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Heatbox plays at Braumart Saturday

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Braumart and Hometeam Productions will present beatbox performer Aron Heaton on Saturday at the theatre in Iron Mountain.

Doors open at 6 p.m., with the concert to start at 7 p.m.

Aron “Heatbox” Heaton has been making mouth sounds for the past 40 years and making a living performing for the last 20 years.

Heatbox is a professional beatboxer, loop artist, singer and voice actor who has sold thousands of records.

He has appeared in almost every state as well as in Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Scotland, China, Dubai, Qatar and New Zealand.

Heaton is also a songwriter, music arranger, audio engineer, video editor, video game designer, computer programmer, game show host, and the guy his parents call to fix their computer.

When he was 17, he and his friends heard the Rahzel album “Make the Music 2000,” on which Rahzel beatboxes and sings at the same time. The course of his life was changed forever.

BOSS released the first Loop Station RC-20 in 2001, but it wasn’t until 2003 that Heatbox stumbled across one at a local music store. After purchasing it, he and his friends would spend hours making beats with it. They were blown away by its potential and he then started to write songs.

Around 2005, “Heatbox” began to work on his first album called “Entertainment.”

He was asked to play at the Bella Luna Music Festival, which got a great response from crowd.

Loop pedals were not well-known at the time and people couldn’t believe a person with no instruments could stand on stage and produce such full-sounding songs with just a microphone and some pedals. He also wore a Power Glove for some unknown reason.

From that moment on, Heatbox has been lucky enough to make a living doing what he loves — trying to get people to laugh and dance.

“The Braumart is excited to offer this highly innovated and entertaining act on our stage,” said Rodney Kjell, Braumart board president. “Heatbox is hilarious and epically legendary.”

Tickets are available for $20 online at www.thebraumart.org until Friday. Tickets will then be $25 online and at the door while supplies last.

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