ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tito Deler - Blues musician, graphic designer
Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell.

Why you should listen

Born and raised in uptown Manhattan, Tito Deler is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. With a natural gift for music, Deler started playing piano at an early age and picked up the guitar by age eight. But it wasn’t until he was 38 that Tito found his true instrument: a steel body resonator guitar. He started writing music of his own, combining sounds from his New York upbringing with the style of pre-war Mississippi Delta blues. He releases his first record, The Original Harlem Slim, which was named one of the top 15 albums by Other Music in 2012.

Deler leads the men's, women's and children's graphic design teams for Tommy Hilfiger in New York City.

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Tito Deler: "My Fine Reward"

Tito Deler: "Meine schöne Belohnung"

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Der Blues-Musiker Tito Deler kombiniert die Melodien seiner Kinderziehung in New York mit dem Stil des Vorkriegs-Mississippi-Delta-Blues. Er erklimmt die Bühne, singt und klimpert eine mitreißende Darbietung seines Liedes "Meine schöne Belohnung".
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SunSonne shiningleuchtenden up aboveüber
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Die Sonne scheint da oben.
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down here it's 10 belowunten
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Hierunter ist es minus 10 Grad.
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I'm movingbewegend on to a placeOrt now
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Ich gehe jetzt weiter zu einem Ort,
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where the streetsStraßen are pavedgepflastert with goldGold
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wo die Strassen mit Gold gepflastert sind.
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There'llEs werde be two trainsZüge runningLaufen --
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Es wird zwei fahrende Züge geben,
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runningLaufen sideSeite by sideSeite
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die nebeneinander fahren.
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Some trainsZüge are going out
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Einige Züge fahren fort.
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Two trainsZüge runningLaufen --
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Zwei fahrende Züge,
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runningLaufen sideSeite by sideSeite
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die nebeneinander fahren.
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I'm going to catchFang that fastschnell expressausdrücken trainZug
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Ich werde diesen Schnellzug erreichen,
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to my rewardBelohnung in the skyHimmel
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der mich zu meiner Belohnung
im Himmel bringt.
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ManyViele roomsRäume in my father'sVaters houseHaus now --
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Das Haus meines Vaters hat viele Zimmer.
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Oh LordHerrn there's one for you and me
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O Herr, es gibt eins für Dich und mich.
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ManyViele roomsRäume in my father'sVaters houseHaus now --
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In meines Vaters Haus sind viele Zimmer --
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Oh there's one for you and me
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O, es gibt eins für Dich und mich.
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No bluesBlues and no troubleÄrger
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Keine Melancholie und
keine Schwierigkeiten
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Oh my LordHerrn sweetSüss JesusJesus victorySieg
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O meines Herrn liebreichsten Jesus Sieg
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There's one gloryRuhm from the moonMond --
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Der Mond hat einen Glanz --
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LordHerrn anotherein anderer, oh anotherein anderer from the sunSonne
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Herr, einen anderen hat die Sonne
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Oh one gloryRuhm from the moonMond
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O einen Glanz hat der Mond
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and anotherein anderer from the sunSonne
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und eine andere hat die Sonne.
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BehindHinter I'll leaveverlassen this earthlyirdischen bodyKörper
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Ich werde diesen irdischen
Körper verlassen,
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when my LordHerrn kingKönig JesusJesus comeskommt
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wenn mein Herr Jesus Christus
kommen wird.
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Thank you very much.
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Herzlichen Dank.
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Translated by Mathilde Colin
Reviewed by Visvajit Sriramrajan

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tito Deler - Blues musician, graphic designer
Tito Deler is a soulful musician with a story to tell.

Why you should listen

Born and raised in uptown Manhattan, Tito Deler is the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. With a natural gift for music, Deler started playing piano at an early age and picked up the guitar by age eight. But it wasn’t until he was 38 that Tito found his true instrument: a steel body resonator guitar. He started writing music of his own, combining sounds from his New York upbringing with the style of pre-war Mississippi Delta blues. He releases his first record, The Original Harlem Slim, which was named one of the top 15 albums by Other Music in 2012.

Deler leads the men's, women's and children's graphic design teams for Tommy Hilfiger in New York City.

More profile about the speaker
Tito Deler | Speaker | TED.com