TEDxHONOLULU - Jason Tom - Vocal Groove

Vocal Groove Based in the Honolulu Arts District of Chinatown, Jason is the founder of the Human Beatbox Academy. He is a human drum machine who fuses musical genres, movement, dance, improvisation, vocally replicates a drum kit, drum machine, percussion, acoustic and electric bass, didgeridoo, ipu, pahu, synthesizer sounds, and more. Hawai’i’s Human Beatbox offers outreach and weekly classes to the youth and local community that teaches the foundation, history, background, beats, and techniques in the art of vocal percussion at the ArtSmith. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events