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"

تىتو دېلېر: مېنىڭ گۈزەل مۇكاپاتىم

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بلۇس مۇزېكانتى تىتو دېلېر ئۆزىنىڭ نيۇيورك شەھرىدىكى ئۆسۈپ يېتىلىش كەچۈرمىشى بىلەن ئىككىنچى دۇنيا ئۇرۇشىدىن بۇرۇنقى مىسسىسىپى دىلتىسى بلۇس مۇزىكا ئۇسلوبىنى بىرلەشتۈرگەن. ئۇ سەھنىگە چىقىپ ئۆزىنىڭ «مېنىڭ گۈزەل مۇكاپاتىم» دىگەن ناخشىسىنى گىتار مۇزىكىسى بىلەن ئۇرۇنلايدۇ.
- Blues musician, graphic designer
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(مۇزىكا)
00:31
Sun shining up above
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قۇياش ئۈستىدە چاقناۋاتىدۇ
00:35
down here it's 10 below
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لېكىن بۇيەر بەك سوغۇق
00:43
I'm moving on to a place now
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مەن ھازىر بىر يەرگە كۆچۈپ كەتمەكچى
00:48
where the streets are paved with gold
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كوچىلىرىغا ئالتۇن يېيىتىلغان
00:55
There'll be two trains running --
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ئۇ يەردە ئىككى پويىز قاتنايدۇ
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running side by side
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يانمۇ-يان
01:08
Some trains are going out
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بەزى پويىزلار سىرتقا قاتنايدۇ
01:14
Two trains running --
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ئىككى پويىز قاتناۋاتىدۇ
01:18
running side by side
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يانمۇ-يان
01:24
I'm going to catch that fast express train
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مەن تېز سۈرئەتلىك پويىزغا چىقماقچى
01:28
to my reward in the sky
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ئاسماندىكى مۇكاپاتىم ئۈچۈن
01:37
Many rooms in my father's house now --
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ھازىر دادامنىڭ ئۆيىدە نۇرغۇنلىغان ھۇجرىلار
بار
01:40
Oh Lord there's one for you and me
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ئىھ تەڭرىم، سەن ۋە ماڭىمۇ بىرى بار
01:47
Many rooms in my father's house now --
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ھازىر دادامنىڭ ئۆيىدە نۇرغۇنلىغان ھۇجرىلار
بار
01:51
Oh there's one for you and me
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ئۇلارنىڭ ئىچىدە ساڭا ۋە ماڭا بىرى بار
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No blues and no trouble
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بلۇس مۇزىكىسى ۋە ياكى ئاۋارىچىلىق يوق
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Oh my Lord sweet Jesus victory
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ئېھ تەڭرىم
02:11
There's one glory from the moon --
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ئايدىن كەلگەن شان-شەرەپ بار
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Lord another, oh another from the sun
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تەڭرىم، قۇياشتىن كەلگىنىمۇ ھەم
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Oh one glory from the moon
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بىرى ئايدىن يەنە بىرى قۇياشتىن كەلگەن سائادەت
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and another from the sun
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بىرى ئايدىن يەنە بىرى
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Behind I'll leave this earthly body
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بەدىنىمنى بۇ ئالەمگە تاشلاپ،
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when my Lord king Jesus comes
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شاھ تەڭرىم كەلسە كېتىپ قالىمەن
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Thank you very much.
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كۆپتىن-كۆپ رەھمەت
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(Applause)
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Translated by Semed Ababekri
Reviewed by Huseyin M

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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