0118hrs
I talked myself out of cutting myself again. The voices are getting louder recently. I thought they disappeared. Goddamn.
27 Jan
Again, with Dharni today.
Today for the first one hour, we listened to songs. Dubstep songs, remixes, dutch house songs. Etc Etc.
And we focused mostly on baselines today. Yeah. We need to practice baselines to do dubstep. LMAO.
And then we were taught how to do battles. But it's just a rough idea.
Beatboxing is not about copying, mimicking or imitating.
It's usually about making the crowd go "double you oh double you". So build-ups is the most essential thing in a set for battling.
That's about it for today. This Friday we will have our For-fun-battle.
Today for the first one hour, we listened to songs. Dubstep songs, remixes, dutch house songs. Etc Etc.
And we focused mostly on baselines today. Yeah. We need to practice baselines to do dubstep. LMAO.
And then we were taught how to do battles. But it's just a rough idea.
Beatboxing is not about copying, mimicking or imitating.
It's usually about making the crowd go "double you oh double you". So build-ups is the most essential thing in a set for battling.
That's about it for today. This Friday we will have our For-fun-battle.
20 January 2010
Snares today. Yeah, hollow snare and the snare that sounds like a dog barking. Hollow snare is actually the dog snare. Ok.
Then we learned this snare that you need to suck in. It's called inward snare. It's like pf snare but combined with some other lip vibration. It's hard to explain in words, so fuck it.
Then we jumped to vocal scratching. First we had to be able to reverse words. For example, hey would be pronounced yeh in reverse. Do it fast to do vocal scracthing nicely. There's many other scratches. Trumpet scratch, monotone scratch, and many other instruments.
After scratching, we learned crab scratch. We did the Dharni way of course. The index finger parallel to the ground, the thumb facing up and our lips making a shape that is just nice to do the scratch. Whatever it is, we have to look for the g-spot in between the thumb and the fucking index finger. And then suck in.
Then after that we were introduced to many genres. Hiphop is actually the easiest genre in beatboxing world. It's sorta like the slowest and the most convenient genre to beatbox.
There's funk then where it's faster. And many more that I don't remember. Jazz is hard because of the fill-ins. The beat is unique. And you can't rush in jazz. Dubstep is definitely the best genre because of the baselines. So yeah, we touched on baselines more.
And we were taught that you don't need to imitate a song EXACTLY to beatbox. You basically need to use creativity to remix a song. Well, that's for song covers. For beats, you need build-ups, which will always make the audience wow when they hear you on stage.
Fuck it, that's all for today's lesson with Dharni.
Then we learned this snare that you need to suck in. It's called inward snare. It's like pf snare but combined with some other lip vibration. It's hard to explain in words, so fuck it.
Then we jumped to vocal scratching. First we had to be able to reverse words. For example, hey would be pronounced yeh in reverse. Do it fast to do vocal scracthing nicely. There's many other scratches. Trumpet scratch, monotone scratch, and many other instruments.
After scratching, we learned crab scratch. We did the Dharni way of course. The index finger parallel to the ground, the thumb facing up and our lips making a shape that is just nice to do the scratch. Whatever it is, we have to look for the g-spot in between the thumb and the fucking index finger. And then suck in.
Then after that we were introduced to many genres. Hiphop is actually the easiest genre in beatboxing world. It's sorta like the slowest and the most convenient genre to beatbox.
There's funk then where it's faster. And many more that I don't remember. Jazz is hard because of the fill-ins. The beat is unique. And you can't rush in jazz. Dubstep is definitely the best genre because of the baselines. So yeah, we touched on baselines more.
And we were taught that you don't need to imitate a song EXACTLY to beatbox. You basically need to use creativity to remix a song. Well, that's for song covers. For beats, you need build-ups, which will always make the audience wow when they hear you on stage.
Fuck it, that's all for today's lesson with Dharni.
13 January 2010
Practice from 5-8pm today. It’s the first lesson with Dharni and it’s been a fruitful day no doubt.
Of course, we get to know each other first. Not like we don’t know each other. There were only three of us in the first hour. We then did our basics. We showed off our basic beats and none of us were perfect.
We were then corrected. First we did the kick drum, making it as low as possible and the hi-hat as high and sharp as possible. There are so many different basics to remember. The trick is to make the beat clean and in rhythm.
The we were told that every beatboxer has different snares. Probably due to the shape of our tonuges and the position we stick our tongues out when we do our snares. We’re all unique individually and there’s no right or wrong in our snares. As long as it sounds crisp, it’s a snare.
Then we were taught baselines. Again, there are many baselines in the world of beatbox. Vocal, nasal, and humming. Baselines vary in a really huge range of scale. The hardest one we learnt yesterday was vocal baselines.
And we were told that bananas and chocolates will improve our vocals. Whether it’s singing or doing baselines in beatboxing, they help a lot. Oily food makes it harder to do baselines.
About 6pm two more students came in and then we were taught how to improve our basics. Individually we were given a beat to memorize and practice at home.
Then we shared what covers we wanted to learn. Then that’s the end.
Of course, we get to know each other first. Not like we don’t know each other. There were only three of us in the first hour. We then did our basics. We showed off our basic beats and none of us were perfect.
We were then corrected. First we did the kick drum, making it as low as possible and the hi-hat as high and sharp as possible. There are so many different basics to remember. The trick is to make the beat clean and in rhythm.
The we were told that every beatboxer has different snares. Probably due to the shape of our tonuges and the position we stick our tongues out when we do our snares. We’re all unique individually and there’s no right or wrong in our snares. As long as it sounds crisp, it’s a snare.
Then we were taught baselines. Again, there are many baselines in the world of beatbox. Vocal, nasal, and humming. Baselines vary in a really huge range of scale. The hardest one we learnt yesterday was vocal baselines.
And we were told that bananas and chocolates will improve our vocals. Whether it’s singing or doing baselines in beatboxing, they help a lot. Oily food makes it harder to do baselines.
About 6pm two more students came in and then we were taught how to improve our basics. Individually we were given a beat to memorize and practice at home.
Then we shared what covers we wanted to learn. Then that’s the end.
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