iDIDJ Australia Didgeridoo Cultural Hub

This WAL forum is very inspiring and gave me the courage to record my self. As you will hear I'm very much influenced by the the BOMB and Darll and I'm very greatfull too them that they wanted to share there Cultural heritage. And thanks to you guys I learn a lot. Before this forum I never heard of Wongga but now I do. I haven't explored Wongga yet but I will. I guess "Arnhemland Popular Classics" is a good starting point.
By the way is it Wongga or Wangga. Or are these two diverent styles? In the "Arnhemland Popular Classics" booklet they talk about Wongga?

But here are my two recordings.

Hi there

Well done .

GGW

Sounds good Peter. Nice use of all the WAL elements!

Kyle

GGW & Kyle thanks for the kind comments,

This is really a very nice way to share our endeavours of long and hard hours of exploration of that magical sound. Well Kyle the elements are there except for one, the voice. Did not use it because it's to much affiliated with Blanasi. Though I really like to use that element when playing home alone. So the engine is assembled, but now comes the hard part FINE tuning that engine so it runs smoothly link a Rolce Royce Merlin v12. Excelrating whitout any afford, hickups or losing timing and balance.

Hi there



It clearly show that you have spent many hours practicing ,Im no mago expert at all i dont have one but i feel passion and it sound good to me .I really like the G# this is a note that i begin to like more and more and this one sound really good to my ears .As for the Banyawara well i love her work .I have a yidaki from her and this yidaki and me become really good freind if you know what i mean . Good recording also ! what do you use to record yourself playing ? Thanks again for sharing.

GGW

Wow Peter, really nice playing! You've also managed to introduce some NEAL-type tonguing and rhythmic 'licks' into your mago style playing, cool.

It astonishes me how many players around the world have advanced their traditional style, and the few who have refined it to an art. Just amazing stuff.

With Wongga vs. Wangga, I've heard the word spoken by countrymen and it should definitely be Wangga. In the old days, there were all sorts of weird spelling going around. Even today I suppose...

Guan

Excellent metaphor, Peter. I enjoyed your playing!

The G+, not really G#. But it is rather special to me indeed. This is the stick David played on while he was doing his last European tour 2000 with the White Cockatoo Grew. It's not of David's making but I was told that Junggayi senior songs man David Jirindilli is the graft's man. It's not an easy stick to play gunborg on, because of it's very high back pressure. You really have to work on it, but when you do and make that connection it pay's off.




Thanks my friend..........a Wow from a connoisseur..........that's real nice. Well never thought of introducing NEAL-type tonguing on purpose! And maybe I'm not sure what you mean? If it is the repeating and swapping around of did-taro, did-did-taro and did-did-did-taro then this is David's way of syncopated style of playing. And if this is not what you mean then enlighten me.

So nice to get feed back because for years I have wandered in the dark and thanks to you all and modern day technology I now can reflect so I can push it to a whole new next level. And Gaun don't be so surprised, much of it is your doing. Your deep passion has managed to bring like minded/hearted people from al corners of the world to gather.

By the way my setup is real easy: MacPro + Mic (sony ECM-MS957) + Garageband + iTunes

Peter

Thanks J, it's my plesure.

Very nice playing indeed, I enjoyed both those samples a lot.

Lovely stuff Peter,
really beautiful. And would love to the hear the more refined engine when it is purring..
Thanks for sharing that!
Cheers, Martin

good sound !
You got it !
I think it is easier to learn this style than yolgnu style.

Nah, I don't reckon one is any easier than the other - each takes a different approach and application - these things are deceptive.

Quite right, Peter. It's all about the subtle things, eh?

Very much so. Kunborrk for some reason feels like second nature to me in comparison to NEAL. Though I find it still very hard to get all the details right.

And belief me, maybe I will never get this right. Till today I'm getting mesmerised and bezelled by the recordings off the "BOMB". Even after a countless time off listening. It's really amazing what he pulls out off bamboo. To me this is magic. And magic is hard to master!

Any ways thanks for your kind words.

Peter