Are there many musicians that make instrument noises with their mouths?

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For instance if they can't be bothered to hire a trumpet player, they'll just make a silly noise with their lips or whatever? I know some people specialise in this like Dokaka and Rahzel, but are there any examples of regular acts doing much of this?

Ariel Pink makes all his drum noises with his mouth so I hear.

― the next grozart, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:04 (nineteen years ago)

Dave Coulier to thread

― filthy dylan, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

This was the schtick that brought the Mills Brothers to public attention.

― everything, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.abcdrduson.com/images/illustration/news-timbaland.jpg

― Jordan, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1035000/images/_1037627_markesmith300.jpg

― sexyDancer, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:54 (nineteen years ago)

Bobby McFerrin does a bass quite nicely.

― Geir Hongro, Friday, 20 April 2007 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

Furious Pig?

― admrl, Friday, 20 April 2007 22:06 (nineteen years ago)

xp: imitates musique concrete with mouf

― sexyDancer, Friday, 20 April 2007 22:07 (nineteen years ago)

kazumi nikaidoh has a nice line in mouth-trumpet solos.

― m the g, Saturday, 21 April 2007 09:29 (nineteen years ago)

Raul Midon did a trumpet solo using his mouth on Jools Holland once.
And Ami Yoshida makes noise with hers, although they're hardly "instrument" sounds.

― Xochipilli, Saturday, 21 April 2007 12:46 (nineteen years ago)

Jaap Blonk on occasion, perhaps?

And in the mouth-as-trumpet department: it's not often that you'll see Leon Redbone's name in an ILM post :)

― mark 0, Saturday, 21 April 2007 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

Nature's woodwind:

http://www.whistlingrecords.com/whistling_albums/rm02.jpg

― mark 0, Saturday, 21 April 2007 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

Human Beatbox to thread...

― henry s, Saturday, 21 April 2007 13:57 (nineteen years ago)

boredoms?

― buyabiznatch, Saturday, 21 April 2007 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.hiphop.gr/subjects/afises/razhel_patton.jpg

― MaGoGo, Saturday, 21 April 2007 17:02 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

this cant be as presented

― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 21:28 (seventeen years ago)

scratch at 0:46 with no mike at mouth?
fun to watch though ^^

― meisenfek, Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:02 (seventeen years ago)

Robert Wyatt does ... a bit

― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:03 (seventeen years ago)

Rolf Harris

― snoball, Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:04 (seventeen years ago)

Bobby McFerrin must be the famous example of this. I've heard a live solo album by him where he "plays" all the "instruments" live on stage with his mouth, that was pretty impressive.

― Tuomas, Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:09 (seventeen years ago)

Every shambling indie band that ever went "ba ba baba ba" were wishing they had a horn section to perform those bits.

― Mark G, Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:36 (seventeen years ago)

They couldn't all be the June Brides

― Sacco, Vanzetti, Passantino... (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:37 (seventeen years ago)

(xpost) The Who on "A Quick One...", "cello cello cello cello"

― snoball, Thursday, 30 April 2009 11:01 (seventeen years ago)

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