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: "Hadiah Indahku"

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Musisi blues Tito Deler memadukan nuansa didikan New York-nya dengan gaya pra-perang blues Mississippi Delta. Dia tampil, bernyanyi, dan memetik penampilan yang dipadukan dalam nyanyiannya, "Hadiah Indahku."
- Blues musician, graphic designer
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Mentari bersinar di atas sana
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down here it's 10 belowdi bawah
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Sepuluh di bawah sini
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I'm movingbergerak on to a placetempat now
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Kini aku pindah ke suatu tempat
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where the streetsjalanan are paveddiaspal with goldemas
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yang sepanjang jalannya dilapisi oleh emas
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There'llTidak akan be two trainskereta api runningberlari --
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Akan ada dua kereta yang melaju --
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runningberlari sidesisi by sidesisi
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beriringan
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Some trainskereta api are going out
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Beberapa kereta melintas
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Two trainskereta api runningberlari --
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Dua kereta berpacu --
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runningberlari sidesisi by sidesisi
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berpacu beriringan
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I'm going to catchmenangkap that fastcepat expressmengekspresikan trainmelatih
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Akan kukejar kereta cepat itu
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to my rewardPenghargaan in the skylangit
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sebagai penghargaanku kepada langit
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ManyBanyak roomskamar in my father'sayah houserumah now --
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Banyak ruang di rumah Ayahku saat ini --
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Oh LordTuhan there's one for you and me
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Oh Tuhan ada satu untuk Kau dan aku
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ManyBanyak roomskamar in my father'sayah houserumah now --
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Banyak ruang di rumah Ayahku saat ini --
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Oh there's one for you and me
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Oh ada satu untuk Kau dan aku
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No bluesBlues and no troublekesulitan
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Tanpa kesedihan dan masalah
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Oh my LordTuhan sweetmanis JesusYesus victorykemenangan
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Oh kemenangan Tuhan Yesusku yang baik
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There's one glorykejayaan from the moonbulan --
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Ada satu kemuliaan dari Sang Bulan --
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LordTuhan anotherlain, oh anotherlain from the sunmatahari
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Tuhan satu lagi,
oh satu lagi dari Sang Mentari
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Oh one glorykejayaan from the moonbulan
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Oh satu kemuliaan dari Sang Bulan
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and anotherlain from the sunmatahari
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dan satu lagi dari Sang Mentari
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BehindDi belakang I'll leavemeninggalkan this earthlyduniawi bodytubuh
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Akan kutinggalkan tubuh dari bumi ini
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when my LordTuhan kingraja JesusYesus comesdatang
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saat Tuhan Yesus rajaku datang
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Thank you very much.
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Terima kasih banyak.
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Translated by Lanny Yunita
Reviewed by Ade Indarta

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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