#beatboxing

[toobytoobs]

On a lighthearted note:

Billy beatboxing at Ebenezer Batson’s funeral. No speech, just a silent room with Billy beatboxing next to Ebenezer’s coffin.

[beardedmrbean]

[gingerjazzy]

[crazyshapiro]

I love life when it sounds also like this at 7AM on a cold foggy day.

[studbabiez]

This SENT me the other day

Diamond’s beat boxing echoes in my dreams lol

[justabeatboxanalyst]

hello beatbox person ! i recently found a comment under a korn track calling the noises davis makes beatbox and now i wonder whether it counts as it in your opinion or not (for examples of the noises see twist, freak on a leash, good god has some im p sure. i think you know what im talking about but just in case) like it doesnt sound like a stereotypical beatbox for me but like it sure isnt singing?

So I've been thinking about this quite a bit to the point that later down the line I might write an essay about it. I'm not too familiar with Korn so I had to specifically listen to the examples you put. Modern beatboxing can't really be reduced to only drum sounds, as there are vocal sounds and many sounds that can be pitched or serve as sound effects (think a water drop sound). That being said, there is a rich history of many other forms of vocal art/music. For example, there's scat-singing, throat singing, rapping, etc. I'm not an expert on any of these, but I know beatboxing often draws upon techniques from these other artforms. For the case of Korn, Davis is making a lot of rhythmic gibberish sounds that probably could be called scat-singing? But if you want to call it beatboxing, I don't particularly mind either.

TLDR:

Does it count as beatboxing? Sure why not.

[armr4warren]

kellin is so cute I love when he beatboxes, like yes white boy spit yo shit and do ANYTHING but keep your hands still <3