Please meet Mitchell, the self-named Didgeridude! For many years I’ve seen him playing his collection of cool didgeridoos in public around San Diego. I’ve often walked past him performing in Balboa Park or Seaport Village, and have paused to listen to his incredible, resonating music. But I’d never spoken to him at length until last weekend.
Mitchell is not only a really great musician, but he’s one of the nicest people you’ll ever be pleased to meet. His spirit is a big as the universe; perhaps that’s why his music sounds like emanations and echoes from a place deep in the heart of the cosmos.
It brought a smile to my face when I heard he first took an interest in the didgeridoo after watching the movie Crocodile Dundee. This ancient musical instrument of the Australian Aborigines requires a special circular breathing technique, and it’s plain to see that playing the didgeridoo continuously is a labor of love that requires dedication and great effort. Mitchell told me he loses about a pound on those days he comes out to perform in public.
Check out his cool website, which is called Didjetellus. “Did I tell you” that his website has cool samples of didgeridoo music and MP3 files you can download? Mitchell does school presentations and can be booked for private concerts.
Mitchell has given me so much pleasure over the years, I feel privileged to have finally met him. If you want to hear something really cool and unusual, click the many MP3 samples on his website!
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I love the sound of tje didgeridoo!
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Me too! It’s so weird and wonderful. Listen to those samples on his website!
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I have an old cd with a band from Australia called Outback with digeridoo-music.
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Cool! I like how trance-like the didgeridoo is–you can really get into a strange mental groove listening to it!
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Absolutely, depending on which mood your in.
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I’m strange: I like the didgeridoo and bagpipes. I wonder how they’d sound together? Here’s a video on Mitchell: https://youtu.be/CJqBugqR6zE Love how he integrates the didgeridoo with his love of space.
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I like both, too. (BTW, I just got back from Balboa Park and had a good chat with Mitchell!) What really gets my blood going is bagpipes and drums together!
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Absolutely! 🙂
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There’s a Scottish bagpipe band that sometimes performs in Balboa Park, and when they get their big drum going…WOW!
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Sounds amazing. I’d be the only one in my family going to the park, but that would be fun to watch.
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I thought the snake crawling down the didgeridoo was delightful. A tongue slipping in and out of the snake’s mouth would indeed be fun. –Curt
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Kids would love it!
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