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On Monday, June 21, 2010, Darrren Liebman of Didgeridoo Down Under shared stories about Australia and played several didgeridoos for the crowd.
He had their rapt attention for a full hour!
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The didgeridoo is a wind instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia at least 1,500 years ago, likely far prior and is still in widespread usage today both in Australia and around the world. The instrument is traditionally made from Eucalyptus trees which have had their interiors hollowed out by termites or died of other causes.
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Two of my favorite musical instruments.....
I love drums, love listening, love playing them and the didgeridoo is amazing. Tried to play it- but I can't do the circular breathing that it requires....
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Incredible didgeridoos on sale at the SoundQuest Fest 2010. They were made by Rob Thomas. Check out: www.inlakesh.com/
Straight out of the D700 (no external processing)
To pleased to couple of friends, here's a shot right out the camera with no any processing appart a nef-jpg conversion in 5:4 format done in camera. At present I don't shot with a jpg copy but exclusively in single raw.
As you can see I still need to master this wonderful camera, especially regarding how to manage exposition in sunny environnement and settings in colors, contrast and so on.
Original shot size is available for those who might be interested :)
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My First Agave Didgeridoo
My uncle Korb and his lifelong buddy Sam have made it a tradition to spend time in Baja, Mexico at least once a year to get away from society, rough it and spend as much time as possible walking on water. Often they invite me along and I find it hard to say no, every trip brings exciting adventure and limitless inspiration.
It was the fall of 2008. Sam and I drove down and met up with Korb, who had already been camping out for about a month. We were greeted on our first sunrise by a 4 to 6 foot swell that lasted our entire week-long stay. Was honestly, to this point, the best surf I’ve ever had.
We shared waves with our friend Glen Horn and his wife Roberta who happened to be camping down the beach from us. Glen took a look at my home made bamboo didgeridoo and said, “I have a friend who made a didgeridoo out of the flower stalk of the desert cactus plant agave that grows natively in this area. If you’d like we could drive out into the desert to find you one?” Agave is a commonly used plant for didgeridoo crafting, but I did not know about it because playing didgeridoo was still new to me.
Glen and I drove out into the desert in his red Sazuki Samurai, complete with bull horns tied to the front and a ball sack and tail on the back. We found this beautiful agave growing on the hillside facing the ocean and overlooking a desert valley.
Of all the agave didgeridoos I’ve made, my favorite have come from Baja Mexico. I found the wood of this desert species is far more dense then others I’ve discovered. Also the natural skins of this variety are beautiful. On a lot of agave flower stocks the skin is thin and comes off fairly easy, but skins on these Baja cactus dry hard and the texture reminds me a bit of stiff rough leather.
I smuggled the agave Glen and I harvested back to California under a pile of camping gear in the back of Sam’s truck. A friend of mine helped me cut it in half using a table saw, I hollowed it and glassed the inside with fiberglass and polyester resin from my surfboard ding repair kit. Then I put a decretive wood strip down the center to hide the seem and to this day its one of my favorite didgeridoos.
Since this trip Glen Horn has learned to play didge too and he’s gotten really good, a natural musician. Glen is a surfboard shaper so naturally he’s taken to crafting didgeridoos as well and he’s made some amazing Baja agave didgeridoos over the last couple years.
My gratitude goes out to Sam and Korb for inviting me along and to Glen for introducing me to agave. The sound of agave didgeridoos I’ve found far superior to the sound of bamboo, and it has set me off on an agave didgeridoo crafting experimental quest.
Photos by: Troy Page
YouTube - Troy Page Didgeridoos
Tumblr Blog - Troy Page Didgeridoos
TROY’S “DESERT HORN” DIDGERIDOO - on Troy Page Didgeridoos Tumblr Blog
Live at the Peniche Anako (penicheanako.info/)
Singer: Cendre Osmoza.
Sitar, Bass Guitar: Denis Teste.
Drum: Jeremy Nattagh.
Jaw Harp, Throat Singing: Nicolas Lacoumette.
Didgeridoo: Adele Blanchin. (www.myspace.com/adelblanchin)
Jam Guest:
Voice: Chloé Ventura
Bass: not known :'(