We’ve been making didgs since 1993 and have always made
didgs from a passionate players perspective. I started out, making didgs
to build my own playing collection and before long I had more than I
needed. For the first couple of years as a hobby business I’d sell word of mouth and
journey to the Down to Earth Confest -a large festival twice yearly that attracted large
no’s of didg players. It was a place where us folk would connect up and we'd
exchange much in 10 days camped together. The didg makers would often set up
in the market place and the 5-10,000 festival goers would keep us didging
strong and passing on many a good instrument. It was real grass roots happening with the
festival becoming a way of life over such a time camped together. It wasn't a music
festival so folk everywhere would gather organically in groups and there would be
jamming most everywhere. These times set the scene for Heartland
Didgeridoos and what we're on about. Connecting up with and supporting fellow
players.
Also from very early on didg has been a family affair. My
brother , Kevin and I were building farm sheds in the years
before didging and so when I got my first didg it wasn't long before he was
into it.He's now also a full-time didg maker, workshop facilitator and top player
and our father Tony also plays, supports finding and making didgs and, has been a
strong example of how to walk the path, grounded in this changeable modern world.
Since 1994 we've been selling to workshop leaders and from
1995 overseas orders was next step with regular orders from Europe initially and now
from many corners of the globe.In 1997 we started working towards our web site and
launched it in 1998. This further allowed us to continue to develop our focus on
quality didgs. We were the first we saw on the web to develop sale of individually
featured didgeridoos and have continued to expand this focus, and still have the largst
display of indivdual didgs on the web. Many others have joined the web didg scene and
there are some brilliant web sites out there and together, you can see
the incredible range of didg possibilities out in the land of didg.
Aside from making our own didgs, we source from other
makers who approach didg in a similar way. We have didgs from the far North
Queensland to the far south in Victoria to the west over in Western Australia,
so we're renowned for the range of didgs we stock.
To keep it alive , I continue to go bush myself and make,
paint and play, as well as support with indigenous and non indigenous
comings together. This way I dont get disconnected from didgs roots.
Its more than an instrument, a product , a cultural symbol or
ritual object; its a mystery, and it keeps it alive and fun.,
Tynon
