Jason Tom Beatbox

Jason Tom and the Human Beatbox Academy

Beatboxer Jason Tom has opened for Michael Winslow, Quest Crew and the Jabbawockeez and is the founder of the Human Beatbox Academy and co-founder of the ArtSmith. Growing up as a beatboxer with asthma, he has been on tour with Music With A Message and the American Lung Association of Hawaii since 2009. Jason is the 2011 Hawaii Scene Choice Award recipient for "Best Solo Performer." Best of Honolulu Weekly featured him as the "Musician Deserving of a Wider Audience" in 2009. Jason presented "Vocal Groove" at the TEDx Talks held at the Cupola Theatre of the Honolulu Design Center with surprise guest popper Philosophy. A collaborative fusion of dance and beatboxing, an idea worth spreading in the perpetuation of the human vocal art of beatboxing. His video dubbed "Jason Tom From Hawaii" went number one on the BEATBOX BATTLE TV network. Jason won first place in the November 2011 First Thursdays Poetry Slam competition advancing him into the 2012 First Thursdays Grand Slam Finals hosted by Hawaii Slam. Few nights after that he competed in the Road to SXSW event (Oahu Hawaii) having earned his place to perform at the 2012 SXSW Festival in Austin, TX (100,000+ attendance). Traveling coast to coast he performed at the 2011 Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle Finals in Oakland, CA and the 2010 International Human Beatbox Convention in Brooklyn, NY. Jason is also featured beatboxing on Faioso's "I'm Movin' On" track in the 2010 Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaii's Grammy Awards) "Best Hip-Hop/R&B" award nominated album "Nobody Owns Me." For more drop by: http://www.jasontom.com