Beatboxing Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Fun with MRIs: Here’s what’s going on in a beatboxer’s head when performing

How does a beatboxer get those percussive sounds using just their mouths? Nimisha Patil is not only a researcher at

Day two of my solo staycation. Maybe I’ll clean out the shed today. Or maybe I’ll just post some music

People who can beatbox–i.e. create beats with their mouth–can make some fascinating sounds. This MRI shows what’s happening inside the

Barack Obama is in the midst of a historic trip to Vietnam, the country that defeated the US in what

Did you know there was an experimental 3D TV broadcast on this date in 1953? Neither did I. And now,

Chances are that over the course of your elementary schooling, you were forced to learn how to play the recorder.

On this date in 1992, Johnny Carson hosted his last Tonight Show after 30 years. Here’s an interesting list of

That seems like a silly headline, but it’s actually from Scientific American. Check it out. [R]esearchers took a close look

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Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver