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: La mia ricompensa

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Il musicista blues Tito Deler unisce i suoni della sua infanzia newyorkese allo stile Mississippi Delta blues. Sul palco, accompagnato dalla sua chitarra, si esibisce in una commovente interpretazione del suo brano, "La mia ricompensa".
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SunSole shiningsplendente up abovesopra
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Lassù il sole splende
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down here it's 10 belowsotto
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quaggiù il termometro
segna meno 10
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I'm movingin movimento on to a placeposto now
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Ma ora andrò in un posto
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where the streetsstrade are pavedpavimentato with goldoro
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dove le strade
sono pavimentate d'oro
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There'llNon ci avrai be two trainstreni runningin esecuzione --
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Ci saranno due treni in corsa
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runningin esecuzione sidelato by sidelato
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uno accanto all'altro
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Some trainstreni are going out
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Alcuni treni non ce la faranno
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Two trainstreni runningin esecuzione --
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Due treni in corsa
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runningin esecuzione sidelato by sidelato
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uno accanto all'altro
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I'm going to catchcatturare that fastveloce expressesprimere traintreno
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Prenderò quel veloce treno espresso
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to my rewardricompensa in the skycielo
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verso la mia ricompensa in Cielo
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ManyMolti roomscamere in my father'sIl padre di housecasa now --
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Molte stanze ora
nella casa di mio padre
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Oh LordSignore there's one for you and me
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Oh Signore ce n'è una
per te e per me
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ManyMolti roomscamere in my father'sIl padre di housecasa now --
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Molte stanze ora
nella casa di mio padre
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Oh there's one for you and me
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Oh ce n'è una per te e per me
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No bluesBlues and no troubleguaio
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Né tristezza né problemi
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Oh my LordSignore sweetdolce JesusGesù victoryvittoria
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solo la vittoria di nostro Signore Gesù
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There's one glorygloria from the moonLuna --
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Gloria dalla luna
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LordSignore anotherun altro, oh anotherun altro from the sunsole
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Signore, una anche dal sole
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Oh one glorygloria from the moonLuna
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Oh gloria dalla luna
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and anotherun altro from the sunsole
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e anche dal sole
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BehindDietro I'll leavepartire this earthlyterrena bodycorpo
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Lascerò andare il mio corpo
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when my LordSignore kingre JesusGesù comesviene
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quando verrà il Signore Gesù
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Thank you very much.
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Grazie.
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Translated by Virginia Leo
Reviewed by Elena Montrasio

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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