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Name and Country When did you first hear about the didgeridoo? Please share your experience of first hearing the didgeridoo
Elizabeth Huestis from USA 1994-1996 Mesmerizing. A dear friend actually brought hers into the hospital and played it toward my abdomen where I had surgery. The healing energies were very powerful. I instantly float into a trance-like state whenever I hear its rich sounds.
Anonymous 2000 I saw a man on a street corner play it
Nathan from Australia 1985-1990 I remember a man playing the didj in a shop in Alice Springs when I was a teenager and absolutely falling in love with the mesmerizing sound and desperately wanting to learn how to play. I have had a couple of cheaper didjes but would really love a great quality and sounding didj now to learn and play on.
Callum Rutherfoord from South Africa 2000 On holiday in Australia we visited a shop where there were many Aboriginal tools (old and modern) I brought a modern wooden boomerang with aboriginal paintings on it. My memory is vague as to whether there was an old man playing a didge or if it was from the shops music system...
Anonymous 2006 Friend of mine was playing the didgeridoo in the forest
Marin from Germany 1985-1990 Fascinating hypnotizing goose pimples.
Tony from Australia 2008 Captivating eerie and how do they play it.
Anonymous 2010 Did not know what it was
Anonymous 1980-1984 A warm vibrating earthy sound.
Chris from USA 1985-1990 I believe it was some type of National Geographic program. I also saw and heard them in a movie.
Craig from Australia Before 1980 Thought it was incredible and wanted to learn how to play.
Bill from USA Before 1980 It was a deeply spiritual experience; it was as if the planet came alive and was talking to me.
Bob Canarri from USA 2001 I like the didj sound from TV and later got a CD with the didj music
Gregorio Vallejo Gomariz from Netherlands 2001 When I first saw somebody playing the didgeridoo I became very curious and attracted by its magical and hipnotic sound.
Anonymous from Brazil 1997-1999 Jamiroquai musics.
Nicholas from USA 2000 I was amazed by the deep bassy sound that led me to play tuba for many years in school when I couldn't get a didgeridoo (my parents never believed in online shopping)
Anonymous from USA 2013 No real experience was reading up on Australia for my 2014 trip.
Bryan Crowers from USA 2004 The earthy sound was mesmerizing and amazing it captivated me completely before I even knew what it was.
Anthony Kubiak from USA 1985-1990 Heard it in a 60's recording and was captivated--cant remember the recording though
Heidi Krause from USA 1994-1996 It was magical and the sound reverberated throughout my entire being.
Anonymous from United Kingdom 1994-1996 Had to learn it!
Anonymous 1985-1990 Calming
Martin from United Kingdom 1985-1990 I first heard the didgeridoo being played on TV.
Angus Booth from Australia 1980-1984 The deep earth frequency has reverberated through my bones since birth & the didge continues this vibration.
Anonymous from Norway 1997-1999 Nice vibrations. Grounding.
Bradley King from Australia 1985-1990 Beautiful sounds of the outback
Matt Luebbert from USA 2011 Xavier Rudd was the first artist I heard rock out on a didgeridoo. After that I was determined to learn how to play and have been hooked ever since.
Joe Terhljan from Canada 1997-1999 I felt a connection to this instrument that I cannot explain.
Diane Sampson from New Zealand Before 1980 My Nanna who was Australian born in Australia in around 1886 used to blow one Then I watched always the British Paint adds
Anonymous Never This site
David from Switzerland 2008 Sounded very artificial hard for me to grasp how the sound was produced
Edward from USA Never Have not heard one yet
Anonymous from Italy Never None by now
Anonymous from Australia 1980-1984 It resonates a sense of calmness through the mind and body
Federica from Italy 2013 Ho ascoltato un ragazzo in televisione e non sono rimasta ammagliata e subito sono corsa su internet ad informarmi su questo fantastico strumento
Harrold from Netherlands 1997-1999 Mesmerizing. I fell in love with the deep drone and rich world of overtones immediately.
Mel from USA 1985-1990 I was amazed and knew that I would one day have one. I was a teenager and it really was unlike anything I had ever heard in the USA. Having grown up playing the saxophone it was just a completely different sound and concept: totally amazing!
Suzanne from Netherlands 2011 I really love the sound of the didgeridoo! It sounded like nothing I had heard before. When listening to the didgeridoo for the first time it just felt right. Made me feel whole.
Anonymous 1985-1990 Heard on a record someone played for me
Harry Kiracofe from USA 1991-1993 I was stunned by the variety of tones and sounds. Couldn't believe it was just one instrument. More importantly I entered an altered state in which the sound seemed be coming from the planet.
Anonymous 2008 TV
Dale from Australia Before 1980 Can not put it in words
Josh from USA 2011 I discovered the didgeridoo on YouTube and I've been a fan ever since.
Claude Leriche from France 2011 Immediately I had liked so much sounds and rhythms that I would want learn to play didj!
Anonymous 2013 It was one of the most powerful sounds I have ever heard. My friend made me a PVC pipe didgeridoo and I have been practicing!
Anonymous 2001 In school an aboriginal performer came and explained and played the didgeridoo for our class
Eli from USA 2011 I am a very music oriented person and I have always loved deep voices and instruments such as the tuba but when I heard the didgeridoo and its beautiful tones and shifts in sound I instantly fell in love.
Christopher from USA 2002 I loved it and needed to learn right away. Made funny noises for days then finally made a good sound.
Conner from USA 1994-1996 I loved the beats made on them
Jim from USA 1985-1990 Crocodile Dundee. I did not know how or what the sounds were in that movie! Once I knew I was fascinated by the instrument.
Keith from USA 2008 The low drones and sharp whistle of the didgeridoo spin a tale of warm dry days and cool star lit nights of the life lived on the red earth of the Australian outback. Distant yelping dingos and chirping Willie Wagtails flow through this beautiful instrument.
Anonymous 1985-1990 Stirred emotions and a sense of the unfathomable
Anonymous from USA 1994-1996 Movies

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