Bruce shown playing here with the guys from DidgeridooBreath!
Bruce's Didge Arsenal |
![]() Croco-Didge Copley |
![]() Bruce Amongst the Cycads |
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Dr Bruce Copley demonstrates why he is widely regarded as a maverick player whose feats with the Australian didgeridoo are quite unique. |
Didgeridoo maverick Dr Bruce Copley, an accomplished snow skier, exchanged his ski poles for a didgeridoo at the Cavalese ski resort in Italy in Feb 2010. After skiing down very steep black/expert slopes at speeds reaching 50km/hr while playing his didge he was joined here at the end of his run by his family 'flying in formation' behind him. |
Dr Bruce Copley talks about some of his favourite instruments. |
Dr Bruce Copley shows how to play two didgeridoos simultaneously. |
An Extra-Ordinary Feat... Re-Inventing the Didgeridoo
By: Dr Bruce Copley
Dr Bruce Copley - Maverick Didgeridoo Player and Edge Walker... dares to go where few other didge players have gone before!
An Interview with Bruce Copley
By: Ed Drury
'The Didgeridoo taught me to do things softly, gently & patiently...'
Blow me didgeridoo, blue
An Australian scientist is using a state-of-the-art brain imaging machine to investigate the complex physics involved when playing the didgeridoo, the ancient but extremely complex wooden musical instrument developed by the Aborigines...
Didgeridoo Circular Breathing
By: Dr Bruce Copley
Some Tips & Tats from Bruce Copley
Garma Festival Yidaki Principles
By: Aaron Corn
The Yidaki (didgeridoo) and the bilma (clapping sticks) are the rhythm and pulse for the stories of our ceremonies that go back to our ancestors. They look forward to sharing the world with Balanda (non-Aboriginal people)...
The Dance of Dream
By: Courtney Ward
Of Blood..Women..Man..The Earth trembles... The dance of vibration shapeshifting the dream...
The Didgeridoo as a Site of Economic Contestation in Arnhem Land
By: Aaron Corn
Some saw no reason, despite repeated explanations of the yidaki's spiritual significance, why didjeridus should not be bought and sold like any other instrument...
The Essence of the Didgeridoo
By: Stephen Kent
I am here. My body dances, I am blind, I am sound, I am home - and away............ then the groove starts - does it come from in me? Do I catch it? Do I move it? I don't know...
The History of the Didjeridoo
The Australian Didjeridoo: An Ancient Soundscape...
'Learning to circular breath is like learning to kiss and I don't mean the boring closed mouth stuff! Like kissing when you get good at it, it is very pleasant, natural, relaxed and almost timeless.'
Dr Bruce Copley