From mj at rounddoor.com Fri Feb 1 11:16:47 2008 From: mj at rounddoor.com (Marko) Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:16:47 -0700 Subject: [Didjeridu] Help Ondrej Smeykal ...2008 tour Message-ID: <47A3701F.4030304@rounddoor.com> Just received this email from Ondrej requesting assistance in putting together a US tour. Original message below. If you are not familiar with Ondrej there is a video and pics from JT Didjfest at: http://www.didjbox.com/photo.php Please forward this message to other didj lists and lets get the most impressive and innovative didj player I have ever seen or heard in concert in your town!! http://www.smeykal.com/eng/ info at smeykal.com Marko Johnson mj at rounddoor.com www.rounddoor.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ondrej smeykal Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:50:12 +0100 (CET) From: info at smeykal.com To: mj at rounddoor.com Hi Marko! hope you are ok, and all friend of your didgeridoo also! i am started slowly to prepare place in my diary for this summer at USA if it will be possible i very happily will come and play again. please, also i wont to ask, do You think, is it possible to make some arrangment for me, some little concert or workshop ar both in Utah? or any other place. If you have any idea about this, it will be great! also i will prepare in my country big exhibition abouthistory and actual contemporary didgeridoo, and i really would like to have in my collection some of yours work. it is good new step. so we can choose something together at Jt, hopefully. Yes, i would like to some to play! definitely!!! this year i would like to prepare 2 concerts, one will be very rhytmical, and next one i would like to make as midnight or morning meditation, with another instruments and another , soft dynamic. In these days i am experimenting with crystal didg. crystal for didg sounds good, but has to be really massive. in czech we have great masters of crystal. i would like to come with those in USA, but transport is not easy, maybe, with bigger production, can be possible, we will see. anyway, thanks a lot for your intuition, and hope see u again at states... i will give your contact to one my great friend, who helping me with puting plans together, so please dont mind when he will write u about my plans. hope se u soon. Ondrej. Forgot to ask, will you visit the US this year? > > Cheers, > > Steve Sklar > http://khoomei.com > http://www.bigskyrocks.com > > ?The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a > faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.? ? Albert Einstein > > From bigsky at bigskyrocks.com Fri Feb 1 11:33:29 2008 From: bigsky at bigskyrocks.com (Steve Sklar) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 13:33:29 -0600 Subject: [Didjeridu] Help Ondrej Smeykal ...2008 tour In-Reply-To: <47A3701F.4030304@rounddoor.com> References: <47A3701F.4030304@rounddoor.com> Message-ID: <1e338f95574e716450f2f2ddd82ced0a@bigskyrocks.com> Yeah, I just heard from him, too. Let's do what we can. Synchroniciy: I just put some videos of Ondrej from Saturday night at JT 2007 online: http://.khoomei.com/didg/videos/smeykal2.mov These are bigger, better stereo files. You can dl low-quality mono versions at YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch www.youtube.com/watch More when I have some time... Enjoy, Steve Sklar http://khoomei.com http://www.bigskyrocks.com ?The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.? ? Albert Einstein On Feb 1, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Marko wrote: > Just received this email from Ondrej requesting assistance in putting > together a US tour. > Original message below. > If you are not familiar with Ondrej there is a video and pics from JT > Didjfest at: > http://www.didjbox.com/photo.php > Please forward this message to other didj lists and lets get the most > impressive and innovative didj player I have ever seen or heard in > concert in your town!! > http://www.smeykal.com/eng/ > info at smeykal.com > > Marko Johnson > mj at rounddoor.com > www.rounddoor.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: ondrej smeykal > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:50:12 +0100 (CET) > From: info at smeykal.com > To: mj at rounddoor.com > > > > Hi Marko! > hope you are ok, and all friend of your didgeridoo also! > i am started slowly to prepare place in my diary for this summer at USA > if it will be possible i very happily will come and play again. > please, also i wont to ask, do You think, is it possible to make some > arrangment for me, some little concert or workshop ar both in Utah? or > any > other place. > If you have any idea about this, it will be great! > also i will prepare in my country big exhibition abouthistory and > actual > contemporary didgeridoo, and i really would like to have in my > collection > some of yours work. it is good new step. > so we can choose something together at Jt, > hopefully. > > > Yes, i would like to some to play! definitely!!! > this year i would like to prepare 2 concerts, one will be very > rhytmical, > and next one i would like to make as midnight or morning meditation, > with > another instruments and another , soft dynamic. > > > In these days i am experimenting with crystal didg. > crystal for didg sounds good, but has to be really massive. > in czech we have great masters of crystal. > i would like to come with those in USA, but transport is not easy, > maybe, > with bigger production, can be possible, we will see. > anyway, thanks a lot for your intuition, and hope see u again at > states... > i will give your contact to one my great friend, who helping me with > puting plans together, so please dont mind when he will write u about > my > plans. > hope se u soon. > Ondrej. > > > > Forgot to ask, will you visit the US this year? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Steve Sklar >> http://khoomei.com >> http://www.bigskyrocks.com >> >> ?The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a >> faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant >> and > has forgotten the gift.? ? Albert Einstein >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Didjeridu mailing list > Didjeridu at music.mills.edu > http://music.mills.edu/mailman/listinfo/didjeridu > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3333 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://music.mills.edu/pipermail/didjeridu/attachments/20080201/49c0744e/attachment.bin From jasonkonopinski at gmail.com Sat Feb 2 07:40:35 2008 From: jasonkonopinski at gmail.com (Jason Konopinski) Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 10:40:35 -0500 Subject: [Didjeridu] Help Ondrej Smeykal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <74EA3802-594A-44CA-AF8A-719B4DCE3CFB@gmail.com> There's a thriving live music scene here in central PA, so I can see what I can do to help Ondrej get some more US exposure. Jason From aspendigital at ecentral.com Thu Feb 7 19:47:47 2008 From: aspendigital at ecentral.com (Scott 'Gusty' Christensen) Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:47:47 -0700 Subject: [Didjeridu] 3ology Quintet live on KRFC 88.9 Message-ID: <47ABD0E3.4030809@ecentral.com> Hello Mills didge list, Just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know that one of the bands I play with called 3ology (and also 3ology quintet) will be playing live on the radio in Ft. Collins tomorrow (Friday Feb. 8th, 2008) at noon. The station is KRFC 88.9 and you can tune in online @ http://krfcfm.org/stream/veryhi.m3u if you have an online streaming player like iTunes or similar. Or you can go to the stations' web site and find your own way... http://krfcfm.org/stream/ Hope to entertain those of you who have a minute or two tomorrow at noon Mountain Time. These cats I'm playing with are very deep and I really love the grooves we find to float on... The jazz trio (3ology) will be doing a few songs then Milo (very hip vocalist) and I will join them and the five of us will weave a soundscape or two (or three or four, depending on the time) and I think we (or they) will be interviewed as well. I'm hoping to capture the whole thing at home but we'll see how it goes. Have a beautiful Friday and a grateful and prosperous weekend, Scott Scott 'Gusty' Christensen http://myspace.com/pettingzoomusic http://www.cloud9didgeridoos.com http://www.aspendigitalrecording.com When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace!!! Jimi Hendrix -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.mills.edu/pipermail/didjeridu/attachments/20080207/5f72805c/attachment.html From mokibro at hotmail.com Mon Feb 11 15:46:14 2008 From: mokibro at hotmail.com (Steve Petree) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:46:14 -0600 Subject: [Didjeridu] News article--apology Message-ID: Hey everyone. I saw this news article today and thought y'all might be interested. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080211/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_aborigines;_ylt=Anrrjr2zg.M3tEx4Mh1041.s0NUE Steve _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging.?You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.mills.edu/pipermail/didjeridu/attachments/20080211/e059cc6f/attachment.html From mschiff at cdsol.com Sat Feb 16 13:33:21 2008 From: mschiff at cdsol.com (Martin Schiff) Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:33:21 -0500 Subject: [Didjeridu] Redo mouthpiece on agave didge In-Reply-To: <47ABD0E3.4030809@ecentral.com> References: <47ABD0E3.4030809@ecentral.com> Message-ID: <001601c870e3$8dd0af10$a9720d30$@com> The mouthpiece on my Jason Strazzabosco "D" didge has started to wear out and the agave is peeking through. What is the best thing to use to renew it (where I don't have to buy a gallon of it)? -- Martin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.mills.edu/pipermail/didjeridu/attachments/20080216/f133becc/attachment.html From mokibro at hotmail.com Sat Feb 16 21:01:15 2008 From: mokibro at hotmail.com (Steve Petree) Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:01:15 -0600 Subject: [Didjeridu] Redo mouthpiece on agave didge In-Reply-To: <001601c870e3$8dd0af10$a9720d30$@com> References: <47ABD0E3.4030809@ecentral.com> <001601c870e3$8dd0af10$a9720d30$@com> Message-ID: You can get smaller quantities of two-part epoxies. They often sell it at craft stores(Hobby Lobby, etc.) and Home Depot type stores. I've never tried applying it to just one spot on a finished didge though. It might work if you applied it and then duct taped it so it can't run around. It might take some sanding and buffing though, and you might end up wanting to recoat the whole didge. A quart size would be plenty, even if you wanted to put a coat or two on the whole thing, and wouldn't be too expensive.(Used to be $20 at Hobby Lobby, but that was 7 or 8 years ago) From: mschiff at cdsol.comTo: didjeridu at music.mills.eduDate: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:33:21 -0500Subject: [Didjeridu] Redo mouthpiece on agave didge The mouthpiece on my Jason Strazzabosco ?D? didge has started to wear out and the agave is peeking through. What is the best thing to use to renew it (where I don?t have to buy a gallon of it)? -- Martin _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.mills.edu/pipermail/didjeridu/attachments/20080216/91db7115/attachment.html From chip at pupman.com Sat Feb 16 20:44:49 2008 From: chip at pupman.com (Chip Atkinson) Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:44:49 -0700 (MST) Subject: [Didjeridu] Redo mouthpiece on agave didge In-Reply-To: <001601c870e3$8dd0af10$a9720d30$@com> Message-ID: Hi Martin. I've had good results with epoxy putty on wooden and PVC didges. It's only a few bucks and it comes in sticks. You tear off equal size hunks of "resin" and "hardener" and knead them until they are homogeneous. Then mold it over the mouthpiece to a shape as close to what you want. Once it cures over night you can use a file and sandpaper to get the final form. It smoothes well so even though it's hard it doesn't feel like you have a piece of pipe against your lips. Chip On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Martin Schiff wrote: > The mouthpiece on my Jason Strazzabosco "D" didge has started to wear out > and the agave is peeking through. What is the best thing to use to renew it > (where I don't have to buy a gallon of it)? > > > > -- Martin > > From aspendigital at ecentral.com Sun Feb 17 00:34:21 2008 From: aspendigital at ecentral.com (Scott 'Gusty' Christensen) Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:34:21 -0700 Subject: [Didjeridu] Redo mouthpiece on agave didge In-Reply-To: References: <47ABD0E3.4030809@ecentral.com> <001601c870e3$8dd0af10$a9720d30$@com> Message-ID: <47B7F18D.8000005@ecentral.com> Hi all, One way to just epoxy the mouth piece end only would be to put a ring of masking tape around the didge about a half inch or so below the mouth piece and then epoxy the mouth piece with the two part epoxy inside and out making sure to wipe off the dripping epoxy on the masking tape so it doesn't run down to the unprotected part of the didge... Then after the epoxy is hardened enough to not run any more you can peel off the masking tape and it leaved a nice straight top ring of epoxy on the didgeridoo. Looks nice, and looks intentional, not 'repaired'... Keeps you from having to redo the entire finish. Be sure to clean the old epoxy surface very well inside and out with a good cleaning agent like acetone (don't like the stuff but it's good for cleaning off the old oils and stuff that will prevent the epoxy from adhering to the original surface)... BTW, I tried using the epoxy putty to make a mouth piece and it worked well. I was able to shape it very easily and all that stuff. But I played the didge shortly after it was hardened (maybe 24 hours) and had quite an allergic reaction to the stuff... My lips were in pretty bad shape for quite a while. So if you do use the wood-type epoxy putty, please put a coat of envirotec (or other two-part epoxy) over it before playing it. The wood putty epoxy stuff must be pretty toxic, at least to my skin... Take care all and didge on, Gusty Scott 'Gusty' Christensen 1361 Leyner Dr. Erie, CO 80516-7270 303-459-2844 http://myspace.com/pettingzoomusic http://www.cloud9didgeridoos.com http://www.aspendigitalrecording.com When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace!!! Jimi Hendrix Steve Petree wrote: > > > You can get smaller quantities of two-part epoxies. They often sell > it at craft stores(Hobby Lobby, etc.) and Home Depot type stores. > I've never tried applying it to just one spot on a finished didge > though. It might work if you applied it and then duct taped it so it > can't run around. It might take some sanding and buffing though, and > you might end up wanting to recoat the whole didge. A quart size > would be plenty, even if you wanted to put a coat or two on the whole > thing, and wouldn't be too expensive.(Used to be $20 at Hobby Lobby, > but that was 7 or 8 years ago) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > From: mschiff at cdsol.com > To: didjeridu at music.mills.edu > Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:33:21 -0500 > Subject: [Didjeridu] Redo mouthpiece on agave didge > > The mouthpiece on my Jason Strazzabosco ?D? didge has started to > wear out and the agave is peeking through. What is the best thing > to use to renew it (where I don?t have to buy a gallon of it)? > > > > -- Martin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. Get it now! > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Didjeridu mailing list > Didjeridu at music.mills.edu > http://music.mills.edu/mailman/listinfo/didjeridu > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://music.mills.edu/pipermail/didjeridu/attachments/20080217/b090840a/attachment.html From barry at ninestones.com Mon Feb 18 07:26:39 2008 From: barry at ninestones.com (Barry Hall) Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:26:39 -0500 Subject: [Didjeridu] Redo mouthpiece on agave didge In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7C151238-B521-4EBE-9528-929240B2443F@ninestones.com> Gusty (and others) You can get non-toxic, environmentally friendly 2-part epoxy putty here: http://www.avesstudio.com/Products/products.html It comes in many colors, works great for mouthpieces, and is non- toxic. Don't know if you would avoid the allergic reaction you had, Gusty, but I feel a lot better putting my mouth on this stuff than the highly toxic putty from the hardware store. Barry On Feb 18, 2008, at 12:00 AM, didjeridu-request at music.mills.edu wrote: > > > Hi all, > > One way to just epoxy the mouth piece end only would be to put a > ring of > masking tape around the didge about a half inch or so below the mouth > piece and then epoxy the mouth piece with the two part epoxy inside > and > out making sure to wipe off the dripping epoxy on the masking tape > so it > doesn't run down to the unprotected part of the didge... Then > after the > epoxy is hardened enough to not run any more you can peel off the > masking tape and it leaved a nice straight top ring of epoxy on the > didgeridoo. Looks nice, and looks intentional, not 'repaired'... > Keeps > you from having to redo the entire finish. > > Be sure to clean the old epoxy surface very well inside and out with a > good cleaning agent like acetone (don't like the stuff but it's > good for > cleaning off the old oils and stuff that will prevent the epoxy from > adhering to the original surface)... > > BTW, I tried using the epoxy putty to make a mouth piece and it worked > well. I was able to shape it very easily and all that stuff. But I > played the didge shortly after it was hardened (maybe 24 hours) and > had > quite an allergic reaction to the stuff... My lips were in pretty bad > shape for quite a while. So if you do use the wood-type epoxy putty, > please put a coat of envirotec (or other two-part epoxy) over it > before > playing it. The wood putty epoxy stuff must be pretty toxic, at least > to my skin... > > Take care all and didge on, > > Gusty > > Scott 'Gusty' Christensen > From yirdaki at gmx.net Sun Feb 24 14:14:35 2008 From: yirdaki at gmx.net (Christian Som) Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:14:35 +0100 Subject: [Didjeridu] Alan Dargin has passed away In-Reply-To: <21D545F5-F528-487F-9508-74FC14D60455@adventuresmarketing.com> Message-ID: Very sad news: Alan Dargin has passed away just before sunrise of the Sunday, Feb. 24. Alan has been a great source of inspiration for countless didjeridu players and a fabulous person. I've seen him play last summer at the Swizzeridoo 2007 festival. He looked good, was in a good mood and chatted with a lot of people. A very tragic turn! He'll be sadly missed. Christian From rossum at gmail.com Mon Feb 25 17:13:42 2008 From: rossum at gmail.com (Mischa D. Krilov) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:13:42 -0600 Subject: [Didjeridu] Alan Dargin has passed away In-Reply-To: References: <21D545F5-F528-487F-9508-74FC14D60455@adventuresmarketing.com> Message-ID: This is extremely sad news... Alan Dargin was one of the first didj players I ever heard whose name I knew, and his Bloodwood CD was the first didj CD I ever purchased back in the day. For me, he's synonymous with excellent playing. I never had the pleasure of seeing him or hearing him in person. Thanks for passing the news along, Christian. My condolences to his family and friends. Finally found a news article with a bit of detail. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23277019-12377,00.html Mischa -- Read my blog: http://rossum.blogspot.com