Didge Project Biography
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On tour in the summer of 2008 AJ Block and Tyler Sussman discovered the power of sound and its ability to heal when they were introduced to the didgeridoo by keyboardist Phil Schwartz. They eagerly sought out other practitioners and refined their skills in California before moving to New York City to practice the ancient healing art and develop their own way of bringing good vibrations into the lives of others. Didge Project hosts monthly group sound meditations and workshops on achieving physical, mental, and spiritual balance through vibrational medicine. One of their primary goals is to spread the didgeridoo and the power of sound to as many people as possible by holding didgeridoo classes and make your own didge workshops. AJ and Tyler play the didgeridoo during reiki circles, mediations and yoga classes, including weekly classes with renowned Anusara Yoga teacher Elena Brower at her studio, Vira Yoga. Didge Project currently works with private clients throughout the New York City area and California. |
AJ Block
AJ Block is a mindful didgeridoo player whose sounds have been described as "transcendental". Originally from Los Angeles, CA, AJ's unique approach to meditative didge playing takes listeners on a deep spiritual journey. AJ started his musical career as a jazz and orchestral trombonist, studying with such notable teachers as Wycliffe Gordon, Bill Booth, Kevin Bradley, Greg Miller, Jon Nathan, John Doheny and Ken Lasaine. When he started playing the didgeridoo and exploring the power of sound in 2008, a new world of possibilities opened up for him. Soon after moving to New York, AJ began playing regularly in the class of renowned Anusara Yoga teacher Elena Brower and has since expanded largely throughout the New York yoga community. In addition to meditative gatherings and yoga classes, AJ can be found playing in collaboration with a variety of musicians, healers and alternative medicine practitioners. In early 2010, AJ traveled and recorded music in India, much of which can be heard on his myspace page: myspace.com/ajblock7. AJ currently lives in New York where he aims to elevate human consciousness through vibration. For more information about AJ's work, visit his website, www.didgeproject.com. Tyler Sussman
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Tyler Sussman, musician, composer, producer, and sound healer, is a native of the San Francisco bay area. Tyler began his formal relationship with music at age 10 on the clarinet. He soon picked up the saxophone after falling in love with John Coltrane's sound. While attending the University of California, Santa Barbara, Tyler studied psychology in addition to music. Tyler has studied western music with Dann Zinn, Joe Bonfiglio, Mark Turner, Bob Sheppard, and Oliver Lake. In addition, he has studied sound healing with Judith Steves, Allan Shockley, and Jonah Kai. Tyler's interest in music from around the world has prompted him to fuse his influences into a sound that is accessible as well as stimulating to a wide audience. Notably, Tyler has played with Chick Corea, Eric Harland, and Irvin Mayfield's New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. Tyler currently resides in Brooklyn, NY where he teaches, records, and performs on saxophone, clarinet, flute, and didgeridoo.