Hello Beatbox family, we’re very happy to announce the wildcard competition for the Florida Beatbox Battle 2024 edition that will once again be the main event of the Florida Beatbox Festival that will happen on April 5th and 6th. This year 2 major and awesome announcements:
the re-introduction of the loopstation category in the form of a live 2 parts-final (showcase and battle) between the 2 best loopers of the Wildcard competition but also a spot at GBB24 for the Florida Beatbox Battle SOLO champion 🤯 🔥 🔥
We hope many of you will participate, here are all the details you need to know for now :
SOLO CATEGORY
The Florida Beatbox Battle solo category is a high-end competition that will happen in Agen / France on April 6th 2024. It starts at top 8 and offers professional conditions for the beatboxers involved. The 8 qualified contestants will receive a 300€ artist fee (this is not a wildcard prize but a live performance fee requiring your participation at the live event) as any performer of the festival and will also have up to 300€ of traveling expenses covered (plus 2 nights of hotel, 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners and a 2 days pass for the Florida Beatbox Festival). The top 3 of the competition will also win cash prizes and music gears and the winner will be directly selected in the Grand Beatbox Battle 2024 solo category. The participants will definitely enjoy the great sound of the venue and will each get a personal customized sound check. Also and it’s important! They’ll be welcomed by a very friendly team and a great crowd. So don’t hesitate and
enter the competition now!
General rules of the battle
The format of the battle is now clearly defined: 5 judges, no overtime, quarterfinals with our special 1 round (1minute30) per battle format, 2 wins to advance, 1 loss is not fatal but 2 losses and you’re out…
Semifinals, small final and final with a classic 2 rounds (1.30 min) format.
Wildcard competition
🔥 8 WILDCARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS EDITION 🔥
If you want to participate, follow these instructions :
- Record a 2 mins wildcard (please don’t do more, keep it short and sweet, + or -10 seconds accepted) with a short introduction (not included in the 2 minutes, it’s 2 minutes of music).
- No Multi-cam, only one angle and keep the movements of your mouth as visible as possible (Don’t forget to tell us your name, your category and nationality in the beginning of the video).!
- Upload it on YouTube and write your name and the mention “FBB24 solo wildcard” in the title, then DM the link to the Florida Beatbox Facebook page (messenger) so we don’t forget anyone This is mandatory for your participation! -> FB.com/floridabeatboxfestival
Wildcard judging system:
Very simple, 5 judges, each of them will give a top 16, number 1 gets 16 points, number 2 gets 15…. number 16 gets 1 point. After the count of points for each judge, a general ranking will appear and the Top 8 beatboxers will be qualified to participate to the FBB 2024.
The wildcard competition starts now and ends December 5th at 11.59pm CET, so get on it!
The Wildcard judges this year will be Hobbit, Pe4enkata, Zede, K.I.M and Inkie.
LOOPSTATION CATEGORY
The Florida Beatbox Battle loopstation category is a high-end competition that will happen in Agen / France on April 5th 2024 alongside with beatbox-related concerts and shows. It’s a final between the 2 best loopers of the Wildcard competition who will perform a showcase then will face-off in a battle. The 2 qualified contestants will receive a 300€ artist fee (this is not a wildcard prize but a live performance fee requiring your participation at the live event) as any performer of the festival and will also have up to 300€ of traveling expenses covered (plus 2 nights of hotel, 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners and a 2 days pass for the Florida Beatbox Festival). The winner of the competition will also win a cash prize and music gears. The participants will definitely enjoy the great sound and professional conditions of the venue and will each get a personal customized sound check. Also and it’s important! They’ll be welcomed by a very friendly team and a great crowd. So don’t hesitate and enter the competition now!
General rules of the battle
We wanted to welcome loopers from both worlds, the ones who only use 1 loopstation and the ones who like to geek a bit more with external devices but keeping it fair at the same time so we’re going back to our usual « loopstation plus 1 extra device » kind of battle. Each of the 2 participants will first do a 6 to 7 minutes showcase then they will face-off in a classic battle (3 to 3.30 minutes / 2 rounds per battler / eventual extra round also 3 to 3.30 minutes).
4 judges will separately vote in both parts of the competition by putting their favorite name in a box twice which means 1 vote for the showcase and one vote for the battle. If there’s a draw (1 wins the showcase and 1 wins the battle or if they tie in both) an extra round will be performed at the end of the battle part.
EQUIPMENT ALLOWED & REGULATIONS: there has to be limits, this is where we draw the line:
YOU CAN:
- Perform with only 1 device as long as it’s a hardware unit and primarily a loopstation which means any loopstation in the market with or without onboard effects (any music brand and any loopstation model from any era as long as its primary designation is « loopstation/looper »).
- Add an extra device which can be any hardware effect unit as long as it’s primarily an effect unit (not a synth with effects for example) or a second hardware loopstation.
- Trigger sounds with your voice such as synth notes as long as you sequence them yourself, the limit being the arpeggiators included in units such as RC-505 MK2 which are allowed.
- Use 1 midi controller as long as its only function is being a midi controller.
- GBB21 pre-approved devices such as Helix products and BOSS sy1000 are also allowed.
YOU CANNOT:
- Use softwares of any kind so no computer, no phone, no tablet, no loopy pro, no Ableton…
- Use a 1st device that is not primarily designated as a looper so no sequencer that loops, no effect unit with a little looper inside, no synth with an onboard loopstation…
- Use a sequencer of any kind or use a midi sequencing system. All song structures have to be live-looped and live-performed (No Mod Duo, no Bomebox …).
- Use a second device that is not primarily an effect device or a looper so no sequencer, groove box or synth with onboard effects.
- Use pre-made synth or instrumental sequences or pre-recorded sounds.
- Use instruments of any kind, so no flute, no keyboards, no drums…. ONLY voice and mouth sounds or eventually voice triggered sounds as mentioned in the «YOU CAN » section.
- Use any drum machine sounds or instrument sounds of any kind other than those defined in the «YOU CAN » section.
- Use more than 2 devices.
- Use a midi controller that can generate sound by itself so for example you cannot have a RC-505 as a controller if you already have 2 devices.
WILDCARD COMPETITION
2 WILDCARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS EDITION
If you want to participate, follow these instructions :
- Record a 3.15 minutes wildcard (please don’t exceed, keep it short and sweet + or -15 seconds accepted) with a short introduction (not included, it’s 3.15 minutes of music).
- No Multi-cam, only one angle and keep the movements of your mouth and hands as visible as possible (Don’t forget to tell us your name, your category and nationality in the beginning of the video)!
- Please don’t cheat! if you make a mistake try again instead of fixing it with your computer, that will save you time for later. No multitrack allowed, this has to be a one shot live-mixed performance so you can embellish your stereo track with a nice little mastering if you want but don’t add anything, please play fair! We’ll review closely the final top 8 and if anything looks suspicious we’ll ask for raw takes and project screenshots so don’t risk your spot !
- Upload it on YouTube and write your name and the mention “FBB24 loopstation wildcard” in the title, then DM the link to the Florida Beatbox Facebook page (messenger) so we don’t forget anyone This is mandatory for your participation! -> FB.com/floridabeatboxfestival
Wildcard judging system:
Very simple, 4 judges, each of them will give a top 8, number 1 gets 8 points, number 2 gets 7…. number 8 gets 1 point. After the count of points for each judge, a general ranking will appear and the Top 2 beatboxers will be qualified to participate to the FBBF 2024.
The wildcard competition starts now and ends December 5th at 11.59pm CET, so get on it!
The Wildcard judges this year will be Inkie, Tioneb, Zede and Hobbit.
Good luck to everybody and see you soon for the results!
