For those new to my shareposts here, I have a confession to make: I play the didgeridoo.
Okay, I exaggerate a bit. I honk the didgeridoo.
The didgeridoo is perhaps the world’s oldest wind instrument, developed by the Aborigines in Australia. It is a long wooden tube tha...
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didgeridoo
tls
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 at 06:31 PMre: didgeridoo
John McManamy
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 at 07:35 PMHi, tis. Many thanks for your comments. Don't give up on the didge. It took me about 3 weeks before I could get a consistently good sound out of my first one. And even though I basically honk I derive great satisfaction from honking. Re the saxes - two considerations: 1) If you put them back in circulation then someone else gets to enjoy them. 2) They're heirlooms with great memories attached and worth holding onto.
So no right or wrong choice, but ample demonstration of how unthinkable life would be without music.
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great site
pocket
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 08:54 AMre: great site
John McManamy
Monday, April 14, 2008 at 02:34 AMHi, pocket. Go for it. And keep checking in. A;; the best -
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trombones!
Louise
Monday, April 14, 2008 at 11:51 AMA crappy trombone is better than no trombone at all! BLOW ON!
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John McManamy
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 01:50 PMHey, Louise. You asked for it. One dark cold night, a knock on your door. A figure in the shadows clutching ten feet of bent pipe. He raised it to his lips ...
SCREAM!!!!
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Slider Didgeridoo
Grahm
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 03:53 PMJust fyi, we do make a didgeridoo that slides: www.didgeridoostore.com/didgeridoo_modern2.htm
Grahm Doe
The Didgeridoo Store
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