Alex is preparing to perform in Liverpool for the first time this weekend
Many people take up similar interests to their parents, but Alex Jones, 15, from Orrell Park, wasn’t initially impressed by what his dad, Andrew Rigby, could do. Alex told the ECHO: “My dad used to beatbox. I would just kind of catch along and copy him to make fun of him. But I really started enjoying it.”
“And it really opened up a lot of creativity, which really helped me express myself through this. I do get lots of compliments on a lot of my stuff. It's my life, basically. This is what I care about.” He continued: “I did one competition with it, and I got top eight or top nine in that. After that, I learned all of it to the best I could, and I entered as many competitions as I could.
He said: “You've got to be prepared to lose your voice. I lose my voice a lot. It hurts sometimes, but the main thing is you've got to have inspiration. I lose inspiration a lot, and it really does take a toll on this. Sometimes I go a week, maybe two, without touching because I have no ideas, and it's just boring. I have 327 songs in my liked playlist, which are all listened to, giving me inspiration.
However, there is one competition in particular he has his sights on. He said: “There's a stage in Japan. It's one called the Grand Beatbox Battle. It's in the entry stage right now. I'm planning on entering.
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