First American BeatBox Championsip

2010 marks the 6th Annual International Human BeatBox Convention. This 3 day event starts FRIDAY July 30th and goes through the weekend. This year it is being held in LittleField, Brooklyn, New York.

Festivities include a short film competition from The Smalls Street Sounds, 8 finalist competing for the BeatBox Championship, LIVE performances, DJs, B-Boy&B-Girls, workshops, panel discussions as well as a youth urban art gallery and a performance from a Brooklyn HipHop based after-school program group 'GOSSIP.'

The short film competition 'sounds' like it will be a very interesting thing to see, or shall I say listen to. in 2009 Scion made it possible for Street Sounds to be created. This exclusive screening will be a first for the Street Sounds in the US. Street Sound is what is next in sound collaboration. I know I have sounds that I love, like the rain, football helmets crashing after HIKE, cleats on pavement, sneakers on a basketball court, little kids laughing and so on and so forth. If you are the same way, and enjoy the sounds of the world, PLEASE visit their website, Street Sounds , it is one of the most interesting sites I have come across in a long time. Definitely made me more interested in seeing the film competition!

Judging for the BeatBox Championship, which is said to hopefully be the biggest BeatBox event in the US, will be done by prominent members of the HipHop community. The three judges are Jarobi White from A Tribe Called Quest, Swiss Chris who was a drummer and music director for John Legend and Kenny Muhammad the "Human Orchestra." 

To make it to the final, competitors have made it through 3 rounds of video submissions. Round 1 - Solo, Round 2 - Covers and Round 3 - Backing an MC. The final on the 31st will have to same rundown, then the top 4 will go on to one on one battles, 3vs4, 1vs2 to find the top 2 who will compete through 2, 2 minute rounds to name the Champ!

Here is a video of Hasaan Salaam discussing the art of BeatBox and judging the online rounds:

This sounds like it will be a great event and a definite DO NOT MISS for Summer 2010.

Tickets for each day are $35 and a weekend pass is $85! 

For more information on tickets and the weekend schedule visit the Boxcon website!