Tom Thum: The orchestra in my mouth | TED

翻译人员: Julia Xu 校对人员: Shengwei Cai

My name is Tom,

我叫汤姆，

and I've come here today to come clean

今天我来到这里

about what I do for money.

向大家坦白交待我的谋生之道

Basically, I use my mouth in strange ways

基本上，我靠嘴巴

in exchange for cash.

以特殊的方式来换现金

(Laughter)

（笑声）

I usually do this kind of thing in seedy downtown bars

我通常都在闹市区的破酒吧

and on street corners,

和街角做这事儿

so this mightn't be the most appropriate setting,

这里可能不算是个合适的地方

but I'd like to give you guys a bit of a demonstration

但我还是想给大家稍微做个示范

about what I do.

究竟我是从事什么工作

(Beatboxing)

（节奏口技）

And now, for my next number,

好了，下一个节目

I'd like to return to the classics.

我要回归经典

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

We're going to take it back,

我们要倒退

way back,

大步倒退

back into time.

回到过去

(Beatboxing: "Billie Jean")

（节奏口技：“比利·简"）

♫ Billie Jean is not my lover ♫

♫ 比利·简不是我的情人♫

♫ She's just a girl who claims that I am the one ♫

♫ 她只是个女孩 声称我就是那个人♫

♫ But the kid is not my son ♫

♫ 但那孩子不是我的骨肉♫

(Applause) All right.

（掌声）好了

Wassup.

大家好吗

Thank you very much, TEDx.

非常感谢，TEDx

If you guys haven't figured it out already,

如果大家还不知道的话

my name's Tom Thum, and I'm a beatboxer,

我叫汤姆.图姆，我是个口技表演家

which means all the sounds that you just heard

也就是说刚刚大家听到的所有声音

were made entirely using just my voice,

都是由我自己发出的

and the only thing was my voice.

纯粹只有我的声音而已

And I can assure you

我可以向大家保证

there are absolutely no effects

这个麦克风

on this microphone whatsoever.

绝对没有加任何的音效

And I'm very, very stoked —

我现在非常非常兴奋

(Applause)

（掌声）

You guys are just applauding for everything. It's great.

你们可是什么都鼓掌啊，太棒了

Look at this, Mom! I made it!

看呀，妈妈！我成功了！

I'm very, very stoked to be here today,

今天能来到这里我很兴奋

representing my kinfolk

代表所有同仁

and all those that haven't managed to make a career

和所有与生俱来能够发出非人的声音

out of an innate ability for inhuman noisemaking.

却还未成功创出一番天地的朋友们

Because it is a bit of a niche market,

因为这算是一个利基市场

and there's not much work going on,

而且这个圈子仍比较冷清

especially where I'm from.

特别是我的家乡

You know, I'm from Brisbane,

我来自布里斯班

which is a great city to live in.

是个非常宜居的城市

Yeah! All right! Most of Brisbane's here. That's good.

耶！好嘞！大多数的班城人都来了，很好

(Laughter)

（笑声）

You know, I'm from Brizzy,

大家知道我来自班城

which is a great city to live in,

是个非常宜居的城市

but let's be honest --

但坦白说

it's not exactly the cultural hub of the Southern Hemisphere.

那儿不算是南半球的文化中心

So I do a lot of my work outside Brisbane

所以我在其他城市表演

and outside Australia,

在其他国家表演

and so the pursuit of this crazy passion of mine

我对这一份疯狂热情的追逐

has enabled me to see

使得我

so many amazing places in the world.

去到过世界上很多神奇的地方

So I'd like to share with you, if I may, my experiences.

所以，如果可以的话， 我想和大家分享我的经历

So ladies and gentlemen,

女士们先生们

I would like to take you on a journey

我将要带大家踏上一段旅程

throughout the continents

穿越大洲

and throughout sound itself.

穿越声音

We start our journey in the central deserts.

我们的旅途从中央沙漠开始

(Didgeridoo)

（模仿迪吉里杜管）

(Airplane)

（模仿飞机声音）

India.

印度

(Beatboxing)

（节奏口技）

(Sitar)

（模仿锡塔尔琴）

China.

中国

(Guzheng)

（模仿古筝）

(Beatboxing)

（节奏口技）

Germany.

德国

(Beatboxing)

（节奏口技）

Party, party, yeah.

派对派对，耶

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And before we reach our final destination,

在到达本次旅途终点前

ladies and gentlemen,

女士们先生们

I would like to share with you some technology

我想给大家展示一下

that I brought all the way from the thriving metropolis of Brisbane.

从新兴大都市布里斯班带来的一项技术

These things in front of me here are called Kaoss Pads,

我面前的这堆东西叫合成器

and they allow me to do a whole lot of different things

它们让我能够用我的声音

with my voice.

变化出不同效果

For example, the one on the left here

例如，左边这个功能

allows me to add

能够让我的声音有一点混响的效果

a little bit of reverb to my sound,

能够让我的声音有一点混响的效果

which gives me that --

产生了这样的

(Trumpet) --

（模仿喇叭声音）

flavor.

效果

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And the other ones here,

而这边这些

I can use them in unison

我可以利用合音

to mimic the effect of a drum machine

模仿电子鼓

or something like that.

或类似的声音

I can sample in my own sounds and I can play it back

我可以把自己的声音录下

just by hitting the pads here.

只要按这些就可以回放

(Noises)

（各种声音）

TEDx.

TEDx

(Music)

（音乐）

(Applause)

（掌声）

I got way too much time on my hands.

我的手可是闲得不得了啊

And last but not least,

最后

the one on my right here allows me to

右边的这个功能让我能够

loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop

重复重复重复重复重复重复重复重复

my voice.

我的声音

So with all that in mind, ladies and gentlemen,

以上表演，女士们先生们

I would like to take you on a journey

我要带大家踏上一段旅程

to a completely separate part of Earth

去到一个与这个世界分离的地方

as I transform the Sydney Opera House

我从悉尼歌剧院穿越到

into a smoky downtown jazz bar.

一个烟雾缭绕的闹市爵士酒吧

All right boys, take it away.

好了朋友们，开始吧

(Music)

（音乐）

Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you

女士们先生们

to a very special friend of mine,

我要向大家介绍一位特别的朋友

one of the greatest double bassists I know.

我认识的最伟大的低音歌手

Mr. Smokey Jefferson, let's take it for a walk. Come on, baby.

烟枪杰弗逊先生 让我们开始吧

(Music)

（音乐）

All right, ladies and gentlemen,

好了，女士们先生们

I'd like to introduce you to the star of the show,

我要向大家介绍这次演出的明星

one of the greatest jazz legends of our time.

我们这个时代最伟大的爵士传奇之一

Music lovers and jazz lovers alike,

音乐和爵士爱好者们

please give a warm hand of applause

请大家热烈地鼓掌

for the one and only Mr. Peeping Tom. Take it away.

欢迎独一无二的瞄眼汤姆先生。开始吧

(Music)

（音乐）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you. Thank you very much.

谢谢。谢谢大家

(Applause)

（掌声）