The Haunted Studio – Sound City
Founded in 1969 and shut down in 2011, the Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California holds a reputation of being the confluence point of Music History and Mystery.
The Studio holds a reputation of strange energy and has been reported by countless musicians and engineers to have a “charged” or “haunted” feeling in certain rooms.
In 2013, Dave Grohl, in his documentary on Sound City, described the place as “magnetic and spiritual,” claiming that something “non-human” seemed to guide the creative process. There’s also been reports of flickering lights, cold spots, unexplainable equipment malfunction and audio glitches that defy the laws of analog tech.
Room 3 is particularly reported to be “The Epicenter of Weird” with many artists including Travis Scott, Rick Rubin, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, and others claiming to have felt watched or emotionally overwhelmed while recording in the room.
A producer once described an experience where a track “recorded itself backwards” without any engineering influence or post-editing; and why there’s no exact explanation for it, it is believed that the strange feelings come from the emotional intensity and age-long creativity that’s been stored in the studio due to the greatness of most pioneering artists that made use of the studio.
Some bands are even rumoured to have requested for midnight sessions as it is believed the eerie energy might be at its peak then.
Stay Mystic, Stay Creative!
@Alaro Basit
