{"id":739825,"date":"2013-02-27T21:34:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T02:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=71483"},"modified":"2013-02-27T21:34:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T02:34:51","slug":"mouth-music-wang-li-at-ted2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/739825","title":{"rendered":"Mouth music: Wang Li at TED2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_71522\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 910px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71522\" alt=\"Photos: James Duncan Davidson\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/ted2013_0052313_d41_9691.jpg?w=900&#038;h=599&#038;fit=900%2C599&#038;resize=780%2C519\" width=\"780\" height=\"519\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos: James Duncan Davidson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It sounds like music that could be pumping from the sound system of a packed nightclub. But these electronic-tinged sounds actually come from the mouth of one man,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Wang-Li\/156813631140299?ref=hl\">Wang Li<\/a>, a master mouth harp musician, as he plays the kouxiang.<\/p>\n<p>In session 7 of TED2013, Li gives the audience a taste of his sonic stylings.\u00a0Raised in Northeastern China, Wang Li played the electric bass before heading to a French monastery after college. There, in the solitude of the monastery, he mastered these unusual instruments and the breath control required to play them. And took away a mystical mindset as well &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sometimes I feel I have already died,&#8221; says Li on the TED stage, &#8220;so I would like to know if you are my illusion or if you are mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71521 aligncenter\" alt=\"TED2013_0052285_D41_9663\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/ted2013_0052285_d41_9663.jpg?w=900&#038;h=667&#038;fit=900%2C667&#038;resize=780%2C578\" width=\"780\" height=\"578\" \/>He picks up the calabash flute, a haunting instrument that seems to tap into another plane. He creates a mesmerizing songscape with a hint of sadness, yes &#8212; but also filled with hope.<\/p>\n<br \/>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/71483\/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/71483\/\" \/><\/a> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?resize=1%2C1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/gy0w77WEcHY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos: James Duncan Davidson It sounds like music that could be pumping from the sound system of a packed nightclub. But these electronic-tinged sounds actually come from the mouth of one man,\u00a0Wang Li, a master mouth harp musician, as he plays the kouxiang. In session 7 of TED2013, Li gives the audience a taste of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":275,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-739825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-36sF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}