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: „Răsplata mea cea bună"

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Cântărețul de blues Tito Deler aduce împreună melodiile New York-ului în care a crescut și stilul de blues din Mississipi-ul de dinainte de război. Urcă pe scenă cu o emoționantă interpretare a piesei sale „Răsplata mea cea bună".
- Blues musician, graphic designer
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SunSoare shiningstrălucitor up abovede mai sus
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Soarele strălucește sus pe cer
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down here it's 10 belowde mai jos
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jos, minus 10 grade de ger.
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I'm movingin miscare on to a placeloc now
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Mă voi muta într-un loc
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where the streetsstrăzi are pavedpavate with goldaur
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unde străzile sunt pavate cu aur.
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There'llAcolo veţi be two trainstrenuri runningalergare --
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Vor fi două trenuri alergând -
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runningalergare sidelatură by sidelatură
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unul lângă celălalt.
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Some trainstrenuri are going out
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Unele trenuri pleacă.
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Two trainstrenuri runningalergare --
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Două trenuri -
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runningalergare sidelatură by sidelatură
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alergând unul lângă celălalt.
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I'm going to catchcaptură that fastrapid expressexpres traintren
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Am să prind trenul rapid
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to my rewardrecompensă in the skycer
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ca să-mi primesc răsplata în cer.
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ManyMulte roomscamere in my father'statăl lui housecasă now --
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În casa tatălui meu multe locașuri sunt -
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Oh LordDomnul there's one for you and me
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Doamne, unul este pentru tine și mine
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ManyMulte roomscamere in my father'statăl lui housecasă now --
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În casa tatălui meu multe locașuri sunt -
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Oh there's one for you and me
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Unul este pentru tine și mine.
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No bluesBlues and no troublebucluc
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Unde nu e tristețe, nu e nici necaz
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Oh my LordDomnul sweetdulce JesusIsus victoryVictoria
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Doamne al meu, dulce Iisus!
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There's one gloryglorie from the moonlună --
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O strălucire vine de la lună -
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LordDomnul anothero alta, oh anothero alta from the sunsoare
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Și alta de la soare, Doamne.
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Oh one gloryglorie from the moonlună
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Una de la lună
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and anothero alta from the sunsoare
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și alta de la soare.
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BehindÎn spatele I'll leavepărăsi this earthlypământeşti bodycorp
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Voi lăsa în urmă corpul acesta pământesc
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when my LordDomnul kingrege JesusIsus comesvine
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când va veni Domnul meu Împărat
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Thank you very much.
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Mulțumesc mult de tot.
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Translated by claudia pravat
Reviewed by Mihaida Meila

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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