A piece of hollowed out wood.

http://johnlsayers.com/mp3/Yidaki_Overture.mp3

here's a William Barton didgeridoo track for you samplers out there

It was recorded at our local country hall where we've been playing with two stereo condensors setup as a stereo pair like Brucie had in front of his acoustic guitar and is the basic bluegrass technique as I understand it. The mikes go straight to the recorder and PA , fixed, no mixer required. It's a great sound. the whole hall fills with a natural performance sound, the artists love it as they can feel it,.....plus they get a recording the audience, and I've sat there, feel a natural presence of the artists and the sound is pure and natural. You can pick each singer/instrumentalist and their harmony and there is no one spitting and popping down a SM58 through an over EQ'd PA..

try it sometime.

here's another track from another night - Scarlett Affection - sisters, hence the natural blend of voices.

http://johnlsayers.com/mp3/Because_of_you.mp3

cheers

john

thanks, John. I've never heard a didgeridoo played quite like that.

Cool.

Have you heard an Australian guy named Ganga Giri? I saw him at the Joshua Tree Music Festival last year. He puts electronic beats with some really cool didjeridoo playing, and makes it all work seamlessly, and also has a very unique style.

Anyway, good job!!!

That was an awesome digeridoo track!

The recordings sound great, very natural & clean.

I wish the Open Mics I go to had such a quiet audience. Maybe the difference is that this is a hall instead of a bar?

Very nice, John!

The only time I've heard digeridoo in concert was a Yanni show I worked in the Nashville Arena. I was cable paging during the show for a handheld camera that was all over the stage during performance. They began again after an intermission with the Digeridoo and it was absolutely massive. I'm not a Yanni fan, but that part of the show was magnificient. especially from onstage.

Thanks guys - these evenings are becoming very popular and I've just mastered their third CD.

Byron Bay has more musicians in it's surrounding hills than Balmain - the top suburb in Sydney for musos.

Last sunday Rick Fenn (ex 10cc super-guitarist) teamed with wife Heather for an acoustic spot.

The guy that introduced Willaim Barton was Jack Thompson - a legendary aussie actor. He also performs, he's a mad harp player.

the performers like it because the audience is there to listen

the evening is called The Byron Vista Social Club

cheers

john

That is quite simply mind-blowing. That type of thing restores my faith in humanity. And to think the Aborigines invented ring modulators 30,000 years ago...

:cool:

I've heard the best flanging, phasing ring mod sounds coming out of a didge. Yes - it's a strange instrument, plus you have to circular breath just to play the damn thing,

Yes, it's a FABULOUS instruments. I've been playing for about 2.5 years now, and loving it.

It's my good fortune to know many virtuosic players from around the world. Amazing styles, some "western" and than numerous and varied aboriginal styles.

I don't know Barton but am familiar with him. Great non-trad performance by him there. Thanks for the cool clip.

There are some great didg fests this August in Oregon and California. David Hudson, the player with Yanni will be there this year along with many other real didg-wizzes. I go and teach/perform throat-singing, as there is a huge crossover in interest with didg, and soak up the good didgi-ness. Great fun!

There are a few cool didg videos and online lessons at http://khoomei.com/didg/index.htm

What do you get when you cross Rolf Harris with a nun?

A didgeridon't.

Originally posted by blackpig And to think the Aborigines invented ring modulators 30,000 years ago... :cool:

And it's still the best one!