Wes Carroll
Wes Carroll is known as a pioneer and teacher of mouth drumming a form of vocal percussion from the musical genre of contemporary a cappella, now widely known as beatboxing.Wes Carroll is one of the pioneering practitioners of mouth drumming a form of vocal percussion primarily through instructional videos and DVDs, first teaching the art in 1995.
This art is now widely known as beatboxing and is a derivative of contemporary a cappella music.
Carroll was the founding vocal percussionist for the Boston vocal band Five O'Clock Shadow, and later joined the San-Francisco based "rock band without instruments" The House Jacks, founded by Deke Sharon.
He is a 1988 graduate of Culver Military Academy and holds a degree from MIT.
Carroll also teaches mathematics and is a puzzle enthusiast.