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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TED2008

Kaki King: Playing "Pink Noise" on guitar

Kaki King演奏 “粉紅噪音”技驚全場

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Kaki King 是第一位登上《滾石》雜誌“吉他之神”榜的女歌手。她在 TED2008 上技驚全場,現場演奏了她的熱門單曲《Playing with Pink Noise(玩轉粉紅噪音)》,精湛高超且獨一無二的吉他技法令人驚艷。
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I was thinking思維 about my place地點 in the universe宇宙,
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在童年時,我經常想到在宇宙中我是處在什麼地位,
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and about my first thought about what infinity無窮 might威力 mean,
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以及我對 “無限” 含義。
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when I was a child兒童.
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的初始想法
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And I thought that if time could reach達到
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我認為如果時間能夠
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forwards前鋒 and backwards向後 infinitely無限地,
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向前後無限延伸,
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doesn't that mean that
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那是不是就意味著
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every一切 point in time is really infinitely無限地 small,
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時間裡的每一點都無限地小?
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and therefore因此 somewhat有些 meaningless無意義的.
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因此,用點來看時間是沒有意義的
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So we don't really have a place地點 in the universe宇宙,
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所以說,只要我們身處在時間線上, 我們在這宇宙
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as far as on a time line.
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中真的沒有什麼地位可言。
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But nothing else其他 does either.
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不過其他的一切也是如此。
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Therefore因此 every一切 moment時刻 really is the most important重要 moment時刻
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因此,當下發生的其實都是最重要的
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that's ever happened發生, including包含 this moment時刻 right now.
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包括現在這一時刻。
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And so therefore因此 this music音樂 you're about to hear
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所以,你將要聽到的這段音樂
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is maybe the most important重要 music音樂
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可能也是你生命中
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you'll你會 ever hear in your life.
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聽到的最重要的音樂。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
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(Applause掌聲)
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(鼓掌)
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(Applause掌聲)
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Thank you.
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謝謝。
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(Applause掌聲)
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(Applause掌聲)
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For those of you who I'll be fortunate幸運 enough足夠 to meet遇到 afterwards之後,
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要是我之後有幸再碰見你們中一些人,
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you could please refrain副歌 from saying,
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拜託千萬不要發出
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"Oh my god, you're so much shorter in real真實 life."
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“天哪,你實際怎麼這麼矮!”的感嘆
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(Laughter笑聲)
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Because it's like the stage階段 is an optical光纖 illusion錯覺,
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因為某些原因,
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for some reason原因.
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舞臺就像一個幻影。
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(Laughter笑聲)
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Somewhat有些 like the curving彎曲 of the universe宇宙.
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也像宇宙的曲線。
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I don't know what it is. I get asked in interviews面試 a lot,
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我不知道那是什麼。我常常在做訪問時被問到:
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"My god, you're guitars吉他 are so gigantic巨大!"
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“天哪,你的吉他怎麼這麼大!”
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(Laughter笑聲)
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"You must必須 get them custom習慣 made製作 -- special特別, humongous堆積如山 guitars吉他."
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“這麼大而獨特的吉他,你一定是特別訂做的。”
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(Laughter笑聲)
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Thank you very much.
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謝謝你們。
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(Applause掌聲)
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Translated by 張新永 Davidchang
Reviewed by Zhu Jie

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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

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