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What is beatbox?
Beatbox is the art of creating music with the human voice, throat, chest, and mouth. Communicating through sounds is a practice that dates to the dawn of man. However, the official term “beatbox” was coined by Doug E Fresh in the late 1970's in New York City. Read the full history of beatbox.
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There's something strange about the sound at GBBB today. I could've sworn a lot of the initial crews and tag eliminations were missing a whole bunch of low-end that mysteriously reappeared for later elims. It was literally like someone forgot to bring down a high pass filter on the mics.
I'm sure it's a difficult event to do sound for but it's ending up massively unfair with how some teams are competing with much higher volume..
!Ngl the Tags at the start were underwhelming but towards the end they were getting better and better. UMA was goated and Jairo had this fucking MAGICAL moment in their elim.!<
!KBA and Antrix absolutely DEMOLISHED their producer battles. Syjo and Kaos both got KILLED. I have no idea how both of them were split decisions and especially how Antrix vs Kaos was a 3-2??? Kaos basically just spent his 2nd round dissing everyone and their grandma for some reason. He had a GO at stitch 💀. It was hilarious. But KBA and Antrix's rounds were fucking INSANE.!<
!This GBB has for the most part been fucking amazing so far and I cant wait for tomorrow!!!!<
GBB23 had amazing live sound and GBB24 sounds live absolute trash and Im live there Im not talking about the live stream
!Ayy we back with the summaries ladies and gentlemen!<
!Unfortuantely Hiss's showcase could not be streamed due to copyright issues.!<
!Bizkit did what was possibly the best opening gbb showcase of all time, dropped some sick solo stuff and some even sicker loop stuff.!<
!I wasnt expecting much from crews but they all actually pleasantly surprised me this year, they were all good. Young Drug especially surprised me, they're 1st for me.!<
!Producers were mad as expected. When SYJO was the worst of them you know they were good. Kaos was sick too but third last for me. Antrix sound design in his 1st track was UNBELIEVABLE, he did his wc as his second track. And for my first place, KBA. The first drop of his second track has been the best drop at this gbb so far, absolute insanity, "Spiral".!<
!and the crowd this time round is great, already warmed up by day 1, I think we're in for a treat this time round! I'm pumped for the rest of today and the rest of the competition.!<
Basically Im looking for a way to experience what using a loopstationsis like without spending too much money. I know there are some iPad apps but I would rather something for PC/Mac.
All suggestions are welcome ;)
Hi guys, My female friend wont attend the event so I have 1 extra ticket for 3 days, price a bit discounted (30000 yens instead of 35000) I'm in the venue, let's meet there but pm me here before 😄 I'll be wearing a white tshirt, a gray watch and dark blue pants Feel free to ask any question PS: I'm french but dont speak japanese
Due to a friend not coming i have an extra
Please contact at injo2323@gmail.com
Im in tokyo I can meet with you.
I’m only asking for a reimbursement for the face value of the ticket (no service fees, tax, etc). Contact me at andreascarlett77@gmail.com
Thinking about skipping tonight, will my tickets still work tomorrow if I don’t scan them in today?
hello does anyone know where to watch it live (and preferably for free)? i think they do stream it on youtube but only for the channel members. anywhere (or way) will do. thanks!
Do keep in mind that it's still October, so there may be more events in November yet to be announced! Nonetheless a very stacked month.
If you don't know what to do with it, dm me or answer this post 👀
All percussion is 100% beatbox in this experimental band Le Ghast. What do you think?
I have been practicing liprolls for over 2 months and it still doesn’t sound like a liproll.
Am i doing something wrong? Thank you for advice already, here’s a video off me doing it
Hi, I'm new to the sub.
I remember I was very active in the beatbox community in mid - 2019 ~ 2020.
at the time my favorite beatboxer was Tomazacre, does anyone know what happened to the old videos of him battling on Gbb at the time?
(I vaguely remember that he got involved in some strange things, but I don't know what exactly he did, or with whom)
Any tips for the TK Spit Snare? I've been practicing for months but I cant get it clean in a normal beat
Just wanna ask if there's a way to watch live without having to be in the venue?
I've been really looking forward for this event and it's gonna be a pain to wait for months to watch the battles.
It's also kinda impossible to avoid spoilers in that long period of time.
Im doing this for free cause I need to practice and learn more about it anyways so yeah send me a dm if u wanna
I bought my tickets back in March and have yet to see an email com through for the ticket, starting to get concerned. Anyone else in the same boat?
I predict this year to be a very remarkable year for GBB. Solos and loops are stacked with battle monsters. Crews seem underwhelming but who knows? Other than that it's all insanity. I have Wing winning solos!! If he wins beatboxing will be in the right hands. Possible top 4 candidates are ice, remix or blackroll, and pacmax
Loopstation is also tough. We have two world champions (Josh and Banon) both from the US. I think the US is likely to take it again this time! Raje however... will be insane. Won't be surprised if he wins too. I predict there will be surprises like Duncan or cardona. Cardona will be amazing. Tags I have Jairo winning, but fresh'tonic will make it very difficult for them.
Producers-- No clue.. anyone could take it really Crew- again no clue, but going by experience I would bet on kowler rangers! Though not excited for this category this year.
Okay, so I find myself in a really stupendous struggle - I don't know the different between an outward k snare and a rimshot.
They both make practically the same noise, but I don't know what makes the rimshot different to the outward k snare 😭
I purchased GBB24 tickets through PIA and the email reply stated that “You can receive the ticket (through the MOALA Ticket service)by clicking the "Ticket URL (Smartphone only)" It will be displayed on the email sent after October 25th.”
So far I haven’t received anything. Has anyone received their ticket link yet?
https://youtube.com/shorts/OZkLoy07kRg?si=ZR_n2A9lDy2ahzMo
I just can get like an o sound. How can i get it to sound more like propper synth?
Above theres a link where i try to do the sound