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.

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Kaki King: Playing "Pink Noise" on guitar

काकी किंग: "पिंक नॉइझ " गिटारवर वाजवताना

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काकी किंग, रोलिंग स्टोन च्या यादीत येणारी पहिली महिला गिटार वादक, TED २००८ च्या मंचावरती कमालीचे वादन करते, तिने तिचे प्रसिध्द एकपात्री "प्लेयिंग विथ पिंक नॉइझ" सुद्धा प्रस्तुत केले. अचंबित करणारी गिटार वाजवण्याची पद्धत खरच वेगळी आहे.
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I was thinking about my place in the universe,
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मी विचार करत होते माझ्या या विश्वातील जागेचा,
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and about my first thought about what infinity might mean,
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आणि माझ्या पहिल्या विचाराबाबत सांगायचा तर
अनंत म्हणजे काय असू शकेल ,
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when I was a child.
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जेंव्हा मी लहान होते.
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And I thought that if time could reach
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आणि मी विचार केला कि जर वेळ मागे
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forwards and backwards infinitely,
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आणि पुढे अनंतपणे जाऊ शकला असता तर,
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doesn't that mean that
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त्याचा अर्थ असा नाही कि,
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every point in time is really infinitely small,
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वेळेचा प्रत्येक क्षण खरच खूपच लहान आहे,
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and therefore somewhat meaningless.
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आणि काही प्रमाणात व्यर्थ आहे.
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So we don't really have a place in the universe,
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मग खरतर आपल्याला या जगात जागाच नाही,
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as far as on a time line.
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वेळ रेखेवर बघितली तर.
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But nothing else does either.
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परंतु कशालाच नाहीये.
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Therefore every moment really is the most important moment
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तर आयुष्यातला प्रत्येक घडलेला व घडणारा
क्षण खूप महत्वाचा आहे,
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that's ever happened, including this moment right now.
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हा आत्ताचा क्षण समाविष्ट करून सुद्धा.
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And so therefore this music you're about to hear
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आणि तर जे संगीत तुम्ही आता ऐकणार आहात
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is maybe the most important music
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तो एक महत्वाचा क्षण असू शकेल
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you'll ever hear in your life.
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तुमच्या आयुष्यात ऐकलेला.
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(Laughter)
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( हास्य)
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(Applause)
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(टाळ्या)
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(Applause)
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(टाळ्या )
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Thank you.
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धन्यवाद.
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(Applause)
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(टाळ्या)
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(Applause)
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For those of you who I'll be fortunate enough to meet afterwards,
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जे भाग्यशाली मला नंतर भेटतील त्यांच्यासाठी -
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you could please refrain from saying,
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कृपा करून हे बोलणे टाळा की -
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"Oh my god, you're so much shorter in real life."
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"अरे देवा, प्रत्यक्षात तू तर खूपच लहान आहेस."
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(Laughter)
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(हास्य)
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Because it's like the stage is an optical illusion,
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कारण हा मंच नेत्र भ्रम करणारा असतो,
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for some reason.
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काही कारणास्तव.
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(Laughter)
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(हास्य)
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Somewhat like the curving of the universe.
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जसे कि पृथ्वीचा अर्क.
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I don't know what it is. I get asked in interviews a lot,
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ते काय आहे मला माहिती नाही.
मला मुलाखतीत बर्याचवेळा विचारले जाते
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"My god, you're guitars are so gigantic!"
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"अरे देवा, तुझी गिटार तर भली मोठी आहे."
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(Laughter)
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"You must get them custom made -- special, humongous guitars."
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"तू स्वतः साठी बनवलेली एखादी विशेष--
अनुकूल गिटार घ्यायला पाहिजे."
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(Laughter)
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Thank you very much.
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खूप खूप धन्यवाद.
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Translated by Abhinav Garule
Reviewed by Sanket Oswal

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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