You've Never Seen Beatboxing From This Angle

You've Never Seen Beatboxing From This Angle

Beatboxer Tom Thum takes us into his larynx to show how he makes all his sounds.

May 31, 2017 by Evan Feist
You've Never Seen Beatboxing From This Angle
Australian beatboxer Tom Thum went to an ENT to have his throat scoped to finally answer the question: how does he make all those sounds?

Thum said, "In the first episode of the Live From The Larynx web series, I visited renowned ENT doctor and laryngeal surgeon Dr. Matthew Broadhurst. I wanted to find out how my larynx functioned when beatboxing compared to how it functions normally with speech and whether or not there were any abnormalities in my laryngeal anatomy."



I also had very little idea of what the inside of my throat and all my noise producing mechanisms actually looked like. The results were fascinating yet horrifyingly graphic and will probably make a few people spew in their laps!
Tom Thum at TedX Sydney


Thum went on to say, "Anyways, this was super incredible (and challenging) for me to have this little bit of insight into the human body so I want to massively thank everybody that made this happen especially Dr. Broadhurst and everyone at the Queensland Voice Centre."


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