A few weeks ago my son wanted to show me his new favorite artist. A beatboxer. I scoffed, to say the least. The only beatboxing I knew about consisted of interludes of hisses, grunts, trills, spitting sounds, or some such thing from rockers and rappers. A variety of non-verbal utterances that I don’t even know how to describe.
Then he pulled up a few videos. His favorite beatboxer is Wing. And while I wouldn’t call this listening music, I certainly found it intriguing.
Some group beatboxing:
Fascinating. Every. Single. Sound. in these videos is a human voice.
(Once again, I’m probably the last to know. About modern beatboxing in this case. But better late than never.)
Wow I have never heard of this, and it IS fascinating! Thanks to you (and your son)!
Aha! So I wasn’t the last to know. Yep, I just sat here slack-jawed when I first heard this. I think I still am.
i absolutely love it. i stumbled into it when short pieces would pop up on my facebook. i find it fascinating and they are amazingly talented with what they can do with their voices. thanks for sharing these.
I keep clicking on the videos again for a minute or two, just to be amazed all over again.
i get that
Recreationally-speaking, I find beatboxing right up there with listening to radio static. Maybe a little better than static.
As I noted above, I certainly wouldn’t consider this “listening music.” Or music at all. Or listening, even — except to be stunned by the sounds a human being can make and wonder at how it’s done. This in no way resembles what I’d previously known as beatboxing.
johnthecook this is what Political debates sound like to me. Nonsense!
Well, the beatboxing doesn’t pretend to make sense. The political debates … hmm …