Comments on: MyInstruments http://www.lapaine.com new earth-wind-space didgeridoo sounds out of no-place Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:19:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: “Moytze” – Didgeridoo 010110050310190EUV | duende http://www.lapaine.com/index.php/myinstruments/comment-page-1/#comment-137 “Moytze” – Didgeridoo 010110050310190EUV | duende Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:09:59 +0000 http://lapaine.com/test/?page_id=64#comment-137 [...] specially good genes for this as it has a really nice old hard wood as well as design taken from the famous C which is played on Stinkirum, Lake of Awareness, The Spatialist, Valso de Sufokato, Point in [...] [...] specially good genes for this as it has a really nice old hard wood as well as design taken from the famous C which is played on Stinkirum, Lake of Awareness, The Spatialist, Valso de Sufokato, Point in [...]

]]> By: Nik Czewicz http://www.lapaine.com/index.php/myinstruments/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Nik Czewicz Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:41:00 +0000 http://lapaine.com/test/?page_id=64#comment-27 Your advice has been taken to heart, though I epoxied my didge before I read your response. I used an epoxy that is made to seal concrete, and it sounds much better than it did. You were right, I've had some difficulty with bubbles forming inside the didge, not too bad though. Epoxy really does make a difference, it's amazing how hard it gets. I've had several requests for didge's made by myself since I last wrote, and I'm begining to seriously think about making them as a part time, if not full time job. I think it's one of the most truly sacred intruments ever discoverd, and it has not reached its peak in popularity with the world. It totally emphesises the whole "oneness" aspect of the buddhist philosophy, which seems to have some infulence on everyone I know. This is the begining of a beautiful relationship (between me and the didge of course) Thanks Again, Nik Your advice has been taken to heart, though I epoxied my didge before I read your response. I used an epoxy that is made to seal concrete, and it sounds much better than it did. You were right, I’ve had some difficulty with bubbles forming inside the didge, not too bad though. Epoxy really does make a difference, it’s amazing how hard it gets.

I’ve had several requests for didge’s made by myself since I last wrote, and I’m begining to seriously think about making them as a part time, if not full time job.

I think it’s one of the most truly sacred intruments ever discoverd, and it has not reached its peak in popularity with the world. It totally emphesises the whole “oneness” aspect of the buddhist philosophy, which seems to have some infulence on everyone I know. This is the begining of a beautiful relationship (between me and the didge of course)

Thanks Again,
Nik

]]> By: Du http://www.lapaine.com/index.php/myinstruments/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Du Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:34:22 +0000 http://lapaine.com/test/?page_id=64#comment-25 Hello Nik! Nice to hear you and Stinkirum are friends. You started with 11 feet instrument? This world is really changing. You will get treble from hardness of the material you use. It means opposite to agave and beeswax. But in your place I would leave this instrument as it is, as now is probably too difficult to change it's nature. If you want more mid/treble try with harder wood and harder finish. Most of my didges are epoxy in/out. But some of them are oiled. I've read some articles and spoke to some woodworkers about finishes, and all of them who seem to have a clue what they are talking about say that there is no one universal, ultimate finish. So one must first learn properties of each, even better to try each, and then use appropriate one according to the situation. Good luck! Du Hello Nik!

Nice to hear you and Stinkirum are friends.

You started with 11 feet instrument? This world is really changing.
You will get treble from hardness of the material you use. It means opposite to agave and beeswax. But in your place I would leave this instrument as it is, as now is probably too difficult to change it’s nature. If you want more mid/treble try with harder wood and harder finish.
Most of my didges are epoxy in/out. But some of them are oiled.
I’ve read some articles and spoke to some woodworkers about finishes, and all of them who seem to have a clue what they are talking about say that there is no one universal, ultimate finish. So one must first learn properties of each, even better to try each, and then use appropriate one according to the situation.

Good luck!

Du

]]> By: Nik Czewicz http://www.lapaine.com/index.php/myinstruments/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Nik Czewicz Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:18:59 +0000 http://lapaine.com/test/?page_id=64#comment-22 Hi, I'm Nik, I live in the USA. After discovering you on Last.fm 2 months ago I've been obsessed with the didge. I've always liked it, but some how when I heard Stinkirum I felt like the spirit of the didgeridoo brought it self closer to me, and then it hit me like a little meditation bell, this is my new instrument! You see for some time now I've been experimenting with trial and error trying to find the most spiritual of spiritual sounds, which concludes to only one note, and free-form time signatures. I've worked with digital synthesizers during this process, always wishing I had some more organic sounds, and the didge sounds much like a synth, it's a perfect fit! Then after a week or 2 after seeing your work I found an agave flowering in an region where you can only find them on peoples front lawn, because they don't grow naturally there. After talking to the home owner he let me cut it down. The didge turned out to be 11 feet long. I sealed the inside with beeswax, and I'm waiting for some more money to come around so I can coat the outside with polyurathane or epoxy. Are all your didge's sealed with epoxy inside and out? I'm having a little trouble with the treble comin out of my didge, any advice on how to sharpen it up a bit with it's current state in consideration? Time for me is running short for me. I have to go. Thanks for any input you may have! Hi,

I’m Nik, I live in the USA. After discovering you on Last.fm 2 months ago I’ve been obsessed with the didge. I’ve always liked it, but some how when I heard Stinkirum I felt like the spirit of the didgeridoo brought it self closer to me, and then it hit me like a little meditation bell, this is my new instrument!

You see for some time now I’ve been experimenting with trial and error trying to find the most spiritual of spiritual sounds, which concludes to only one note, and free-form time signatures. I’ve worked with digital synthesizers during this process, always wishing I had some more organic sounds, and the didge sounds much like a synth, it’s a perfect fit!

Then after a week or 2 after seeing your work I found an agave flowering in an region where you can only find them on peoples front lawn, because they don’t grow naturally there. After talking to the home owner he let me cut it down. The didge turned out to be 11 feet long. I sealed the inside with beeswax, and I’m waiting for some more money to come around so I can coat the outside with polyurathane or epoxy.

Are all your didge’s sealed with epoxy inside and out? I’m having a little trouble with the treble comin out of my didge, any advice on how to sharpen it up a bit with it’s current state in consideration?

Time for me is running short for me. I have to go. Thanks for any input you may have!

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