Go ahead!:)
I've been beatboxing for 1.5 years, and am part of staff on humanbeatbox.com:)
I know a fair deal about it
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Go ahead!:)
I've been beatboxing for 1.5 years, and am part of staff on humanbeatbox.com:)
I know a fair deal about it
:happyface:
should beatboxing stay solely within the hip-hop world, or does it have a place in the wider musical scene?
people like Killa Kella have done a great job in broadening the appeal of beatboxing, working with rock bands and classical musicians alike
but like MC'ing, DJ'ing, and graffiti before it - now runs the risk of being overused by non-hiphop artists (usually very badly) and casting a negative view over the whole thing
in, what's arguably the most insular and elitist of musical genres, is there any resistance to stepping outside the circle?
*edit*
I'm a hip hop DJ, btw (just in case you were wondering)
Thanks for replying;)
I think beatboxing, since it was developed within the hip-hop community, will always have a special place with hip hop.
I think no, it shouldn't stay solely within the hip-hop world, it has alot of other styles aswell, eg. Jazz beatboxers, Techno beatboxers.. It can fit a huge amount of genres, just give a beatboxer a pattern, he'll do it. I love it for that:) [/ramble]
Killa Kela has done alot of promoting, so has alot of beatboxers, not naming (because there are so many:))
I don't think it'll be overused by non-hiphop artists, unless they think of it as a novelty act.
The more people think of it as an artform and music (which I firmly believe it is) then the sooner it'll stay strong and recognized :)
I like your optimism, but look what happened to scratching during the mid-late 90's
Never forgotten the image of Limp Bizkit's "DJ" (inverted commas) miming in the music videos on a 19" studio mixer
Maybe I'm just bitter....
I've never seen that lol, any link?:)
it's on the video for nookie
http://www.snoopy.force9.co.uk/limp-dj.jpg
poor quality youtube - http://youtube.com/watch?v=UlBNVcrLpcs
Oh god haha, my eyes just bled!
I'm cringing:embarrassed:
LOL. Ynot.
I've heard that song thousands of times and, when you put up the pic of the "DJ", I thought to myself "...I don't remember any scratching in that song??" (I didn't know what you meant by 'miming,' at first)
When I clicked on the link, I realized why. LMFAO. That was just...ugh. :(
Rookybeats: I love beatboxing. I mess around with it every now and then, but I'm definitely no pro. Do you have any audio files of your skillz, online?
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Originally Posted by Oneironaut
Heh, the inevitable question. As I said, I've got a year and a half experience, but the clips I recorded are all about a year old, making me a complete noob in the clips haha.
I'll get up to recording something soon, I hope I've improved (i'm incredibly modest:oops:)
For the old clips, http://soundclick.com/rookybeats
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:)
I really like the beat on Freestylin'
(4th down)
for only 6 months, they're pretty damn good.
nice work
I'd love to hear your recent stuff
Hahaha thanks!!:embarrassed: :embarrassed: :embarrassed: :embarrassed:
I'll record something recent soon:)
Bump:)
Any more questions?:D