If you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll remember my post about Patrick Watson from Montreal. He is, perhaps in my mind, the greatest thing to happen to music in my lifetime. He's not only a gifted lyricist, amazing pianist, and top notch songwriter, but he's also a tremendous collaborator. You see, certain athletes can get traded to other teams and completely break up the team spirit; adding in their own idea of what it takes to succeed and what it takes to get to the end goal, which is a win. Musicians are different. If a musician collaborates with another, or in this case another group of musicians, it is almost ALWAYS beautiful. The reason why? Musicians are artists and athletes are commodities. An artist wouldn't collaborate with someone they don't think would work; they have pride in their artistry. Athletes, eh.... Not to say that musicians are better than athletes, as I was both at one point in my life about 25 - 30 lbs ago, but they are very different when looking at the parts as a whole. A team can suck but have a great quarterback. A band can't, and a collaboration can't; or else it would have never happened.
Patrick wrote this tune for the British group "Cinematic Orchestra." It's called "To Build A Home." It's been in every ABC TV Series you can think of...for a reason. Listen to the tune as a whole. That is a group. That is a collaboration. That's what music sounds like. That's Patrick Watson at quarterback.
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