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About me:: As a medical imaging technologist, I knew how the voicebox worked. Attended a festival workshop by Andrew Scheock and practiced daily for 16 months before running my own teaching performances. I am a master of human sound including the 4 resonant chambers and can produce one voice chords and generate sounds measured at 110db as a bass baritone. A speciality of mine is to sing in monotone but distort each vowel in the words of a song to match the tune. Involved in laughter therapy and stand up comedy, video art and photography.

As a band we are:: 30,000 people have been involved in my improvisational performance called Spontaneous Choir. Given lessons to 3000 people

Instruments:: Guitar, Didjeridu, button accordion, harmonica, recorder

Influences:: Eternal Choir, Dean Frenkel

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Evolution of human sound

The Complete Voice

Before symbolic language developed, there existed a high order of communication. This used gesture, facial expression, posture, and mimicry in movement and sound. Communication was slow but effective. Under these conditions human social behaviour and identity developed. As with much of evolution, behavior led and brain and body development followed.

As time went by and intelligence and the capacity for memory grew. It was found that communication could be… Continue

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At 10:11am on December 23, 2008, OMN said…: Hello Peter,

welcome in our online community. I found your page on MySpace and your video Didj tank which really sounds that you are laughing in your didge. I wish you joy, bliss and laugher here as well and hope that you enjoy this kind of community. If you have any issues please send a report ... so stay well and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

All the best for all beings,

Jens