Old Lady Witch
by @figure8
Challenge: PUBLIC DOMAIN
Liner Notes
So I made this as part of the "Public Domain" weekly challenge. A web search led me to https://citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov/loc-american-english-dialect-recordings/explore/ which was a really cool resource with audio clips from the library of congress. I came across this recording of a 10 year old from Washington in 1968 who was talking about her childhood game of "Old Lady Witch".
The track started with a one-take recording on my phone of a drum pattern that I thought sounded cool. The recording quality is terrible but then so is my drum kit so I kind of like the distorted low-fi effect in the end. Then cut up the interview audio, added a couple of guitar lines and hey presto. There's also a bit of kalimba hidden in there somewhere.
Not tried to record anything like this before so I found it really fun. Enjoyed trying to build the atmosphere / groove.
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Really cool song!
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