Julia's Tools: Mouth, teeth, tongue, lips, vocal chords
The
Canadian
beatboxer has been writing songs since she “was a fetus” and her dedication has apparently payed off. A 17 year old Julia won the 2009 Online Beatboxing World Championship and since then has been mentioned by Pop big names like Justin Timberlake and Ashton Kutcher, made an appearance on Alexa Chung’s MTV show and become quite the online sensation via her beatboxing YouTube vids and she did all this before she could legally buy a pitcher, crazy eh?
AM: SO.. life was pretty epic before you turned 18 ...
What have you been doing since you won the beatboxing world championship??
JD: Since the contest I went to university and am now taking time off
school to record some of my own original songs.
AM:It seems like you completely dominated the beat off with Rahzel. Were you nervous when he came out on the show??
JD: I was too ridiculously excited to think about being nervous, and I
definitely didn't dominate him he was scratching to compliment the
song I was covering. It wasn't a battle, he was just giving me the
gift of beatboxing alongside him.
AM: How did you get into beatboxing?
JD: I got into beatboxing when I was a little kid because my tennis
instructor could do it and I realized I could make a bunch of weird noises
too and then I became obsessed.
AM: How long does it usually take you to learn a new sound/beat?
JD: It doesn't take long to learn a new sound, its more just mental and
trying to figure out exactly which tiny muscles to use and often I
stumble on sounds accidentally.
AM: music mentors?
JD: My beatbox mentor was Chris Perry. My beatbox idols are Beardyman and Rahzel.
AM: other interests?
JD: playing Squash!
AM: Where do you see yourself in ten years?
JD:I would love to be a professional musician in ten years but if not
then probably in another field of communications
