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

Naturally 7: un beatbox che sembra un'orchestra intera.

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Il gruppo Naturally 7 è unico nel panorama R&B. Il loro beatbox crea un'intera orchestra di strumenti che accompagnano il bellissimo single "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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♫ Penso di essere pronto a dare spettacolo ♫
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♫ Penso di essere pronto a correre dei rischi ♫
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♫ Mangio fuori e sono del tutto stressato ♫
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♫ Per colpa delle circostanze. Vedi? ♫
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♫ I gottadevo get up, get up, get up, get up ♫
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♫ Devo alzarmi, alzarmi, alzarmi, alzarmi ♫
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WakeServizio sveglia up, wakesvegliare up, wakesvegliare up, wakesvegliare up ♫
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♫ Svegliarmi, svegliarmi, svegliarmi, svegliarmi ♫
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♫ I see what you're sayingdetto
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♫ Capisco quello che dici ♫
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♫ We sentinviato a demoDemo to the worldmondo, they said it soundssuoni like Take 6 ♫
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♫ Abbiamo mandato una demo al mondo, dicono che assomiglia ai Take 6 ♫
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♫ I said "HoldTenere premuto on, wait a minuteminuto, I'll be back with the remixRemix" ♫
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♫ Ho risposto "Fermo, aspetta un attimo, ora torno con il remix" ♫
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♫ They looking at us funnydivertente, we can't make any moneyi soldi
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♫ Ci guardano strano, non faremo molti soldi ♫
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♫ It tookha preso us yearsanni to figurefigura out that we was dealingrapporti with dummiesmanichini
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♫ Ci abbiamo messo anni a capire, che avevamo a che fare con pupazzi ♫
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♫ They didn't understandcapire the soundsuono from the BronxBronx, that's the boogieboogie down ♫
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♫ Non capivano il suono del Bronx, il boogie down ♫
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♫ to HuntsvilleHuntsville, AlabamaAlabama, there's no circlescerchi in my plannerPianificatore, so ♫
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♫ fino ad Huntsville, Alabama, niente cerchi nella mia agenda, quindi ♫
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♫ It was time to make the productprodotto, so we hookedadunco up with TownsendTownsend
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♫ Era ora di creare il prodotto, abbiamo agganciato Towsend ♫
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♫ Fatto un accordo con John Neal, lungo la strada ne abbiamo venduti diecimila ♫
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WBAWBA, that meanssi intende a tripviaggio to NashvilleNashville
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♫ WBA, vuol dire un viaggio a Nashville ♫
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♫ Festplatte è comparso e ha detto che i ragazzi sono un talento naturale ♫
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♫ Can you hearsentire what they were hearingudito? See what they were seeingvedendo? ♫
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♫ Sentite quello che sentono loro? Vedete quello che vedono? ♫
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♫ From BronxBronx to BerlinBerlino, we tookha preso the tourgiro EuropeanEuropeo
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♫ Dal Bronx a Berlino, abbiamo portato il tour in Europa ♫
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♫ All vocalvocale yeah, we widitKingKong, call the albumalbum "What is it?" ♫
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♫ Solo voci yeah, ce l'abbiamo fatta, l'album si chiama "What is it?" ♫
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♫ With SarahSarah ConnorConnor, setimpostato the goalobbiettivo for numbernumero one and we hitcolpire it ♫
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♫ Con Sarah Connor vogliamo arrivare al numero uno e ci diamo dentro ♫
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♫ But now it's KevKev, SimSIM, DrewDrew, StewStufato di, time for a newnuovo day ♫
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♫ Ora ecco Kev, Sim, Drew, Stew, è ora di un nuovo giorno ♫
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♫ Suona la sveglia, chiamali con Skype o una radio ♫
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SungCantata by the wordsparole, we readypronto to flyvolare! ♫
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♫ Cantati dalle parole, siamo pronti a volare! ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! Time to leavepartire that nestnido
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♫ Vola baby! E' ora di lasciare il nido ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! This ain'tnon è no time to restriposo
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♫ Vola baby! Non è il momento di dormire ♫
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♫ Come on flyvolare babybambino, we got work to do ♫
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♫ Forza vola baby, dobbiamo lavorare ♫
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♫ Here we go, spreaddiffusione my wingsAli and ... ♫
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♫ Ci siamo, apro le ali e... ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! Time to leavepartire that nestnido
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♫ Vola baby! E' ora di lasciare il nido ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! This ain'tnon è no time to restriposo. Come on ♫
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♫ Vola baby! Non è il momento di dormire. Dai ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! We got work to do ♫
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♫ Vola baby! Dobbiamo lavorare ♫
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♫ Here we go. SpreadDiffusione my wingsAli and flyvolare. One more time ♫
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♫ Ci siamo. Apro le ali e volo. Ancora una volta! ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! Time to leavepartire that nestnido
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♫ Vola baby! E' ora di lasciare il nido ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! This ain'tnon è no time to restriposo
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♫ Vola baby! Non è il momento di dormire ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! We got work to do ♫
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♫ Vola baby! Dobbiamo lavorare ♫
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♫ Here we go, spreaddiffusione my wingsAli and ... ♫
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♫ Ci siamo, apro le ali e... ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! FlyVolare babybambino flyvolare
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♫ Vola baby! Vola baby vola ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! FlyVolare babybambino highalto
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♫ Vola baby! Vola in alto ♫
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FlyVolare babybambino! Up to the skycielo
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♫ Vola baby! Su nel cielo
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SpreadDiffusione my wingsAli and flyvolare
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♫ Apro le ali e volo ♫
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InstrumentalInstrumental!
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Strumentale!
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♫ We're readypronto to flyvolare! ♫
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♫ Siamo pronti a volare! ♫
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Thank you very much.
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Grazie mille.
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Translated by Alberto Pagani
Reviewed by Elena Montrasio

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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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