Hybrid beast blows sweet music and scores national prize
Cross a didgeridoo with a trombone and you create a very odd hybrid. But one with a great sound. It's been christened the Didjeribone and has just won a national prize, the Memento of Australia Award.
International didgeridoo performers, Adrian Fabila and Charlie McMahon, partnered up in the late 80s and have been spreading the instrument's unique sound since then. They say that because it is a cross between a trombone and a didgeridoo players can control the musical pitch.
McMahon, the instrument's inventor, is best known for his work with the Gondwanaland and for recording soundtracks for Mad Max and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. He also performed with the instrument on tour with Midnight Oil.
Adrian Fabila will be touring regional Queensland schools during 2008 in a show simply titled Didjeribone. It will be one of 31 productions in Queensland Arts Council's 2008 program.
The Memento of Australia Award helps establish partnerships between cultural, tourism, retail, business and government sectors. It links creators of quality products to market opportunities to generate sustainable businesses.
