{"id":643606,"date":"2013-02-22T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=70007"},"modified":"2013-02-22T13:36:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T18:36:11","slug":"x-marks-the-spot-this-weeks-musical-tedx-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/643606","title":{"rendered":"X marks the spot: This week&rsquo;s musical TEDx Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?attachment_id=70020\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70020\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70020 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/tumblr_mifd3wo3ml1qedf7ko1_500.png?w=900\"   \/><\/a>Each week, TEDx chooses\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tedxtalks.ted.com\/\">four of our favorite talks<\/a><em>,<\/em>\u00a0highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Below, give this week\u2019s talks &#8212; all about music &#8212; a listen.<\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='586' height='360' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u_dKvXXidM8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tedxtalks.ted.com\/video\/The-Patterns-of-Rock-Music-are;Featured-Talks\">Learn 100 songs in five minutes: Jordan Hume at TEDxMacquarieUniversity<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe structure of music might seem complex and mysterious, but many songs adhere to a simple, timeless pattern, says Jordan Hume. In a five minute piano lesson, he demonstrates the pattern of over 100 different songs, which he says run the gamut from country to hard rock. (<em>Filmed at TEDxMacquarie University)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='586' height='360' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4cV0idkOEI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tedxtalks.ted.com\/video\/Performance-Ben-Sollee-at-TEDxS;Featured-Talks\">The cello &#8212; remixed: Ben Sollee at TEDxSanDiego 2012<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBen Sollee grew up playing the cello &#8212; from classical pieces taught in school, to impromptu R&amp;B and fiddle jams with his family. At TEDxSanDiego, he showcases his particular way of using the cello, which blends influences and techniques into a fresh contemporary style. <em>(Filmed at TEDxSanDiego)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='586' height='360' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KGym2nrjbIY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tedxtalks.ted.com\/video\/TEDxBratislava-GLASS-DUO-Musici;Featured-Talks\">Wine glasses, snifters and Tchaikovsky: Glass Duo at TEDxBratislava<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nIf you\u2019ve ever performed the old trick of running your finger across a wine glass to make a sound, prepare to be astonished as musicians Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniecky recreate complex classical pieces using just empty glasses. <em>(Filmed at TEDxBratislava)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='586' height='360' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iy-jf9ePDFw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tedxtalks.ted.com\/video\/Jonatan-Lopez-and-Man-Wai-Che-B;Featured-Talks\">Classical beatboxing: Jonatan Lopez and Man Wei Che at TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCultures collide as beatboxer Jonatan Lopez (JFlo) and Juilliard-trained bassist Man Wai Che fuse genres into a seamless performance that takes musical collaboration to a whole new level. <em>(Filmed at TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And below, some highlights from the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tedx.com\/\">TEDx blog<\/a> this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tedx.com\/post\/43496738077\/drones-for-good-andreas-raptopoulos-at\">Drones for good: Andreas Raptopoulos at TEDxHelvetia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tedx.com\/post\/43414648297\/when-you-were-little-i-bet-you-spent-time\">&#8220;Art makes you happy&#8221; &#8212; presenting, our first talk in Korean!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tedx.com\/post\/43491024599\/at-ted-we-have-found-over-the-last-few-years\">Founder Chris Anderson shares the evolution of TED and TEDx<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/70007\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/70007\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=70007&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/MqIavEF7jnw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week, TEDx chooses\u00a0four of our favorite talks,\u00a0highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. 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Learn 100 songs in five minutes: Jordan Hume at TEDxMacquarieUniversity The structure of music might seem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7461,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7461"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}