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5 Benefits of learning how to Beatbox


1.  The art of beatbox is good for the health

According to a study released by the University of Illinois Dr. H. Steven Sims, beatboxing appears to be beneficial for the vocal cords.

Keeping the glottis open means that beatboxing may actually be protective of the vocal folds, singers rely mostly on the vocal cords in order to produce sounds.
So all the energy involved in singing is concentrated on these structures, which can develop scar with overuse.


(*PHBA-Philippine Human Beatbox Alliance) 

Beatboxers, on the other hand, are able to avoid such damage because they also use the pharyngeal muscles to create sounds, which takes stress off of the vocal cord.

 Indeed, Dr. Sims says it might be possible for singers to borrow some beatboxing techniques, similarly elongating their vocal tract before they hit high notes.






(http://io9.gizmodo.com/just-for-the-record-beatboxing-is-good-for-your-health-1489301441
2.  Beatboxing is a legit craft 

There is a science behind beatboxing, the art of beatbox is considered as something complex, a beatboxer can uncover many details.
There are some beatboxers that can cover 17 distinct sounds in five instrumental classes like the kick drums, Rim Shots, snare drums, hit hats as well as cymbals.




 Each vocal percussion sound in the beatboxer’s repertoire involved rapid and precise coordination of different parts of the tongue, lips and vocal cords.
 The study demonstrated that, like in many human languages, not all sounds were generated by the lungs.

There is craft and specialization when it comes to it, which means the simple ability of being able to produce sounds and focus on it is brilliance in itself.

http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/researchers_reveal_the_science_behind_beatboxing



3.  Beatboxing can make a person become a better musician:


If you want to become a better singer or musician then beatboxing is the right thing for you.

Beatboxing is one technique that could be used in order to become an effective singer and even as a composer.

Beatboxing is a capella styel of music making via vocal percussion.
Beatboxing will teach a person to have a greater sense of timing and rhytm.

 It also improves listening skills and can actually work to protect a person’s vocal cord.




4. Beatboxing can help increase your creativity  level.

When practicing Beatboxing you increase your aural skills and improvising skills.  

Beatboxing is not something you can learn from a musical score sheet.

You need to be able to learn how to listen  and repeat in copy cat style, while training the mind to be able to listen and repeat in copy cat style.

There is a need to train your mind in order to get used to the way the sounds can work together, the main goal is to improvise using the sounds so that you will no longer need to use an actual instrument just to produce the sound.


Your mouth becomes the automatic source of music.
Children who are exposed at Beatbox lessons can learn when they try their hand at beatboxing.


5. Better sense of rhythm and timing

People who learn the art of beatbox have  a better sense of rhythm and timing.

By doing a different set of rhythm they are able to create a logical sequence  of beats, in order to be able to pull this off musicians need to have musical timing and this is what beatbox is all about.


With beatboxing a person can learn to create complicated time signatures leading to becoming a better musician in the long run.


Microphone Mechanics is the first Filipino Beat box group to release an album.








The art of Beatboxing is starting to emerge in the Philippines, Microphone Mechanics with Konektado and other partners have established a Nationwide Beatbox event last May 2016 at TIU theater, Amorsolo Makati.







PHBA or Philippine Human Beatbox Alliance is an organically established group of Beatboxers in the Philippines.

They are conducting beatbox battles in the different parts of the Philippines, they will be doing another beatbox battle in Zamboanga.


Visit the page of PHBA: https://www.facebook.com/phba.official/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf



Stream and get to listen to the "First Beatbox Album In The Philippines" by Microphone Mechanics on Spotify.


Microphone Mechanics is also providing Beatbox lessons and workshops for those who are interested- visit their page at https://www.facebook.com/MicrophoneMechanicsOfficial/?fref=ts




(top 3 winners of Beatboxology Battle 2016) 



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