When your day is done and you wanna run...

My experience with sound recording began on a hot Sunday morning when, instead of sleeping off my hangover, I had to walk to the library with the sun screaming at me to learn that we had no camera. Cut to Tuesday afternoon in a hot shed behind Jordan’s house, camera, mic, cantaloupe and hatchet in hand.

Most of our recordings took place in the shed since there was nothing in there that would create any buzz or hum. Other sounds were recorded in Jordan’s house and garage. The experience was an educational one indeed. Not only did I get to learn how to handle the mics properly and how to read and adjust the levels, I also learned that snorting pepper in order to sneeze doesn’t work and leaves you with a headache and burning sinuses. Also, for those who didn’t know this already, I learned that gargling Bud Light is as horrible as it sounds. But it was all in the name of art.

Also, the more sounds we created, the more creative we got with what was around Jordan’s place. For instance, after we shattered some glass, Russ asked if Jordan had any spray paint around. He made a blow touch with it which sounded really cool with the headphones on (kind of like how it sounds when you’re in your car and it’s getting sprayed with water). Unfortunately, the sound was really short, so we had to cut it from the final mix. We also shook a grass skirt, which kind of sounded like heavy rain or waves.

All in all, it was a positive experience, even with the frustration of not having a camera. We had a lot of fun once we were able to start.