I’m weird, and I love to record music. This combination has me in the mood to record in some unconventional places. Below are the next five I want to try. I think the sound could be interesting and ass-kicking.
1. Inside one of those gargantuan water towers. It’s imperative that it be exactly 1/3 full of water (or preferably cherry Kool-Aid). This would be the first time in my life that I would record while wearing a life-jacket (though I did nearly drown while recording a song once…that story is for another time).
Looks like a freaking blast
2. Inside an elephant’s stomach. Don’t worry, I’m an animal lover. However, I’d love to find the right opportunity to record a quick song some time when a pachyderm is scheduled for stomach surgery. I’d pop my head and a minimal amount of sterile recording equipment in and just let it rip. I dream of the sound that would produce.
3. In an island cave. My intense fear of bats (one actually flew into me one time, leaving me with a nose bleed) is the major hindrance here. I’m currently in psychotherapy to overcome it just so I can record a song in a location not unlike the one below. (We’re not getting very far, though, as my therapist seems obsessed with my sex dreams.)
Yuck, imagine the bat dung
4. From inside a UFO. I don’t care if it’s from space or a secret government aircraft or a weather balloon. I just want to sing inside something that is freaking someone out on the ground.
5. From inside a haunted house (like the one below in the Smoky Mountains, courtesy of this site). I want to be the first to have ghostly backing vocals in my music, ala EVPs. That would be sweeter than I could ever put into words.
I just peed my pants
I’m always interested in strange places to record. Leave your ideas here. Peace. (Coming soon: My next music video called Herpes # 1.)
Harfax Johnson 