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: A full-band beatbox

Naturally 7 memainkan beatbox seluruh band

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Grup R&B unik, Naturally 7 memainkan beatbox seramai orkestra lewat single, "Terbanglah Sayang."
- 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 readysiap to do my thing ♫
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♫ Kurasa aku siap melakukan tugasku ♫
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♫ I think I'm readysiap to take my chancespeluang
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♫ Kurasa aku siap untuk mengambil peluangku ♫
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♫ I've been diningMakan out and all stressedstres out ♫
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♫ Aku selalu makan di luar dan stres luar dalam ♫
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DueJatuh tempo to the circumstanceskeadaan. See? ♫
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♫ Karena keadaan. Lihat kan? ♫
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♫ I gottaHarus get up, get up, get up, get up ♫
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♫ Aku harus bangkit, bangkit, bangkit, bangkit ♫
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WakeBangun up, wakebangun up, wakebangun up, wakebangun up ♫
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♫ Bangun, bangun, bangun, bangun ♫
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♫ I see what you're sayingpepatah
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♫ Aku mengerti apa yang kau katakan ♫
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♫ We sentdikirim a demodemo to the worlddunia, they said it soundsterdengar like Take 6 ♫
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♫ Kita kirim demo ke seluruh dunia, kata mereka suaranya seperti Take 6 ♫
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♫ I said "HoldTerus on, wait a minutemenit, I'll be back with the remixremix" ♫
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♫ Aku bilang "Tahan, tunggu sebentar, aku akan kembali dengan remixnya" ♫
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♫ They looking at us funnylucu, we can't make any moneyuang
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♫ Mereka memandang kita dengan aneh, kita tidak bisa menghasilkan uang ♫
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♫ It tookmengambil us yearstahun to figureangka out that we was dealingberurusan with dummiesdummies
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♫ Butuh waktu bertahun-tahun untuk mengetahui bahwa kita berurusan dengan orang-orang bodoh ♫
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♫ They didn't understandmemahami the soundsuara from the BronxBronx, that's the boogieboogie down ♫
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♫ Mereka tidak mengerti bunyian dari Bronx, itu adalah perjalanan ♫
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♫ to HuntsvilleHuntsville, AlabamaAlabama, there's no circleslingkaran in my plannerperencana, so ♫
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♫ ke Huntsville, Alabama, tidak ada acara dalam agenda saya, jadi ♫
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♫ It was time to make the productproduk, so we hookeddoyan up with TownsendTownsend
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♫ Inilah saatnya untuk membuat produk, lalu kita bertemu dengan Townsend ♫
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MadeMembuat a dealberurusan with JohnJohn NealNeal, on the roadjalan soldTerjual tensepuluh thousandribu
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♫ Membuat perjanjian dengan John Neal, selama di jalan terjual sepuluh ribu ♫
02:05
WBAWBA, that meanscara a tripperjalanan to NashvilleNashville
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♫ WBA, itu berarti perjalanan ke Nashville ♫
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♫ Festplatte muncul dan berkata mereka bocah polos ♫
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♫ Can you hearmendengar what they were hearingpendengaran? See what they were seeingmelihat? ♫
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♫ Bisakah kau dengar apa yang mereka dengar? Lihat apa yang mereka lihat? ♫
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♫ From BronxBronx to BerlinBerlin, we tookmengambil the tourwisata EuropeanEropa
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♫ Dari Bronx ke Berlin, kita keliling Eropa ♫
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♫ All vocalvokal yeah, we widitwidit, call the albumalbum "What is it?" ♫
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♫ Semua vokal ya, kita lakukan, menamakan album tersebut "Apa itu?" ♫
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♫ With SarahSarah ConnorConnor, setset the goaltujuan for numberjumlah one and we hitmemukul it ♫
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♫ Dengan Sarah Connor, menetapkan sasaran menjadi nomor satu dan kita berhasil ♫
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♫ But now it's KevKev, SimSIM, DrewDrew, StewRebus, time for a newbaru day ♫
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♫ Tapi sekarang ini Kev, Sim, Drew, Stew, saatnya untuk hari baru ♫
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RingCincin the alarmalarm, hitmemukul 'emmereka on SkypeSkype or a two-waydua arah
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♫ Bunyikan alarm, ganggu mereka lewat Skype atau dua-duanya ♫
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SungDinyanyikan by the wordskata-kata, we readysiap to flyterbang! ♫
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♫ Dinyanyikan oleh kata-kata, kita siap untuk terbang ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! Time to leavemeninggalkan that nestsarang
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♫ Terbanglah, sayang! Saatnya meninggalkan sarang ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! This ain'ttidak no time to restberistirahat
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Tidak ada waktu untuk beristirahat ♫
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♫ Come on flyterbang babybayi, we got work to do ♫
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Kita harus bekerja ♫
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♫ Here we go, spreadpenyebaran my wingssayap and ... ♫
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♫ Ayo kita mulai. Kembangkan sayapku dan... ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! Time to leavemeninggalkan that nestsarang
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Saatnya meninggalkan sarang ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! This ain'ttidak no time to restberistirahat. Come on ♫
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Tidak ada waktu untuk beristirahat. Ayolah ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! We got work to do ♫
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Kita harus bekerja ♫
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♫ Here we go. SpreadPenyebaran my wingssayap and flyterbang. One more time ♫
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♫ Ayo kita mulai. Kembangkan sayapku dan terbang. Sekali lagi ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! Time to leavemeninggalkan that nestsarang
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Saatnya meninggalkan sarang ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! This ain'ttidak no time to restberistirahat
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Tidak ada waktu untuk beristirahat ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! We got work to do ♫
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Kita harus bekerja ♫
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♫ Here we go, spreadpenyebaran my wingssayap and ... ♫
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♫ Ayo kita mulai, kembangkan sayapku dan... ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! FlyTerbang babybayi flyterbang
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Terbanglah sayang terbang ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! FlyTerbang babybayi hightinggi
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Terbanglah tinggi sayang ♫
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FlyTerbang babybayi! Up to the skylangit
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♫ Terbanglah sayang! Tinggi ke angkasa ♫
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SpreadPenyebaran my wingssayap and flyterbang
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♫ Kembangkan sayapku dan terbang ♫
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InstrumentalInstrumental!
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Instrumental!
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♫ We're readysiap to flyterbang! ♫
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♫ Kami siap untuk terbang! ♫
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Thank you very much.
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Terima kasih banyak.
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(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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(Tepuk tangan)
Translated by Amalia Sanusi
Reviewed by Alia Makki

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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