Yeah itās good thanks! With these COVID times and fewer workshops, thankfully the online courses are keeping me afloat! Hope it lasts.
And for circular breathing, Iād recommend working on it a lot without your didgeridoo during the Ā« dead Ā» moments in your day (in the car but be careful!). Youād be surprised how much you progress with these little bits of practice on the fly.
Good luck with everything!
No meetups at the moment.
Iāve really slowed down the pace (if you know what I mean eheh) so I need to get myself motivated again!
The saxodidge should arrive soon so thatāll give me a boost!
Hello everyone,
Iāve started lurking on the forum without having introduced myself or put up a photo yet, but thatās done now! 
(and Iām sorry for the wall of text 
)
Iām an artist whoās been discovering my creativity for 4 or 5 years 
I have 4 years of intensive bolas/poi (though Iāve calmed down now) and my main activity is creating jewellery in macramĆ© around minerals. And my goal is to make music a professional activity one day (or at least a big part of my life). Iām talking of course about playing (listening has been with me daily) 
Being passionate about Psytrance I tried my hand at DAW, even though my best friend could teach me his 15 years of experience in the field, DAW just isnāt for me right now.
But Psytrance led me to discover ethno-trance and world music in the broadest sense, and I got to blow into a didge at the Aboriginalās dream in 2017 at a market stand!
The Universe put a PVC plumbing tube in my path in March 2020, and the adventure began! I cut the tube to about 1m60, it was 40mm in diameter and having failed to make a bell by heating it, I left it straight 
After countless poorly explained videos on YT about circular breathing, I came across Gauthier and Wakademy 
in a few weeks I got circular breathing down thanks to Gauthierās free videos, his tutorials are amazing!!
After that I bought Gauthierās book Ā« how to play your first rhythms Ā», which I literally devoured in a few weeks.
After 3 months learning the basics on a PVC tube with a 36mm mouthpiece (I know 
) I bought my first didgeridoo from Manu Flyroots, custom-made in C, 1m56 with a 32mm mouthpiece (I wanted a didge in a lower key but for a first one it would have been tough apparently 
)
I dream of having a low G, this video gets me every time!
End of January 2021 I did Gauthierās workshop in Dordogne, a truly fabulous experience that helped me get my bearings because it was the first time I met didge players!! (including one technique and breathing psycho-maniac, super skilled and a great teacher 
) and I followed up by buying the Ā« The Secret of the 7 Breaths Ā» course which is exactly what I need right now
My natural breathing is the 
and as for listening to myself, for now thatāll be for those who have The Secret of the 7 Breaths training!
Thanks for reading if you made it this far 
Thanks for introducing yourself, Florian. So youāve also met the nice hypercompetent maniac.
Your Didgeridoo from Manu Flyroots is really beautiful, makes you want to play it.
Feel free to share with us what you play on the Didgeridoo.
and itās almost contagious!
Gauthierās such a lovely person 
Thatās true. 
I hadnāt seen that post with his latest piece:
Hey Florian, great presentation!
Welcome to the forum 
Hey Florian, welcome to the didge world. You blow into it once, you get circular breathing and after that you canāt do without it anymore
A really lovely presentation, my friend.
The universe doesnāt do anything by chance, you just have to listen.
Iām glad it brought you here.
Welcome to the dance of the didgeridoo Florian 
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome
Welcome Florian!
With the bell, you had the option to use diameter adapters and other PVC pipes.
But thatās in the past, youāve moved on to wood
Anyway, I really like your description of Gauthier.
Gauthier is right to insist so much on mastery and precision, itās a guarantee of freedom.
Hey, good to see you again ā well, Ā« see you again Ā» in a way, since we got to meet at the workshop in Dordogne at the end of January.
Itās true that Gauthier brings together a bunch of qualities that are, for us, a real gift when it comes to discovering, improving and loving the didgeridoo.
If another workshop happens in July, maybe weāll run into each other again.
Have a good day.
Patrick.
Nothing quite like a new instrument to get your practice back on track!
And welcome to you @Florian.C, glad to see you with your photo on the forum!
Looks like I canāt hide my obsessiveness from anyone anymore! 
Ps: a little thanks for your compliments in your messages, itās very kind of you, Iām going to get embarrassed! 
Hi hi, Iām replying to myself! Just to let you know I pulled off this slick move: opening two addresses, with a different username. So if you read emails from sandrine.clement, well thatās me too. Iām not going to risk cleaning things up, so nothing blows up.
Cheers!
Hey everyone!
Iām just starting out with the didgeridoo, I havenāt even received my instrument yet!
Iām still practicing circular breathing without my didge though, I think Iām making good progress, weāll see what itās like with the tube in my mouth! I went with a burnt Breton bamboo didgeridoo, and yes Iām following Gauthierās advice to the letter 
.
I just discovered this forum and all the conversations in it, Iām like a kid in a candy store!
As for me, Iām 20 years old, Iām struggling my way through an engineering school (online wow!) and Iām a scout leader in France.
Once I have my didgeridoo, if I have technical questions, where could I ask them?
Thatās it!
thanks to those who read me 
Hello @jacques.spittael, welcome to the forum.
You made a great choice getting a quality bamboo didgeridoo, Iām guessing you bought it from David Defois. Thatāll give you every chance of getting off to a good start.
Itās good that you started circular breathing without the didgeridoo, itās a solid physical and mental workout so your body and brain can learn this breathing thatās anything but natural. I reckon youāll find it different when you do it in the didgeridoo, but itāll help you understand the principle.
If you have any technical questions you can Ā« create a topic Ā» in the Ā« General Ā» category by adding a title and posting your question in the body of the topic.
See you soon.
Welcome to you Jacques!!
Itās always a pleasure to see (well, read) fresh faces, thatās great 
.
Indeed, with that description of the burnt Breton bamboo didge, it brings David Defois to mind.
As @Elisabeth_Blanc writes, you did the right thing knocking on his door, itās an excellent choice 
.
This forum is truly an Ali Babaās cave, so help yourself and enjoy the posts and conversations as you go .
See you soon and welcome again!
Hey hi Jacques, welcome aboard
Youāll have plenty of goodies to unwrap here, the forum content is really rich!
I can imagine youāre itching to get your first didge
Yeah thatās right, David Defois! I went with an E flat.
I canāt wait to get my didgeridoo!
Hi Jacques, I think everythingās been said, welcome to the forum
