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I thought I'd record myself on a yidaki today just to see how I sound when recorded. Plus Dan asked me on YouTube to play some stuff. Anyway, don't expect fire-crackers, my breathing is too stuffed for that. I found myself trying to play a whole song with only 1 breath. Doesn't work. Gotta give up those cigs.

Hi there

Sound good ! Nice stick too what is it ?

GGW

Hey Guan

Good stuff mate!

Thanks for indulging me, that was cool

Man I miss my sticks - they are all where i am not, and it sucks! I have not have a play foy days!

Rock on!!!

Dan

Thanks buddy. The yirdaki is an F#, with G overtone I think.

Glad u enjoyed it!


Guan

Hi there



Oh oh ! this is sad .Courage Daniel

GGW

GGW i am trying to be strong, *sniff*

God knows I try!

Way Guan,

tell me that's a joke - surely not - you have slipped my friend. Is that really you playing ?? And if you are truly smoking again then I'm on my way to Melbourne to deal with you. This is not the playing I expect from you mate. You have been such an inspiration to me and it's always been a pleasure listening to you play - I can't believe you've let your technique slip - what would yolngu say !!!

I'll speak with you more about this privately !!

respectfully, nhungu Bita.

Hi there

I guess your both good freind
Any chance to hear Guan after warming up ? I dont know how you play it was the first time for me and beside the litlle mist here and there i heard some nice toungue articulation, in another word not the first time on a yidaki .And i really like the stick you played on .

GGW

Shucks, I gotta practice more!

I'll give up the smokes too, I promise. Maybe get some acupuncture which I've heard helps with quitting. Just gotta find the time to do it...

Guan

Get on the footie pitch!

or go cold turkey!!!!
it can be done!

kick the fags Guan and you'll be able to rock the place!!!


p.s. fags = ciggerettes

I don't mind watching footie, but playing it?! At my age? I remember in Korea last year playing a friendly soccer match with our new-found Mexican and Bulgarian mates. Geez, that really reeaally hurt! It felt like I had been stabbed in the chest...

I'm going cold turkey now... 1st September is a good time, start of the month

Guan

There's a back on my club team who's almost 60 and he hits like a train

Hi there



Good luck et bonne chance ! Easy to quit smoking i did it everymonth for 15 years !! But the last one whooo thats 6 years ago and i made it because i chew those nicotine gum .Now i have to quit gum naa seriously i did quit with gum with a limit of 3 gum per day .When i was about to panic i chewed one .Its like a litlle helper and still have control did use only half of the pack .The thing is when people asking you how long have you stoped smoking i say 20 pound ! its not over yet after that i bought a road bike and hit the road to lost those pound ,im still wondering what's harder quit smoking or loosing weight ,but i love my bike more than my car

GGW

Well maybe not firecrackers, but who of the tradheads in this forum can deliver that? I wish I could play with that kind of tong technique or proper matta. Really hoop to hear more my friend.

..............Oh maybe it's possible to pickup your bamboo when the sig. urge enters the body and mind. Let's say if you smoked 10 sig. a day, then this will gives you in total 50 minutes practise during the day(1 sig. is about 5min). So in no time you got that rock and roll going and your longs cleaned up mate! By the way quitting is not the problem, firing one up is!!!

Peter