mabster Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Howdy all, hope everyone is fine and dandy. This is my first message here (I was going to add to the Ned thread but thought I'll save my comments for later) Soo yes, the didgeridoo, yidaki ... Who has one and most importantly who plays or wants to play? I've had an uber cheap one (£9.99) for the past year but have really played it. Along came new year, 05:00 and I whipped her out to produce the classic farting noises. The days following I practiced some more and somehow (I'm not sure how) I nailed circular breathing in 3 evenings! Because of this I decided to treat myself to a proper didj fae aus. You got to be carefull that the 'authentic' didj's are genuinly authentic and not some rip off that's screwing the aboriginal culture over.She's a thing o beauty and I can't wait for her to arrive. Sadly being sent with dhl it takes an age for it to get from london to glasgow, then onwards to aberdeen... and so on and so forth. Tomorrow mabey?Royal mail manages 1 day, dhl= an age.Ach weel. I'm going off subject here. So if any one you fine people want to hook up at any point please get in touch. Although I've just started I would gladly give advice on what I have learnt this week. Most of all I would like to meet established players or other musicians who fancy a collaberation?Any of you into sound healing or meditiations please leave a message aswell. Cheers for noo Michael Balmain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigershadow Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 I can join you wi my panpipes/penny whistle/fiddle/piano an whatever else i feel like taking up. Shetland has such an amazing musical background, makes me proud to be part o that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 I have a didg' that my bro' bought me for Christmas years ago. Never mastered circular breathing but like to play some funky percussive didgeridoo-dah-ing. How does one go about learning circular breathing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabster Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 Circular breathing is a tricky one. It can take months for some to get the basics down where as others manage it in a few evenings.There are many guides online with tips and tricks and I shall post these up asap.The way I learnt was to 'puff' my cheeks and expell the air by using the muscles to de puff them. For this stage you dont 'breath' as such. As the air is being pushed out take a breath through the nose and go from there My new didge arrived yesterday however either DHL or Northwards screwed it up and it was snapped! This was a 192 quid instrument and it arrived trashed. No impressed. Worst of all DHL dont offer insurance on wooden goods. Thankfully the didge man is a star and is replacing it free of charge even though he is out of pocket.The replacment is being sent out on monday with parcel force. Yeha!! I thoroghly recomend him www.indoo.info Onwards to find circular breathing guides. Tigershadow you are most talented... and beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabster Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 http://www.idoo.info/breathing.htm also a top class shop http://www.didjshop.com/shop1/circular_breathing.html with an indepth forum. http://www.circular-breathing.com/?gclid=CPHl2NXo2okCFSQVEAodUkss2w these should do for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pronto Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 look up xavier rudd vids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabster Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 he is stunning I have quite a few artists on my myspace now. All stunning and some unique collaberations.http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=tjamme this guy fae da netherlands is somewhat good http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=101571999&MyToken=c5fae7a5-812d-4001-9331-7ed07f7949d2 http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=118144142&MyToken=c5fae7a5-812d-4001-9331-7ed07f7949d2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabster Posted March 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2007 Bumpidy bump! Anyone jamming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabster Posted June 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2007 Ahoy! Thought I'd bring this back up. How goes? I'm still playing away and wonder if anyone has taken taken the didge up recently? I've found oot that the front entrance of the museum is great for an evening sesh. Lovely acoustics.So yeh, there must be someone oot there Mabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxy71 Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 I have a didge I bought 2 years ago in Sydney along the Opera House, not a cheap tourist souveineer jobby. The guy was great he would send them even if you were'nt planning to go home for a year, it cost me $60 by DHL & arrived 2 days after I got home. I must master the art of circular breathing, something to do in winter maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longdog Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hehehe..... a very old thread from 2007 but just to let you know that I'll be living up on Sheltand from mid-December and guess what....I play, perform and teach didgeridoo both traditional styles and contemporary and I'll looking for people to teach, get to know and jam with or get a band going. Who knows evben the most Northerly Didge Club Sadly my current band Kensho will have to bite the dust when I move Hopefully catch up soon Kev P.S. Check out my stuff on the links below... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Well, you could always join us (The Revellers) on stage some night - we already have a showstopping digi moment in our set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longdog Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 This you guys? http://www.bebo.com/therevellershttp://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Revellers/89619181607?v=info Sounds like a plan to me , Love the levellers, Seize the day,waterboys, and the like... never done covers, all our stuff is original and uniquely unique as you'd expect with our combo of instruments but your stuff sounds great and it'd be cool t catch up and see how it goes. We move up 11th December. Just trying to sort out housing now. looks like I really do need to join facebook Avoided it for ages despite requests. the 'puter already sucks up to much time. Be in touch, Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longdog Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Some distorted didge with Dronewars a couple of years back, ... Don't let the beast run free: Don't cry Simply because: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longdog Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Hi, Just over 2 weeks until I arrive in Shetland I'm going to be staying in Firth and I'm thinking of finding somewhere near there to have a bit of a didge club for anyone who's interested. Get together, swap ideas, jam and I can pass on some rhythms etc. Been selling of my workshop didges, but I'll have a few for people to use if they've not got one or just want to try different sticks. Anywhere we can get cheap/free in the area so we can just chip into the costs of the room/hall? Oh and BTW Michael I have a didge relaxation CD that I've recorded you can have when we meet up. Hope to wangle getting my old band up some time next year if I can find some way of their travel being paid. There's some info on me and samples of the band here http://www.didgeridooanddance.co.uk/ but won't be there long as the site's coming down.... see you soon, Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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