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Last updated: 11/28/07

ARGENTINA

 

Juan Acevedo - Sacha Domenech - Marcos Hariss
En Argentina también existe un grupo de gente interesada en la ejecución de este noble y antiguo instrumento. Trabajamos en Salud, sobre todo en el tema de adicciones y Hiv, utilizamos estos sonidos en nuestra práctica terapéutica. Es una forma de unir culturas ancestrales originarias, como la Americana y la Australiana.
runahuasi@ciudad.com.ar

AUSTRALIA

 

chris adnam
please buy cds and videos thru approved suppliers as there are pirated stock on the market ph melbourne australia on + 61398152226 or fax98152227 m. publicity
publicity@evers.com.au
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Daniel Bidwell
I've been playing the didj for about 2 years. I'm just a bum surfer and a student at Sydney Uni, but I really got into the didjeridu and especially NT Aboriginal art. My favourite painter is Yirrawala.
Trollboy@hotmail.com

 

Glenn Bird
I'm an aboriginal person wholesale/retailing Didjeridus. I live in Katherine the Northern Territory were 75% of good Traditional didjes come from. I would like to be a seller of Good Quality Tradional Didjeridus on your web page. I am still trying to put it together, but I'm not sure on the experience of the people putting the page together for me.I have been selling Didjeridus for now 12 years from the Northern Territory. I'm well known in the industry by some of the better known Wholesalers/Retailers.I am starting a Newsletter which will include:
1. Didj you Know! ( information very few people would know about Traditional lifestyle and customs)
2. Interviews with Artist
3. Didj Dreaming ( A cultural story every issue )
4. Questions and querries people can ask and be sure to get and answer strait from the traditional people.
info@didj.com.au
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Alastair Black
Alastair has been promoting the didgeridoo fo 16 years and supplies world wide, top quality didgeridoos and Instructional material.
didge-dist@adelaide.on.net
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Peter Brady
Contact for authentic quality sound didgeridoos. From the Northern Territory. Live in Humpty Doo 50 km out of Darwin in Northern Territory of Australia.
bradyp@ozemail.com.au
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John Brisbin
Elliptically breathing in Sydney
demigalt@well.com
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Michael J Connolly
kullilla@dreamtime.auz.net
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peter cook
any other blue mountains didge players out there ?
rufus@pnc.com.au

 

Mark D of Em-Dee Productions
Contemporary didge player, fast high energy rhythms and sounds. I have been playing didge for 10 years and have won numerous didge competitions in australia. I released cd 'Raw Didge' in 2001 which is currently distributed worldwide, available in selected shops and by request. Currently have hooked up with the band Katamaran which includes the ex base player from the John Butler Trio, pumping out new beats to be released on cd in May 2002. Contact me for info on styles, lessons, techniques, or a chat!
rawdidge@hotmail.com.au

 

Joe Dingo
Like the description of the arrow striking the heart when falling in love, the didgeridoo sound has struck my heart deeply, while in Alice Springs in 1995.
Though not considering myself a talented or good player, I love the sound, the natural feeling of this amazing simple instrument and its penetrating and vibrating droning. Like other Australian Aboriginal art, contempory or traditional, it is so unique, as the land it all originates from.
Thank you, Australian Aboriginal descendants for carrying on your struggle of maintaining your unique identity, despite all the many years of suppression or cultural and physical genocide.
You were not allowed to speak your own languages, to discuss your culture, your parents to teach you the secrets they had been taught by their parents, while you were forced to live in missions and reserves, were forced to work, had to ask permission to visit relatives, permission to marry, permission to go to the next town - from the overseer, or 'Aboriginal Protection Officer', european descend of course.
Your children born, paler skin than yours - a result of the rape, seduction, your craving for recognition, or for food, or alcohol, or drugs - were taken away from you, to be educated in the 'new' ways. Your cries were echoing through the lonely nights, in the vast interiors of this continent, like a dingos howlings, not heard in the cities where the decisions to your 'well beings' were made.
It is 1999, and you still struggle to be treated equal, to have the same opportunities, for work, for education, medical treatment, self development.
Your art and international craving for a nature based culture and understanding of life in general will help you getting the respect and status you should have had since 200 years ago, yet still are denied in 'your own land' in 1999.
Still change is happening, slowly, yet day by day. This internet site, showing the importance of your, the Australian Aboriginal people, instrument the didgeridoo, or didjeridu, all over the world, loved by so many different background, cultured and race people, united by it - your unique art of painting just now following in its footsteps - 25% off all art now sold in Australia is Aboriginal origin - the new future has already begun. I will play my small part in to ensure that others around me wake up to it. Making people think, expand their horizons, talk about what did happen in Australia to Aboriginal people and what is still happening to them now in 1999.
How rough the police treats them in many towns, how police cars stop and 'question' an Aboriginal person found walking on the street, how degrading many 'white' Aussies speak about them, how hard life was and still is, without having been with ones mother and father while growing up in a reserve, each family member transported to a different reserve or mission, far away from each other.
And now the Native Title Law says, that you must have had continuous 'physical' connection with the land you may want to claim your Traditional Native Title over? They are clever, politicians, aren't they. First you are moved away, far away, then you have to prove, that you really have all the time been at home, before you can be considered having a right to where you were born and were your parents and fore-parents lived for aeons.
Tourists coming from far away, from overseas, they come to this country, this land - the biggest remaining part of Gondwana land - to take with them not only the experience of its unique nature, fauna, beaches and oceans, but also the amazing cultural experience from contact and talkings to Aboriginal people. They will ask 'where can I speak to an Aboriginal person, where can I look at, buy original Aboriginal art from Aboriginal artists, where can I hear an Aboriginal player droning his didgerdoo'. They are not interested in watching a cricket or rugby game, visiting pubs or breathing Sydney air.

ANY PERSON READING THIS, FROM OVERSEAS, WHEN YOU ONE DAY COME TO AUSTRALIA, REMEMBER TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS. GO TO LIBRARIES, READ ABOUT THE ABORIGINAL HISTORY (TRY THE AUTHOR 'BRUCE ELDERS' FOR A START), TALK ABOUT THE AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE - WHERE EVER YOU GO!

My little poem for you, the made homeless Aboriginal people of Australia:

'Passing through bushland during travels, the burned dark bark of the tree trunks reminds me, that I am missing to see the dark silhouette of the Aborigine, who should be standing inbetween, as they have for thousands of years. The place is empty now, some cattle seeking shade under some trees in the far distance. The wallaby scratching its skin, while trying to creep through the lowest of the 4 barbed wires, now carving up the huge land into small parcels. Gates are locked. A sign warns to stay away.'
joe@gondwana.cx
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Graeme Eastman
Perth, Western Australia Mainz Pty Ltd, Consultants and traders.
graeme@eastman.com.au
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Paul Francis
Live in Balmain, Sydney and i am a self taught hack and love it. Anyone for a jam?
hornsey@ozemail.com.au

 

Greg Fryer
Charles Stuart University Aboriginal Program (Wynin Gidgal) Albury, New South Wales, Australia
staff@csu.edu.au

 

Scot Gardner
Morwell, Victoria, Australia. I've been playing Didj for eleven years and I'm still a beginner... Debut CD 'Dance of Life'
scot@didge.net
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Mat Gilfedder
Living in Melbourne, Australia
GILFEDDER@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au

 

Guy Grant
Dr. Grant passed away on December 31st, 2001. ...obituary

 

Mischa Grupp
Live in central Victoria in the bush, lizard country, lots of wildlife, dams, Mudbrick/stonehouse. Visitors welcome. Play Yidaki since 89; make them since 94 some out of red stringybark that grows around here. Also specialise in big bells.
sumischa@diesel.net.au

 

mark hoffmann
Mark Hoffmann alias 'Em Dee' is one of Australia's finest contemporary didgeridoo artists of ten years, based in Darwin, Northern Australia. He has a good reputation with traditional didgeridoo players, including Darryl Dikarrna Brown, the protege of respected elder David Blanasi. His many influences come from music styles such as drum and bass, high energy dance, tribal roots and reggae. From these Mark has developed a unique and individual style, using a variety of breathing techniques to create from the ambient to fast high energy rhythms. Mark is sponsored by www.didji.com.au one of Australia's leading makers of quality, concert pitch didgeridoo's. In 2001 Mark released his debut album 'Raw Didge' which demonstrates various rhythms, sounds and techniques and is distributed independently worldwide. In 2002 Mark recorded a second album as a member of the trio 'Katamaran', an original, vibrant mix of didge, drum and bass.He composes sounds and rhythms including digital effects on this album further defining his style. The band have since separated to pursue other interests In August 2002 Mark recorded the album 'Knot' which is once again an experimentation of didge with a jazz/metal drum kit available through Mark. Mark is currently recording his next album with didge and drums to be released at the end of 2002
rawdidge@hotmail.com

 

Nathan Kaye
Nathan Kaye was exposed to the beauty and depth of Aboriginal culture from his childhood years when his mother married his stepfather, an aboriginal fellow named, Yabu Bilyana, from the Nunuckle & Kari tribes when he was 12 years old. Throughout his teenage years he would hang out on the beach of Coochiemudlo Island and other parts of South East Queensland with his best friend, who is a Nungar aboriginal and a fantastic didgeridoo player. Nathan started playing Yidaki/didjeridoo at age 17 when a Pintjantjarra tribesman gave him his first didgeridoo. He got circular breathing within ten days of starting. Since then he has toured as a musician in many parts of the world including UK, Europe and even China, where he performed to over 4,000 people per night. He has toured with bands such as the funk/reggae band Dreamseeds and live Techno/Breakbeat band, Noisefloor. Nathan^Òs solo performance will make you re-think the music and sounds one person is capable of producing at the same time. He can sing, play guitar, using complex funk rhythms and middle eastern scales and chords whilst, simultaneously playing (Yidaki) didgeridoo, stomp-box (a kick sounding drum) and effects peddles, not to mention the Darabuka & Djembe drums. When combined with the extra-ordinary talents of his band, which includes Dharma Bradridge on bass, Chinta on percussion (Djembe, Bagarabou, Djun Djun and ^ÓHang^Ô), Kim Moxham on Saxaphone, flute and harmonica, and special guest Sitar players & funk drummers, Nathan^Òs performance is an unquestionable tour-de-force. He has didgeridoos that correspond to the 7 chakras of the Indian healing system and has lead people through meditations and group ^Ódidge-massage therapy^Ô in healing workops in Australia and overseas.
info@nathankaye.com
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andrew langford
For a wild, musical experience to match the adventure of disovering Australia's desert heartland, the 'Sounds of Starlight Theatre', Alice Springs can't be beaten. Andrew Langford, performs to audiences from USA, Britain, Germany, Holland and many other countries. His multi-media show, featuring percussion, keyboards and slides, takes the rapt audience on trails of sound through the landscapes and starry skies of this unique region. After each performance he gives a master-class and the audience can take part in a spontaneious jam session with the didgeridoos and drums.
andrew@soundsofstarlight.com
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elgan leedie
I am a Aboriginal origionally from Cherbourg Aboriginal Community in South East Queensland and only learnt to blow the Didge since coming to Darwin 17 yrs ago. The Aboriginal Soldiers in Norforce have taught me differnet ways to find them and I taught meself to blow it. I am to happy to take annyone out into the aussie bush & show them how to make their own didge so to speak if ever you come to Darwin in the N.T. - Am also a good tour guide and will show ya some good spots.
elganleedie@ntcsa.nt.edu.au

 

Jacob Lehrer
Love Jamming!
fractillian@hotmail.com

 

Peter R Lister
I live near Sydney, Australia. Ph: 61 45 701 466 (W); 61 45 782 152 (H)
p.lister@uws.edu.au

 

Ian Meredith
I love the Didj. It's a wicked instrument. Much more interesting than playing Brass.... I've been playing for only 3 years. Much to learn and perfect... Go The Doo......
mervian@hotmail.com

 

Raymond C Mow
I have been playing the Didgeridoo for approx 10.5 years to date as a perpetual student. I currently teach the instrument professionally and have been for 5.5 years. I am the convenor of the Australian Didgeridoo Festival known as Didgfest ' 95,' 96,'97 and soon to be Didgfest '98 on October 10 and 11 this year. I teach in the State of Victoria and reside in the Outer Eastern area known as the Dandenong Ranges ( The Hills) I pride myself on consistently in an information seek mode relating to the Didgeridoo both Past Present and Future,and I seek to obtain a crossover of information from other Didgeridoo resource gatherers. I am always available to discuss the issues of the day relating to this marvellous implement of history. I am a chronic bronchial asthmatic,and consider the Didgeridoo to have been one of the most evident self prescribed medicines obtained to date.I urge others to contact me.
rayleah@siggah.com
http://www.siggah.com/didgfest

 

Paul ahchee Ngala
Manager, ABORIGINAL ART AND CULTURE CENTRE
aborart@ozemail.com.aubbbbb
http://www.aboriginalart.com.au

 

Gary Norris
I live in Adelaide, South Australia. I like to play for relaxation at the end of the day.
gnorris@hal9000.net.au

 

Andrew Owens
I got my first didge last year for Christmas and I've already bought another. I took a couple of lessons from Michael Connolly, purchased one of his and I'm hooked! Michael is a great teacher and for anyone Brisbane, go and see him. (http://www.infotravel.net/kullilla/index.htm)
aoisfree@hotmail.com

 

Almar Postma
I am originally from the Netherlands but have been living in Melbourne, Australia for the past 2 years. I like having a jam with my friends who play the guitar/violin once in a while. The thing I enjoy the most is trying out strange didjes. Two mouthpieces, giant end bells, really short didjes or long didges, etc....
Almar.Postma@csiro.au

 

Peter Sanderson
I built my own didj from a piece of yellow box with the bark still on it with the help of my friend Grant on the Gold Coast in Qld Australia. It's the loudest beast you'll ever hear with a mean kick back when you stop the drone. It also has some freaky animal markings naturally appearing in the timber that look like two salt water crocks. I grew up on a piece of poly pipe and learned to suck and blow at he same time, which is why the girls really love me. The sound is awesome, especially in a bathroom.
mail@goldcoast-thismonth.com
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Si
Organic, explosive, dynamic, deep and connected. Check me out. Didgesi.com Based in the Byron Bay Shire I am involved in creating a new genre of Dance music, totally live, totally real. Come back to the Earth, come back to your heart and lets dance.
sicadellic@hotmail.com
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Urs Sigrist
I'have visit Australia, first in 1994 and after 15 times travelling in NT. We like Kommunication. Now we have a "DIDJWORLD INTERNET SHOP" with Didjeridoos and Internet Access in Darwin NT 0801,Australia Our Adress: Didjworld Internet Shop GPO BOX 1515 Darwin NT 0801 Australia
didjeridoo@octa4net.au
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Norm Stanley
Didjeridoo Beginners Course @ Gordon Tafe college, Geelong. Starts 10th October 7pm - 9pm running for 8 weeks. Limited numbers, bookings essential. Please phone Kathy Travis, Koorie Unit, Gordon Tafe. Ph: 03 5225 0859
Didjeridoo Teacher - Norm Stanley, 19 years experience.
doctadidje@ausi.com

 

Frank Thill
I am a Didgeridu maker living in Nhulunbuy, North East Arnhemland, following the "old ways" of playing the Didjeridu .I am not calling myself a player but a serious student, as the traditional style from this region requires many years of training to get a good understanding of it. I am sharing a workshop with Djalu' Gurruwiwi, a famous yirdaki maker and producing my own range of instruments has developed into more than a passion for me. You can find a selection of my instruments made by me and more info on my backgroung at http://yirdaki.com.au If you do have additional questions please don't hesitate to contact me. Cheers, Frank Thill
fsthill@bigpond.com
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Shah Shahidi
Living in Out Back Australia
shah@world.net

 

ron wardrop
i would like to say that i have been playing,for a short while,,and i play for my own well being as well as for others to enjoy, it has taken me great deals of practice to learn.i am of the wiradjuri clan, and was born in parkes nsw
ronwardrop@hotmail.com

 

David Watts
I am a Wongaibion Aboriginal man and I live in Sydney. I work for myself as an Aboriginal Consultant to Archaeologists and also do work within my own community. My people are from the Byrock area way out west New South Wales ( the flat country). Alot of my community came to Sydney early on due to the rapid expansion of the colonists. I was the Senior Sites Officer for the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council in Sydney, but i now work for myself.
I am still very political and am in the struggle for justice for my people and am very into my culture. Many years ago it was shamefull for people to me a Aboriginal due to the harsh treatment the whites gave to the oprest....dont get me wrong by this i am not a black arm band man...just stating facts. I have been over seas and gave lecture talks about my people in other countries and still give lectures in the UNIs here. I have been playing the Yidaki for some time now and find it helps me loose myself in a state of bliss. If you wish to talk or anything then write me back. In The Struggle.
davidw@intercoast.com.au

 

John Whiting
I have been playing since 1996 and am the founder of Aboriginal Australia - a web site aimed at encouraging and promoting Aboriginal business links.
john@aboriginalaustralia.com.au
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Janawirri F Yiparrka
born 67 playing since 71 still have my first yidaki that I learnt on...influenced by B.Jabanunga(dec)Yapuma Gurruwiwi David Blanasi & Mumbulgujarra...have been on a few cd's the latest being my music project ANKALA...currently working on new material for my next project...touring Europe summer01 USA November 01... come see me play
janawirri@usa.net

AUSTRIA

 

Christian Belfin
Living in Tyrol, AUSTRIA
christian.belfin@belfin.at
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d e L A g o
For more information click the official d e L A g o Website (www.delago.at) - Biography, Discography (3 CDs - BSC Music Germany: "Didge goes World" 1996 / "Gado Gado" 1998 / "Trance Alpin" 2000), and many other musical stuff about the composer h.delago like: didg meets electronics, brass & alphorn, ... nice website but only in german language (Indonesia)- (Batak) - (Bali)- (Lombok) - (Java) - didgeridoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo is international!
hermann@delago.at
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Bernhard Frauneder
AUSTRIA, vienna
e9626010@fbma.tuwien.ac.at

 

Walter Kuhn
Age 41 Living in Vienna, Austria
kuhn@zdfzs.arcs.ac.at
http://zlsm03.arcs.ac.at/users/wk/home.html

 

Fritz Maywald
fritz@maywald.at
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Mick
I'm living in Bludenz, Voralberg. I'm originally from Australia. I have a didj workshop & also play in an African drum group (Djembe drums) I would love to hear from other didj players in Austria, Germany Switzerland, Italy.
mick.usi@vlbg.at

 

Bernhard Mikuskovics
As a Co-founder of DidjeriDuo - Artmusic with ancient instruments and a player of ethnic flutes & didjeridus he works as well as a painter, illustrator & web-designer.
didjeriduo@gmx.net
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Christian Peyer
Christian is a musician and Didj-teacher.His workshops are highly recommended in Austria and people appreciate his way of teaching. His Band "LEBENSGFYHL" which means "The Feeling Of Life" performs throughout Austria.
chris@diefirma-peyer.com
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Patrick Soler
Living in Austria (Vorarlberg), have experience on playing (lifeband) and manufacturing of didjs. Phone +43552245695

 

Helmuth Zikuda
Since years I'm playing Didgeridoo, you have to play with all your feelings, that's the way. I'm playing with my Band "Masalamo" or Solo.
helmuth@hz-fm.at
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BASQUE COUNTRY

 

edu lartzanguren
It´s already four years I´ve playing didge. I have some originals and some copies but I play at best with a banboo yidaki I made myself from wood that grows here in the basque country. My friend painted it with a dream about a bear I had once that turned to be an actual experience my grandfather´s father had in the mountains as he was a shepherd (he almost died in the fight with the bear ^×says my mother^×).
elartzanguren@egunkaria.com

BELGIUM

 

Fabian Bastianelli
Perhaps, one day, a dream say to you to call me. This will be the right time to meet me. I play and I build my own yidaki's with the wood I can find in this wet land...
bst@village.uunet.be

 

Eric Branckaert (AKA Rycki Beee)
Lives somewhere in Belgium
eric.branckaert@is.belgacom.be
http://www.ulb.ac.be/Befix/EB/ebran_uk.html

 

René Callot
I am playing for two years, I live in Ekeren near Antwerp.
rene.callot@skynet.be

 

Pieter De Cloet
I would like to know wether there are any Australian pubs near my home in Gent, Belgium. If I could find one I would like to play my didgeridoo there a couple of days a week.
pieterdc_pyrus@yahoo.co.uk

 

Pieter Coenaerts
Hi!!! i play didgeridoo from 1999 but just recently (few months ago actually) i started to play on it every day. I love to play... especially with other people. So dont bother to contact me!! C you soon ;) btw.. i live near brussels.
pcoenaerts@hotmail.com

 

Geert De Coninck
Alway's liked this interesting instrument. Have my didj bought around new year 2003. Clear your head and discover the sound in the didj!!!
deconinckgeert@belgacom.net

 

Koen De Potter
Playing since 1994. Kievitstraat 18 8820 TORHOUT BELGIUM 050/21 30 44
Koen.DePotter@rug.ac.be
http://studwww.rug.ac.be/~kdpotter/

 

Jean-Paul Dhondt
Playing since mid 1996 Adress : Kon.Elisabethplein 20 9100 Sint-Niklaas Phone/fax : 03 777 60 75
Jean-Paul.Dhondt@village.uunet.be

 

Joeri Gielis
joeri_gielis@yahoo.com.au

 

Kok, Philippe
I'm born in 1970. Playing Yidaki since 1997, I live in Brussels where I study Reptiles and Amphibians from tropical regions. I am very interested in aboriginal art and culture and I prepare a trip to the Northern Territory (May 2000 ?)
phkok@yahoo.com

 

Seth Martens
I play didj for half a year now, together with Tom Suykerbuik ( Sjakie). We are always ready to play along in a group to have fun and to learn a bit. Reactions welcome! Deken Bernardstraat 2 ; 3630 Maasmechelen ; Belgium
pamaso@innet.be

 

Moon
I've been playing didgeridoo for more than a year. I started in London and got the circular breathing in Malaysia where I made a didg from a bamboo stick.
cybermoon1@yahoo.com

 

David Nouwen
Hoi, Zowat 5 jaar ben ik nu al bezig met didgeridoo spelen. Ik woon in Antwerpen. Graag zou ik: spelen met andere muzikanten (niet noodzakelijk didg-spelers) - tips ontvangen - tips geven - gratis didgeridoos ontvangen :) - met mijn didg op een grrot podium voor heel veel volk spelen - nog beter leren spelen. 1 tip voor jou: voor je begint te spelen maak je je hoofd volledig leeg, je begint te spelen en je concentreert je volledig op het geluid dat je maakt, de muziek die uit je didg komt en je vergeet volledig de techniek die zich in je ademhalingsapparaat afspeelt. Je zal zeker nieuwe deunen ontdekken.
didgeri_dave@hotmail.com

 

prem Ravi
hello,all u crazy players! it makes two years now, and didjeridu has become my great love! i live in Mons (Bergen), in the southern part of this wet and desolated country; but i come from italy. i am a student of psychology and i'd like to meet everybody who wants to spent a little bit of time playing and having fun togheter. i am also an "expert" (if i can say it) in meditation and very interested in all kinds of shamanic works.
premravi@webmails.com

 

Kurt Robaer
living and kicking in Belgium.... Nick: Cookie Address: P.Hauweplein 9 9190 Stekene Comments: 21 years old and playing for 7 months now and addicted to Australia......
cookie@mail.dma.be

 

Gregoire de Ryckel
I live in brussel and I play since 07/2000. I want to meet you NOW, 'coz what I prefer is to play with other poeple !! MAIL ME plz. @gregue@
podosta@hotmail.com
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Thim
hello, I play several years now, the last 3 years really often cause I Play in a band called "Tantra" (check out the website!) If somebody wants to share rythms, please do mail me. I live in Brussels
Thim@wanadoo.be
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Jan Verhaert
I play the didgeridoo since 1998. I made it myself from a bamboo stick and with the instruction from this site. And above all: I live in Geel.
jakke@sin.khk.be

 

BRAZIL

 

Guilherme Barros
My intention is to share tips,techniques and experiences of this wonderful instrument with other players around the globe.
gbarros@sm.conex.com.br

 

Luiz Henrique Braga Rocha
I'd like to share info. about didg playing, it's concepts and possibilities. I'm a musician and I've been trying out some brazilian rhythms with the didgerid oo.
luizrocha@tba.com.br

 

Markus J. Weininger
I live in Florianopolis, SC (Southern Brazil). Presently I have 5 australian eucalyptus didjes, and I made one bamboo, one agave and several experimental PVCs. Check out my homepage where I share some more aspects of my preferred personal and professional activities.
markus@yadata.com.br
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CANADA

 

Mario Alleyne
I live in Langley B.C. have been playing for about two years now and totally love the instrument I have a fantastic didji from Aus. Would like to hook up and jam some time if any one is interested just for fun! Or I would love to learn more from a master You never stop learning with the didji. Love to here from ya!
marioq@hotmail.com

 

Bruce Barnes
G'day mates! Just got back from Sydney...bought a beautiful Yidaki made by David Knight. Deep resonant D, bell shaped. It's christmas time, lots of partys of which I always take the didj and always a great hit. I can circular breath....no problem, I got a lot of tips from the didgeridooings page...thanks. Anyone near Ottawa that want's to jam? Drop me a line and we can get together.
brucejbarnes@yahoo.com

 

Bobby Clarke
i'm 19 years old. i just got back from an awsome trip to Brisbane, and came back with a brand-spanking new didgeridoo! i can't play yet, but i'm getting there! g'day!
clarke_bobby@hotmail.com

 

derek b
Iam 27 and living in Brampton ontario for the summer. I would really like someone to jam with . I used to be in a band called black belt jones. word
funkbob@hotmail.com

 

Ken Backer
Nov/01 I have now been playing the didj for three years and have a duo called "Didjeri Duo", myself and a friend on percussion. We perform around the area and have enjoyed many Saturday mornings busking at the local farmer's market. A good part of the fun is talking with the people who stop and listen as the didj is not a common instrument in these parts. If you are a didj player from around here (or anywhere), drop me a line. Ken Backer Milton, Ontario (west of Toronto)
kbacker@iprimus.ca

 

Jim Carroll
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (near Toronto) 35 years and ticking FWIW: zero months/years experience playing
jcarroll@wellspring.us.dg.com

 

Mark Currie
Halifax, Nova Scotia. I am the Didjeridu player for MacCrimmon'S Revenge, "New Celtic/World Music from Nova Scotia"
finnigan@ns.sympatico.ca

 

Jay Denver
Namaste and positive vibrations. I just started playing yidaki this week, march 1998, but have been interested, reading about aboriginal cultures around the world for the last five years. Would like to learn more and experience more about the use of yidaki and tibetan sound bowls for healing and trance work. i live in banff, alberta in the rocky mountains working as a daycare worker, teacher, reiki healer, and actor in the ecologically based theatre group "precipice theatre" Meeting new and old friends, jamming, and creating an atmosphere of self-education and empowerment through community is a big part of my growth as a sentient being. I am also a Vipassana meditator and enjoy group sittings with those established in the Vipassana technique.
Address: P.o. box 219 suite 5041 banff, alberta, canada, T0L 0C0 phone: 403-762-8113
funk@telusplanet.net
funk@agt.net

 

Deborah Dunleavy
I am working on a home made instrument book for children and found your site quite helpful with understanding the principals of playing the didjeredoo. My monitor is now covered in slaiva from praticing while reading the instructions! Barking, howling and yappingly yours, Deborah Brockville, Ontario CANADA
kgp@recorder.ca

 

Jeff Ehrmann
I've just been looking through the player list hoping to find other people who play the didji. I have been playing now for about 2 months and have been playing quite well. I would be very interested in getting together with other players of all levels and learning new ways of improving my technique, and maybe trying out some real nice sounding didji's. I have 2 didji's now but they are made out of PVC pipe and don't quite have that certain sound I'm looking for. I hope someone out there will contact me so we can meet and maybe jam a bit.
falconrks@rogers.com

 

Scott Etienne
digalicious@home.com

 

norman formosa
HI, MY NAME IS NORMAN FORMOSA AND I LIVE IN ONTARIO. I BOUGHT MY FIRST DIDJ IN AUSTRALIA IN THE FALL OF 2000. I BOUGHT IT IN AN AREA IN SYDNEY CALLED THE ROCKS. THE NAME OF THE SHOP I BOUGHT IT FROM IS CALLED "DIDJ BEAT". SINCE THEN, I NOT ONLY GOT INTO BETTERING MYSELF IN BEING A STUDENT OF THE YIDAKI,BUT I ALSO GOT INTO THE ABORIGINAL CULTURE OF THE YOLNGU. I STARTED OUT WITH A BLOOD WOOD DIDJ BUT LATER ON IN THE YEAR 2001, I STARTED MAKING MY OWN YIDAKIS AND THEY SOUND AWESOME. I HAVE MADE SIX SO FAR AND I ALSO DECORATED THEM MYSELF;I'M SO PROUD OF THEM. I HAVE TEN MORE LOGS DRYING OUT FOR NEXT SPRING. THE YIDAKI IS NOW A PART OF ME THAT GOES DOWN INTO MY SOUL, AND I FEEL A STRONGER BOND WITH THE EARTH AND MY EXISTANCE. MY LATEST PURCHASE WAS SENT TO ME FROM YIRRAKALA, THE DIDJ IS MADE BY DJALU GURRUWIWI,A MASTER DIDJ MAKER.IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO SOME EXCELLENT DIDJ MUSIC, BUY "RESONANCE", AN AWESOME CD.
NCFORMOSA@HOTMAIL.COM

 

Rodolphe Gagnon
Montreal, Quebec. Been playing didj since a trip to Australia in 1993. I love to share my passion for this instrument, jamming or doing concerts (shows) & presentations in schools, hospitals etc. Studies in anthropology and ethnomusicology (B.Sc. anthropology) gave a depth to my passion. Je parle francais aussi!!!
rodidj@hotmail.com

 

David Goode
I am 31 years old and have been playing for the last five years. I have put out one CD which features a blend of Didje music with ambient tribal sound pieces recorded by Paul Morin (Artist and Musician). I have taught many people to play the didje and continue to give private lessons. I have been playing and teaching at the last three Hillside Festivals in Guelph Ontario. As a result, I have recenetly be working with traditional bluegrass musicians to combine the sounds of the Didje with fiddle, banjo and country guitar. I am of mixed heriage, both first nations and english and live on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. My interests include the use of Didjeridoo in traditional ceremonies and the spread of the didje as a meditative/healing tool. A gift from our Australian Brothers and Sisters.
ursus@cedar.alberni.net

 

Gerry Gordon
What can I say, it's an amazing instrument. I've been playing for about four years now, own thirteen didj's including a Djalu "F"!! Perform locally at different events and functions.
gjgordo@ibm.net

 

Matt Gowan
Matt Gowan has been playing, teaching and making didjeridus for over 5 years and owns Mukunda instruments. Matt currently lives in Toronto, ON.
info@didje.com
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Philippe Guillot
I am a student in ethnomusicology (and a really didje addict...). I am actually doing a BIG study on the didje. I would love to exchange about it with serious people. 5020 Henri-Julien, Montreal, Qc, Canada
Philoubert@hotmail.com

 

RON M JOHNSON
i'm a blown away 6 generation aussie from melbourne, now living in vancouver for the past 30 years or so. apart from my early days in oz, iv'e been playing the didge for the past 4 years. tutored by randy raine-reauch, also of vancouver. i have my 2 piece group, called " didgewood " didge of course, & african drum. have been to-gether for 18 months,& waiting to break into our first professional show.
RMJ@AXIONET.COM

 

Jason Skiendziel
i am 23. I live near london ontario, I have been a musician for 8 years and playing yidaki for 2 years. My first didge was bamboo and homemade, i also made some very large pvc ones, but wasnt at all satisfied. Purchased my first authentic didge recently, and have found much new inspiration within it. i would love to watch, listen and share stories and ideas with other inspired people. i also play djembe, and a percussive style of bass guitar
Asparagus_Plus@hotmail.com

 

Ashley Benson Tait
Hi there from VANCOUVER BC CANADA. I am an accredited music therapist, professional musician, and sound healer. I use the Didg in my healing practice and would really like to speak to anyone else out there that is following this path as their career... I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely Ashley Tait, BMus, BMT, MTA ps. please have a look at my website :)
minstrels@sprint.ca
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Anthony Truelove
I'm a from victoria B.C. and I have been playing the didge for almost 3 months now. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who was interested in playing it.
walt1@shaw.ca

 

Frdric Lapointe
I Think I always had didjeridoo in my spirit and my blood... I met a really good teacher (Pierre Chartier) who show me the way to express yourself with this incredible instrument! What a feeling!
I'm actor and juggler and project to make discover the sound of didj in my show, writen for the children.
Want to share anything about this big passion? I'm living in Montral, Qubec... Et je parle aussi franais!!
flap@colba.net
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Paty Larouche
Age 25, been playing for 2 years and living in Montreal, Canada
larouche@icgq.qc.ca

 

Ian McCausland
Age, 28 living in Winnipeg, Canada
Ian_McCausland@mit.bison.mb.ca

 

Jason MacKenzie
Hello all, I'm in Mississauga Ontario, and I've have been playing for a little over a year now. My parents brought me back my first Didj from the land of Oz, and ever since then I've been hooked. I make my own now, and haven't had a chance to play along with anyone yet, and would enjoy the chance to play along with a small group of people, with the same interest. If anyone knows of a place that Didj players frequent in my area, or would like the chance to get together, drop me a line and let me know where so I may join in on the drone.
jdbm@home.com
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Bruce McTurk
Hello. I am CANADIAN (sorry wrong web-site) as a neophyte player I have "hit the wall" in that I don't seem to be improving.I would like to connect with other players in the area (Barrie Ont.)hopefully to learn and enjoy this instument more.Bruce.(P.S. bought my didjeridu 1 yr.ago from Mat Gowan also listed on this page).
BMcTurk@aol.com

 

Jessy Malone
I'm an Environmental Science student in Truro, Nova Scotia. I've been learning didj since I received my first one in September 2000. While I have improved drastically, circular breathing still escapes me. I have recently made a PVC didj which actually sounds REALLY good! I've just started meeting other people in the area who own and play didjs. . .for a while I thought I was the only one!
jessy_m@hotmail.com

 

Kenneth Mockler
Hola! Montréal,Québec ... I'm a new 27 year old didj player looking to branch out, jam and exchange techniques with other local players. Received a stick from a friend in Australia about 1 year ago and been playing ever since. I have tought myself circular breathing and practice on a regular basis ... but i just love playing the damn thing! e- mail if interested ... français ou anglais! Good fortune to you ... ciao!
imajika@hotmail.com

 

Mukunda Instruments
Mukunda Instruments is one of a small number of instrument workshops in North America specializing in the production of hand-made, high-quality didjeridus. Owned and operated by Matt Gowan, an instrument maker based in Toronto, Ontario and Amherst Island, Ontario, Mukunda Instruments annually produces a small batch of exceptional didjeridus.
info@didje.com
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John Musselwhite, RPT
Living in Calgary, Alberta Canada
musselj@cadvision.com
sysop@67.cambo.cuug.ab.ca

 

Dave Nelson
I am 30 years old and have been playing the didj for almost six year s now. I am originally from Toronto but now live in Prince George, British Columbia. I enjoy making the didjes that I play, but I am saving for a real authentic didj. I also collect any and all the didj music I can get my hands on either contemporary or traditional. Pls feel free to contact me if you live close by (so we can play together) or on any cds that I should get or to find out what I have in my collection.
davenelson@excite.com

 

Paul Newton
I live in bridgewater, Nova Scotia and have been making and playing didges for about four years now. I started making them out of pvc pipe but now make them out of native trees such as yellow birch, iron wood or oak. some are just finished off naturaly and others are relief carved and painted in a northwest coast aboriginal art form. I do produce a small number for sale on commission. I love to play and share my passion for these wonderfull instruments with anyone who will listen.
pnewton@bwr.eastlink.ca

 

Mark Piton
I've been playing now since 1991 after learning in Sydney. Fun place, great people. Since then I've moved about a bit but my didjs are right here beside me. See ya when I see ya...
mpiton@aol.com

 

Randy Raine-Reusch 
        Randy Raine-Reusch's initial training on the didjeridu was with Wandjuk
        Marika, and he continued his studies with various indigenous artists in
        Australia. Raine-Reusch performed didjeridu on Aerosmith's "Pump", taught
        the instrument to Cirque du Soleil, and performed the North American
        Premiere of Dance Gundah, a concerto for didjeridu composed by Philip
        Bracanin, with the Victoria Symphony Orchestra conducted by Linda Bouchard.
        He has performed the instrument internationally for over 25 years with
        artists from a wide range of musical styles from computer music to Country
        and almost everything in between. 
 
David Shaw
I'm 23 living in Brampton, Ontario
davieshaw@sympatico.ca

 

Matthew Wilson
For all you teachers out there, use a golf club tube to make create a didjeridu with your students. Black construction paper, painted with the dreamtime art, and taped to the tube is a very good, funtional didjeridu.
montessori_matt@yahoo.com

 

Tyrone Winterbach
 
To all fellow didj players, hello where ever you are. Recently moved to Vancouver, Canada from Durban, South Africa. Age 26 playing for last 2 years. Contact me if you live in the area and would like to hook up for a session.
t.winterbach@shaw.ca

 

Timothy X
2466 Dundas W. Toronto Ont. Canada
mnflwr@web.net

 

Tree Weaver
Didging is a gift from the past, and a step forward in the evolution of the human culture... much is yet to be learned about the powers of the didge, and the good they may spread to all the people of the world. Let the world fall into a forever trance of peace through the drones of the dige.
treeweaver@respecttheplanet.com

CATALONIA

 

Salvador Cases
mayoral@redestb.es

 

Carlos L. Pérez
Llevo 2 años tocando el didgeridoo. Estoy sorprendido de la amplitud de cosas que puedes aprender de/con este instrumento tan especial. Tengo especial interés en su amplicación en personas con pluridiscapacidad. Yo lo utlizo dentro del contexto de la estimulación basal.¿Tienes experiencia en algo parecido? I play the didgeridoo since 2 years ago. I wonder about so many things that I can learn with/from this so special instrument. I've special interest in its use with people with multiple impairment.I apply it with the basal stimulation background? Do you have experience in something similar?
litusdu@yahoo.es

 

TINETE
I´m 37 years old. I live in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. I play didge and I learn now didge to others. I trie with teachers and specialist to introduce didge in a music curriculum in Catalonia and in healing and musictheraphy studies.We want to work with child affected by importants brain diseases.
tinete@globalnet.es

CROATIA

 

Sinisa Dukaric
Hi ppl, I'm Sinisa from Croatia, and I'm looking for someone in eastern Croatia for didge sessions and jams. So if there is anybody interested , hey call me or mail me :-) tel is +385-31-603-119.
sdukaric@linux.hr
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CHILE

 

Rodolfo Acevedo
The first web site in Spanish about DIDGERIDOO. Selling, playing and having fun by the share of DIDGERIDOO voice with other aboriginal instruments from many ethnias, like African Djembes, Turkish Rebab, and many Chilean and Andean Aboriginal instruments, like Trompes, Trutrucas, Quenas, Quenachos, Pifilcas, Charangos, Chakchas, Tarkas, Matracas, Longines, Ocarinas, Zampoñas.
Peace and respect, from Santiago, Chile.
timara@entelchile.net
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CONCH REPUBLIC - FLORIDA KEYES

 

Will Seachnasaigh
LOve it have to du it all the Time!! Greetings pullers and pushers.. Check out my recordings at www.laoutback.com or email me if you'd like to connect.. peace.. Will Seachnasaigh
2inbpk@bellsouth.net
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CZECH

 

Jan Latal
aeon@wo.cz
homepage

 

Martin Malek
marten@atlas.cz

 

Pavel Proksch
PavelProksch@post.cz
homepage

 

Radek Swaczyna
tawa@seznam.cz
homepage

DENMARK

 

Martin Darlan
Obviously, one of the few danish people taking this serious. If you come to Denmark, please put in a word... always good playing with new tones. See you somewhere in time.
darlandidg@hotmail.com

 

FINLAND

 

Vesa Iitti
A student of comparative religions and an enthusiastic didgeridoo player.
vesa.iitti@kolumbus.fi
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Mr. Jari "KANE" Kanerva
... teacher, didgeridoo maker, president of Finnish Didgeridoo Association, musician, guru, shaman, etc. Address: SOMA, porkkalankatu 1, 00180 Helsinki 18, Finland Fax: +358-9-253 40 449
kane_40hz@hotmail.com

 

Ville Koivisto
Member of Tampere Jazz Happening'in Ystvt Ry which is founded to provide gigs for improvising/jazz bands in Finland. I play didjeridu and fretless/electric bass in a reggae band focused on live dubbing and free improvisation (would you believe!). I'm playing didjeridu strictly for musical purposes.
ville_koivisto@usa.net

 

Tuomas Kylnp
Didjeriduist and a student of shamanism, folk believes, rituals and all other strange things. Please contact me if you are visiting or you live in Finland. peace, tuomas
tuomasky@hotmail.com

 

FRANCE

 

AfroDurf
Hi, I play didj since 3 years ago and i live in Chanpagne Ardenne. If somebody wants play didj with me contact me. By and good vibes
derf2@caramail.com

 

Hugues AUBIN
I play the didjeridoo since last year. I live in BRITTANY, a beautiful province with the sea. Every morning i wake up early to go to play before going to work. I like it very much especially for deep breathing and calm. I try to make a newsgroup in french about the didjeridoo :