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Name and Country When did you first hear about the didgeridoo? Please share your experience of first hearing the didgeridoo
Anonymous Before 1980 Utopian
Anonymous Never Not sure how to compare the sound
Duarte Gomes from Portugal 2009 Played in a band with a mate that plays didge
Colin from USA 2005 Spongebob!
George Carl from USA 2008 First time I heard one I was wowed!
Peter from USA 2012 Awesome!!
Anonymous from Australia 1997-1999 A school in year 2
Brandon from USA 1985-1990 It was very neat. It felt so natural. Very meditational.
Aidan from Germany 2011 My boss at the bakery plays it really well.
Richard from USA 1991-1993 My first thought was "Wow that's a great sound!" As a musician I love textural sounds and the didge is very complex sounding. Love it!
Ricardo Tabares from USA 1980-1984 WOW!!!
Michael from USA 2001 I heard a small didj being played into the open top of a large water tower cistern. The sound coming through the didj and the resonance coming from the echo in the cistern was very cool
Anonymous 2011 First heard one played at a local festival and given the fact that I am a trumpet player thought this would be a nice addition to my musical repertoire.
Matthew from USA 1991-1993 I didn't know what it was I was very young it was in a cartoon theme song believe it or not. A cartoon about a Wallaby. From then on I always had a fascination with the drone I associated with Australia
Anonymous 1991-1993 Wicked cool
Chris Wyatt from USA Before 1980 I thought it was the most entrancing sound I had ever heard.
Remo from Switzerland 2010 I felt like being pushed back to one of my past lives
Thomas from Canada Before 1980 It was mesmerizing
Anonymous 2011 I seen ellen playing it trying
David from USA Before 1980 Very intriguing like a single drone from a bagpipe
James from USA 1985-1990 I don't recall the first time hearing it but I can always remember wanting to learn to play!
Anonymous from USA 2012 Watching natgeo!
Joseph from USA 2013 I just fell in love with the pure joy that rolled out. It just wasn't sound but history culture thousands of years of history. It doesn't get any better than this.
Ian Greenspan from South Africa 1985-1990 I was so impressed that I taught myself to play the didj/
Anonymous 1997-1999 I've grown up to the sound of them but it wasn't until I was a little older until I could actually understand what a didgeridoo was though. My Dad was in the Navy and met my mom in Australia. They both played Yothu Yindi while I was growing up. My music teacher in elementary school had one and she would bring it into class sometimes and play it. I've always loved the sound of them it's so unique.
Tim from Germany 1997-1999 It was very relaxing and it felt well. I was happy and fascinated! Now I want to buy an Didgeridoo:)
Anonymous from Australia 2000 I do not remember when I first heard about it.
Roanne from USA Before 1980 I loved the sound! It was very moving and soothing.
Carolyn Goldman from USA 1985-1990 When I first heard one at a large dance gathering I just knew the energy I was feeling was very relaxing and penetrating through me. I loved it!
Mark from Australia 1994-1996 I heard one of my dad's friends playing one and was amazed by it the first time I tried playing I instantly could play (better than my dad haha).
David Hydock from USA 2012 I am sure that I have heard of them/seen them when I was younger but ever since I have become a more conscious individual I have come to appreciate exotic music more and more the sound is great for putting me into trance while meditating
Rob from Australia 1985-1990 Child watching TV
Luke Humphries from Australia 2000 First time I heard the didgeridoo was my uncle playing it at a family BBQ it was such a magical sound that stirred many emotions within me from then on I always mad it a life goal to learn the didgeridoo yet have not had the chance unless I see my uncles who are interstate is the only I time I get the chance..
Delphi from Australia 1991-1993 We had not long moved to Australia when my 3 small children & I went to see the three sisters in Katoomba NSW & there sat an Aboriginal man so serene Didge in hand Eucalyptus leaves he had it going on I was in total awe WoW an 'Aboriginal' he beckoned us over showed the children his Didgeridoo talked with us & played for us the sounds that came moved me deeply I cant describe other than I felt at home & so at peace he then passed his Didge to my son I watched his whole being light up it touched my little boys heart it was something he connected with he LOVES the Didgeridoo & practices with passion.. I will never forget that day & will be forever grateful it was like that special man & his didge was there at that time just for us.. My son is now about to turn 25 a Didgeridoo the perfect gift that captivated my boy all those years ago..
Anonymous 2012 Fue en un festival aca en buenos aires donde se llevan las cosas que uno no usa y cualquiera las puede tomar... al final tocaban varias bandas de mantras y algunas tocaban el didgeridoo.
Anonymous 2011 E muito bonito
Edward from USA 1994-1996 I first heard the instrument in Jamiroquai's album Traveling Without Moving. I was captivated by the resonance. Ended up making my own from PVC plumbing pipe- it doesn't sound half-bad- I still have it 15 years later.
Anonymous 2000 When I first heard a didgeridoo I thought the sound was haunting yet I was mesmerized and really wanted to learn how to play it.
Anonymous 2013 I already knew the sound but I didn't know the instrument! My friend told me the name and I googled it!
Christopher from USA 1994-1996 On a riverboat cruise and asked if wanted to try buy a player on board in Australia
Deon Du Plessis from South Africa 1991-1993 Awesome
Anonymous 2011 Amazing!
Kevin Kelly from Australia Before 1980 At La Perouse a man displaying snakes played it for the people
Anonymous from Australia 1997-1999 I grew up on a hippy commune so we had lots of massive parties. One day an aboriginal man brought a didge and I was amazed at the sounds.
Anonymous from Hong Kong 1980-1984 At primary school and I couldn't believe the breathing techniques
Peter Huber from Germany 2001 Hearing didge sound from a street musician. Can't go on my way have to stay there and feel didge sound. Feeling with ear and whole body
Winston Cross from Australia Before 1980 One of a kind music hard 2 describe but never forgettable or unenjoyable
Anonymous 1997-1999 I was amazed at the range of sounds it made and how talented the gentleman was.
Alasdair Hamilton from United Kingdom 2000 I was watching a show near puffing billy when I was 2. My cousin plays
Caroline from Australia 1985-1990 I went to primary school at Pagewood in Sydney and we would go to a school at La Perouse that had a large Aboriginal population and we would often see concerts & other performances. So I would say this would have been my first experience in the flesh of Aboriginal people and a didge.
Elaine from Australia Before 1980 Fascinating. Made me try to breathe in and out at the same time. Too hard though
Anonymous from Turkey 2007 From one track named Bzoum from Electrypnose
Teresa from Canada Before 1980 Was in highs chool when an instructor brought one to school
Anonymous Before 1980 Got me at first sound. Totally sole moving
Anonymous 2010 I thought it was the coolest sound ever
Javier Axpe De La Maza from Spain 2006 The Sound of Earth and also mysterious...
Anonymous from United Kingdom 2011 Heard someone playing a didge at a festival and fell in love with the sound
George from USA 1994-1996 I think I heard one in a Midnight Oil song.
Michael Mcleroy from USA Before 1980 I loved the sound that comes out of the didge it is very relaxing to me and I believe they have healing powers I know they have brought me out of depression several times I suffer from depression.
Anonymous 1994-1996 New age band
Raihan Alam from USA 1997-1999 I had heard of didgeridoos and heard them on TV and movies etc. However when I first met didge players live in my town in 2004 I fell in love!
Karolina from Australia 1985-1990 Listening to it feels like it opens up your soul
Gustavo Henrique Miranda from Brazil 2012 When I first heard I became passionate about the amazing bass sound I can produce and the potential it has
Jason from Australia 1997-1999 Friend of mine played it to me I tried it and managed to get a sound on my second try!
Jake from Australia 2013 Such a unique sound really amazing.
Neil from India 2012 It was an awesome experience the sound was like really subliminal and helps you lucid dream
Anonymous 2010 Saw it on a TV show and wanted to learn how to play
Marcelo Votre from Brazil 1994-1996 Yothu Indy band on Surf movies soundtrack
Anonymous 2009 American Idol
Jimmy Paul Silva from USA 2011 I felt a connection right away with it and made me run towards the person who was playing it to find out what the name of this amazing instrument was and it took me a couple of times to be able to say it without messing it up and a couple of weeks to be able to play it I still have trouble with the circular breathing but it already has become a part of my life and an extremity of my body.
Anonymous 2012 It was in April of 2012 there was a concert of a local band "Kamaniu
Anonymous 2000 Loved it. Heard it played with bagpipes.
Anonymous from Australia 1985-1990 Such a beautiful raw sound....so powerful I've wanted to be able to afford my own ever since
Andrew from USA Before 1980 It was in the soundtrack of some movie (I don't recall which) but I was very impressed by the feeling the sound produced in me.
Roxy from USA 1994-1996 I heard the didgeridoo for the first time at a show and tell in 3rd grade. I was amazed at how the player made the noise by changing the aperture of her lips to change the sound. I remember her telling us it was like imitating a horses whinny.
Anonymous 1980-1984 Awesome
Kristin from USA 2012 I saw it played by an Australian aboriginal citizen in northern Australia it was about four feet long he said it was made out of the eucalyptus tree...beautiful
Anonymous from USA 2001 I was enthralled by a street performer in South Korea.
Anonymous 1994-1996 Parking lot before a show. Great sound. Attracting.
Anonymous 2011 In Sydney at the harbour couldn't tear ourselves away from them playing.
Damian from Australia Before 1980 I love the sound and have been teaching myself to play unfortunately I haven't been able to afford to buy a good one and would love to have a true authentic didge.
Peter Mccourt from Norway Before 1980 It was completely unlike any other musical instrument I had heard before (or since).
Anonymous 2008 Gotta have one of these
Anders from Denmark 1991-1993 I love the sounds from it so calming.
Jerry Novelli from USA Before 1980 Extremely mesmerised
Harold from USA 1980-1984 Was amazed at the various sounds one could produce
Paul Chapelle from Canada Before 1980 Immediate curiosity with body sensations that heightened awareness of something new but old. Like cellular memory or calling. Pleasure.
Anonymous 1985-1990 It was in a movie had to learn more!!!
Anonymous 1994-1996 It was on a tape a friend brought back from Australia
Anonymous from United Kingdom 1985-1990 Nice soothing sound
Anonymous 2006 It didn't sound like an instrument id ever heard before and it also sound unique to Australia
Frank from USA 2011 Eerie
Samuel from Australia 1985-1990 I was at school as a little kid and it was Breathtaking.
Jeffrey Moss from USA 1985-1990 First heard didgeridoos on a CD loved it.
Janice from Canada Before 1980 In the Australian Outback
Travis from USA 1994-1996 I was in elementary school and they had a performer come into our music to do a performance.
Anonymous 1980-1984 Could not believe the power of the instrument and wanted to play it more than anything
Andy Maloney from New Zealand Before 1980 On the Rolf Harris show (In England). Didn't make much impression at the time!
Anonymous 1985-1990 Familiar on some level and very haunting to me.
Anonymous 2011 When I first heard the didgeridoo I felt a sense of calm. My mind was cleared of all the worries and baggage I was carrying. I call the sound chakra tuning because it makes me feel in tune with my energy!

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