Have you ever wanted to beatbox like Tom Thum? Now you can with the launch of his Basics 2 Basses masterclass series. This digital course is apparently designed for “anyone with a face,” no matter their experience level. It’ll also teach you a little about the history of beatbox and how its developed to become the cultural force it is today.
Tom is one of the best in the business. He won the first ever Beatbox World Championships, performed the world’s first 60-minute beatbox/orchestral concerto for the iconic BBC Proms, and holds the record for the highest viewed TEDx video of all time. He’s also supported absolute legends like Grandmaster Flash, Chali 2na from Jurassic 5, Hilltop Hoods, and the Cat Empire. So just think of what he could teach you!
“I have managed to corral a huge chunk of what I have learned over the past 20 years and have whittled it down to just over two hours of intensive learning for any skill level,” Tom explained. “Trying to succinctly explain a whole bunch of seemingly inexplicable noises was definitely one of the biggest challenges putting together this course. Trying to make inhuman noises, human, is definitely no easy feat but I feel like I (hopefully) explained it as simply as possible, so no level of detail was missed. In fact, breaking it down to the fundamentals of how the sounds are created taught me a lot about how to approach ways to learn in the future, so not only did I teach most of what I know, I also learned way more than what I thought I would.”
You can sign up for Tom Thum’s Basics 2 Basses course online now.
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