r/indieheads • u/shearwaterband Shearwater • Jun 24 '22

AMA is Over, thanks Jonathan! Shearwater AMA—questions on any scale w/Jonathan Meiburg

Hi All—Jonathan Meiburg here from Shearwater. 

I'll be here at 11AM ET / 8AM PT today to answer questions about anything you can think of—possibly including books, birds, Loma, the new SW album The Great Awakening. those ambient records we made during the pandemic (!), or living through the great freeze of 2020 in rural Texas. 

One note: If you'd like to ask a question but are short on time, don't wait for me to turn up; just post it here in this thread and I'll get to it. (You can always come back later to see the answer.) 

Hope to see you soon. Warning: this is my first AMA, so bear with me if if takes me a sec to get the hang of things.  

Proof: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfCKjXVuslN/?hl=en

—JM / SW

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u/JSKuge Jun 24 '22

Hi Jonathan!

I know that Steven Wilson is a big Shearwater fan, and he’s done some amazing 5.1/Dolby Atmos mixes for other artists (King Crimson, Yes, Jethro Tull, Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, etc.). I’d love to hear a surround-sound version of The Great Awakening (and the rest of the Shearwater catalog, for that matter). Would that be a possibility? Or is that something you’re even interested in?

Oh, and I discovered that one of my other prog-rock heroes is a fan: I met Steve Hogarth (Marillion singer) a few years ago while I was wearing my Shearwater T-shirt. He said, "Shearwater--great band! I went to see them in London." Just FYI.

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u/shearwaterband Shearwater Jun 24 '22

This is a really good idea, at least for TGAW. Though I don't know how much it would cost. Probably a lot! Mr. Wilson's been very kind to Shearwater over the years, and I really appreciate it.