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Usman Riaz
Founder of Mano Animation Studios (Pakistan's first hand drawn animation studio) - Artist, TED Senior Fellow
Usman Riaz is a 21-year-old whiz at the percussive guitar, a style he learned to play by watching his heroes on YouTube. The TED Fellow plays onstage at TEDGlobal 2012 -- followed by a jawdropping solo from the master of percussive guitar, Preston Reed. And watch these two guitarists take on a very spur-of-the-moment improv. Preston Reed’s hands have an otherworldly coordination. The fingers, nails, thumbs, and palms of both left and right dance, pluck, strum, and slap his guitar, which bursts with a full sound.
Full bio » Young guitarist Usman Riaz pulls a rich, swirling sound out of the acoustic guitar.
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