mattswriting.com » celebrity impersonations http://mattswriting.com DJ Matt Werner Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:33:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The DJ Matt Werner Show on Fresh Air: The Alternative features interviews with some of the most provocative musicians and writers today who challenge the status quo of the music and literary scenes. Featured guests include hip hop artist Talib Kweli, spoken word artist and musician Saul Williams, rock composer Dave Smallen, modern classical composer Fr. Bruno Clifton, beatboxer and voice artist Kid Beyond, and poets from the Def Poetry Jam including Ise Lyfe, Dahlak Brathwaite, and George Watksy. DJ Matt Werner no DJ Matt Werner mattswriting@gmail.com mattswriting@gmail.com (DJ Matt Werner) DJ Matt Werner and the respective copyright holders, 2009 A weekly musician interview program with Scotland's premier literary DJ Fresh Air, DJ Matt Werner, Fresh Air: The Alternative, Talib Kweli, Saul Williams, Hyphy, Dahlak Brathwaite, Watsky, Kid Beyond, Literary DJ, Conscious, Hip Hop, Michael Krasny mattswriting.com » celebrity impersonations http://mattswriting.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/MLK_and_Eminem_for_iTunes_thumbnail.jpg http://mattswriting.com Interview with beatboxer Kid Beyond http://mattswriting.com/2009/04/15/interview-with-beatboxer-kid-beyond/ http://mattswriting.com/2009/04/15/interview-with-beatboxer-kid-beyond/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:08:13 +0000 Matt http://mattswriting.com/?p=65 kid-beyond

DJ Matt Werner’s exclusive interview with beatboxer, singer, live-looper, and voice actor extraordinaire Kid Beyond originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on November 25, 2008.

In addition to playing his live cover of Wandering Star by Portishead and I Shall Be Free off of his album Amplivate, the interview also features his voice-overs for video games like Call of Duty, Sims (and how he improvised speaking Simlish), Guitar Hero and American Idol video games, and Nokia commercials. Kid Beyond also showcases his impersonations of Barack Obama, Don LaFontaine, Thurl Ravenscroft, and many more.

This in-depth interview covers many topics, ranging from Kid Beyond’s beginnings as a performer in an a cappella group at Brown University, to joining The House Jacks, being signed to Warner Brothers and almost being made into a boy band, to his solo touring, live looping gigs, to his exploration of Buddhism and the inspiration for his song I Shall Be Free, as well as his work fundraising for Barack Obama in 2008.

For more on Kid Beyond and his EP Amplivate, please visit http://www.kidbeyond.com

Note: All of the male voices and music performed in this 50-minute interview (besides DJ Matt Werner’s voice) including the commercials, are done by Kid Beyond using only his voice and live looping. This interview was also featured on Human Beatbox.com

(Right click and select “Save Link As” to download the large, 109 MB mp3 audio file)

Click on the player to listen to the 50-minute interview and feature on vocal artist Kid Beyond.

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