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Today I listened to a cool piece about an ethnographer who recorded all kinds of American folk songs on the New Yorker website (http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/04/28/080428on_audio_bilger/?xrail). Got me thinking about the music for Bush League. One of the things I'm trying to do, is use a hundred percent Malawian music for the score. I tried to collect as much as I could while I was there, and will probably, hopefully, go back for more. This is a recording of the players themselves singing one of their songs. Listen to that chorus! They played percussion with an empty water jug and a steel bowl full of popcorn seeds. These guys are the coolest. We recorded it in the middle of the night, so don't look for a picture. Can't wait to get back there.

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donny hunt:

i have no idea what they sound like if you've never heard it in person but, it definitely gives me goose bumps. to imagine that each village likely has a collection of musicians that are this good blows my mind.

hope all is well cy.

Posted by donny hunt | 05.12.08

Cy:

Hey Donny,
Glad to hear from you, thanks for checking the site out. Yeah, I'm blown away by this as well. My suspicion is that most people are musical, but our society kinda forgot about that. That said, not just anybody can play percussion like these folks.

Posted by Cy | 05.12.08

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	Bush League: Ethnographic Recordings Today I listened to a cool piece about an ethnographer who recorded all kinds of American folk songs on the New Yorker website (http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/04/28/080428on_audio_bilger/?xrail). Got me thinking about the music for Bush League. One of the things I'm trying to do, is use a hundred percent Malawian music for the score. I tried to collect as much as I could while I was there, and will probably, hopefully, go back for more. This is a recording of the players themselves singing one of their songs. Listen to that chorus! They played percussion with an empty water jug and a steel bowl full of popcorn seeds. These guys are the coolest. We recorded it in the middle of the night, so don't look for a picture. Can't wait to get back there. Cy Kuckenbaker :: 04.25.08 :: Permalink comments (2) donny hunt: i have no idea what they sound like if you've never heard it in person but, it definitely gives me goose bumps. to imagine that each village likely has a collection of musicians that are this good blows my mind. hope all is well cy. Posted by donny hunt \| 05.12.08 Cy: Hey Donny, Glad to hear from you, thanks for checking the site out. Yeah, I'm blown away by this as well. My suspicion is that most people are musical, but our society kinda forgot about that. That said, not just anybody can play percussion like these folks. Posted by Cy \| 05.12.08 post a comment (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)	This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on April 25, 2008 8:42 AM. The previous post in this blog was Bush League: Honesty the Dog. The next post in this blog is Men in Grey Suits. Many more can be found on the main page or by looking through the archives.

Bush League: Ethnographic Recordings