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Rainy Mama Snow Dough

By ineff on February 8, 2026 11:46 pm

Chopping some of my favorite 1923 blues records into as many different genres as I can fit in a week: Bessie Smith on vocals + Fletcher Henderson on keys―both recorded over 100 years ago, now public domain thanks to the Music Modernization Act, Title II.

› M8 Nerd Notes

› Library of Congress samples used

› freesound.org samples used

100% made and mixed on a Dirtywave M8 Tracker.  All samples used are in the Public Domain/CC0.

Audio works licensed by author under:
CC Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike (BY-NC-SA)

Brilliant. Great job with chops and samples, love how you bloensed everything together. Also mad respect to Bessie Smith!

I have a turntable in my studio and am planning on using some of my 78s as well. 1926 entering public domain just made a large chunk of my collection fair game 😊

Wow.

This is some super creative way of using those samples. I really like the mix, sample chopping, sense of timing.

This is very unique. Those toasty Rhoades keys are so groovy. Tempo manipulation is awesome.

I really enjoyed this.

Great usage of the samples and a wonderful blending of the old with the new.  I remember a long time ago when there was like a debate if using samples was a legitimate form of music making or not and a track like this is definitive proof that it's 100% legit. 

Awesome love the vocals. You deffo succeeded in the genre busting.

Oh my, the keys chop starting 1:30 is awesome! Amazing job

This absolutely rules.  Getting some Mazzy Star vibes from the intro.  Nice downtempo groove and excellent use of samples. That keys section is nuts

WOOO! Party in the public domain!

This rocks, you're clearly having fun here

A neat kaleidoscope of stuff.
- Leega

Wow...just wow. Great sample manipulation and creative chopping. That tempo increase is bonkers! The strings coming in really sent me.
Would you be willing to share the bundle for people (me, I'm people) to pick apart and learn from?

Really digging this speed up!

Holy moly what a track. I didn't know about the MTT command until now, that's gonna be fun.

this is so good! love this

Bessie heart

that tempo/feel shift was bonkers! sweet choppin'

Lots of fun elements! 1:35 was a ton of fun and defied my expectations of the chord progression, then the tempo shift near the end, and then the final bass swell, which I thought was a great way to end the piece!

So inspirational. This makes me want to work with samples and open domain music more. Gorgeous

Love the use of the vocal sample.  Gave me some old school Moby vibes.  Love the glitchy solo at 1:36 and the slick bluesy feel it has that then transforms into a house groove.

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