Anyway, Sandy made his small shaker out of a plastic film cannister (remember those? they were used to hold 35mm film for cameras back before digital became popular and Kodak going out of business yesterday) and were dark grey cylinder with light grey flip-top lid). He laid cotton in it and three or four seeds on top of that and it made a soft sound that had to be miked very closely and then brought up into the mix later when tracks were assembled) but he still called it "match box" percussion out of respect to the street musicians who would use larger objects for a more rattling rhythm sound when playing blues on the streets in Olde Chicago to break through the street noise.   ¶ 8/22/2013 11:25:00 AM