ha, sorry! Took the warch update to another thread. Seriously cheers to the 40s. And have a blast!:beer:

Happy BD Monster. Wait till you turn 50. Then things can......

40 what, BTW? inches?

40 more rounds in the magazine, so watch it.

Exceedingly so.

Happy Birthday monster! Tell us about your birthday haul.

Well, first she hauled her kids to school, then she hauled her ass around on a bicycle, then she hauled some sports equipment to various meets and games...

clod nailed it.

I don't really do presents -having a pool party in August was my big present this year- but my mother-in-law conspired with my friend to bring me some fresh (purple) flowers, friend knitted me a purple blanket, thor gave me the first (and only) pot he threw (painted purple) and Hebe made me a little monster. (red). And I got a cool metal bird sculpture from my MIL I picked out at the Ann Arbr Art Fair this summer.

oh and there's a mystery package en route from my sister, apparently.

She's an enigmatic present giver. One year she vacationed in Aus. I jokingly said I wanted a didgeridoo. One arrived by Fedex. Most awesomest surprise present ever. Last year she sent me a pink left handed fountain pen. Yes, I hate pink. Yes, I'm right-handed. Yes, I barely write any more. Yes you can't get the cartridges it needs in the US. Yes, she works for the company that made it. When I say works for....more like director of.......

Can you play it?

I was told, in order to play a didgeridoo you have to master circular breathing. If you've done that, I want to be your friend. :blush:

mont blanc?

Not very well. The circular breathing is not happening here yet -I can barely breathe in a staright line! But it's purple and it looks cool

If it's purple, you're holding it too tight.

I had to look it up.

Omfg - there's no way

Way. Old girlfriend's kid met a didgeridoo player with a reggae band in Philly, who taught the kid how do it on his trumpet. Fucking amazing to see, but I still don't understand how it's possible. :confused:

Kenny G shows you how...

It should come easy to him. :rolleyes:

He says it takes him only 20 years to get it okay. :eek:

I have a digereedoo, and I have not mastered the circular breathing technique. It certainly would be a great skill to use with this instrument, but damn.

I can only inhale so quickly. And, I can only hold so much air in my cheeks. The balance is not anything close to equal. Plus the digereedoo is a high volume instrument, not in loudness, but in the amount of air it takes to make it sound like, you know, a digereedoo. I have toyed with the idea of making the mouth hole smaller, so I can get away with a tighter smaller pursing of my lips, but I can't think of how to do this... Beeswax around the opening? Anyhow, circular breathing is real. Real hard.

Woot! Belated Happy Birthday Monnie:)

Kenny G: The Master of Playing the Scales. Over and Over and Over and Over and...

;)

Snap!

There are few great Jazz trumpeters that can do it, don't recall the names right now.

Yes, you are supposed to warm the beeswax and mold it to your preference.

!!!

sCHWEEEET!

thanks for the tip, I'll try it and report back.

at least that's what it said on the destructions that came with mine