Category: Events

  • Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with FootboxG – Wednesday, February 23, 2022 [FREE]

    Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with FootboxG – Wednesday, February 23, 2022 [FREE]

    What is this masterclass about?

    FootboxG will share his personal experience with you on how to build a top quality 2-minute beatbox video.

    Who is the class for?

    Intermediate beatboxers who want to enter a battle that demands a pre-elimination beatbox video.

    Why is the class useful?

    You will learn how to select relevant and personal beatbox ideas according to FootboxG and how to adapt them to the type of battle you want to qualify for. Thereby you will be able to build a 2-minute beatbox video that will differentiate you from other beatboxers and improve your chances of qualification.

    FootboxG 🇧🇪 – Professional Beatboxer & Teacher

    🇧🇪🥇Belgium Beatbox Champion 2018, 🥇 Vokal Total champion 2019, 🌎🏆 GBB Tag-Team champion 2021, 🌎🥉 3rd place at the GBB Solo category 2021… FootboxG is a world-class beatboxer and competitor who has nothing to envy to anyone. He is also a beatbox teacher that has been teaching since the age of 14.

    Summary for this masterclass

    1. Presentation (5 min)
    2. FootboxG’s key points illustrated with his personal experience (25 min)
    3. Q&A session (30 min)

    Languages: 🇬🇧 English with translation of 🇫🇷 French audience questions

    You will also have unlimited access to the video replay.

    Price for this masterclass: 20€ FREE.

    VERY IMPORTANT: We will email you the Zoom link for the event so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER too if you don’t receive any message.

  • Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with Faya Braz – Wednesday, February 16, 2022

    Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with Faya Braz – Wednesday, February 16, 2022

    What is this masterclass about?

    Faya Braz will share his personal experience with you on how to build a top quality 2-minute beatbox video.

    Who is the class for?

    Intermediate beatboxers who want to enter a battle that demands a pre-elimination beatbox video.

    Why is the class useful?

    You will learn how to select relevant and personal beatbox ideas according to Faya Braz and how to adapt them to the type of battle you want to qualify for. Thereby you will be able to build a 2-minute beatbox video that will differentiate you from other beatboxers and improve your chances of qualification.

    Faya Braz 🇫🇷 – Professional Beatboxer & Teacher

    🌎🏆 2009 world beatbox champion and 🌎🥈 2015 world vice-champion in crew category with Under Kontrol, 🥇 2014 GBB champion in loopstation category, 🇫🇷🥇 2017 French champion in crew category with End of the Game, world-renowned teacher and judge for more than ten years, 🇫🇷 Faya Braz is a true pioneer of the French and International beatbox scenes. He will share his experience as a judge and competitor as well as his method to build a top-quality wildcard then he will answer all your questions.

    Summary for this masterclass

    1. Presentation (5 min)
    2. Faya Braz’s key points illustrated with his personal experience (25 min)
    3. Q&A session (30 min)

    Languages: 🇬🇧 English with translation of 🇫🇷 French audience questions

    You will also have unlimited access to the video replay (with 🇫🇷 French subtitles)

    Price for this masterclass: 5 €.

    VERY IMPORTANT: We will email you the Zoom link for the event so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER too if you don’t receive any message.

    How to build your beatbox wilcard with Faya Braz
  • Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with BigBen – Wednesday, February 9, 2022

    Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with BigBen – Wednesday, February 9, 2022

    What is this masterclass about?

    BigBen will share his experience with you regarding different key concepts to organize your personal ideas in order to build a top quality 2-minute beatbox video.

    Who is the class for?

    Intermediate beatboxers who want to enter a battle that demands a pre-elimination beatbox video.

    Why is the class useful?

    You will learn how to select relevant and personal beatbox ideas according to BigBen and how to adapt them to the type of battle you want to qualify for. Thereby you will be able to build a 2-minute beatbox video that will differentiate you from other beatboxers and improve your chances of qualification.

    BigBen 🇧🇪 – Professional Beatboxer & Teacher

    Two-time undefeated national 🇧🇪 Belgium champion, internationally renowned competitor and professional beatboxer with over 600 live performances in the last 10 years, 🇧🇪 Bigben will share his method on how to build a top quality beatbox wildcard and then answer all your questions.

    Summary for this masterclass

    1. Presentation (5 min)
    2. BigBen’s key points illustrated with his personal experience (25 min)
    3. Q&A session (30 min)

    Languages: 🇬🇧 English with translation of 🇫🇷 French audience questions

    You will also have unlimited access to the video replay (with 🇫🇷 French subtitles)

    Price for this masterclass: 5 €.

    VERY IMPORTANT: We will email you the Zoom link for the event so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER too if you don’t receive any message.

    How to build your beatbox wilcard with BigBen
  • Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with Efaybee – Wednesday, February 2, 2022

    Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with Efaybee – Wednesday, February 2, 2022

    What is this masterclass about?

    Efaybee will share his experience with you regarding different key concepts to organize your personal ideas in order to build a top quality 2-minute beatbox video.

    Who is the class for?

    Intermediate beatboxers who want to enter a battle that demands a pre-elimination beatbox video.

    Why is the class useful?

    You will learn how to select relevant and personal beatbox ideas according to Efaybee and how to adapt them to the type of battle you want to qualify for. Thereby you will be able to build a 2-minute beatbox video that will differentiate you from other beatboxers and improve your chances of qualification.

    Efaybee 🇫🇷 – Professional Beatboxer & Teacher

    Winner of a wildcard for the World Beatbox Championship, the Grand Beatbox Battle and the Shootout Beatbox Battle (3 times), our multiple 🇫🇷 French champion in team and tag-team will share his method on how to build a top quality beatbox wildcard and then answer all your questions.

    Summary for this masterclass

    1. Presentation (5 min)
    2. Efaybee’s key points illustrated with his personal experience (25 min)
    3. Q&A session (30 min)

    Language : 🇫🇷 French with 🇬🇧 English subtitles for the replay

    Price for this masterclass: 5 €.

    VERY IMPORTANT: We will email you the Zoom link for the event so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER too if you don’t receive any message.

    Please also note: The masterclass will be in 🇫🇷 French but you will have unlimited access to the video replay with 🇬🇧 English & 🇫🇷 French subtitles.

    You will also be able to ask your questions in 🇬🇧 English that we will translate to Efaybee in 🇫🇷 French.

    How to build your beatbox wilcard with Efaybee
  • Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with FootboxG – Wednesday, January 26, 2022

    Masterclass: How to build your beatbox wildcard? with FootboxG – Wednesday, January 26, 2022

    What is this masterclass about?

    FootboxG will share his experience with you regarding different key concepts to organize your personal ideas in order to build a top quality 2-minute beatbox video.

    Who is the class for?

    Intermediate beatboxers who want to enter a battle that demands a pre-elimination beatbox video.

    Why is the class useful?

    You will learn how to select relevant and personal beatbox ideas according to FootboxG and how to adapt them to the type of battle you want to qualify for. Thereby you will be able to build a 2-minute beatbox video that will differentiate you from other beatboxers and improve your chances of qualification.

    FootboxG 🇧🇪 – Professional Beatboxer & Teacher

    Belgium Beatbox Champion 2018, Vokal Total champion 2019, GBB Tag-Team champion 2021, 3rd place at the GBB Solo category 2021… FootboxG is a world-class beatboxer and competitor who has nothing to envy to anyone. He is also a beatbox teacher that has been teaching since the age of 14.

    Summary for this masterclass

    1. Presentation (5 min)
    2. FootboxG’s key points illustrated with his personal experience (25 min)
    3. Q&A session (30 min)

    Language : English with French translation (depending on the audience)

    Price for this masterclass: 5 €.

    You will also have unlimited access to the video replay (with french subtitles)

    FootboxG Masterclass - How to build your human beatbox wildcard
  • French Loopstation Beatbox Championship 2021 : Feedbacks and results

    French Loopstation Beatbox Championship 2021 : Feedbacks and results

    LYREBIRD had the chance to witness the 2021 French Loopstation Championship organised by Beatbox France from 3 points of view: the audience, the livestream moderation and as the timer.

    We will share this experience with you with enthusiasm 🙂 

    A BEATBOX EVENT WITH THE FRENCH TOUCH

    The competition took place on Friday November 19th at Le Ferrailleur in Nantes. 

    It was broadcasted live on Beatbox France’s YouTube channel thanks to a high-quality video stream which was very appreciated by online viewers around the world.

    It had been more than 2 years since this championship had taken place, suffice to say that the participants were eager to show their progress. 

    This edition began on a sad note, following severe events at the Grand Beatbox Battle 21, an awareness against harassment and sexual violence had to be addressed and was kindly received by the audience thanks to the intervention of Aliénor, president of the Toulouse beatbox association Underground Beatbox Battle.

    The event was sold out thanks to 300 spectators who came from all over France to support the participants:

    16 loopers, pre-qualified by video, had the opportunity to show their talents on stage for 3 minutes each, in front of a jury of professionals. 

    This one was composed of 2 world champions and future senseis of Lyrebird, Saro and Faya Braz, as well as Chris TheOdian (French Loopstation champion 2019).

    The common goal of all the participants was simple: to impress the jury enough to be qualified in the TOP 8 in order to compete in the Battle phase (1 against 1) and thus claim the title of new French beatbox champion in the Loopstation category.

    SUCCESSION IS ASSURED

    French Loopstation Beatbox Championship 2021 – Battle bracket

    Top favourite of the competition, BreZ (French Loopstation champion 2018) remained faithful to the predictions by winning the competition after a final of anthology 100% Breton against Mike Fly.

    Congratulations to our two finalists who show us that experience and work always pay off 😉

    Here are some excerpts of their elimination rounds:

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    Furthermore, 9 out of 16 participants made their first live performance physically at a French championship and they were pleasantly surprised!

    Special mention goes to Ipso, who won this year’s Best Show title thanks to his musicality which could make Tom Thum blush.

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    We also congratulate Elash, only 13 years old, who for his first participation knew how to make the crowd dance as it should thanks to quality drops.

    The icing on the cake was the chance to witness exclusive showcases starting with Robin (2017 French Loopstation Champion) in complete control of the famous RC-505 MK2. Thank you, Commissioner!

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    Afterwards, we also enjoyed the unique showcases of our juries: Saro, Faya Braz and Chris TheOdian, lastly with our favourite duo of world champions: UniTeam composed of Alem & Alexinho.

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    BACK TO THE ROOTS OF LOOPSTATION

    Unlike the Grand Beatbox Battle 21, only one of the 16 participants chose to use a “second device” other than the loopstation RC-505 (a second device allowing the use of additional effects) and it was Vincent Vinel a.k.a. Double V using the Line 6 from Helix.

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    We saw a return to a more “classic” use of the loopstation, with the greatest happiness from the purists of the machine.

    But everyone is waiting impatiently to be able to use the promising new loopstation model the Boss RC 505 Mark 2 a.k.a. MK2 recently in pre-order which should also bring a breath of fresh air thanks to its new range of effects and features. 

    This means that this could be the last edition with only using the original model of the looper.

    THE DIFFICULTIES OF LIVE LOOPING

    The only downside of the event was that some loopers had to start their round again because of technical problems or lack of stage experience. 

    This reminds us of the importance of good preparation in advance but also on stage to avoid a maximum of bad surprises. 

    Although the current situation makes it difficult to earn his spurs live, it gives us ideas of course topics on the loopstation to overcome these difficulties 😉

    So, what would you like to learn on the loopstation ideally? Feel free to reply in the comments!

    Duj, beatbox addict for 15 years.

  • Grand Beatbox Battle 2021 – World League : feedbacks and results

    Grand Beatbox Battle 2021 – World League : feedbacks and results

    The LYREBIRD team was at the Grand Beatbox Battle 2021 (GBB for short) at Warsaw in 🇵🇱 Poland for the 12th edition of the biggest international beatbox battle which took place from October 22nd to 25th, 2021. Here is the summary of the results and the strongest moments we had the chance to live.

    An edition awaited more than ever

    This collector’s edition, after having been postponed several times, finally took place with 2 new categories: “Tag Team Loop” (duo of loopers) and “Crew” (team of 3 members minimum) to the delight of the community.

    Beatboxers and fans from all over the world gathered at Park Expo XXI during the competition, to share an unforgettable moment between enthusiasts : more than 80 participants, 3,000 spectators on site and 30,000 live on the YouTube livestream of Swissbeatbox !

    This year, the organizers have gone all out:

    A huge stage lined with gigantic LED screens to allow everyone to enjoy the details of the battles, but also exclusive showcases, such as those of 🇬🇧 ReepsOne, 🇫🇷 UniTeam, 🇫🇷 Saro or even 🇺🇸 Spiderhorse the whole highlighted by our favorite host 🇨🇦 Scott Jackson!

    SpiderHorse showcase - GBB 2021
    SpiderHorse on stage at GBB 2021

    Best of all, this year those watching the competition on the stream had the pleasure of seeing 🇬🇧 Hobbit and 🇪🇸 Freddy Beat commenting on the battles live.

    Aside from a few sound problems, we can say that this edition was a great success, and it was a pleasure to be back with the family after 2 years of absence!

    Our best memories

    It’s hard to sum up all the emotions we experienced during these few days, but we have listed some of our favorite moments for you 🙂

    OUR SURPRISE

    🇧🇪 FootboxG who beats 🇫🇷 Alexinho the reigning world champion for an anthology 1⁄8 final. An intense moment that we experienced live to the misfortune of the French but the pride of LYREBIRD 😀

    OUR TOP BATTLE

    🇫🇷 River’ vs 🇫🇷 Colaps for a 100% French final (with 🇨🇴 Colombian origins) where the duo 🇫🇷 🇨🇴 Rogue Wave went punch-for-punch using spit snares as scathing as stab wounds …

    In 12 years of competition the solo category’s champion title was the only one missing for France. Problem solved hands down by managing to have 2 French finalists 😃

    OUR FAVORITE FUN MOMENT

    The 🇦🇹 austrians from M.O.M who finished their qualification in underwear… Unprecedented on the GBB stage in 12 years of events.

    OUR FAVORITE MOMENT OF COMPLICITY

    🇫🇷 Rythmind and 🇫🇷 ChrisTheOdian collaborating on a cover of AC / DC’s Back in Black instead of facing each other during their little final … A great souvenir video in store!

    The performances of our senseis at GBB 2021

    A massive big up to our senseis present on the competition:

    🇫🇷 Alem (TOP 8 – Solo Category)

    🇫🇷 Alexinho (TOP 16 – Solo category)

    🇧🇪 FootboxG (Tag Team champion and TOP 3 in Solo Category)

    🇫🇷 Efaybee with his crew SQUID (TOP 3 – Crew category)

    🇧🇪 Bigben & 🇫🇷 Kim with their duo SHADOW SUMO (TOP 11 – Tag Team category)

    🇫🇷 SARO (Judge)

    Middle School - GBB Champion 2021
    🇧🇪 FootboxG & Supernova (Middle School) – GBB Tag Team Champion 2021

    GBB 2021 battles results

    Solo :

    Grand Beatbox Battle 2021 Solo Results Brackets Competition Table with D-Koy Zer0 Alexinho FootboxG Gene B-Art River 'Colaps Vocodah NaPoM Zekka Elisii Alem King Inertia Helium

    Tag Team :

    Grand Beatbox Battle 2021 Tag Team Results Competition Table with Middle School ONII-CHAN Rofu and Rogue Wave

    Solo Loopstation :

    Grand Beatbox Battle 2021 Solo Loopstation Results Competition Table with Rythmind Brez SXIN Frosty Chris TheOdian Dice Bizkit and Robin

    Palmares of GBB 2021

    Solo :

    1: Colaps 🇫🇷 🇨🇴

    2: River’ 🇫🇷 🇨🇴

    3: FootboxG 🇧🇪

    Loopstation :

    1: Bizkit 🇺🇸

    2: Frosty 🇬🇧

    3: Rythmind 🇫🇷

    Tag Team :

    1: Middle School (FootboxG & Supernova) 🇧🇪

    2: Rogue Wave (Colaps & River’) 🇫🇷 🇨🇴

    3: Rofu (Fuga & Hiro) 🇯🇵

    Crew :

    1: M.O.M (Eon, Slizzer, Geo Popoff) 🇦🇹

    2: SARUKANI (So-So, Rusy, Kaji, Kohey) 🇯🇵

    3: SQUID (Orfey, Efaybee, Chris TheOdian, Robin, Brez) 🇫🇷

    Tag Team Loopstation :

    1: SORRY (So-so & Rusy) 🇯🇵

    2: BERY (Beatness & Rythmind) 🇫🇷

    3: SCAM TALK (Brez & Chris TheOdian)

    Colaps & River - Champion and vice-champion GBB 2021 | Solo category
    Colaps et River’ – Top 1 & 2 at GBB in Solo Category and vice-champions in Tag Team

    The countries that provide the show

    We are proud to see that 🇫🇷 France still plays its leading role on the international beatbox scene with no less than 7 titles won out of the 15 possible!

    The 🇺🇸 United States are increasingly taking the front stage with 🇺🇸 Bizkit winning the Loopstation category and 🇺🇸 Inertia winning the 7-to-smoke champion title as well as the TOP 4 in the solo category.

    Mention spéciale à 🇺🇸 Napom, 🇺🇸 D-Koy et 🇺🇸 Gene qui viennent compléter les 4 premières places des qualifications dans la catégorie Solo !

    3ème pays le plus représenté sur la compétition : le 🇯🇵 Japon qui a fait fort dans les catégories collectives notamment, avec 3 titres à la clé.

    Omedetō gozaimasu 🇯🇵 So-So san plus déterminé que jamais qui s’est qualifié dans 4 catégories différentes. YABAI !

    On en profite pour féliciter la 🇲🇾 Malaisie pour sa première participation à la compétition grâce à 2 beatboxeurs bourrés de talents : 🇲🇾 Stitch et 🇲🇾 Heartzel. À surveiller pour le futur 😉

    Beatbox events: the ideal way to progress

    We see that the beatbox evolves quickly thanks to the transmission and exchanges during community events such as online or physical battles.

    This kind of initiative advances the discipline, gives motivation to continue to improve and experience ever stronger emotions.

    This is what we want to promote with LYREBIRD via our community platform where you can share with other enthusiasts and soon participate to international events.

    In addition, to help you to structure your beatbox you can get coached by masters of the discipline and increase your chances of participating in LYREBIRD events in order to show what you have learned 🙂

    Je réserve mes leçons par visioconférence pour progresser plus rapidement ici.

    And you, how did you experience this edition of GBB – World League 2021? We invite you to share your experience in the comments. In any case, we can not wait to go back to a beatbox event!

    ESH

     Duj, Jabe and Keumart - Co-founders LYREBIRD
    Duj, Jabe and Keumart: co-founders of LYREBIRD in Warsaw (Poland)