam zvijezdu ovoga showa,
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one of the greatestnajveći jazzjazz legendslegende of our time.
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jednu od najvećih legendi
jazza našega vremena.
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MusicGlazba loversLjubitelji and jazzjazz loversLjubitelji alikeslično,
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Ljubitelji glazbe, kao i ljubitelji jazza,
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please give a warmtoplo handruka of applausepljesak
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pozdravite, molim vas, toplim pljeskom
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for the one and only MrG.. PeepingViri TomTom. Take it away.
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jednog i jedinog - Mr. Peeping Toma. Kreni.
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(MusicGlazba)
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(ApplausePljesak)
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Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Hvala vam.
Hvala vam najljepša.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Ivan Stamenkovic
Reviewed by Mladen Barešić

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tom Thum - Beatboxer
Hip-hop musician Tom Thum whirls together beatboxing, performance and an array of mouthsounds.

Why you should listen

Coming out of the small Brisbane, Australia, hip-hop scene, Tom Thum has become a world presence with his unhuman beatboxing sound. In 2005, he and Joel Turner won the team battle in the World Beatbox Championships, and Thum came second at the Scribble Jam Beatbox Battles, America’s most prestigious hip-hop competition, in 2006. He's a cast member in the hip-hop/circus performance troupe Tom Tom Crew, appearing on Broadway and London's West End.

Thum is also committed to teaching hip-hop, and travels throughout Australia sharing the positive message that music preaches.

More profile about the speaker
Tom Thum | Speaker | TED.com

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