(dc) metroscalator

there are several challenges associated with recording the metrosclator music at l'enfent plaza.

1) the music is unpredictable. some days it's really great (perhaps better on cold days? or when more people are onboard? when it's good, it's really good. it sounds a bit like singing whales.

2) the acoustics are complicated. i think it sounds better on the way up than it does on the way down, but it's best about halfway up, which is, of course, a difficult place to set up a microphone. one alternative might be to dangle a mic down from the middle above the escalators, but i don't have a good mic for this kind of placement.

3) i don't have my portable dat recorder or my stereo mic, both of which would be pretty good for the job. they're still in houston with my friend jeff.

4) it's probably at least a half-day's job to do it right. finding a half-day to do anything fun is a bit of an issue.