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Got together with one of my oldest friends the other day.

He's got this incredibly nice Australian didgeridoo in the key of C. It's quite hard to play compared to most other ones. It takes a lot of air compared to a D for example. 

I recorded a little video playing for his fearless bunny.

We started playing didgeridoo together when we were 12. Found them for sale cheap at some local hippie merch shop and became obsessed. He bought one and we would walk around together playing it when we hung out on weekends. 

Eventually I struck a deal with the shop owners: If I could play for an hour straight out front of their shop, they would give it to me for half off, like 30 bucks. I think they just wanted to annoy the owners of the Hi-Fi shop next door and it worked. Anyway that's how I got my first didge. A PVC pipe burned and bent to look like wood. I played that thing for 8 years before I got a real Australian eucalyptus didge.

The difference in tone between plastic and hardwood is immense. Plastic resonates longer giving it an echoey washi tone whereas wood will always have unique harmonic qualities and will not echo in the same way, leading to a clearer sound.

This didge here is of the best quality you can find anywhere. Its made by one of the Aboriginal craftsmen who sell on didjshop.com.

The sound of a didge in D, for comparison. Less breathy, more firey and percussive.

Artist, musician, developer, Rogue Pedicab.
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