By – AMC
Is there really much difference between escaping and getting lost somewhere? That’s what I’d eventually do with a video camera in the middle of one of the most beautiful natural wonders along Route 33 in Hocking County.
Ditching the 9-to-5 riggers of manual labor in favor of a creative release elsewhere, I packed up my belongings a few years back and moved along. The next stop in this life of mine was as a student at Hocking College in Nelsonville, OH. Upon enrolling in the audio/video curriculum at the school I was able to get away and get lost in the Hocking Hills area, within such surroundings as Wayne National Forrest, Cantwell Cliffs, and my favorite escape, Old Man’s Cave.
It started weeks before school was slated to begin as I stumbled upon a local mom-n-pop music spot right there in Nelsonville called Insea Sound Shop. That’s when I became interested in creating a sound all my own, something unique that would in effect describe myself in some small way.
I did all I could to explain this to Insea’s owner, Nick, whom I interned with in my first year of audio classes. From there a not-so-unconventional idea was born to just push record and piece together whatever may come of it. First it was a collage of sounds, which I proudly named The Twenty-Four Minute Trip. From that came a condensed remixed version of this track by one Digi Darko, who added a hip-hop twist to the audio, thus helping to bring “Escape” to life.
One early winter morning in Old Man’s Cave allowed me the chance to capture snowfall as it rained down around me and to add images to the chaos I’d already created through those recording sessions. It’s up to you to find your way out though…
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