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Elijah Haunt

From: Carolina Wheat
Length: 03:33

A mother asks her 8yr old son what kind of ghost he would be if he were to die suddenly. Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-1 Elijah, an 8yr old boy is asked by his mother how he would haunt if he died suddenly. As he is faced with the concept of death and the after life, he describes his character as a ghost. There are progressions of effects (reverb and echo) as the listener travels from a playful response to a trapped, frustrated lonely boy ghost Additional background sounds are improvisational recordings of mother and son meandering through siren studded Chicago streets.

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Piece Description

Elijah, an 8yr old boy is asked by his mother how he would haunt if he died suddenly. As he is faced with the concept of death and the after life, he describes his character as a ghost. There are progressions of effects (reverb and echo) as the listener travels from a playful response to a trapped, frustrated lonely boy ghost Additional background sounds are improvisational recordings of mother and son meandering through siren studded Chicago streets.

Broadcast History

Station: www.freeradiosaic.org
Program: F D FCC
Date: Sept 10, 2006