ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naturally 7 - A capella ensemble
The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It's as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could "-box" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound.

Why you should listen

The men of Naturally 7 can sing like a dream. But what you might not expect from this vocal group is what else they do -- their voices contain multitudes of instruments, from a glorious trumpet to a full drum kit (with a side of turntables). They call it "vocal play" -- the art of creating instrumental music with the human voice. It's an evolutionary step beyond beatboxing, which is a solo pursuit -- these seven musicians are a tight orchestra.

Naturally 7's sonic range is clear even by reading the member lineup: Roger "N'glish" Thomas is a baritone and rapper; Rod Eldridge handles tenor, trumpet and scratching; Warren Thomas brings percussion, guitar and a third tenor. Baritone Dwight Stewart; tenors Jamal Reed and Garfield Buckley (who also plays harmonica); and bass Armand Hutton round out the group.

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Naturally 7 | Speaker | TED.com
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Naturally 7: A full-band beatbox

Prirodnih 7 beatboxa cijeli bend

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Jedinstvena R&B grupa "Prirodnih 7" beatboxa instrumente vrijedne cijelog orkestra kako bi nas provela kroz svoj milozvučni singl "Fly Baby".
- A capella ensemble
The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It's as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could "-box" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound. Full bio

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♫ I think I'm readyspreman to do my thing ♫
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♫ Mislim da sam spreman učiniti moju stvar ♫
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♫ I think I'm readyspreman to take my chancesšanse
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♫ Mislim da sam spreman uzeti svoje šanse ♫
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♫ I've been diningblagovaonica out and all stressednaglasio je out ♫
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♫ Jedem vani i sve ističem ♫
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♫ Zbog okolnosti. Vidite? ♫
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♫ I gottamora get up, get up, get up, get up ♫
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♫ Moram se podići, podići, podići, podići ♫
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WakeProbudi up, wakeprobuditi up, wakeprobuditi up, wakeprobuditi up ♫
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♫ Ustati, ustati, ustati, ustati ♫
01:43
♫ I see what you're sayingizreka
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♫ Vidim što govoriš ♫
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♫ We sentposlao a demoogledni primjerak to the worldsvijet, they said it soundszvukovi like Take 6 ♫
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♫ Poslali smo demo svijetu, rekli su da zvuči kao Take 6 ♫
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♫ I said "HoldDržite on, wait a minuteminuta, I'll be back with the remixremix" ♫
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♫ Rekao sam "Čekajte, stanite tren. Vratit ću se s remiksom" ♫
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♫ They looking at us funnysmiješno, we can't make any moneynovac
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♫ Gledaju nas čudno, mi ne možemo zaraditi puno ♫
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♫ It tookuzeo us yearsgodina to figurelik out that we was dealingbavljenje with dummieslutke
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♫ Trebale su nam godine da shvatimo, da radimo s bedacima ♫
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♫ They didn't understandrazumjeti the soundzvuk from the BronxBronx, that's the boogiePromatranje down ♫
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♫ Oni nisu razumijeli zvuk iz Bronxa, to je boogie down ♫
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♫ to HuntsvilleHuntsville, AlabamaAlabama, there's no circleskrugovi in my plannerplaner, so ♫
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♫ do Huntsville, Alabame nema krugova u mom planeru, tako ♫
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♫ It was time to make the productproizvod, so we hookedzakačen up with TownsendTownsend
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♫ Bilo je vrijeme napraviti novi proizvod, tako da smo se zakačili s Townsend ♫
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♫ Napravili posao s John Nealom, na putu prodali deset tisuća ♫
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WBAWBA, that meanssredstva a tripputovanje to NashvilleNashville
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♫ WBA, to znači put u Nashville ♫
02:07
FestplatteFestplatte showedpokazala up and said them boysdječaci are naturalsprirodne
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♫ Festplatte se pojavio i rekao, dečki su prirodni ♫
02:10
♫ Can you hearčuti what they were hearingsluh? See what they were seeingvidim? ♫
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♫ Možeš li čuti ono što oni čuju? Vidjeti ono što oni vide? ♫
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♫ From BronxBronx to BerlinBerlin, we tookuzeo the tourobilazak EuropeanEuropski
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♫ Od Bronxa d Berlina, po Europi svugdje nas ima ♫
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♫ All vocalvokalne yeah, we widitwidit, call the albumalbum "What is it?" ♫
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♫ Sve vokali da, mi smo to, nazvali album "Što je to?" ♫
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♫ With SarahSarah ConnorConnor, setset the goalcilj for numberbroj one and we hithit it ♫
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♫ Sa Sarah Connor, postavili cilj na broj jedan i pogodili ga ♫
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♫ But now it's KevKev, SimSIM, DrewJe nacrtao, StewGulaš, time for a newnovi day ♫
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♫ Ali sada to je Kev, Sim, Drew, Stew, vrijeme za novi dan ♫
02:22
RingPrsten the alarmalarm, hithit 'em„em on SkypeSkype or a two-waydvosmjerni
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♫ Zazvoni alarm, zvekni ih na Skype ili dva puta ♫
02:25
SungPjeva by the wordsriječi, we readyspreman to flyletjeti! ♫
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♫ Pjevana po riječima, spremni smo za let! ♫
02:28
FlyLetjeti babydijete! Time to leavenapustiti that nestgnijezdo
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♫ Leti baby! Vrijeme je da ostaviš to gnijezdo ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! This ain'tnije no time to restodmor
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♫ Leti baby! Ovo nije vrijeme za odmor ♫
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♫ Come on flyletjeti babydijete, we got work to do ♫
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♫ Hajde leti baby, imamo posla ♫
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♫ Here we go, spreadširenje my wingskrila and ... ♫
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♫ Evo nas, raširim svoja krila i ... ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! Time to leavenapustiti that nestgnijezdo
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♫ Leti baby! Vrijeme je da ostaviš to gnijezdo ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! This ain'tnije no time to restodmor. Come on ♫
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♫ Leti baby! Ovo nije vrijeme za odmor. Hajde ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! We got work to do ♫
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♫ Leti baby! Imamo posla za obaviti ♫
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♫ Here we go. SpreadŠirenje my wingskrila and flyletjeti. One more time ♫
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♫ Evo nas. Raširim svoja krila i letim. Još jednom ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! Time to leavenapustiti that nestgnijezdo
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♫ Leti baby! Vrijeme je da ostaviš to gnijezdo ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! This ain'tnije no time to restodmor
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♫ Leti baby! Ovo nije vrijeme za odmor ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! We got work to do ♫
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♫ Leti baby! Imamo posla za obaviti ♫
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♫ Here we go, spreadširenje my wingskrila and ... ♫
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♫ Evo nas. Raširim svoja krila i ... ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! FlyLetjeti babydijete flyletjeti
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♫ Leti baby! Leti baby leti ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! FlyLetjeti babydijete highvisok
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♫ Leti baby! Leti baby visoko ♫
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FlyLetjeti babydijete! Up to the skynebo
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♫ Leti baby! U nebo ♫
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SpreadŠirenje my wingskrila and flyletjeti
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♫ Raširim svoja krila i letim ♫
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InstrumentalInstrumentalni!
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Instrumental!
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♫ We're readyspreman to flyletjeti! ♫
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♫ Mi smo spremni poletjeti! ♫
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03:45
Thank you very much.
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Hvala vam puno.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naturally 7 - A capella ensemble
The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It's as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could "-box" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound.

Why you should listen

The men of Naturally 7 can sing like a dream. But what you might not expect from this vocal group is what else they do -- their voices contain multitudes of instruments, from a glorious trumpet to a full drum kit (with a side of turntables). They call it "vocal play" -- the art of creating instrumental music with the human voice. It's an evolutionary step beyond beatboxing, which is a solo pursuit -- these seven musicians are a tight orchestra.

Naturally 7's sonic range is clear even by reading the member lineup: Roger "N'glish" Thomas is a baritone and rapper; Rod Eldridge handles tenor, trumpet and scratching; Warren Thomas brings percussion, guitar and a third tenor. Baritone Dwight Stewart; tenors Jamal Reed and Garfield Buckley (who also plays harmonica); and bass Armand Hutton round out the group.

More profile about the speaker
Naturally 7 | Speaker | TED.com

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