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David Hudson
OriginCairns, Queensland, Australia
Occupation(s)Entertainer, musician, artist
InstrumentDidgeridoo
Websitedavidhudson.com.au

David Hudson is an Australian Aboriginal musician, entertainer and artist. He is a descendant of the Ewamian-Western Yalanji peoples of the Cairns region. Hudson is a multi-instrumentalist and was taught to play traditional didgeridoo from an early age. He also plays guitar, kit drums, percussion. He plays traditional music, as well as more ambient music, country, rock, and new age.

Biography

In 1988 Hudson, Cindy Judd and a United States couple Don and Judy Freeman established the Tjapukai Dance Theatre in Kuranda.[1] Hudson, as a dancer and musician, toured with Yanni from 1996 to 2005 covering the artist's albums, Tribute to Yanni Live!, and appears in the live concert films, Ethnicity and Yanni Live! The Concert Event.[2]

  • 1997-2012 David was General Manager of Tjapukai Aboriginal Cultural Park.
  • 2013 David consulted for Dreamworld on the Gold Coast as Cultural advisor, choreographer and script writer.
  • On March 26, 2014 David was recently given an 'Honorary Doctorate' from the James Cook University Cairns Qld Australia for his Outstanding service distinguished public contribution to the Queensland community. Exceptional service to the University through his willingness to assist students and researchers to obtain and interpret cultural knowledge and Exceptional contributions beyond expectations of his field of endeavour, as a role model who has influenced the thinking and general well-being of humanity.
  • October 2014 David gave a ""TEDx"" talk titled Have Didge will Travel at TEDxJCUCairns. David's talk explains how a boy once classified by the Government as fauna, grew up and is now able to spread a positive message about Aboriginal culture, especially through his passion for the didgeridoo.
  • Hudson has also worked on the film The Island of Dr Moreau and played the Bisonman. He worked with Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Neil Young, and Temuera Morrison from NZ.
  • David continues to undertake motivational speaking, cultural workshops, original paintings and making customised didgeridoo's.

Partial discography

  • Undara Dawn 1988.
  • Woolunda, Celestial Harmonies, 1990.
  • Rainbow Serpent, Celestial Harmonies, 1994.
  • Bedarra, 1996.
  • Guardians of the Reef, 1996.
  • Heart of Australia, 1996.
  • The Art of Didgeridoo, 1997.
  • Yigi Yigi, 1997.
  • Gudju Gudju, 1998
  • Gunyal, Black Sun, 1998.
  • The Sound of Gondwana (with Alan Dargin, Matthew Doyle, and Mark Atkins), Black Sun, 1997.
  • Australia: Sound of the Earth (with Steve Roach and Sarah Hopkins), Fortuna, 1990.
  • Australian Sun Records ( www.australiansunrecords.com) (partners David Hudson, Nigel Pegrum and Mark Mannock)
  • Just Like a Dream, 2002.
  • Didgeralia, 2007.
  • Primal Elegance Didgeridoo/Piano with Mark Mannock
  • Ooramin Meditational solo Didgeridoo
  • Jinna Jinna Dreamtime Stories
  • DreamRoads Country Rock

References

  1. ^ Reid, Paul (12 August 1990). "Tribal Name and Pride Find an Outlet on Stage". The Canberra Times. 64 (20, 211): 24. Retrieved 3 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Greene, Paul D.; Porcello, Thomas (2010). Wired for Sound: Engineering and Technologies in Sonic Cultures: Music Culture. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 86–89, 95–100. ISBN 978-0-81957-062-8.
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