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Cool, now I get it. They are playing a pretend drumset in their head. That makes perfect sense. On Mar 19, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Vocaloop.com wrote: > Haha! That's actually very easy to answer: > > 1. Beatboxers have this "virtual drumkit" in their head/mouth. It > really helps your beatboxing if you visualize this kit, have different > "places" for your sounds. It can help your "groove" a great deal.. You > can compare it a little bit with tapping your feet when playing an > instrument, it's not really necessary but it really helps for some > people in terms of timing.. > > 2. It also helps an ignorant audience understand what the hell you > are doing ;-) > > question back: Why do almost all beatboxers cover their mic? The sound > is not getting better that way, actually, it's worse in my opinion.. > > Sanne > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 7:31 PM, Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill > <rs@moinlabs.de> wrote: >>> I'm new on this list, My name is Sanne de Waard and I am a >>> Dutch vocal looper now living in Berlin (http://VocaLoop.com) >> >> Hi Sanne, >> >> perhaps you can answer one of those questions that have been >> bugging this >> community for some time...to quote Chris Sewell: >> "Why do all beatboxers do that shit with their hands?" >> >> Best, >> >> Rainer >> >> >