HDNet Concert Premiere: "Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Revisited"

[Nick]

"Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Revisited" Premieres on HDNet

Concert taped at the venue that made the band famous to
air on HDNet Sunday, November 23 at 8:00 p.m. ET

The HDNet Concert series presents "Cowboy Junkies: Trinity Revisited", live on HDNet Sunday, November 23, 8:00 p.m. ET. The Toronto natives return to The Church of the Holy Trinity to celebrate their most famous work along with the help of special guests Ryan Adams, Natalie Merchant, Vic Chesnutt, and Jeff Bird. The set list for the concert includes the hits "Mining for Gold," "Sweet Jane," "Misguided Angel," "Postcard Blues," "Blue Moon Revisited," and "Walking After Midnight."

WHEN: Sunday, November 23, 8:00 p.m. ET on HDNet

[SWORDFISH]

Thanks Nick.....I'm looking forward to this one.

The Trinity Session is an amazing album, especially considering the way in which it was recorded. Most bands could spend six months in a studio and not accomplish what Cowboy Junkies did in one day.

SF

[Richard King]

I had not been aware of the recording methods of this album. It's described here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trinity_Session
The album was recorded at Toronto, Ontario's Church of the Holy Trinity on November 27, 1987 (1987-11-27), with the band circled around a single microphone....

the band wanted to record live with one stereo microphone direct to tape. Peter Moore was enlisted and suggested the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto for its natural reverb. To better persuade the officials of the historic church, the band claimed to be The Timmins Family Singers and said they were recording a Christmas special for radio. The session began on the morning of November 27, 1987. The group first recorded the songs with the fewest instruments and then the songs with gradually more complex arrangements. In this way Moore and the band were able to solve acoustic problems one by one. To better balance Margo Timmins's vocals against the electric guitars and drums, she was recorded through a PA system that had been left behind by a previous group. By making subtle changes in volume and placement relative to the microphone over six hours, Moore and the band had finally reached the distinctive sound of the album by the time the last of the guest musicians arrived at the church.

When I used to have a small studio I always heard the line "fix it in the mix". It's a bit tough to do that using only one microphone (even a stereo mic). I have heard of this being done before in the past though. An old Direct to Disk record (Harry James - "King James Version) that I have was recorded with a single stereo microphone, also recorded in a church. The difference is that "The King James Version" was recorded one side of the LP per take. Really an amazing recording. Of course, every early recording, before the advent of tape, was done using this method.

[Richard King]

I just watched it. I don't think I will ever come out of this depression. :(

[Steve615]

I just watched it. I don't think I will ever come out of this depression. :(

This is OT,but this "Trinity" may help you a bit Richard. ;) :)

http://www.freemoviesandfilms.com/component/option,com_seyret/Itemid,26/task,videodirectlink/id,180/

[Richard King]

:lol: That had to be one of the most boring, depressing concerts I have ever watched. They never picked up the pace. It was all slow and monotonous throughout. I don't think the main singer was even singing live, but overdubbed her vocals at another time. There were numerous times when the audio on her vocals was not in sync, and I don't think it was a program problem. She kept playing with the microphone, cupping it in her hands, yet I never heard the sound of her hands on the mic, which I should have. If I were the engineer on the project I would remind her not to play with or cup the microphone. Cupping a microphone changes the directional and audio characteristics of the microphone and I heard none of that happening. After it was over I had to switch to something uplifting and optimistic, so I switched to CNBC. ;)