--- title: Man Beatboxes on Recorder: Video description: Medhat Mamdouh beatboxes while playing the recorder canonical: https://time.com/3961840/beatbox-recorder/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-16T21:30:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:15.073Z og:title: Watch This Guy Beatbox While Playing the Recorder og:description: Sets an impossibly high bar for multi-tasking og:url: https://time.com/3961840/beatbox-recorder/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Guy Beatbox While Playing the Recorder twitter:description: Sets an impossibly high bar for multi-tasking twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Guy Beatbox While Playing a Recorder ## Video: Amazon Launches Prime Music Streaming Service [Watch (HLS stream): Amazon Launches Prime Music Streaming Service](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XGhQzcmd.m3u8) (2:02)  _Published 2014-06-12. After much speculation, Amazon has debuted its own streaming service, Prime Music. It’s part of the retailer’s $99-a-year Prime membership._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 16, 2015 9:30 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jul 16, 2015 9:30 PM UTC A man from Egypt is showing off a new, cool twist on an instrument that many American children may have remembered playing in grade school. In this viral video, 22-year-old aspiring professional musician Medhat Mamdouh, who lives in Cairo, appears to beatbox and play the recorder at the same time. On his Facebook page, he says he taught himself how to play at 14 and went on to be a semifinalist on _Arabs Got Talent._ The feat is similar to that of another musician, who appears to beatbox while playing the flute in a [viral video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZX5qdIEB0) that has racked up more than 29 million YouTube views. ### See Art Kane’s Most Memorable Music Portraits  The Who, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Jefferson Airplane, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Bob Dylan, 1966. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Country Joe and The Fish, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Janis Joplin, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  The Rolling Stones, 1966. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Jim Morrison, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Louis Armstrong, 1958. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Harlem, 1958. courtesy Art Kane Archive  Photographer Art Kane at Keith Moon's drum set, 1968. courtesy Art Kane Archive ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3961840/beatbox-recorder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3961840/beatbox-recorder/"},"headline":"Watch This Guy Beatbox While Playing a Recorder","datePublished":"2015-07-16T21:30:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:15.073Z","description":"Sets an impossibly high bar for multi-tasking","url":"https://time.com/3961840/beatbox-recorder/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3961840/beatbox-recorder/","name":"Watch This Guy Beatbox While Playing a Recorder"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Amazon Launches Prime Music Streaming Service","description":"After much speculation, Amazon has debuted its own streaming service, Prime Music. It’s part of the retailer’s $99-a-year Prime membership.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/XGhQzcmd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-06-12T18:17:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XGhQzcmd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3961840/beatbox-recorder/","duration":"PT2M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3961840/beatbox-recorder/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```