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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":"2026-08-04T07:43:43.186Z","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. 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