DR RHYTHM BEATBOXER

Kids love him, parents understand him and people his own age wanna just party with him.  He is a burning ball of energy ready to explode at your next event .

The New York Times said he was “An adept mimic” Dr. Rhythm aka Jonny Drama is a one-man band of crazy men, specializing in the 5th element of the hiphop culture that is beatboxing! Mixing his mental iTunes of music with his comical personality he leave’s audiences amazed and in hysterics, always anticipating.... what the hell will he do next?

In 2011 The Dr. co hosted 65 episodes of a new kids TV game show called “What Do You Know?” which aired weeknights on ABC3. He also did a season in November on 42^nd street New York with Raw Dance Companies acclaimed theatre show Untapped. He has spent most his life annoying the hell out of his neighbors’ playing drums and now plays throughout clubs and festivals around Australia with Dj Cutloose as the live drum and Dj Show Rhythm and Cutloose.

He’s the entertaining beatboxer. Spitting sets with mash ups like his famous Kanye West Vs Elmo, Benni Benassi and even some of those cheesy hits from the nineties you chose to forget about. In nightclubs when hyping with Dj’s, he turns Calvin Harris tracks the kids have heard a thousand times into a live dubstep remix on the spot using just the mic. Or he has the club screaming, “Whoop there it is” and other hiphop vocals over top of house/ electro favorites.

After entering in the first ever New Zealand Beatbox Nationals back in 2004 he ventured to the UK. He entered the 2006 London Beatbox Championships, which he won, and then went onto the UK Beatbox champs where he finished in the top 4.

He was a stand out act and semi-finalist in the 2008 series of Australia’s Got Talent. He won the 2010 Busking in the Bay competition and is the Gold Coast Blaze Basketball team’s official beatboxer. In 2011 he dropped the vocals on the Silver Sneakers track “Make Your Move” which was on Ministry of Sounds “On the Download” mix.

Also since arriving to Australia in 2006, he has hosted main stages at:

Parklife, Summerfeildayze 2011 and 2012, Sounds of Spring, BBQ Breaks.

Performed sets at 42^nd Street’s New Victory Theatre

World International Buskers Festival in Christchurch NZ 2012

Fiji Showcase 2010 (Nadi Fiji)

MTV Summer Party at Wet n WIld

Queensland Ekka

Coffs Harbor International Buskers Festival

Hosted the Remix Dance Comp 2011

Gold Coast Surfers Cracker Festival

Out of the Box Children’s Festival

Surfers Paradise Fringe Festival

Brisbane Valley Fiesta

Also corporate performances at events held by; Redbull, Footlocker, MTV, Virgin Mobile, Camp Quality, Rebel Sports and Telstra.

At 2012 Summafeildayze the incredible UK duo Jack Beats asked him to hype for them He had the crowd of 15,000 or so in the palm of his hand and in his control.

For the last 4 years Jonny has been the preferred host of Rumble Dance Comp and FISAF, which is a national aerobics and hiphop competition.

Not to mention he tours internationally with Raw Dance Company including their sold out shows with Last for One (World breakdance title holders from Korea) at the Singapore Dance festival 2009.

Just some of the artists Drama has shared the stage with are Snoop Dogg, NERD, Raekwon, A-Trak, Jack Beats, Stafford Brothers, The Living End, Lyrics Born, Ugly Duckling, Vanilla Ice, Fat Freddy’s Drop, The Nextmen, DMC champs Cash Money & Dj Kentaro, Optimen, Tenzin, Tom Thum, Sampology, Danny T, and The Surecut Kids.

The Doc beatboxed for Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Bone Thugs N Harmony at their official Brisbane after-party. And hosted Dj Quik, Lyrics Born and Ugly Duckling Concerts in BNE.

As a stage host/mc at events and clubs he is professional but also himself. Equipped with his mic, loop pedals or drum kit, he manages to keep any event flowing and entertaining, at the times when people need to be kept in their seats or made to go bonkers on the dance floor!

Dr Rhythm is the full entertainment package for your next event!