After hours didgeridoo jam at Spirit Gallery. It’s not all about business here. We genuinely love the didgeridoo.
Hence these impromptu last minute didgeridoo gatherings, that are usually not recorded.
Throw in a bottle or two of red wine, courtesy of Liam (wearing the sunglasses indoors at 9pm) and things start to get noisy!
Mark Atkins will be holding a didgeridoo workshop on the 5th of March at 6pm at Spirit Gallery Sydney in the Rocks. The workshop will be for intermediate to advanced players or for those who have at least mastered the art of circular breathing. The workshop will run for 2 hours and cost $50 with all funds going to Mark.
Mark is one of the most recognised didgeridoo players in the country. Mark is also recognised internationally for his collaborative projects with some of the world’s leading composers and musicians. A descendant of Western Australia’s Yamitji people, as well as of Irish/Australian heritage, Mark is known for his skills as a storyteller, composer, percussionist, visual artist and instrument maker.
We already have 4 places booked and will limit the session to a maximum of 9 or 10. If you are interested send us an e-mail at info@spiritgallery.com.au or call the store on 92475961 to book your spot.
Our good friend Shibaten was kind enough to drag all his equipment up to our store and give us a rare intimate performance with the full ensemble. Two videos of his favourite songs.
Shibaten has finished his 3 month stint in Australia and will now head to Singapore, Japan and possibly to Europe or the USA to continue his unique one man performance to audiences around the world. We expect his return to Australia in the next 18 months.
Want to know more about this highly talented energetic performer http://www.shibatenspirits.com
OR check him out on Facebook where he has a huge following https://www.facebook.com/shibaten
Scottish Born NZ based Kenneth Sand paid us a visit a few weeks ago. Kenneth has been teaching and playing didgeridoo for over 20 years and is one of those rare freakish players that is equally comfortable playing both traditional and contemporary didge.
He has studied Aboriginal music for years and also studied traditional crafting and playing under the great Djalu Gurruwiwi in North East Arnhem Land. He was authorised and requested by Djalu Gurruwiwi to share his experiences and knowledge to the rest of the world and encouraged by Djalu to continue teaching Didgeridoo to help foster awareness and respect of traditional Aboriginal cultures of Northern Australia.
Kenneth is also one of the few accomplished Bronze Age Horn players, having performed with both instruments regularly.
Kenneth formed the band “Resonance” in 1999, which led to him producing and recording the professional music CD called “Resonance-Organic Dance Didjeridu” which many people regard as one of the finest didgeridoos cd’s ever produced.
Definitely, one of our favourite store visits. Check him out!
Some beautiful Earl Clements didgeridoos have arrived including some amazing flared and bell end didges, all painted in the classic Western Arnhem Land style.
Earl is a hard working one man operartion. He is the didge cutter, crafter and the artist.
Check out some photos of Earl sweating away in Australia’s top end on a didge making expedition for Spirit Gallery.
Our good friend Kristian Benton visited us just after Christmas with a beautiful bunch of quality instruments.
He has been busy this year performing several times at the World Expo in South Korea as the Australian indigenous performer. He is about to embark on a tour of South Africa and will continue to make quality instruments exclusively for Spirit Gallery throughout 2013.
Check out some of the Kristian Benton Didgeridoos and watch the man at work below!
Multi-instrumentalist Kash Killion dropped into Spirit Gallery for a visit. Upon seeing our collection of didgeridoos he brought back his Sarangi and the result is below!!
An accomplished Sarangi player, he has studied this complex instrument with the great masters Sultan Khan and Rhamish Mishra.
But never played one with a didge. Has anyone? Great fun!
Kash is a San Francisco based cellist, bassist, sarangist, vocalist, and composer. He has performed with various ethnic music ensembles and chamber orchestras and has over a hundred recordings to his name. Check him out http://www.kashkillion.com/
Introducing “Barramundi”.
A local Sydney didgeridoo player and regular visitor to our store. In fact most of these instruments in his collection pictured above came from Spirit Gallery.
He has only been playing for a couple of years. Not bad for such a short period!!
Strong, Powerful Player. Enjoy!!
What didge is he playing. A gorgeous sweet toned White Mountain Essence Didjeridu all the way from our good friends in New Hampshire USA.
This one’s for you Steven!! Best “blind” didge purchase Spirit Gallery has ever made and now part of our private collection. Check out WEDIDJ at http://www.wedidj.com/
Full Burton Didges now online. Check them out.
As mentioned in our previous post Spirit Gallery will be the only didge store in the WORLD to have some rare NEW FULL BURTON DIDGES. Our good friend Nathan was nice enough to choose Spirit Gallery to showcase the very few didges he has recently made. Quite an honour considering he is only made a handful over the last few years.
Burton didgeridoos are prized for their unique bell sizes, optimum backpressure, awesome acoustics, ideal resonance and extreme volume and all come with a Burton lifetime guarantee. The full Burton logo is burned into the bell end of every Burton Instrument.
Check out the reputation of the man and his didges http://burtondidj.com/. The only available instruments are now all at Spirit Gallery and for the same price as on the Burton site.
Already a lot of interest in them. One already gone before it had a chance to get online. Might be a very long time before some new Burtons appear again!!
We have been busy uploading over 60 new didgeridoos in the last week. In this lot we have some long awaited primo stuff from master craftsmen Adam Henwood of CrookedStixz– a real favourite among serious players.
Also some amazing Earl Clements didges at very fair prices. Beautifully painted with traditional motifs, awesome sound quality and some of our best value for money didges. Earl only sends us the best as he knows how fussy we are!
Also available are some of our popular affordable hand painted didgeridoos by Brendan Porteous, Leony Roser and Chad Burns.
In the next few weeks we will have dozens of quality didges arriving from the likes of Kristian Benton, Tristan OMeara, Alastair Black, Bruce Rogers and Heartland Didgeridoos and some larger flares and belled didgeridoos from Earl Clements and much more. It will be a didgeridoo bonanza here at Spirit Gallery over the next few weeks.
Finally, keep an eye out online as Spirit Gallery will be the only didge store in the WORLD to have some rare NEW FULL BURTON didges available for sale. Our good friend Nathan was nice enough to choose Spirit Gallery to showcase the very few didges he has recently made. A real treat for the Burton enthusiasts. They should be available soon. Stay tuned.
We have been getting lots of questions about Xmas orders and deliveries. Please note any orders received by the 14th December will be guaranteed delivered anywhere in the world before Xmas- more than likely several days before. And rememeber all international customers will receive a 10% deduction on the advertised price at the checkout as the item will be deemed an export and hence tax/VAT free.
Domestic orders can be received as late as the 20th Decemeber, depending on the delivery location. We even have an express overnight service for those very very late orders. E-mail us for details.
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