Our Endless Summer

Our Endless Summer

Friday, July 22, 2011

Didgeridoos are hot in Australia

I am posting this for my brother, Rob, but for those of you that don't know;
the didgeridoo actually was developed by Indigenous Australians so it does make since that the wind instrument would be used so widely here. But after growing up with a brother and Dad that had one in our den (amongst every other instrument you could imagine for that matter) and just played it for fun, I must say I am thoroughly impressed with the sounds that come can out of these things and the way one can incorporate it into very current music.

 Since I have been in Australia I have seen the didgeridoo used live in three different ways.
1) In a yoga class along with a harpist and another instrument that has slipped my mind.
2) After a dive trip on the Great Barrier Reef at a Bar at the Cairns yacht Club...The guy played it at the same he was playing the guitar, along side his drummer with a lot of really current acoustic music.
3) At the Sydney Harbor Wharf - Circular Quay - played by Ingenious Australians... with a CD pushed by whom I assume is their manager.

I currently can't find the video from Cairns, but here is the one from Sydney.


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