This past Saturday, March 19th, I beatboxed at 3 shows at 3 different locations. I was featured in the Honolulu Magazine, Honolulu Star Advertiser, Honolulu Pulse, Honolulu Weekly, Nonstop Honolulu, Midweek, HNLnow and more!
My evening started out with my first show which was a Japan Benefit Concert at Oceans 808, located in Restaurant Row. Tracy Chan of Nonstop Honolulu was on hand to do photo coverage of the event.
Then I hopped on over back to Chinatown for the film competition event Showdown In Chinatown at Next Door. Hawaiian Ryan of 102.7 Da Bomb was on hand to do photo coverage of the event.
Then I closed my night off by opening up for Family Dinner's "Now Serving" Album Release Party at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Ward Warehouse. "Now Serving" on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/now-serving/id427673857
The press were buzzing:
"Special musical guests will be the Waves, the Bentos and human beatbox master Jason Tom." -Honolulu Pulse
http://www.honolulupulse.com/tgifinprint/do-it-tgif-peeps-the-best-in-arts-and-entertainment-6
"In
addition to the main course (Family Dinner), the evening will feature
performances by The Waves, the beat box connoisseur Jason Tom, and The
Bentos." -Melissa Moniz, Midweek
http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/musicmontage_article/the_spring_break_party_of_the_year/
"The
evening also includes special performances by the Waves, godfather of
beat box Jason Tom and the Bentos." -Matthew Dekneef, Honolulu Weekly
http://honoluluweekly.com/hotpicks/2011/03/trombones-and-an-ohana-buffet/
Mahalo to Robert Wester of Wester Photography!
Tomorrow, Thursday, March 24th, I am beatboxing at the 3rd Annual
Honolulu Twestival at the Venue with Emi Hart, Kamuela Kahoano and Willow Chang on a Tweet. Meet. Give. initiative. A benefit for the Blood Bank of Hawaii
and American Red Cross Hawaii chapter in Japan relief efforts. Emcee of the event is Angela Keen. To
support the cause get your presale tickets $20, it is $25 at the door, and donate at http://honolulu.twestival.com/
Mahalo to sponsors Hawaii-Aloha Travel and Farmers Hawaii Insurance! Partners include Nonstop Honolulu, the Hawaii Independent, Yelp! Honolulu, Surfboard Shack, Jason Tom Productions, Kukui High School, First Giving, and more! Props to Ryan Ozawa!!!
- Nonstop Honolulu: An independent, energetic lifestyle website covering Honolulu nightlife, dining, and community events.
- Yelp! Honolulu: Community manager Emi Hart is both performing and promoting Honolulu Twestival via the Yelp! newsletter and website.
- Jason Tom Productions: This Chinatown powerhouse is both performing and coordinating our fantastic music program.
- The Hawaii Independent: A locally-owned, independent source of local news, supporting local journalists, businesses, and non-profits.
- Surfboard Shack: New and used surfboards, surfboard bags, surfing accessories, and excellent surfboard reviews.
- Kukui High School: Valentino Valdez of In Real Life LLC has donated his design talents every single year.
Volunteer Organizers
In addition to Bruce and Yaling Fisher, Jason Tom, and Valentino Valdez, mentioned above, big thanks are also due to Kelly Mitchell, Vernon Brown, Lika Jordan, Judi Clark, and the other members of the Honolulu Twestival Planning List.
Hawaii hip hop culture have pioneers in the art of writing (aerosol art), deejaying, b-boying/b-girling (break dancing), and emceeing. And Hawaii also had beatboxers in the early 1980's influenced by beatboxers Darren Robinson also known as Buffy (R.I.P) of the Fat Boys, Doug E. Fresh (who later influenced the Dougie dance), Biz Markie, the Godfather of Noyze Rahzel and the Human Orchestra Kenny Muhammad. There were Hawaii beatboxers who would perform at Hawaii hip hop jams and events, but the presence of Hawaii beatboxers remained unknown to most on the Hawaiian islands.
In 2004, beatboxer Jason Tom came into the performance scene, influenced by Bay Area California's Asian American beatboxer Elaine Chao after he caught her 2003 television appearance on the Showtime At the Apollo, and then he felt inspired with a vision of perpetuating the art, the fifth element of hip-hop and culture of beatboxing throughout the Hawaiian islands. He started with Oahu and helped to put Hawaii on the map with beatboxing on Kauai, Inner Mongolia, China, Beijing, Shanghai, Zhongshan, Guangdong, San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Nyack, and New York City, etc.
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