I did not grow up dreaming of becoming a didjeridu player, but when a friend passed through town  in 1994 and gave me one, that changed. Within just a few years, I was playing at retreats, and on stage at various festivals in the Pacific Northwest, including the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle, the Shining Stars Festival in Cave Junction, Oregon, and the One World, One People Festival in Monterey, California.  In 2005, I started composing music that draws i…