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When sound massage transforms our approach to the didgeridoo: meeting Othello Ravez

This episode is in French. My podcast is only available in French for now.

For more than 20 years, Othello Ravez has been exploring the didgeridoo in its many forms, both through musical collaborations and through sound healing. Sound therapy, sound relaxation, music therapy: so many concepts to describe a world that’s still hazy…

All these reasons pushed me to interview Othello so he could share his experience as a music therapist with us, ranging from the didgeridoo to tuning forks, by way of singing bowls, among other things. So what does sound massage bring? What’s the difference with music therapy? Can anyone give a treatment with the didgeridoo?

I tried to ask our friend Othello as many questions as possible, to try to clear a path through a world that is still little known and just waiting to be explored. Enjoy the episode (in French)!

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• Visit Othello Ravez’s website
• Workshop dates with Othello Ravez
• Visit the Flyroots website (driftwood didgeridoos)• Fabien Maman’s book “The Tao of Sound“.
• The album “Singing didgeridoo” by Ondřej Smeykal

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• Sound massage and the didgeridoo

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• The origins of the didgeridoo

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4 responses to “When sound massage transforms our approach to the didgeridoo: meeting Othello Ravez”

  1. Othello Ravez Avatar
    Othello Ravez

    Hello Karl

    Regarding your question about whether Aboriginal people are aware of this… You’d have to ask them to form your own opinion! Aboriginal people are certainly very conscious of what they’re doing from their own perspective.

    Also, I sometimes offer workshops with deaf and blind people. They’re very receptive and very sensitive. I need to be even more attentive, as they seem very sensitive to me. But when an approach of gentleness is there, the contact, the relationship builds in trust and allows us to progressively explore together the vibrations and sound perceptions.

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    Bonjour Karl

    Pour ta question si les Aborigènes ont conscience de cela….Il faudrait que tu leur demande pour te faire ton avis ! Les Aborigènes sont certainement très conscient de ce qu’il font de leur point de vu.

    Aussi il m’arrive de proposer des ateliers avec des sourds et es aveugles. Ils sont très réceptifs et très sensible. ils me faut être encore plus attentif, car ils me semble très sensible. Mais quand l’approche de la douceur est au rendez vous, le contact, la relation se forge en confiance et permet d’explorer progressivement ensemble les vibrations et perceptions sonores.

    1. Karl Esprit Nomade Avatar
      Karl Esprit Nomade

      Thank you for your reply, Othello.
      I wish you all the best with your various projects.
      Stop by the forum sometime and say hi!!!

      Automatically translated from French · See the original

      Merci à toi pour ta réponse Othello.
      Je te souhaite le meilleur pour tes différents projets.
      Fais nous un petit coucou sur le forum à l’occasion !!!

  2. Karl Esprit Nomade Avatar
    Karl Esprit Nomade

    Hi Gauthier.

    Really interesting this new podcast with Othello Ravez. Thanks so much!!

    I’m not sure if it complements the one you did with Simon Gaudier, but anyway it’s pretty amazing to have an instrument that’s so connected to the medical side of things (whether in a meditative and relaxing way or related to sleep apnea).

    Do you think Aboriginal people are aware of this or is it something very Western?

    I don’t think I know of any other instruments that have this capacity (apart of course from those that only serve that purpose, like the Tibetan bowl).

    Has Othello Ravez ever done workshops in the presence of deaf people?

    It’s a community I know a bit about and, contrary to all preconceptions, they love music, especially the bass frequencies that members feel of course.
    And in terms of bass, with the didgeridoo we’re well served!!!

    The didgeridoo is truly a unique instrument.
    Thanks anyway.

    Automatically translated from French · See the original

    Salut Gauthier.

    Très intéressant ce nouveau podcast avec Othello Ravez. Merci à toi !!

    Je ne sais pas si il complète ou pas celui que tu as fait avec Simon Gaudier, mais en tout c’est quand même dingue d’avoir un instrument qui soit à ce point lié au médical (que ce soit de façon méditatif et relaxante ou lié aux apnées du sommeil).

    Crois tu que les aborigènes en aient conscience ou est ce quelque chose de très occidental?

    Je ne crois pas connaître d’autres instruments qui est cette capacité (en dehors bien sur, de ceux qui ne servent qu’à ça, comme le bol tibétain).

    Est-ce qu’il est déjà arrivé à Othello Ravez de faire des ateliers en présence de sourds ?

    C’est une communauté, que je connais un peu quand même et qui, contre toutes idées reçues, adore la musique notamment les basses que ses membres ressentent bien sûr.
    Et en terme de basse, avec le didgeridoo on est servi !!!

    Le didgeridoo est vraiment un instrument à part.
    Merci à toi en tout cas.

    1. Hi Karl,

      You could indeed say that the two podcasts complement each other even if the approach isn’t quite the same. On one hand, we have a practice of re-educating the tongue through didge playing, on the other we have sound relaxation that will relax the mind and body.

      In both cases, and as you point out, it shows how much the didgeridoo is such a singular instrument.

      As for the Aboriginal people, we touched on the question in the podcast, and the answer is rather complex because it’s rooted in a culture that isn’t ours.
      Best would be for you to go there and get an idea for yourself. 😉

      Automatically translated from French · See the original

      Salut Karl,

      On peut effectivement dire que les deux podcast se complètent même si l’approche n’est pas tout à fait la même. D’un côté, on a une pratique de ré-éducation de la langue par le jeu du didge, de l’autre on a de la relaxation sonore qui va détendre l’esprit et le corps.

      Dans les deux cas, et comme tu le soulignes, ça montre à quel point le didgeridoo est un instaurent si singulier.

      Quant aux Aborigènes, on a effleuré la question dans le podcast, et la réponse est plutôt complexe car elle s’inscrit dans une culture qui n’est pas la notre.
      Le mieux serait que tu ailles là-bas tu faire une idée. 😉

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