Name and Country |
What inspired you to learn the didj? |
| Anonymous |
I had heard it accompany some drums and loved the sound |
| Anonymous from France |
To exchange with other instrument, I play in a band, I feel trans when I play |
| Alejandro Nan from Belgium |
The sound of it |
| Alessandro Ardovini from Canada |
I really, really, REALLY LOVE the sound the didgeridoo makes and I really don't understand people that say that it's boring. I really feel in contact with myself and the world around me. I moved not long ago to Vancouver, Canada and here I've finally found someone who can teach me (help me to learn) the circular breathing and I can't wait! |
| Ana Ilijanic from Croatia/Hrvatska |
Well, I went to the seminar about sound therapy made by Svemir Vranko and when I first blow in his original Aboriginal Didgeridoo I get the base sound!!! I was in love, that was the love at the first side! I felt like I already know how, like I have already memory how to blow.. I don't know hove to explain it to you. I just can say it was magical. I can wait to buy my own didgeridoo. |
| Andrea Ballin from Italy |
È uno strumento che ha sempre attirato la mia attenzione, specialmente per il suo particolare suono. |
| Anonymous |
Watching Ngoma perform. |
| Anssi from Finland |
The amazing sound... |
| Anthony Kubiak from USA |
Love the sound! |
| Anonymous |
Dr. Didge |
| Anonymous from USA |
A guy playing it on the street like he was in a nirvana state or something |
| Anonymous |
The wonderful sound that the didj makes and the culture of the aborigines. |
| Brantley from USA |
My wife, and hearing played at Burning Man 2008 |
| Brent from USA |
Love the sound |
| Anonymous from USA |
Self exploration. |
| Brittany Stresing from USA |
Love of the sound. It captivates me and I can't wait to further learn how to play |
| Caelin from Australia |
My Mum takes me to Aboriginal celebrations and events |
| Capi from USA |
Sleep Apnea, plus I love the sounds. |
| Chad from USA |
I have always been interested in Australia and the culture. And playing is way cheaper than a plane ticket. |
| Charles from USA |
Living with the Aboriginals. |
| Cj from USA |
The sleep apnea benefits |
| Cody from USA |
My grand father showed me how to play it a week before he died in australia and I loved ever since. |
| Daniel Allison from United Kingdom |
Hearing my teacher play meditative style |
| Anonymous |
Just love the sound |
| David Cross from USA |
I heard one and my heart was captivated by the sound and the deep cultural roots to the ancient Aboriginal culture. |
| David from USA |
I am interested in the sound. |
| Donat from Belgium |
A friend of mine |
| Drew from USA |
Sleep apnea and musical interest |
| Eero Enqvist from Finland |
I have seen document's about aboriginal culture also read some book's. |
| Elisa from USA |
I love bass sounds and loved the idea of an alternative to the usual bass guitar or techno bass. Also, the sound a didj makes is so entrancing! |
| Anonymous from Australia |
I love the sound |
| Enoch from USA |
Traveler from Belgium preformed in church. Loved the primitive sounds and style. |
| Erik from USA |
The harmonics/overtones reminded me of multi-phonic chant, ala David Hykes, which I love. |
| Fabian Kuiper from Netherlands |
Omnia. The sound really got me going and just wanted it to try out myself |
| Felicia from Sweden |
I've always been interested in how people manage to play didj, and so I went on a folk music festival and saw some basic bamboo didjes for sale and decided it was a good way to start. |
| Fred from United Kingdom |
Local festival in north london had a aboriginal group, a singer, a rhythm guy with clapsticks and a didge player. I couldn't believe what I was hearing! |
| Anonymous from Hungary |
The music of stephen kent and ash dargan |
| Gary from USA |
I am intrigued by the sound and rhythm which can be produced. |
| Hervé Vaudan from Switzerland |
Need relaxation through work on my breath... |
| Anonymous |
I was drawn to The unique sound |
| Anonymous from Australia |
I have done it most of my life and enjoy playing the didgeridoo. |
| Jason from USA |
The sound, the mystery, the desire to learn and play as many instruments as possible, and I lived in Australia for about 6 months. |
| Jason Wither from New Zealand |
I have loved the sound of a didge for as long as I can remember. There is such a beauty in the sound that is almost primal.It, I guess, awakens something inside us which takes us back a long,long way. |
| Jody from USA |
Studies on sleep apnea have recommended it. Also, I like the way it sounds, and I used to play trombone so I think I could learn. After reading about it I'm also interested in the meditative and healing aspects. |
| Joel from USA |
Just the sound made me want to make my own and I plan on getting real one soon |
| Joel from USA |
Every year I endeavour to learn something new. A couple of years ago it was learning to play the didj. |
| John Fisher from USA |
The sounds it makes are sometimes unearthly, and totally captivating. |
| John from USA |
Fascinated by its tone and range of sounds |
| Jon from USA |
See answer to the 2nd question: "What do you answer?" |
| Jonathan Turton from USA |
Hearing the drone/meditation. The trance that it can put you in. When I was younger I learned trumpet even though its a different pitch its still the same basis of lip movement just on a much larger scale. That's what brought me to the didj. |
| Joseph Burke from USA |
I heard someone play one on a documentary about Australia and became very interested in learning. |
| Ka Hermet from USA |
I came upon the didge this time around as an intermediary step in an original instrument I'm working on creating, of which the didge or something didge-like would be a component... in the process I've been sidetracked in fascination with the didgeridoo and the culture that surrounds it! |
| Katarina from Serbia |
I like the sound,it's very interesting |
| Kevin from USA |
I own numerous Paiste gongs and plan on projecting the sounds of my didj through the gong's reverberations |
| Kyle from USA |
Its a very unique and fun instrument and just thought it would be really fun to play it. I also just think it sounds wicked. |
| Anonymous |
Just hearing the sound of it. |
| Anonymous from USA |
I find it to be very interesting and unknown in my area, therefore intriguing. |
| Maciek from Ireland |
When I was in the concert and I first time heard I WAS IN SHOCK and I told myself I must play at this instrument. I remember that was sandey13.12.1997 |
| Marcelo Sarra Nicolino from Brazil |
My spiritual experiences and my religion. |
| Mario from Italy |
My cousin who have been to australia (like me) and was the first one to try to teach me how to play. |
| Martyn from United Kingdom |
Always liked the sound then saw kev Howard at a gig |
| Anonymous from USA |
My dad is a music teacher and had one, so I tried it out and loved it. |
| Matteo B from Italy |
The low frequencies, the ancestral sound, the fascination of this ancient instrument above all. |
| Matthew from Australia |
I grew up in Alice Springs, NT surrounded by Aboriginal Culture. For all the struggles they have at the moment they're culture, art and music is something that has stayed strong with them and is so unique and amazing |
| Anonymous from Finland |
I have played many instruments in my life but when I found the didj I found the first instrument that you have to learn all by your self, and you learn the basics quite fast but the massive and "clear" sound needs lots of daily practice and a genuine termite hollowed didgeridoo. |
| Maurice from Australia |
Listening to the didj being played during meditation. I am interested to learn the rhythms and the frequencies that can benefit in the healing process |
| Michael Pechous from USA |
The feeling I had in my soul when I heard the sound it could make. |
| Michele from USA |
I was a percussionist/drummer, and taught at juvenile institutions. I received a grant to buy instruments for the adolescents I worked for, and included a didge. It called me, and I worked with it, alone, for many years before I started playing it as my primary instrument. |
| Anonymous from Australia |
It makes a unique earthy sound |
| Mike from USA |
It seems like a good way to relax at the end of the day |
| Neil Wakeling from United Kingdom |
I'm a sound healer, I do vocal harmonic singing - it was part of me to take to the didj. |
| Nick Buckley from USA |
I have always been inspired by the "tribal" sound of the didj, it is a very raw sound with an almost mystical feel to it - it creates an atmosphere that no other instrument can. |
| Orlend from USA |
Seeing aboriginal artists perform in Australia. |
| Ossi from Finland |
I can't remember, or be sure if I did know it in the first place. Something got me hooked and here we are...I have been playing various instruments throughout the years but nothing like didj before. |
| Anonymous |
The beautiful sound |
| Peter from United Kingdom |
The beautiful sound, the way it seems to talk directly to your soul. |
| Peter Seidenberg from USA |
A friend showed me how to make a didge out of a piece of PVC pipe and beeswax |
| Peter Steyvers from Belgium |
I don't know but it's the sound, I think |
| Peter from United Kingdom |
Internet |
| Reg from Australia |
I love the sound there was a stall at the e shed markets. For years I wanted one but could not afford it. The ones I have just aren't up to standard. I feel good when I play for my mates. |
| Richard Bird from USA |
My youngest son expressed an interest after he studied the indigenous people of Australia in his 2nd grade class. |
| Rik Van Luijn from Netherlands |
I first heard a didj in a a sort of open art center when I was about 12(I'm 24 now), I got very intrigued by the sound and was amazed that blowing on basically a hollow tube could produce such wonderful music |
| Anonymous from USA |
I attended a dance performance thirty years ago where I heard a didge played, and always wanted to find out more. By coincidence, I saw a notice about a didge teacher one day while I was waiting for my daughter at her clarinet lesson. I took some lessons and have been playing ever since. |
| Anonymous |
I love the sound |
| Roel from Belgium |
I heard a didge at 'centre-pompidou' in paris when I was 7 years old and the sound really got to me. ...but it wasn't till I was 14 and had a classmate who played before I got started myself. |
| Rolando Rojas from Chile |
I heard it and like it very much, and liked the meditating instrument it is, and also as a healing sound instrument. Also have play didjeridu with a group of friends in a concert with drums and shamanic instruments, it was great, but I would like to improve my playin style |
| Ros from Australia |
The soul of the song. |
| Scott from Australia |
I really enjoy the sound/s. |
| Scott from USA |
A healing concert I attended in new york city |
| Anonymous |
Cultural background, sounds like electronic music, which I like:) |
| Shane Dye from USA |
I saw someone playing one as a young kid and ever since then I wanted to play one |
| Anonymous |
We recently took a vacation to Australia and I would love to learn how to play. |
| Anonymous from USA |
My brother showed me how awesome it is |
| Stephen from USA |
When I become proficient in creating the sounds I want, I will utilize the didge as part of my healing methods (of which sound healing is a part) |
| Anonymous from New Zealand |
Love the sound, and fun to play |
| Anonymous |
This entry is for my Nephew's son, and will be a wonderful surprise if won |
| Tal from Israel |
The mesmerizing sound the vibes the moment I picked it up I didn't want to let go:) |
| Taylor Ballou from USA |
My host family in ausi had a son who played and I though it was the coolest thing the next day we went to sidney and bout one for my self. |
| Thom from USA |
The sounds has always appealed to me. I am rather drawn to the instrument and can not provide a better explanation. I rely on those in the "know" to get what I mean. |
| Anonymous |
The great sound |
| Todd from USA |
Just curious about aboriginal instruments and other folk instruments. I enjoy the meditative quality of the sound and breathing |
| Tom from USA |
Curiosity |
| Tonia from USA |
The sound, the way it vibrated in my body, the way it resonated in the room the first time I heard one played. |
| Anonymous from USA |
The power of its sound. |
| Anonymous |
It is fun and good to try to relax with the breathing too |
| Willy Brandt from Belgium |
The simplicity of the instrument |
| Anonymous from USA |
I first heard a friend play one and just fell in love with the sound. |
