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From: Tom Lange Greetings, I'm actually not sure how the Wandering Didj has been making its rounds. I just found out it was in Portland when I talked to Ed Drury, and in town it's been moving by car. I don't think I'll bother trying to ride my bike with it, though when I first started taking didjeridu lessons from Ed I did ride to my class twice with my pvc didj in my backpack. In fact, I had considered taking my protective plastic bag off the mouthpiece end and leaving it sticking out in hopes that the breeze while coasting downhill could create a tone. But then I realized it wouldn't do much since I secured the bottom end in my backpack. Maybe I'll experiment in the summer when it's warm and dry again. Oregon's a bit wet right now. As far as biking with a didj or two, however, I've seen some really nice setups. I know Peter Sproecker? biked through Australia with a big load including didjeridus... Anyone out there care to share transportation ideas for the Wandering Didj? Tom From: Tom Lange To: DIDJERIDU@JOYOUSNOISE.COM Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 4:05 PM Subject: Wandering Didj and another pending arrival Greetings, I guess I'm next in line for the Wandering Didj once Dave in Beaverton, OR, is done. Denver, where is Richland, WA? Far from Portland? Maybe we can figure out how to get it to you. Probably easier now than once it heads further south. Maybe it's time for a local didj gathering, inspired by the WD! Anyone else in the Portland or southern Washington area interested? I too am expecting a new arrival to my family - but this is my family of musical instruments. Hopefully Peter Brady will be packing up a nice Gullawun D and shipping it out soon. It'll be my first eucalyptus didj, and I'm getting rather excited. I'm finding myself grabbing my beloved agave (from Allan Shockley) at just about any spare moment when I'm home and playing. I used to do a fair amount of meditative playing, but these last few days I've been finding myself thinking of this Gullawun as I'm playing. That's when I notice that I'm pushing out adrenaline-induced rhythms that are far from meditative. I don't know how long I can last with this suspense! The Wandering Didj due on my doorstep in about a week, and my own Gullawun from Peter due at the same time! Right now I've got 1 agave, too much plastic, 1 bamboo and 1 sweet tuba, but no hardwood. These 2 awesome didjs are just waiting, teasing, and making me lay awake at night with didjeridu thoughts and rhythms racing through my head... Does anyone have any recommendation for keeping sane in a situation like this? Aargh - and now it looks like I might not make it to Tuscon. :( Potential job changes early in February would not make it easy to take the desired 2 week road trip I had been planning the following week. Tom From: Tom Lange
To: brandi@rounddoor.com
Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 10:44 PM
Subject: Wandering Didj
Greetings, I try and try to no avail - I cannot keep up with the didjeridu digests, but I'm going to keep trying. I don't know if the WD has been discussed here recently, but last night it was put into my hands. I desparately wanted to sit down and get to know it, but I only had time for a quick trial. Sounded good... Tonight, however, was different. I just ended my hour of playing this Wandering Didj and I agree with Ed Drury - it's going to be hard to give it up and send it off to the next person. Speaking of which, it's in the Portland, OR, area. Who's around here that's expecting it? I know Richland, WA, should be one of the stops, but anyone else around Portland? As for the way it plays, I love the speed and backpressure. However, what completely captivated me were the overtones, toots, whatever. This is a sweet tootin' didj! And better yet, wait until you try out jaw drops. They're like the toot, but in the other direction, dropping the note down. Usually you can bend the tone down a few notes, but this one keeps going down and down...how about a full octave?! Wow. It's a joy to play, and I'll get in as much as I can before handing it off to the next local didj player. Tom Hi Brandi, I've got it! I love it! I want it! It's full of cracks! Dave showed them to me, both the existing ones and where the new ones are showing up. So far, beeswax seems to be the preferred fix. Well, the only one. I guess someone along its path will eventually do a major fix, but not yet. Yesterday was my first full day with it, and I enjoyed it quite thoroughly last night. It's definitely a screamer, takes a fair amount of air. Not a tremendous drain on the lungs, but I also started with 12 years of tuba playing. That might also explain my love of it's overtones. Very smooth and easy. But whoa - this one takes jaw drops to a new low! Drops down about an octave. Quite a unique didj, and it'll be wonderful to hear what other people do with it. Any idea who else in Porland wants it? SOunds like Robin Palmer? Any idea what his email address is? I'll start trying to go through my backlog of didj digests to see if I can find a posting from him with his address. Loooking forward to seeing you in Tucson!! Tom
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To: DIDJERIDU@JOYOUSNOISE.COM
Date: Sunday, January 17, 1999 9:21 AM
Subject: WD travel methods