When I was in high school I was absolutely obsessed with Greg Pattillo's pieces. I would listen to his version of the Mario Bros. Theme almost every day!!! It was so innovative and so cool, and I could never imagine beatboxing on the flute myself. In my first year of University my entire flute studio went to one of his concerts, in which Greg Pattillo himself held a masterclass on how to Beatbox Flute!!! I was so excited, and I had a natural talent at extended techniques, including percussive techniques, so naturally I was called out for being really good at Beatboxing even though it was my first time!!
When I found out that I could do this, I was ecstatic! My entire studio had a blast that whole year trying to improvise and jam out together.
When my friend told me that Greg Pattillo wrote a piece for Beatbox I was obviously more than just intrigued, I had to know more about it; I had to learn it!!!
Over the years I have attended Greg Pattillo's concerts and met up with him afterwards in order to have informal jam sessions on the beats that gave us the most problems.
When I started my ethnomusicology course and I had to focus on learning a musical genre, I knew it had to be Beatbox Flute right away!!!
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