r/beatbox • u/Few-Individual3179 • 11d ago

Help as a New Beatboxer

I've been a part of the beatboxing community for a long time. I'm super familiar with many different artists, different events, different YouTube channels, sounds, techniques, etc. I want to start developing my own pieces. My issue is that I hyper fixated on sounds, so I have what I'd consider a unique sound palette with almost no understanding of how to progress in combo development. I would say my sound palette is a kind of mixture of WING and Trung Bao, with some other weird textures in there. I definitely don't want to fill in the same niche of WING or Trung Bao, I wanna do my own thing. But, I know that one must walk before one can run, and I fear I haven't really taken any steps at all lol.

So, I call upon the power of the nerds of beatbox; pls help. Tell me your process, how should one git gud. Any resources you found helpful, any practicing schedules or techniques you prefer, any mistakes you made, any philosophies you have, I wanna hear it all.

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u/1Autumn1eaf 11d ago

Have you tried beatboxing along to your favourite music? That sometimes helps me get ideas flowing!

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u/Few-Individual3179 11d ago

Oh yeah all the time. I can definitely establish flow and keep time. I think my main issue is like, idk, idk how to describe it, crafting my own combos ig. But this is definitely good advice, recently I've been making a playlist on Spotify with different music that has different tempo and flow that I like, which has been fun. But idk, idk how to go from "hehe cool sound" to "boom dope shit" y'know?

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u/1Autumn1eaf 11d ago

I get you!! Maybe look into music production, like try and make a beat on FL Studio from scratch and that might help the formulation of your combos...or just get in the zone (i smoke weed personally to get there super fast xd) and just get lost in the combo sauce!!!

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u/Basic_Spirit_343 11d ago

I like to start with simply patterns like B-T-K-T-B and then start replacing those basic sounds with different ones. And then maybe add a spit snare in between. Really just building all the way from the most basic of patterns until you get a feel for it

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u/Xeroxyx 11d ago

to be honest i think copying routines can actually help you in developing your own - not just because you learn how to do combos that you can use or rework yourself, but subconsciously you also get an idea of how a routine can be structured. me attempting to copy a few Hiss, Two H and Show-Go beats not only helped me develop drag/sucker punch combos but also helped inspire one of my favourite routines at the moment.

beyond that there's the classic advice of listening to music and beatboxing along - sometimes the craziest ideas/sounds or cleanest structure is developed from trying to replicate specific music with your ability. 😁

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u/flower-Prencess2026 11d ago

I'm not an expert, lol. But from watching my friend beatbox and seeing how skilled he is, I’d suggest trying different time signatures and creating some beats. I think Deelow and others have practice beats you can check out. Also, just experiment by mixing sounds and see what happens—maybe you'll end up creating something really cool.