www.cbc.ca/Q Strap on your bass saxophone and your dog collar microphone and follow along as Polaris prize nominee Colin Stetson builds up "Judges" layer by layer.
@iceddante The 'throat mic' basically picks up the sound directly from his throat and from nowhere else (well, little of anything else gets through) The sound of the sax is picked up by other mics in the room. When he records in the studio he uses 24 mics at one time!!!
Stunning performance.....absolutely one of the most evocative pieces of music I've ever heard and seen performed in my 30 years as an audio engineer. Wow!
you can like what he does or not. but this guy is truly something to behold. i was on a video crew shooting sxsw in 2011 for NPR. this day we were at the parish and shot him and tuneyards in the same showcase. that was really the only set that from that week that i still remember a decade plus later.
One of the best experiences live. Next week will be my 5th time seeing Colin live, it's an otherworldly experience. I'm preparing myself by consuming as much material as I can, just like every other time. One thing that likely should've been obvious to me from hearing the music, but became very apparent when I saw him in person the first time, is what an absolute unit of a man the guy is. He's built like a god damn athlete or a powerlifter of sorts, and it makes perfect sense why.
The thought of playing a wind instrument scares me. I took clarinet lessons for one day and the teacher was like "Okay, you're really horrible at this". This dude's amazing though. Man... He turned that instrument into something else.
