Interview with:Sandy The Didjeridu Player [sandy]
MUSIC
 | What do you do? What is your musical specialty? I perform record and demonstrate the didjeridu (didgeridoo) |
| Do you work alone or in a group? If in a group, who are the others you work with? Usually I play solo but also play as a session musician and guest performer. I have worked with the following: Beyond The Beat, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Jon Anderson, Kangaroo Moon, Rolf Harris, Baka Beyond, Patric Dawes (Groove Armada), Sirishkumar Manji. |
| Is there a web address where one can listen, see, or read some of your work? www.didjeridu.co.uk |
| Please list any awards, competitions, or other acknowledgments you would like to mention. I was nominated for an award for my work on the main stage at Kingston Green Fair. |
| Please list discography in which you have participated. My music can be heard as part of the soundtrack for the BBC wildlife DVD "Wild Downunder", I appear on the CD "Rainbow Over The Gypsy Hill" by Hiroki Okano, I can be seen and heard on the DVD "No Quarter -Robert Plant and Jimmy Page Unledded" and I can be heard playing as part of the score for the film "Nasty Neighbours". |
| How did you begin making music? Who introduced you? I have been playing guitar, clarinet, percussion and keyboards since childhood. I started playing didjeridu in my early 30s, my initial tuition was from Cyrung (from the band Tribal Drift) apart from that, I am mostly self taught. |
| What was your musical education? Other than a basic 'o' level school education -I am pretty much self taught. |
| When did you realise that making music could be a way of life for you? When I started ignoring warnings from other people about how difficult and competitive it is to make it in the music industry! |
| What is your creative process? Trial and error, recording/erasing/starting again. Experimentation until I am happy with the result. |
| When do you have your most lucid moments, in the morning or night? Mostly at night. |
| Have you ever awoken with a melody created from your dreams? Yes. |
| How do you know when a song is finished or needs no more changes? I don't -I often carry my compositions around in my MP3 player, listen to it then go back and change something. |
| How did you discover your creative territory? How would you describe it? My "creative territory" ? I'll assume that means where I place my music. With didjeridu, I find that it crosses all boundaries, from the festival scene, world/folk/roots, through to dance/trance, rock/blues, soundtrack "chillout" and "new age" style. The creative territory seems to be limitless in its variety as regards didj playing. |
| What part of your job is your least favourite? Performing as "background" at events where I'm mostly ignored. |
| How often do you practice? Rarely these days -I "warm up" before recordings/sessions/performances and thats it. |
| How do you feel right before going out on stage? Usually with a certain amount of eager anticipation -occasionally slightly nervy. |
| Which musicians or groups have been inspiring to your career? Didj players: Mark Robson (Kangaroo Moon) Cyrung, Dr Didj, Yothu Yindi, the late/great Alan Dargin. Henri Gao Bi (master drummer from Ivory Coast) Sirishkumar Manji (master tabla player) Tom Simenauer (master tabla player). Bands -too numerous to mention! |
| List three songs that are key to your life. That shifts all the time, at the moment they could be; Time by Pink Floyd , Golden Brown by The Stranglers, Bucephalus Bouncing Ball by Aphex Twin. |
| What should be done to stop piracy? Promote more live music. |
| What type of music do you detest? Opera. |
| What time did you get up this morning? LOL 2pm |
| How do you sell yourself? What has been your experience with record companies and representatives? Mostly word of mouth recommendations, web work and socialising. |
| What other things have you done to make a living? Woked at a lighting factory, a holographic company, a bike shop and as a service engineer for games machines. |
| Have you ever played on the street or in the subway? How much did you collect each day? Yes, I have busked a few times -I didn't really do it for the money and can't remember how much I would make -"beer money" really. |
| Who would you play with, without a doubt? Anyone, if I thought it 'worked'. |
| What advice would you give to someone starting out in the business? Don't let any f***er put you off. |
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