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Onyx Ashanti: This is beatjazz

Filmed May 2011 • Posted Jun 2011Full Spectrum Auditions
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Musician and inventor Onyx Ashanti demonstrates "beatjazz" -- his music created with two handheld controllers, an iPhone and a mouthpiece, and played with the entire body. At TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, after locking in his beats and loops, he plays a 3-minute song that shares his vision for the future of music.

Onyx Ashanti is the inventor of "beatjazz" -- a new way to make music. Full bio ยป

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