Tutorial #47: Beatbox Stamina

https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5331563 Welcome back to YOU Can Beatbox. Today we're diving into methods and techniques on how to improve your stamina and ability to beatbox continuously. And a quick note before this tutorial, I just want to say thank you for tuning in to these tutorials. It's rewarding to see how eager everyone is to grow and I love making these. If you haven't seen yet, I also recently announced a Patreon campaign that you can check out in the description below if you are able to help support this channel. Now onto beatboxing stamina. When we talk about stamina, I mean the duration of your beatboxing aka how long you beatbox for, and making sure that the quality doesn't break down the longer you beatbox. First let's look at duration. There are two main items that impact how long you can beatbox for, the beatboxing content and your mouth. To be able to beatbox for a while, you need to have something to beatbox. This can be the same beat for a while, which can be useful if people are rapping over your beatboxing, or this can be a variety of routines and covers. To be able to have stamina and duration, you need to have what to beatbox. That means at least having a rough idea of what you're going to beatbox to make sure the beats keep coming. On the other hand, your mouth, tongue, throat and lungs also dictate your ability. Common problems that stop people from beatboxing is dehydration or mouth dryness or throat and mouth, soreness of the cheeks or tongue, or just general fatigue and "tired mouth". There are ways to fix each of these areas. first, the quick fix: drink water, tea or a sports drink to stay hydrated and prevent your throat from drying out. To solve the harder problems of soreness of your cheeks or general beatboxing fatigue, you have to practice having longer beatboxing sessions to build up your ability to beatbox for a while. It's like long distance running, you can't expect to run a marathon if you haven't trained at all. So hang out with friends to jam for 45 minutes or try beatboxing along for a half hour straight during your commute. Think of ways to get your lungs, chest and mouth used to putting in beatboxing effort to build up your stamina and beatboxing duration. The second part of stamina is making sure that your sound quality and flow stays consistent throughout your session or performance, no matter how long. The best way to address this is related to the fatigue issue. By working through longer sessions, you'll build up consistent sound and make sure that you'll be at peak performance level, with top quality no matter how long you're going for. Working on your long-distance beatboxing leads to better stamina. Okey dokey that's it for today. Leave a comment below if you have any questions and don't forget to subscribe to the channel. Thanks again for watching YOU Can Beatbox and next time we'll be taking an in depth look at all different types of snares.