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A track on one of my band's CDs is called "Stinky Didj". Another track on the Liquid Didj CD is titled "Dangerously Stinky Didj". A friend asked via e-mail what is the meaning or significance of "stinky didj". This (slightly proofed and edited) is what I wrote back:
The meaning of Stinky Didj
Stinky Didj was the first piece I did not with the band, but as a studio creation with Tim Starnes - the musician/studio engineer who recorded Big Blow's first 3 CDs. We started out with nothing more than a click track and me just starting something on didj that we would add upon. With tape rolling, as I took in a deep breath to begin, the didj was near my mouth and I got a whiff of just how little I had cleaned out the inside of that didj. It had become a bit funky on the inside from lack of "grrooming". (I had not noticed this growing olfactory offense before this moment.) With my exhale, rather than starting to play, I instinctively commented on my poor didj hygeine through the didj. That pretty much sealed the deal on what this as-yet-unstarted piece would be named.
Later, Tim Starnes and I did more didj/studio collaboration. One of the didjs I was making at the time had a great shape and sound. The problem was, the resins I was using at the time were not too consistent on cure time. I later found and settled on what the best materials and resins are to use in didj crafting from much trial and error, but the resin in use for that particular didj simply would not cure properly. It continued to offgas it's noxious fumes for a long, long time. Though hard to the touch and playable with a good sound, I still was working on trying to seal coat it to end the "dangerously stinky" fumes it continually emanated. I brought it into the studio just to show Tim Starnes it's sound and look. The idea was to then stick it out in the hallway for the remainder of our recording session..... but that original intent did not work out exactly as planned. Upon hearing it's sound, Tim Starnes cried something to the effect - "Perfect! You have to use that one!". I sucked in a huge breath of fresh air from the hallway before running into the studio to lay down a fresh track with that didj. That was quickly followed by a fast run back out into the hallway to breathe fresh air again. Record, repeat. Record, repeat. It continued like this for a half hour or so. I did get an allergic type sneezing reaction to the toxic fumes it was still putting out, but we got the tracks recorded and the piece "Dangerously Stinky Didj" turned out really well.
The meaning of Stinky Didj
Stinky Didj was the first piece I did not with the band, but as a studio creation with Tim Starnes - the musician/studio engineer who recorded Big Blow's first 3 CDs. We started out with nothing more than a click track and me just starting something on didj that we would add upon. With tape rolling, as I took in a deep breath to begin, the didj was near my mouth and I got a whiff of just how little I had cleaned out the inside of that didj. It had become a bit funky on the inside from lack of "grrooming". (I had not noticed this growing olfactory offense before this moment.) With my exhale, rather than starting to play, I instinctively commented on my poor didj hygeine through the didj. That pretty much sealed the deal on what this as-yet-unstarted piece would be named.
Later, Tim Starnes and I did more didj/studio collaboration. One of the didjs I was making at the time had a great shape and sound. The problem was, the resins I was using at the time were not too consistent on cure time. I later found and settled on what the best materials and resins are to use in didj crafting from much trial and error, but the resin in use for that particular didj simply would not cure properly. It continued to offgas it's noxious fumes for a long, long time. Though hard to the touch and playable with a good sound, I still was working on trying to seal coat it to end the "dangerously stinky" fumes it continually emanated. I brought it into the studio just to show Tim Starnes it's sound and look. The idea was to then stick it out in the hallway for the remainder of our recording session..... but that original intent did not work out exactly as planned. Upon hearing it's sound, Tim Starnes cried something to the effect - "Perfect! You have to use that one!". I sucked in a huge breath of fresh air from the hallway before running into the studio to lay down a fresh track with that didj. That was quickly followed by a fast run back out into the hallway to breathe fresh air again. Record, repeat. Record, repeat. It continued like this for a half hour or so. I did get an allergic type sneezing reaction to the toxic fumes it was still putting out, but we got the tracks recorded and the piece "Dangerously Stinky Didj" turned out really well.
