| 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 |
