Kangaroo Bounce and Dawn Arise
House on Red Corner · 2009-01-30 · EJ, Eckenrode, Nathan
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*[photo — not archived by Wayback]*Once more I am coming at you with tales from our trip, sort of. Mostly, it’s just the method which I am choosing to deliver more sounds of the didgeridoo to you. I am really enjoying learning and playing this new to me instrument and every day I find myself facing new challenges. Yesterday, I was working on stronger rhythmns while continuing to maintain a smooth delivery. This first piece uses a sound that is supposed to represent a hopping kangaroo, since kangaroos do not have a particularly defining sound that they make, didge players just use a tongue stop to represent the movements of the animal.
While we were in Queensland; which was easily my favorite part of the trip; we went to an animal viewing zoo. Naturally, being in Australia, there were Kangaroos, a whole herd of them, if herd is indeed what a group of kagaroos are called. TheBubster fed them bread; it was given to us by the curators specifically for the kangas; but her favorite animal there were the wallabies. Wallabies look like kangaroos only smaller. In fact that description can also cover Quokkas if you add “much” between “only” and “smaller”.
With the exception of lots of dead carcasses on the highway in the Tablelands, the only roos we saw were in zoos. EDIT: We actually saw live kangaroos on the side of the highway while driving through the Tablelands. These gave us the best experience in that we could pet them, feed them and observe them closely. While all this animal interaction was going on, The Mommy hung back and fed LittleBud.
Speaking of LittleBud, he is growing growing growing. Already he is growing out of clothes that fit TheBubster when she was nearly nine months old. He is also very busy and loves to lie on his back and play with the mobile bells hanging on his workout mat.
This last piece of music is more ambient and experimental. Hope you enjoy it as well.
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