[Dixielandjazz] didgeridoos

[Mike Durham]

Sam writes: "Some brass players' music sucks, but do they know how to 
beathe?" Well, some people may say my playing sucks, but I have known how to 
breathe now for some 63 years, seems I picked the habit up about the time I 
was born.....

Mike "Still Breathing" Durham

>From: "Sam Meerkin/Evelyne Perks" <smeerkin at melbpc.org.au>
>To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Subject: [Dixielandjazz] didgeridoos
>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 02:09:26 +1100
>
>
>When Clark Terry was in Australia for the Aust. Jazz Convention in 1974 he 
>had everyone spellbound with his technique of circular breathing that 
>enabled him to play long passages of music apparently without taking a 
>breath.  Didgeridoo players have been doing this for thousands of years.  
>It's the only way to sustain the droning sound that the instrument makes 
>and is a difficult trick to master.  How many brass players can blow & suck 
>at the same time?  (Some players' music sucks, but do they know how to 
>breathe?)
>Regards,
>Sam Meerkin.
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