The Evolution of the Beatbox, Part 1
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There are a lot of people out there in the world who are unimpressed by 'simpler' talents. When it comes to the field of music, it seems as though this is the general rule. There are a lot of music snobs out there, I imagine that at one time or another I've been considered one myself. It's our nature to talk very highly of the things that we do like, and to put down the things that we don't. When it comes to musical talents like 'beatboxing', it seems as though there are a lot of people who are just unimpressed.Of course, beatboxing is little more than making drum-esque sounds with your lips, tongue and larynx, but the ability to control that well enough to make something coherent and even fun to listen to for more than a few seconds is a talent that I'm not willing to dismiss so easily.Beatboxing itself has come a long time since the days of 'Fat Boys' and their ilk. The general habit of people saying "that's too easy, I'm not impressed by that", has I think both scared off a number of potential beatboxers, and led another minority to start a movement of beatboxing plus alpha. I myself was a flutist during elementary school. Like most things in my youth, when my brother started something, I wanted a piece of the action, so when he took band courses, and started playing the saxaphone, I thought I'd go the same route - and partially influenced by the music of Jethro Tull, I thought I'd play the flute.So, years later, after giving up and running off with my tail between my legs, I see some amazingly talented people fusing the art of playing the flute with playing their own bodies as instruments in the art of what some call "Fluteboxing". I personally don't care who was first or who is better or worse - I think anybody that can perform this well and let people enjoy a new form of entertainment, should.If this doesn't impress you, so be it, but I dig it in a big way.Nathan "Flutebox" Lee - Live, 2.07Greg Pattillo - Inspector Gadget/Axel F
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