In a highly entertaining performance, beatboxer Tom Thum slings beats, comedy and a mouthful of instrumental impersonations into 11 minutes of creativity and fun that will make you smile. (Filmed at TEDxSydney.)
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boots and cats
@@sharpmango60120 you said it
Cats and boots
A WITCH! BURN THE WITCH!!
@@sic.4191you said it
Tom: beatboxes Right hand: 🎤 Left hand: 👋✊👊👆👇🖐✋👋👉✋👈👋👊✊👇☝👌
Deaf people wondering why he is saying he will invade china using toilets while eating garlic cake: *worried pikachu face*
Hidden Sound Ninja confirmed.
😂😂😂😂
Keith Stone Oh hi Roger, Freddie, Brian and John! :3
lol🤣
Teacher: Do you play any instruments Tom: I am the instrument
classmates :so does that mean i get to play with tom???
Choir kids:
[All] Well Played
Palpatine: I am the senate
Ama the instrument
Anyone 2024?!?!!!
Yes
Here🖐😊
Me too 😊
Am here!
Me
This dude is so talented. It's crazy how many sounds he can make with his voice. And the throat sounds too are crazy (when he was doing Germany party music)
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For other professional beatboxers like him it's normal lmao
@@arussianguythatdoesntsmile6429 of course! everything is normal for the people who already know how to do something, esp. on a professional level 😊
This man can play the trumpet better than most people He doesnt even have one
Lol
XD im weak
he is judges in swissbeatbox (loopstation)
Yeah not me though...
Poep
Tom: here’s your microphone back TedX: umm u keep it
Ahahah 🤣
I'm so glad you didn't explain the joke, I got it
@@c_01m26 happy for you dude
LoL mabey so sticky
You stole this bruh :/
I love how Germany is always so accurately shown with the clubs...
The real one man band.
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"I'd like to give you guys a abit of a demonstration about what I do" * Deep throats the mic *
Potion fE indeed
Potion fE (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)😂😂😂
Lmao
he does in street corners and it may not sound appropriate 😂
Potion f omg XD
KZhead: ya wanna watch this again after 5 years? Me: sure.
relatable affff
It's actually 6 years
Erik Adalbert van Nagel 6
@@xleb_1121 1. I watched this 5 years ago not six as I mentioned in my comment. 2. There's a joke about 5 years youtube aloritm. 3. WOOOOOOOOOOSH
I’ve seen this video countless times in the span of four years.
This video is what got me into beatboxing 10 years ago. I used to be insecure about the gap between my front teeth, but because of Tom it’s become the best instrument in my toolkit and that’s something I hope to thank him for in person someday
Me to brother , This video made me understand what I did since I was a child
He does it all with so much joy. Makes him extremely sympathetic to me. Great skill developed with curiosity and experimental enthusiasm. Love that!
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This is the strangest and one of the coolest TED talks I’ve every seen
2013 was a simpler time
Reggie watts' tedtalk is definitely the weirdest
Yup he's the godfather of professional beatbox
Then that implies that you have seen very little......
2012 + 2013 were my favorite years.... tho music was most sh*tty at this time
His mom: be a vocalist. His dad: be a drummer. He: ok...
Harish Kumar you are right. ''Cherry's Vocal Studio'' Sydney has Subscribed your Channel.
There is a female supermodel called Florrie who is a drumming vocalist. She makes real catchy music which could sound great on most catwalks too 😊
Lol
He
Oo among us
His neighbor in the therapy meeting: I hear voices in his house. At least 8 or 10. Therapist: Have you seen cars parking in the lane? Or someone coming over to his house? Neighbor: No. But I swear there was a complete jazz band in there. Therapist: yes, off course. Here is a prescription. Take the medicine. The voices will go then. Next week Therapist: How do you feel now? Are the voices still there? Neighbor: yes, I’m not scared anymore. Micheal Jackson is still alive. I heard him singing with the band! 😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol 😂
Maya ... Me thinks you've had an edible or smoked a little something before writing your comment, .... Very funny though... Had me laughing here 🤣 🤣🤣... I could literally picture what you're saying 🤣
Can people stop using emoji's thank you
Omg. 😂😂
I think this is genuinely one of the best presentation about beatbox of all time, especially to people who are not familiar with it. He made it simple, lighthearted & funny but at the same time showcase how complex the art of beatboxing is in the most relatable & enjoyable way possible (aka the journey across the world segment). Was blown away when i first watched this 8 years ago, still blown away in 2022
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The most entertaining beatboxer i ever watch.
Beardymans fuckin good too
@Mischi2k no one I've ever seen has put on a better showcase than this
@@Studio-nj5he Try Michael Winslow or Eklips.
@@rayrandall286 lol no..their originality and the fact that they're pioneers don't give them the "best showcase" status
@@Studio-nj5he True, but my opinion is that he's very good, but not insanely good, like Napom.
You can never guess what's gonna happen in a ted talk
You're not really trump, are you?
@@winterr2916 He's actually Trump
Yo go back to building your wall
i sense a donald thum
How have you not figured out who The Flash is
The Germany part of the “Tour of Sounds” was flawless, always my favorite part!
Its been 9 years and still watching him😂
I know the feeling - I've been coming back to this every few years since forever 😁
10 now
Tom: does beatbox. His hands:↖️↙️↘️↙️↘️⬅️↘️⬅️↘️↩️↖️🔄➡️
He did the Konami code
You can't tie your hands together?
That’s how beatboxers usually are lmao
Навальный
@@nall_channel ахахах, сразу подумал про это
When your parents refuses to buy you any instruments
This resonates with me on a spiritual level
Lolllllolllol
😂
Lol
Ebatь cmehsno
After several watches of this over the years, I only now realized that this absolute MadLad did a flawless jazz cover of No Diggity by Blackstreet and Dr.Dre. Makes me love this so much more than I already did! 🙌🏼
ditto, i have first seen this about a decade ago and just realized. insane.
No one: My russian neighbors at 3 AM: 6:07
*БОЧКА БАСС КОЛБАСИТ СОЛО*
@@Saglam87 у
true kzhead.info/sun/aaeKn6aSbYWXgpE/bejne.html
Party, party, yeah
COMRAD ELMO
08:31 Start 08:45 Presentazione 08:55 Basso 09:06 Pad 09:33 Cassa Rullante 09:39 Presentazione 09:54 Tema Tromba 10:05 Risposta Tema 10:15 Solo batteria 10:26 Solo Tomba 10:47 Trombone 10:59 Voce 11:07 Chiusa
Producer: so which instrument are you going to play? Tom: Yes
😂😂
😂
😄😄😄👍
Yes is not instrament are you dumb it dusnent make sence
@@wallad171 u dident get it???? LOLOL GTF outa here
This guy has unlocked all potential voice boxes available.
nah he bought the dlc
Through a surgery maybe
@@muditchauhan8174 not a surgery, just practicr
@@muditchauhan8174 I can assure you, there is no surgery involved. Every special beatboxers can do all kinds of sound just with their voice. And Tom is a Legendary one in the industry.
@@muditchauhan8174 nope, check the Ted from 2017 or 19 I believe, a surgeon put a scope with camera into his throat to show the world wth is happening.. It was weird but quite unique.. 😐
This guy bought the premium voice package.
First saw this when I was a little kid and didn’t realize the silence was super loud at 1:07 but he still proceeds to kill it and win over the crowd🔥
This guy is my last brain cell on a math exam.
😂😂😂
Yo this brain cell tallented
last brain cell is carrying
Jesus loves you ❤️
@@eprot6170 Exactly what I wanted to say
So is no-one gonna talk about the fact that this man literally harmonized with himself?
solo band of 3
I'm sure he talks about it with himself all the time
A completely normal phenomenon.
@@georgegherkin3426 ikr
Haha nope
Nevet get tired of watching this particular TEDx Talk. Tom Thum is just amazing.
Мне кажется в человеке ещё есть миллионы подобных и немыслимых возможностей.. Парнишка молодец ! Талант!
After 6years, Im still watching this guy beatboxing..
facebook. please
Nguyen Lich đúng là vn:))
Same.
đảng cộng sản VN muôn năm
@@nguyenlich7215 cringe Simp for stranger on KZhead
I love how his last name combines with his talent :D "Impressive. Your Thu'um is precise. You show great promise Dragonborn."
YES
FUCKING YEAH!!!
OH MY GOD! I LOVED THIS REFERENCE! HAHAHAHAHHA
Everytime I see his name somewhere I think it's "Tom Thu'um".
i imagined that too!
Man, 10 years later and this man still makes me wanna dance!
Have to watch it all the way thru every time it comes up!
Band practice: Teacher: Where is your instrument? Tom: I swallowed it.
Hahaha I can't stop laughing after watching your comment
Lol i need help cant stop laughing
Omg.. i saw your comment on Sax Guy 10 Hours. The comment like this :DDD why are you doing that? Xd
That the only thing u swallowed Jk
Joash Player 5555 I agree.
I swear to god this man's meals consist of nothing but different instruments
Mikkel Christensen MA BOY KANEKI
Mikkel Christensen And Mics
I thought I was going to hear a violin
Hey me
I just finished rewatching Root A of Tokyo ghoul today WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
No matter how often I come back to this vid over the years his talent in mixing his voice for all the different sounds at once is still amazing...and the last "Jazz bar" bit is just a treat, especially if you've ever heard the instruments he's mimicking personally like I have from when I was in band for a couple years back in high school...they are REAL good imitations for a human voice.
6:15 the whistling of the microphone makes it so much cooler!
I literally watched and liked this video 8 years ago, I was 11 years old. And now, I still find him his talents are more than impressive.
me too brother
Same here
Do you find that you get his double entendre until 00:49 now and had no idea previously what people were laughing about?
That’s awesome
same here man, i’ve come back to this vid so many times over the years! 😎 mans got such talent
Tom: **beatboxes** Lungs: am I a joke to u?
SayamGamer I bet he gives good head
@@feistyguy6432 wtf
@@ryanmclaughlin1040 I dont see the problem here
Ah! The old "joke to u" joke.
@Godwin Fredy Yup!
This fellow plays so many instruments but he has none😳and he's harmonizing with himself!!!! Brilliant
Perfeito. Simplesmente monstro ❤
Subtitles: Beatboxing Deaf people: 💃
pro gamer XD
@@uziedgegameing5324 umm I literally just changed my name from Uzi to YuziSZN
Stolen
DodgerBoy 05 No, its shared and passed on you doughnut
YuziSZN Lmao
Aliens in Area 51 trying to communicate with us
Save us humans !!!👽
I’m the 1k like yes I have the power of God
You must watch yenz, he is the real alien from area 51
Hahah
😂😂
11 years ago and this still brings a smile to my face.
The best part about this is that he looks like he's enjoying himself so much.
After the show, producer be like, "lol u can keep the mic"
Subtiltles: *Beatbox* Deaf people: wow this is some quality music.
Could you please leave us alone
@@lawrencekomakech9094 heh i get that cause potato man eats the world
Hahahahahahaha 😂😂😂😆😅
The moving hand was for them to understand
666 likes keep it that way
I'm so glad KZhead still recommends to watch this video every now and then
I love his voice
His low frequency voice is exactly like a Transformers voice. He should play one of the voices in the movie.
sooo true
I don't love me and some of the day
It sounds like a didgeridoo.
or batman
TTTMusic wear is she......WEAR IS RACHAEL
The dislikes are the people who are mad he didn’t actually fit a whole orchestra in his mouth
Or, they just be jealous
He does when he’s on the corner 😏
They do bE really jealous huh?
@@vegatables1584 yea
Советский Мемер those ppl don’t know how to see how great he is good at best boxing
He is one of the reasons I want to learn beatboxing
The way he even mimicked the scratching sound from a player's finger sliding across the string of a bass astounds me
Ted *TALKS* Me: expect inspiring talks Tom: literally started a concert
why not?
Imagine a person doing that in the 17th century
Why was I thinking that too ?? Lol
they’d probably be killed
He would be set on fire for witchery :)
He'll get burned, because they'll think he's a sorcerer (wizard).🤣
Lol
Good to see you all back here again!🎉
2022 and it doesn't get old! Such a legend! 🤘
The Germany part was the best thing ever
lol right
i am from germany, and it's offending me. .. i guess i will just go to a techno rave to forget about it.
yes that is the Best of the Clip
heul doch misjudgedtwat
---------------------------------------------> joke. your head.
Tom: Does beatbox Microphone: *That shower was very good*
It was prolly thinking why he was crying.
XD
XD
lmao ahhahahahhaha
10 percent of beatbox is spitting btw
I love how when the jazz part came about he started playing the trumpet to "No Digity"
Bro... the EFFING record scratching over the sound..... I'm a big beat box fan, that's one of the coolest, most unique sounds I've heard, and I adore it. =)
This is the most 2013 thing I've seen in a while
I just made this comment to 666 liked Lmao
When quality was still content
@@hxxwk Likes*
@@inkterp5322 Man it wasn't aaaages ago... How old are you? xD
2013? You must be a millenial because beat box is more of a late 80's kinda thing.
When the title said 'The orchestra in my mouth', I literally thought this guy is gonna create all those violins, cellos, tuba, cymbals kinda sounds and stuff!!😅
Archie I thought the same
I thought they would do all of them at the same time btw is it possible?
Same
Same
Me too
Highest appreciation to this guy. Lot's of energy, time and , off course, spittle he spent to achieve this level. Inspire!❤
Truly amazing and awesome!
*Wouldn't be surprised if he has instruments inside of him*
he is an instrument
No sexual jokes, anyone? Nope, okay.
iiTz Sickshot And Mics
What he ate them?
And one time at band camp...
The most impressive bit is how he is able to get the static noises that a record player needle would make when it passes over scratches. I mean it sounds just like the real thing.
agree
Yeah idk how he does that
@@roboutot4839 same
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It's not actually that hard, the saliva does the job
Simply Amazing. Thank you .
英語の勉強になるし、ボイパ好きだから面白い! very exciting!!!!
Tom:mom i want to be a musician Mom:we cant afford instruments Tom:worry no more
Or Tom: am I a joke to you?
😂
@@oopdigdigfig9786 HAHAHAHA
Tom: I'll just steal my *flavor* from black culture like we always do mom!😁
You know what I play: PENCIL
The Thu'um is strong with this one .
The next Dragonborn, perhaps? We must consult with the Greybeards.
Tom Thu'um… Not bad
Fu s ro dah
So I see I wasn't the only one who was thinking this. Definitely gotta be Dovahkiin. Good thing there are no magical words of power in this world, he could wreck a nation with them. The most powerful Dragonborn ever.
this is funny
This is the 4 most watch video on this channel man tom is the one who took beat boxing to next level
You are so talented and your art is so fantastic.proud of you
What instruments can you play with your mouth? This guy: YES.
nick his name is Tom
Just liked your comment to get to 666
Grafmec X uh oh
Jokes apart, now imagine how many times he might have failed learning and improving the skills. LEGEND
YEAA EACH AND EVERY SOUND!
Lol you have to see D-Low’s “Bump Jump,” it’s absurd
poor neighbors...lol
As far as I can tell, just one time. See video.
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this is just pure talent at its finest
Awesome‼ This is my first time to see this kind of music and I'm so excited with his music.
Those 7 thousand ➕ dislikes are from wives tired of their husbands trying to Beatbox after watching this
but you can include at least 40% of those dislikes from hillary clinton supporters. they dream of america being ran by a woman. feminist america
reggie bayard What does that have to do with anything? No I’m honestly confused, where did it come from?
I TRIED TRUMPET I FARTED
I loved him as vision in the new Avengers
flugelblarghen lol I c the similarity
Bruh
I WAS THINKIN THE SAME THING LMAOOO
He looks smack like him
Stiovvgf
Love this vid. Have no idea how many times I've watched it.
Can't believe it's been 10 yrs. Still a great video.
Band Teacher: So what instrument are you playing this year Tom? Tom: *INHALES*
That was good...
Tom; YES
Goodone
Teacher: oh no
Peafry I've Subscribed your Channel. God bless ''Cherry's Vocal Studio'' Sydney.
You know when somebody's that good when you stand up from your computer and give this guy a standing novation.
+Genesis Obadiah *Standing ovation
***** Lol yeah maybe. Give this guy a Novation Launchpad
siri correction error. haha
+Genesis Obadiah Sure, blame it on siri. ;)
TheOpelkoenjas auto has its faults lol. Doesn't matter, you get what I was saying.
Even now, 9 years later, it was so amazing at the time that you can see it when it appears on the algorithm.
As someone who grew up with a brass instrument in his hand his sound is clean its maddening
I'm from Germany. 5:58 is absolutely genius 😂 I really love this part :D
The best bit for me ...
PFL Keto hab dieses Video schon vor Jahren gesehen und die Stelle gefiel mir wieder am besten. Grüsse an die Deutschen!
party party yeeaah :))) killed it
@@Jasses0 Hatte das auch schon mal gesehen, es aber wieder vergessen. Jetzt musste ich einfach mal kommentieren wo KZhead mir das wieder vorgeschlagen hat. Grüße zurück 😉
@@cptmario So what? The Islam is an religion like all the others. Not the religion is bad. Only a few radical people who destroy it. But this ist not a political discussion here.
※There are several people living in his throat.
At least he can feed them all at once Lol
And an entire orchestra as well as a synthesizer
i call it multiple personality disorder
😂
Very underrated comment.
Germany beat was just chillin ❤❤❤
Damn... Old Days... I've been coming to watch it on rare occasions for years.
C'mon we all know he can do this because he swallowed a whole dj set.
Broooooo... Roflmfaoooo 😂😂😂😂 I'm cryin ova hereeeee. 😂😂😭😭😭😂😂😂
bruhhh I can too beatbox ok? that does'nt mean that I have Swallowed a whole dj set that is not good for the health and for the stomach too
@@OmkPlaysYT that's what you want us to think. 🤔
@@OmkPlaysYT wooosh
OmkPlaysPro_ YT r/wooooosh
Well, the algorithm has brought us again here guys.
I actually chosed to watch this again.
It has indeed
Indeed it did
Brandon Beckius oh my gosh, when I replied that I didn’t even see your comment lol.
Derpachu Lel that’s pretty funny
What an amazing performance had the crowd their the whole time beautiful 👏
He is amazing!!
This is the only TED Talk that I've watched completely. Tom is no ordinary person my friends. ❤💎🫶🏻
That German hard bass was the best thing ever hahaha