How do you learn to beatbox? One place to start is the excellent London-based Web site beatboxing.co.uk, which uses a phonetic method to teach beginners how to approximate the sound of a turntable ...

When I first heard about the BeatBox, I was skeptical. A build-it-yourself drum machine made from cardboard? Wouldn't that disintegrate within half an hour? Finger-tapping isn't as violent as, say, ...