Monday, October 20, 2008

Monetizing Beatboxing?

That might have been a not-so-weird title but that's exactly what this guy is capable of doing. Poolpo has been famous with his awesome beatboxing. Well, Beatboxing is the art of making rhythms, grooves and sound effects using the human voice. It is a form of vocal percussion connected with hip hop culture and it has been called the "fifth element" of hip-hop although it is not limited to hip hop music. Beatboxing is also referred to as multi-vocalism and vocal percussion.

I can't believe it when listening to how he could actually create more than one sounds when he is beatboxing. Sometimes it sounded like three sounds altogether but I still believe that it is actually two sounds at the most, or two timbres if you prefer it that way.

Poolpo's beatboxing is certainly amazing and it is rare to see such talent. I think the clip here is a television ads in Portugese. Getting paid for such an extraordinary talent. That was what I meant by "monetizing beatboxing". And NO, I can't beatbox as good as Poolpo.


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