ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Preston Reed - Revolutionary Guitarist
Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound.

Why you should listen

Most guitarists the world over play their instruments in essentially the same way: the left hand holds the neck and applies pressure to each string to change notes, while the right hand plays the melody. Not so with Preston Reed.

In the 1980s, Reed began playing his instrument in new ways, sometimes twisting his left hand to pick out a melody while the right hand strummed accompaniment or tapping the guitar’s body like a drum. A new playing style was born, with deep chords, complex percussion, and weightless melodies. And he's inspired new generations of guitarists to further innovate on the genre he pioneered.

More profile about the speaker
Preston Reed | Speaker | TED.com
Usman Riaz - Artist, composer
TED Senior Fellow Usman Riaz is an artist and composer.

Why you should listen

Usman Riaz is the founder of Mano Animation Studios -- Pakistans first hand-drawn animation studio. Their first project, The Glassworker (شیشہ گر), was created by a team of creatives from Pakistan, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa, the US and the UK. 

More profile about the speaker
Usman Riaz | Speaker | TED.com
TEDGlobal 2012

Usman Riaz + Preston Reed: A young guitarist meets his hero

Усман Риаз (Usman Riaz) и Престон Рид (Preston Reed): Млади гитариста упознаје свог хероја

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Усман Риаз је двадесет једногодишњи виртуоз на акустичној гитари, са стилом који је научио гледајући своје идоле на Јутјубу. Као TED Fellow, наступа на бини конференције TEDGlobal 2012 - у пратњи очаравајућег сола мајстора акустичне гитаре, Престона Рида. Погледајте како ови гитаристи импровизују, инспирисани тренутком.
- Revolutionary Guitarist
Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound. Full bio - Artist, composer
TED Senior Fellow Usman Riaz is an artist and composer. Full bio

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ChrisKris AndersonAnderson: You guys were amazingНевероватно.
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Крис Андерсон: Момци, фантастични сте.
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That's amazingНевероватно.
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То је фантастично.
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You just don't hearчујеш that everyсваки day.
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UsmanUsman, the officialзваничник storyприча is that
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Усмане, званична прича је
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you learnedнаучио to playигра the guitargitara
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да си научио да свираш гитару
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by watchingгледа JimmyJimmy PageStranica on YouTubeYouTube.
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гледајући Џимија Пејџа на Јутјубу.
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UsmanUsman RiazRiaz: Yes, that was the first one. And then I --
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Усман Риаз: Да, то је било прво. Потом...
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That was the first thing I learnedнаучио,
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and then I startedпочела progressingnapreduje to other things.
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а онда сам напредовао ка другим стварима.
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And I startedпочела watchingгледа KakiKaki KingKralj a lot,
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Почео сам да много гледам Каки Кинг,
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and she would always citeцитирати PrestonPreston ReedReed as a bigвелики influenceутицај,
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а она је говорила да је Престон Рид на њу имао великог утицаја,
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so then I startedпочела watchingгледа his videosвидеос,
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па сам почео да гледам његове снимке
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and it's very surrealсурреал right now to be --
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и прилично је невероватно сада бити --
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КА: Ова композиција од малопре,
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that was one of his songsпесме that you learnedнаучио, or how did that happenдесити се?
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да ли си то научио једну од његових или како се то десило?
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URUR: I'd never learnedнаучио it before,
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УР: Нисам је раније научио,
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but he told me that we would be playingиграње that on stageфаза,
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али рекао ми је да ћемо то свирати
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so I was familiarпознат with it, so that's why I had so much more funзабавно learningучење it.
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па ми је била позната, много сам се забављао учећи је.
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And it finallyконачно happenedдесило, so ...
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CACA: PrestonPreston, from your pointтачка of viewпоглед,
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КС: Престоне, из твог угла,
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I mean, you inventedизмишљен this like 20 yearsгодине agoпре, right?
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ти си ово измислио пре 20 година, зар не?
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How does it feel to see someoneнеко like this
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Какав је осећај видети неког оваквог
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come alongзаједно takingузимајући your artуметност and doing so much with it?
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ко од твоје уметности направи тако много?
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PrestonPreston ReedReed: It's mind-blowingдуховно размишљање,
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Престон Рид: То је невероватно,
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and I feel really proudпоносан, really honoredИast mi je.
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заиста сам поносан и почаствован.
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And he's a wonderfulДивно musicianмузичар, so it's coolхладан.
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Он је изузетан музичар, зато је у реду.
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КА: Да ли постоји једноминутно дело које можете да изведете?
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Can you? Do you jamџем? Do you have anything elseдруго?
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Можете ли? Нешто спонтано? Имате ли још нешто?
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PRPR: We haven'tније preparedприпремљен anything.
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ПР: Нисмо ништа припремили.
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КА: Значи нема. Хајде овако.
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If you have anotherдруги 30 or 40 secondsсекунде,
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Ако имаш још неких 30-40 секунди,
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and you have anotherдруги 30 or 40 secondsсекунде,
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и ти имаш још 30-40 секунди
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and we just see that, I just think --
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и ако то видимо, мислим --
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I can feel it. We want to hearчујеш a little more.
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Осећам то. Желимо да чујемо још мало.
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And if it goesиде horriblyужасно wrongпогрешно, no worriesбриге.
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Translated by Ivana Korom
Reviewed by Tatjana Jevdjic

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Preston Reed - Revolutionary Guitarist
Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound.

Why you should listen

Most guitarists the world over play their instruments in essentially the same way: the left hand holds the neck and applies pressure to each string to change notes, while the right hand plays the melody. Not so with Preston Reed.

In the 1980s, Reed began playing his instrument in new ways, sometimes twisting his left hand to pick out a melody while the right hand strummed accompaniment or tapping the guitar’s body like a drum. A new playing style was born, with deep chords, complex percussion, and weightless melodies. And he's inspired new generations of guitarists to further innovate on the genre he pioneered.

More profile about the speaker
Preston Reed | Speaker | TED.com
Usman Riaz - Artist, composer
TED Senior Fellow Usman Riaz is an artist and composer.

Why you should listen

Usman Riaz is the founder of Mano Animation Studios -- Pakistans first hand-drawn animation studio. Their first project, The Glassworker (شیشہ گر), was created by a team of creatives from Pakistan, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa, the US and the UK. 

More profile about the speaker
Usman Riaz | Speaker | TED.com