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I came in contact with the 'Didge' and Aboriginal culture while working in Australia in the Early 1980's. An Australian named Don Rosella introduced me to the didge through his sensual playing-style. We became friends and colleagues [in Circus Oz] and with him I was able to travel onto Aboriginal settlements and experience Australian Aboriginal culture first-hand.
 My own style of playing is contemporary and probably owes more to my travels globally as a musician than it does to any direct musical influence from Aboriginal playing styles. However I am forever grateful for the experiences I have had with Aboriginal people and in living on the sacred land that has been theirs since the beginning of time.
These people and their powerful land have indelibly affected my life, and my spirit forever. Though I use the Didjeridu as a voice for my own musical ideas and expression it can never be separated from the world of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and their struggle for Land Rights and Human Rights in their own country. Respect. S.K.
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