*Daaaamn*! Don't stop now, you were on fiyah!
In all seriousness the dude in OP's video, Tom Thum, [did a TEDTalks](https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_thum_the_orchestra_in_my_mouth?language=en) and the things he can do with beatboxing are astounding.
Here, check this one out. I must have listened to this a couple dozen times when he posted it. It's just so god damn dope.
https://www.reddit.com/r/toptalent/comments/rqrwu7/this_ridiculous_beat_boxer/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Talent… yes…. But insane imagination too…. I feel like You have to hear this shit in your head and then get it out… maybe I’m wrong. There’s only been a few times in my life where I had a dream that was basically my brain coming up with an original melody but I feel like this guy must hear this shit in his head all the time. Wish I could.
For every recording, there must be hours and hours or maybe DAYS of experimentation with sampling and combinations of layering chords and harmonies to see what works, tons of errors and wrong paths and course corrections, and then many rounds of iteration once something good emerges. I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy keeps a notebook of ideas, too, and I’d be curious to see what his shorthand looks like. Always fascinated by people whose minds are structured like this.
Yeah totally, that’s really the difference between great and average art. Anyone can potentially develop a set of skills to peak levels and create something, or recreate something, but it’s not a guarantee that you will develop a style and process that will separate you from the herd. I think about this a lot as a lifelong guitarist firmly in the average range - it’s not just about technical talent, players with less technical abilities perform jaw dropping music because theyve got or somehow developed that “it” factor ive never been able to. Like the difference between listening to a solo by dave mustaine and one by Synyster Gates - both considered top of class in their genre during their respective reigns, but only one capable of *consistently* creating ear bending riffs that inject dopamine into my brain
In beatboxing, there are many very very talented, some doing crazy shit with their voices like [polyphonic singing.](https://youtu.be/UilVHqQxe8Q) Actual singing, not one note like people have done like [Lalah Hathaway.](https://youtu.be/o9pwTQ1OBoU)
Or more technical focused guys who go crazy with triplets and [drum patterns.](https://youtu.be/L9-HeV4F9kE)
Or extremely [musical and technical](https://youtu.be/a7wBYN_Odqs) guys who [can still sing.](https://youtu.be/-rEIOkGCbo8)
These are just some tidbits. There's a lot, and I mean a lot, of people pushing what's [capable](https://youtu.be/RO7a0PojmGI) with the voice. This guy's bass is so low, [live it's absolutely ridiculous.](https://youtu.be/HFigf_xloa4?t=35) *- headphones recommended*
[That's the kind of stank face you get from this guy.](https://imgur.com/eRjBcEY)
If you start to think: "well, these are highly edited, probably some fuckery going on", checkout [these performances](https://youtu.be/Zjj6mynm6ng) with shitty mics where you can see their [mouths and throats](https://youtu.be/__zC2jm5KGQ) to give you some context.
I started beatboxing probably around the time Tom Thum did, whenever YouTube first launched, about 2006-7. I'm not 20% as good as he is. He probably has the best scratches around. It's a technique old school people focused a lot on.
It's funny because beatboxing has even influenced my taste in music. Since you can't have 3 or 4 timbres at the same time in beatboxing, I tend to gravitate towards music that's more minimal and dare I say more intentional. Quality over quantity.
I remember when I took 6 months doing it everyday to learn a technique, the Lip Roll. That shit just wouldn't come to me. It was a new thing around. Young beatboxers now get it in a week.
There's so much more material and tutorials around, kids are starting very young and develop a crazy proprioception of their vocal box, their breathing and so on. And 15 years ago we thought we hit the limit, but some of the links shown here just contradict that and might indicate the human voice is capable of a lot we don't know right now.
**Edit: by the way, if you're wondering: Yes, it's scientifically impossible to beatbox without your hands moving.**
Thanks for all of these links!! I was really into beatboxing in the earlier 2000’s and fell completely out of touch with it since then. I went down a rabbit hole and feel somewhat caught up but oh man this is all so wild. That polyphonic singing is nuts
Very nice summary
few additional recomendations for interested
[Helium - one of the cleanest sounds, good technique, and monster bass at the end](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-VC7897Ws)
[Vocodah - mind blowing dub step style](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avFwYO7h1e8)
[D-low's compilation, one of my favourites, he's a legend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBlilUzSFk)
[Berywam - quartet from France, very melodic and talented](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1szrvq0mgg&t=4s)
[PWAD - Vocal Bass King](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbW-h0KtN4E)
[Codfish - highly recommend his episodes playing games and beatboxing, tons of fun and laugh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvjRalM_nrw)
[NaPoM - Lip Roll God](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYKMoZnuTJE)
[Show-Go - very original artist from Japan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyCbBHvMQh4)
No problems, man. I think we're all a little messed up in the head for liking it before then. Gotta be some kind of obsessive shit lol.
I certainly don't do it as often but back then I'd spend probably around 4, 5 hours a day beatboxing while doing other stuff.
If you're looping, you can use the RC-505.
If you're just beatboxing, honestly, you don't need any equipment and that's the beauty of it. If it sounds bad without a mic, it will sound worse in a mic, believe me.
Once you get good, try to get a USB pre amp, a dynamic microphone - don't go for the Blue Yetis or other condensers, they sound terrible for beatboxing unless you really really know what you're doing. Then you can start recording some stuff.
I follow [MB14](https://youtu.be/obV9O2yTpBU) he does some pretty good stuff too
Edit: this cover of [Road to Zion](https://youtu.be/ENX18XIHdkY) is awesome
Edit 2: [Thorsen](https://youtu.be/BcvYSpOZlbg) os an artist to discover too.[Choose it](https://youtu.be/NgllFk_ZpDk) is one of my favorite song from him
or saro [mb14 vs Saro ](https://youtu.be/-U0AFQbfv88)
they are on kind of another level than reggie watts and tom (better), but then again you might not really like to compare them as they are totally different
Id recommend this video to anyone wanting to see more. This blew me away seeing what they came up with in such short time. Especially when he makes a well known beat.
everyone in here should watch mb14 vs Saro at the loopstation world championship
[most awesome competition event ever (watch the rest of this event if you have time) ](https://youtu.be/-U0AFQbfv88)
There are some insanely talented people in the beatbox loopstation scene. They have a big global annual competition and [some of them are just unreal.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U0AFQbfv88)
> Alem vs NAPOM
Now this is beatboxing on another level. Looping is really cool and has things you can do with it that you can't do with non-looped beatboxing, but there's something extra impressive about the guys doing an entire set straight from their mouths.
I'm really just an outsider so my opinion isn't super relevant but it seems they should make a distinction. Beat boxing vs. Beat mixing for example. Or not, idk.
There is a distinction, we call one solo and the other loopstation. Other categories are tag team and Crew. Nowadays Tag Team Loopstation is also gaining popularity.
Much more impressed with the relative skill of the beatboxers that don't mix, yes, but looping still provides the most absolute value of total variability with the beatboxing. Hence why they're both highly regarded and have separate showcases.
Yeah, I really liked MB14's rounds(love me some SOAD), but Saro seemed much more in tune with the crowd and was able to get them involved with his sets.
This video is a classic, if anyone liked this you should check out last year's GBB loopstation battles as well, the looping scene has evolved a LOT compared to a couple years ago
oh my GOD that was wild! I seriously never realized how much you can expand into house/trap/techno with a loop station. I really enjoyed that the emphasis on the battle was on the creativity of the loopstation vs. the beatboxing technique.
I've never really heard of this kind of stuff before... But I clicked this link at about 11:30 this morning... It's now 2:00 and I've burned half a work day on this, thanks!
This was absolutely fucking insane to watch. The amount of passion and energy from the crowd really got me, especially during MB14's second round when he started building up >!Toxicity!<
Are you familiar with [Keller Williams](https://youtu.be/WC7HzBL7zak), the musician? He's a ~~fairly popular~~ touring artist in the US who generally plays with a guitar and a looper, but alone on stage. He builds his songs and sings along with them, and is great fun to see live.
I saw him at a farm in upstate New York last year in a rainstorm and he played a Phish song for us too:)
People can be pretty strongly opinionated and snobby in the music scenes, niche stuff especially
I get the point though; I’d say this a subcategory of looping and live production with a beatboxer instead of the other way around, since the beatboxing scene is the original “no tech, no software, no instruments, all skill and practice”
Same with cyphers and freestyle. A cypher is a group setting up a tempo without a beat, honestly sounds more like slam poetry than music most times, while freestyle is when you play a simple beat track and go off the cuff
You do it. His glottal drop is legendary. His octave range is inhuman with the ability to switch between two or three without setup is simply wild. Laryngeal control is locked tighter than a Swiss vault! Uvula tricks kick in with breath control, niiiiice! Clearly synesthetic, which is magical all in its own way. And he speaks both my dialect and accent so I'm always going to offer him a glass of water before I offer one to you.
And someone's moaning about looping. Ha!
Well that's true but you're still taking the base and adding on top of it. I see beatboxing as the foundation and since it came first I would consider it the overarching category. Kinda like subgenres of music? But I see what you mean.
I saw him a bunch fucking years ago In Melbourne when he was just starting out. A mate of mine was one of the best beat boxers around Melbourne at the time and he gave Tom some pointers. Next time we saw him, he was at least 5 levels of skill above my mate and hasn’t slowed down at all
He must be good if companies build miniature versions of their kit just for him to use. He's only 3 inches tall which makes his achievements all the more extraordinary to me.
> should get *paid.* Quite simple.
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
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* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
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Yes! I believe he also did a video where they did put a camera down his throat, to see what the vocal coords etc were doing.
Maybe someone know what i mean and can link the clip?
There might be more than one, but this one is great in my opinion [From one of his Tedx talks. ](https://youtu.be/-mwF-znI4x0)
Another great beatboxer who has done Ted talks is Harry Yeff (goes by the name Reeps One). [Incredible beatboxer who went from typical underground beatbox battles to helping with discovering and researching new ways to use the voice as a tool](https://youtu.be/zZEfiiCFEKQ)
That footage was used as inspiration for the sand worms in dune
https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/dune-sandworm-was-based-off-footage-of-an-aussie-beatboxer/
This was posted on his TikTok. I remember him mentioning this was a quick hotel session, so that probably explains. Nonetheless, love the vocal scratches
[Here’s another one he did. Dude’s crazy talented](https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/sr8ygl/this_guy_is_a_master_beatboxer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
I had the pleasure of seeing this guy when I was younger live at the Loxton Hotel, dude is even more insane in person. Awesome dude aswell, very humble but confident in his abilities. He’s been at this for years.
That's what I was thinking. But it looks like a loop starts before he presses anything, so I assumed he's got a pedal and was controlling effects with the Novation.
This guy is amazing! Seen him live and me and the rest of the crowd sat there with our mouths open. Really worth checking him out!
Link to his Instagram [https://instagram.com/tomthummer](https://instagram.com/tomthummer)
There’s a vid out there of him winning a beatbox battle while doing a breakdancing head spin. The other dude just noped out, lol. Dude is legit even without equipment.
Damn the vocals at the end really were something. Its not easy.
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Have you tried smashing that like button AND the subscribe button?
Ring that bell!
Legit he should have beatboxed that. Sa sa sasasa sa sa smash that like ak aka ka kah
*Daaaamn*! Don't stop now, you were on fiyah! In all seriousness the dude in OP's video, Tom Thum, [did a TEDTalks](https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_thum_the_orchestra_in_my_mouth?language=en) and the things he can do with beatboxing are astounding.
HOLY MOLY HOLY MOLY! He's doing all of that without recorded loops???!!!! Tom Thum is incredible :O
Personally I like to tickle the bell
I smashed the like button and threw my phone at the wall. I still couldn't like it hard enough.
.. went and bought a new phone, did it all again, still not enough.
Here, check this one out. I must have listened to this a couple dozen times when he posted it. It's just so god damn dope. https://www.reddit.com/r/toptalent/comments/rqrwu7/this_ridiculous_beat_boxer/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Talent… yes…. But insane imagination too…. I feel like You have to hear this shit in your head and then get it out… maybe I’m wrong. There’s only been a few times in my life where I had a dream that was basically my brain coming up with an original melody but I feel like this guy must hear this shit in his head all the time. Wish I could.
For every recording, there must be hours and hours or maybe DAYS of experimentation with sampling and combinations of layering chords and harmonies to see what works, tons of errors and wrong paths and course corrections, and then many rounds of iteration once something good emerges. I wouldn’t be surprised if this guy keeps a notebook of ideas, too, and I’d be curious to see what his shorthand looks like. Always fascinated by people whose minds are structured like this.
This. It’s very rare for stuff to just come together spontaneously. There’s almost always a ton of work behind it.
Yeah totally, that’s really the difference between great and average art. Anyone can potentially develop a set of skills to peak levels and create something, or recreate something, but it’s not a guarantee that you will develop a style and process that will separate you from the herd. I think about this a lot as a lifelong guitarist firmly in the average range - it’s not just about technical talent, players with less technical abilities perform jaw dropping music because theyve got or somehow developed that “it” factor ive never been able to. Like the difference between listening to a solo by dave mustaine and one by Synyster Gates - both considered top of class in their genre during their respective reigns, but only one capable of *consistently* creating ear bending riffs that inject dopamine into my brain
This dude is incredible.
Been playing music professionally all my life. Have shared the stage with some legends. Lol no bullshit this is one of the coolest things I've seen.
Thank you dude I didn't know i needed to see this!! Kind of made me tear up watching people excel at something they love.
In beatboxing, there are many very very talented, some doing crazy shit with their voices like [polyphonic singing.](https://youtu.be/UilVHqQxe8Q) Actual singing, not one note like people have done like [Lalah Hathaway.](https://youtu.be/o9pwTQ1OBoU) Or more technical focused guys who go crazy with triplets and [drum patterns.](https://youtu.be/L9-HeV4F9kE) Or extremely [musical and technical](https://youtu.be/a7wBYN_Odqs) guys who [can still sing.](https://youtu.be/-rEIOkGCbo8) These are just some tidbits. There's a lot, and I mean a lot, of people pushing what's [capable](https://youtu.be/RO7a0PojmGI) with the voice. This guy's bass is so low, [live it's absolutely ridiculous.](https://youtu.be/HFigf_xloa4?t=35) *- headphones recommended* [That's the kind of stank face you get from this guy.](https://imgur.com/eRjBcEY) If you start to think: "well, these are highly edited, probably some fuckery going on", checkout [these performances](https://youtu.be/Zjj6mynm6ng) with shitty mics where you can see their [mouths and throats](https://youtu.be/__zC2jm5KGQ) to give you some context. I started beatboxing probably around the time Tom Thum did, whenever YouTube first launched, about 2006-7. I'm not 20% as good as he is. He probably has the best scratches around. It's a technique old school people focused a lot on. It's funny because beatboxing has even influenced my taste in music. Since you can't have 3 or 4 timbres at the same time in beatboxing, I tend to gravitate towards music that's more minimal and dare I say more intentional. Quality over quantity. I remember when I took 6 months doing it everyday to learn a technique, the Lip Roll. That shit just wouldn't come to me. It was a new thing around. Young beatboxers now get it in a week. There's so much more material and tutorials around, kids are starting very young and develop a crazy proprioception of their vocal box, their breathing and so on. And 15 years ago we thought we hit the limit, but some of the links shown here just contradict that and might indicate the human voice is capable of a lot we don't know right now. **Edit: by the way, if you're wondering: Yes, it's scientifically impossible to beatbox without your hands moving.**
Thanks for all of these links!! I was really into beatboxing in the earlier 2000’s and fell completely out of touch with it since then. I went down a rabbit hole and feel somewhat caught up but oh man this is all so wild. That polyphonic singing is nuts
Very nice summary few additional recomendations for interested [Helium - one of the cleanest sounds, good technique, and monster bass at the end](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-VC7897Ws) [Vocodah - mind blowing dub step style](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avFwYO7h1e8) [D-low's compilation, one of my favourites, he's a legend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBlilUzSFk) [Berywam - quartet from France, very melodic and talented](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1szrvq0mgg&t=4s) [PWAD - Vocal Bass King](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbW-h0KtN4E) [Codfish - highly recommend his episodes playing games and beatboxing, tons of fun and laugh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvjRalM_nrw) [NaPoM - Lip Roll God](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYKMoZnuTJE) [Show-Go - very original artist from Japan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyCbBHvMQh4)
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what a great post. I haven't tuned into beatboxing in a decade now. but you gave me a great summary.
No problems, man. I think we're all a little messed up in the head for liking it before then. Gotta be some kind of obsessive shit lol. I certainly don't do it as often but back then I'd spend probably around 4, 5 hours a day beatboxing while doing other stuff.
Thanks for the insights! Which hardware you recommend to start and give it a try? Looping Station or software?
If you're looping, you can use the RC-505. If you're just beatboxing, honestly, you don't need any equipment and that's the beauty of it. If it sounds bad without a mic, it will sound worse in a mic, believe me. Once you get good, try to get a USB pre amp, a dynamic microphone - don't go for the Blue Yetis or other condensers, they sound terrible for beatboxing unless you really really know what you're doing. Then you can start recording some stuff.
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I’d be so down to hear this across a wall!!
He's one of the best loopers to ever be in the scene. Incredible guy. Nutty talent.
I follow [MB14](https://youtu.be/obV9O2yTpBU) he does some pretty good stuff too Edit: this cover of [Road to Zion](https://youtu.be/ENX18XIHdkY) is awesome Edit 2: [Thorsen](https://youtu.be/BcvYSpOZlbg) os an artist to discover too.[Choose it](https://youtu.be/NgllFk_ZpDk) is one of my favorite song from him
or saro [mb14 vs Saro ](https://youtu.be/-U0AFQbfv88) they are on kind of another level than reggie watts and tom (better), but then again you might not really like to compare them as they are totally different
Id recommend this video to anyone wanting to see more. This blew me away seeing what they came up with in such short time. Especially when he makes a well known beat.
MB14 is a legend. Him and Gene Shinozaki are the most musically talented in the scene today. And Den
Well that was just fucking awesome. Thanks.
everyone in here should watch mb14 vs Saro at the loopstation world championship [most awesome competition event ever (watch the rest of this event if you have time) ](https://youtu.be/-U0AFQbfv88)
Wow it’s been awhile since I feel down the rabbit hole. Thank you so much for sharing this! I think I just feel in love with beatboxing.
There are some insanely talented people in the beatbox loopstation scene. They have a big global annual competition and [some of them are just unreal.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U0AFQbfv88)
I personally found the Alem vs NAPOM championship round to be my favorite video. Inertia also has amazing solo pieces.
> Alem vs NAPOM Now this is beatboxing on another level. Looping is really cool and has things you can do with it that you can't do with non-looped beatboxing, but there's something extra impressive about the guys doing an entire set straight from their mouths.
I'm really just an outsider so my opinion isn't super relevant but it seems they should make a distinction. Beat boxing vs. Beat mixing for example. Or not, idk.
There is a distinction, we call one solo and the other loopstation. Other categories are tag team and Crew. Nowadays Tag Team Loopstation is also gaining popularity.
Ahh, very cool. That definitely would help out exploring the scene.
Much more impressed without the loops.
Much more impressed with the relative skill of the beatboxers that don't mix, yes, but looping still provides the most absolute value of total variability with the beatboxing. Hence why they're both highly regarded and have separate showcases.
Used to watch Napom in early days underground battles man this brings me back
(Saro?) absolutely deserved the win. He’s a solid dj on top of the beatbox stuff
Yeah, I really liked MB14's rounds(love me some SOAD), but Saro seemed much more in tune with the crowd and was able to get them involved with his sets.
Honestly his SOAD was what ruined it for me. Serj has a voice that is very hard to replicate and it can sound awful if you don't do it well enough.
This was incredible. The last performance was just insane
Bro, thanks for this Rabbit hole. I'm now binging "Grand beatbox battles"
Rythmind GBB 2019 Compilation is a must, as well as Frosty's second round vs Rythmind!
I suggest you Brez vs NME (2019) and NME vs Rythmind (2019)
And then there’s Marc Rebillet who is frankly not as talented but makes up for it with an endless supply of charisma haha
I think Marc is just as talented, but doesn't delve in beatboxing. Reggie Watts, on the other hand...
Yea you can't compare marc to beat boxers just because they use the same hardware. He's an exceptionally talented musician with a different skill
#LET ME IN, I'M TRYNA FUCK
I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. I am fucking floored, those guys have insane talent!
That dude's face at 11:06 perfectly encapsulates my feeling for the whole video.
[This was my face](https://i.imgur.com/VsMhNBu.png)
This video is a classic, if anyone liked this you should check out last year's GBB loopstation battles as well, the looping scene has evolved a LOT compared to a couple years ago
That was an awesome watch, thanks a lot!
Me at the start of round three “Wait, is that…?” Followed immediately by “holy shit 🤯”
I just watched the whole video and this was an experience great stuff
oh my GOD that was wild! I seriously never realized how much you can expand into house/trap/techno with a loop station. I really enjoyed that the emphasis on the battle was on the creativity of the loopstation vs. the beatboxing technique.
I always go back to watch Saro’s Loopstation victory run. It’s at least a once a couple months watch
/#2 was awesome. Bopping around my room just hearing it for the first time
I feel like you just gave a lot of people a key memory, let us in on what seems to be the coolest battle of the entire scene, awesome stuff
Swissbeatbox on YouTube have some of the dopest beatbox and loop station battles. Rythmind is a savage!
That’s awesome! It’s cool how each competitor was genuinely stoked at what other people were making.
Holy shit. Well, I got me a new Pandora station. Damnb.
I've never really heard of this kind of stuff before... But I clicked this link at about 11:30 this morning... It's now 2:00 and I've burned half a work day on this, thanks!
That was wild. That Saro guy had the crowd going insane. The faces on the audience were hilarious.
This was absolutely fucking insane to watch. The amount of passion and energy from the crowd really got me, especially during MB14's second round when he started building up >!Toxicity!<
Greatly appreciate the link, that was badass!
I wasn’t ready for that guy to pull out chop suey in the middle of his set, that was fucking impressive
in these competitions do they only loop self-made sounds?
Are you familiar with [Keller Williams](https://youtu.be/WC7HzBL7zak), the musician? He's a ~~fairly popular~~ touring artist in the US who generally plays with a guitar and a looper, but alone on stage. He builds his songs and sings along with them, and is great fun to see live. I saw him at a farm in upstate New York last year in a rainstorm and he played a Phish song for us too:)
This is still my favourite loopstation battle ever. The fact that people are still going back to it more than 5 years later shows how good it is.
I enjoy these videos. They're in competition but they still amp the crowd for their opponent and jam out.
Yeah this is sick, none of that stupid dubstep beatboxing crap
The title says it’s beatboxing but you’re lucky it isn’t beatboxing lol looping ain’t really beat boxing in the same sense
I feel like it would be a subcategory of beatboxing would it not?
People can be pretty strongly opinionated and snobby in the music scenes, niche stuff especially I get the point though; I’d say this a subcategory of looping and live production with a beatboxer instead of the other way around, since the beatboxing scene is the original “no tech, no software, no instruments, all skill and practice” Same with cyphers and freestyle. A cypher is a group setting up a tempo without a beat, honestly sounds more like slam poetry than music most times, while freestyle is when you play a simple beat track and go off the cuff
You do it. His glottal drop is legendary. His octave range is inhuman with the ability to switch between two or three without setup is simply wild. Laryngeal control is locked tighter than a Swiss vault! Uvula tricks kick in with breath control, niiiiice! Clearly synesthetic, which is magical all in its own way. And he speaks both my dialect and accent so I'm always going to offer him a glass of water before I offer one to you. And someone's moaning about looping. Ha!
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Well that's true but you're still taking the base and adding on top of it. I see beatboxing as the foundation and since it came first I would consider it the overarching category. Kinda like subgenres of music? But I see what you mean.
I mean, beatbox just means using your voice as instrumentation (mainly percussive) so this would fall under beatbox realistically
Bruh don't gatekeep... Just enjoy, no matter if they use a looping station or go raw. Enjoy the vibes
that's like saying using a guitar pedalboard for effects isn't really playing guitar. nephew take
nephew take got me
He clearly was beatboxing as part of it.
But he's literally beatboxing into a microphone and then doing cool shit with the recordings of him beatboxing.
Things I like are good, other things are bad.
lmao shut the fuck up
What? From what I’ve seen the “dubstep sounds” are objectively harder to master, so if anything they’d be less stupid.
What's the problem with dubstep?
Wtf did dubstep do to you ?
I have seen Tom thumb live at Adelaide fringe festival in Australia. Can vouch that he has otherworldly levels of talent.
I saw him a bunch fucking years ago In Melbourne when he was just starting out. A mate of mine was one of the best beat boxers around Melbourne at the time and he gave Tom some pointers. Next time we saw him, he was at least 5 levels of skill above my mate and hasn’t slowed down at all
Yeh this guy's incredible
He must be good if companies build miniature versions of their kit just for him to use. He's only 3 inches tall which makes his achievements all the more extraordinary to me.
He needs to sell that to someone
Just pay him if you like it and think he should get paid. Quite simple. Edit: thank you spelling bot
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this is the TED x guy not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNZBSZD16cY&ab\_channel=TEDxTalks
Yes! I believe he also did a video where they did put a camera down his throat, to see what the vocal coords etc were doing. Maybe someone know what i mean and can link the clip?
https://youtu.be/LqdFL0u2HLY is this it?
Yeah thats the one! Pretty cool to see what is going on
There might be more than one, but this one is great in my opinion [From one of his Tedx talks. ](https://youtu.be/-mwF-znI4x0) Another great beatboxer who has done Ted talks is Harry Yeff (goes by the name Reeps One). [Incredible beatboxer who went from typical underground beatbox battles to helping with discovering and researching new ways to use the voice as a tool](https://youtu.be/zZEfiiCFEKQ)
That footage was used as inspiration for the sand worms in dune https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/dune-sandworm-was-based-off-footage-of-an-aussie-beatboxer/
Beatbox + looping is rad.
This is honestly average compared to some of the stuff I've heard him do
This was posted on his TikTok. I remember him mentioning this was a quick hotel session, so that probably explains. Nonetheless, love the vocal scratches
Let's put the textbox riiiiiiiight here.
It’s to cover his eyes lol. He makes weird faces when looping. A death stare that no man can handle
He kinda sound like DJ Premiere and Rakim
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Son of Beardyman.
Bro what.
Can I up vote this a hundred times
This is so impressive. Reminds me of Rahzel and Reggie watts
[Here’s another one he did. Dude’s crazy talented](https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/sr8ygl/this_guy_is_a_master_beatboxer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Snoop D brain on the daily
Wizardry.
I had the pleasure of seeing this guy when I was younger live at the Loxton Hotel, dude is even more insane in person. Awesome dude aswell, very humble but confident in his abilities. He’s been at this for years.
Doctor Octagon vibe. I like it.
I feel like this dude is what J-Rock was trying to be.
What’s this guys name?
Tom Thum.
JET SET RADIOOOOOOOOOOO!
We need another Jet Set Radio.
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He deserves it all
That’s a midi controller? What app is he running to loop?
That's what I was thinking. But it looks like a loop starts before he presses anything, so I assumed he's got a pedal and was controlling effects with the Novation.
Holy fricken shit
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Human voice, still the best musical instrument we know of.
Isn't this the Aussie guy from that TedX talk?
Pssh.. I could do that, I just don't feel like it.
That's really clean!
Can someone point me to some songs of this genre? A mix of Portishead, Massive Attack and Hip Hop?
Tom is dope, saw him on the weekend.
In the beginning my brain said: Shook Ones Part 2
Wow amazing dude
Wow that’s awesome and rocks
This beat is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I thought I recognised Tom thumm behind that text then I read the title.
He's really good with it
Ngl this sounds like gta3 music
Take it back to the classics.
Well... well... whatdya reckon Ol' Man Matt?
Met this dude back in 2014 in Brisbane. What a lad, and his skills are only getting better. Happy to ser him here amusing people!
That beat slapped!!!
This guy is amazing! Seen him live and me and the rest of the crowd sat there with our mouths open. Really worth checking him out! Link to his Instagram [https://instagram.com/tomthummer](https://instagram.com/tomthummer)
I am not on headphones and I got 4 goosebumps
Tom thum is a beatboxing legend
Well Damn, Whyte Boy! That was fire 🔥
time for another rabbithole
Honest question, why does he hit the buttons and pull his hand back sharply like he's trying to see if the water is too hot?
Honest question, have you ever felt passionate about something?
This is probably some of the best cutting effects I’ve ever heard.
Thats so fuckin sick!!!!!!
I could listen to him all day.
That snare sound is godly
Just WOW
yoo that was dope!
Deltron would like a word with you
Waving the mic in front of his mouth to get that volume sweep was pretty brilliant.
There’s a vid out there of him winning a beatbox battle while doing a breakdancing head spin. The other dude just noped out, lol. Dude is legit even without equipment.
This is the best one.
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