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Oh well, Hi.
I came to shakuhachi through a rather wierd path. I have a compulsion to modify and make musical instruments and this has included flutes. After tooting on an Irish low whistle with the fipple cut off for a few years, and reading everything I could find about making shakuhachi, I decided to get one of these rippin' flutes. I've gotten one of the cheep wooden ones with the intention of modifying it, which I'm buisy doing. I play experimentally and improvisationally and love it. Fortunately, my downstairs neighbours have a loud kid so I can get away with playing all the time. These days he's been singing along with me, through the open windows. His mother is a saint.
I have a page on flutes from around the world that have gutsyness to them. I know I could list more shakuhachi pages but it's just a sampling for people who don't know what a shakuhachi is. If you're interested, it's at: http://treeoflifestudio.ca/FlutesWithGuts.shtml
If you want to look at a few of my rather unconventional flutes that have taught me to play, there's: http://treeoflifestudio.ca/MyFlutes.shtml . The page doesn't include all the plumbing pipes or the big fat thing I call a shakudidge.
Oh, and I live in Canada. I'm living in Ottawa but I left half my heart in Toronto.
Thanks for all your interesting posts and websites. I've been reading them for quite some time.
Kim
Last edited by October Alley (2006-07-24 15:07:11)
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Welcome!
And a fine introduction it was, too!
I had a great visit to your very interesting website. All I really needed to see to convince me was the Fula Flute video, to which I hereby post a direct link:
http://biznasty.com/movies/FulaFlute_1103.mov
It is a MUST-view. Be sure you watch the whole thing.
Think the shakuhachi sounds gnarly? Dig this'n...
eB
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Thanks eB. I've bettered the link on my page to what you have there. Much appreciated!
Kim.
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