Beatboxing was one of the first things that I could say I was interested in and good at. It’s fascinating how a person could make sounds that were unfathomable by using just their mouth and maybe their hands. It’s yet another outlet for people to express themselves just like poetry, music, and art. It started out as just a Youtube video of a teen from Europe that performed a variety of sounds mixed into a fluid beat. The most amazing thing was that it sounded just like the instruments or sounds that he was imitating. If a person took a blind test, I’m pretty sure that they wouldn’t be able to discern between the two. Beatboxing was a way for me to just chill out and relax. I have a friend named Dorian who is an absolute prodigy. He was a walking encyclopedia with an astonishing vocabulary. He freestyle rapped on top of the beat that I gave him. His flow would change with my beats and it was a constant back and forth of creativity. And throughout high school we only got better. Senior year was full of jam sessions, whether it was on the steps up to the field or in the hallways on our way to class. It gave me something to do in my free time and satisfied my boredom when I needed it to.
