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| The Batteries Die Media Ensemble |
20110305
Over the weekend,
Michael Theodore held a reincarnation of the
What I Saw at the Apocalypse show from February of 2009. He brought
Tim Eriksen, a "shape note" or throat singer, back for the very special reunion. The Apocalypse show was one of my first shows to work on at ATLAS, and this reunion was, by far, one of the most complex audio patches I've built in the space. We routed about 30 channels to the FOH mixer and about 24 channels into the ProToolsHD system. Additionally, we documented the concert with a live-mixed three camera shoot.
Here is an edited video from my Zoom Q3-HD:
More info and pictures after the break...
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| Tim Eriksen and The Batteries Die Media Ensemble |
Tim opened with a solo acoustic set on banjo, fiddle, and
bajo sexto. He was joined midway through by Michael Theodore on the saw and
bodhran and Sam Gathman on the fiddle. The Batteries Die Media Ensemble is comprised of Tim and Michael on their respective instruments and the addition of the electric guitar leading Lina Bahn on violin, Curtis Broome on drums, Janet Feder on prepared guitar, Sam Gathman, on bass and guitar, Mark McCoin on lap steel, Glen Whitehead on trumpet, Cole Ingraham on laptop/iPad (supercollider via OSC), and Ryan Wurst doing live projection mixing (with Michael Theodore's source material). Greg O'Brien ran the 3 camera live mix for documentation. I had the pleasure of routing the two primary reinforcement zones, surround reinforcement, six monitors, and effects processing for the Tim and his ensemble. We will continue to work on this project, mixing the audio and editing together various pieces of video. This was such an incredible experience to be a part of!
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| Tim trying out different banjos during soundcheck |
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| Tim on the Bajo Sexto |
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