35:37, I was on a festival last summer where there had a little ‘open stage’ outside from the main stages. It was open 24/7 and whoever wanted could just hop on and show off with their talents. Maybe that would be a nice way to get this idea done
i always had a feeling dlow was still cooking up some battle rounds in the background of whatever he was doing, you can tell theres some things hes yet to show the world. but hearing him say that his legacy feels almost complete in a way too after winning gbb actually makes sense. its a story for its time.
Really enjoyed this conversation! You both had such good points, a lot of things I'm always thinking about, too. Beatboxing still is a pretty new/young form of art, compared to others and will continue to evolve.
We lose lots of beatboxer. Many people choose to do something else instead of beatboxing because it provides a more sustainable income. Beatboxing is really a niche market. Codfish is beatboxing just as a hobby. Zero will become a doctor. And others, like NME Showgo, went the more musical route. Doesn't include the strange case like Tomazacre. If you're not famous enough to tour like Berywam or Dlow It will be really difficult to live with it much. Many people take up beatboxing just as a hobby.
There are great songs that wouldnt work as well in a battle, but would blow everyones mind as a showcase. Den, Codfish, Showgo came to my mind, but also Colaps is doing more musical stuff now. I also would love to hear HHas angelic voice live
I thino we need to stop focusing on trying to immitate other instruments and just use different soinds and textures because the fit best in the soundscape of a track-not because it sounds in human.
By the way Lolli Wren from the channel The Fairy Voicemother is in Europe and sometimes looking for events to go to and people to interview. If you want you could reach out to her and see if she's interested in helping promote the event and maybe she can interview people there. Additionally if any of the beatboxers like the collaborative aspect you mentioned, she's got a background in acapella arrangement, is a really good singer, does some extended vocal techniques and has been starting to learn some beatbox techniques, so if anyone wanted to work with her it could be a cool performance between acapella and beatboxing.
Really great discussion! Would be cool if some of the beatboxers want to collaborate together or bring in beatboxers from the audience, I always find it so special to see different styles of beatboxers come together, so it can make it a performance really unique seeing new combinations. I think also beatboxers can create hype in standalone performances doing stuff like rock/metal bands doing guitar or drum solos in a song. I think sometimes beatboxers/beatbox groups don't include technical sections for songs out of competition, but some other genres do this even if they're not competition based. I think there are good ways to weave these in that works for the song while also creating the element of jaw dropping impressiveness.
Great conversation. D-low understands the art form, its origins, and the scene as a whole like not other. Also, very refreshing that this doesn't have any flashy edits, random overly-energetic intermissions or whatnot. Hopefully will be able to attend in Chur!
damn I really like that comment! I‘m also sick of super fast edited content, it stresses me out and I enjoy "slower" content like podcasts wirh real human connection and human flaws, not perfectly phrased sentences spoken tripple time.
@@Madoxbeatbox Exactly. We're all dopamine junkies when it comes to that. It's in every little aspect of life nowadays. So in other words, more of this is what we need. Obviously a large segment of RU-vid audiences needs the flashy Quatsch to stay focused, but a large part of us enjoy these slower deep-dives. I think it's all about relevance. And it was highly relevant to talk about the how's and why's of festival formats this way.
Please start doing the short form videos with music creation again Maddox. Maybe as long form content but i loved that you are jsut focusing on creating music.
Speak of all this makes me think that the community and top Beatboxers should create something like “Beatbox’s got Talent”. Something like Americas got talent( where people get up and do auditions, and Beatboxers choose a talent to train them for 3months -1 year etc to get them ready for a major competition the following year!
i believe showcase formats are the best way of showing off one's true soul through beatboxing on a stage. Definitely lookin forward to both attend and possibly perform one day at a Beatbox Festival
I won't be able to make to the event but I am super keen to see these performances on a non-competitive stage. I hope, and am sure (even if it is behind the scenes) that we will also get some really creative collaborations coming for the artists.
It's not just skill vs. perfection. Is the ability to do a bunch of crazy sounds versus the ability to understand how to create music that people enjoy. Both are skills but one is a lot flashier
To both your points on beatboxes branching out, the US West Coast Beatbox champs occurred recently, where FootboxG did two showcases, one pure beatbox and one of produced tracks, his dj material. Both showcases were incredible and highlights of the event (that had a ton of fun). I think Gene is another incredible example of this. He uses beatbox as a major instrument in his repertoire. I personally would prefer to hear Gene showcase than battle. There's so much more for the beatbox community, it'll be exciting to see how the scene evolves over the next decade.
The world class right now is conformed by not more than 8-10 people, and all of them are people that have been in the scene for a while like River or Napom, back in the day the world class was conformed by more people that don't do much now, like Hiss and Reeps One, so that is true :/
For me battles are a like a one time watch, whereas tracks and showcases make we want to listen again and again. For example I watched Colaps battles a couple times but I listened to his routines on his channel again and again, I still do from time to time. The only reason I would return to a battle again and again would be if there was a crazy counter or diss.
There are great songs that wouldnt work as well in a battle, but would blow everyones mind as a showcase. Den, Codfish, Showgo came to my mind, but also Colaps is doing more musical stuff now. I also would love to hear HHas angelic voice live
I would love to see a beatbox convention with panels and meeting on how to beatbox and interact with pro artist and have every category in one place as an event
A huge question for me would be how you can step out of the battle scene as an upcoming artist, because it still feels like the only option to get listened to in the scene, is threw battling...
Dlow being an S-Tier battle monster and being now laid back from battling while making more musical pieces that would work well for showcases, he’s the perfect guy to interview for this topic
