
Montreal Clip
Clip: Episode 4 | 2m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
In this clip from City of Songs, Steph explores the city and connects with local artists.
In this clip from City of Songs, Steph explores Montreal and connects with two local music arts with deep ties to the city.
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Montreal Clip
Clip: Episode 4 | 2m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
In this clip from City of Songs, Steph explores Montreal and connects with two local music arts with deep ties to the city.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMontreal is a place where history, nature, and creativity are all on an equal playing field and they serve as a monument that can be felt throughout the city.
It's no wonder John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged their famous bed-in here.
Inspired by it all, I start to write a song of my own.
Mon- Mon- Monreal, The trees from way up here are taller than you'll ever be.
Before I leave, I have to try those bagels.
I meet up with High Klassified, a producer who's worked with artists like The Weeknd and Future.
Going to Toronto and working with The Weeknd was a lifetime experience.
Seeing his musical process was big for me, and his manager called me at like 2AM to go for a studio session.
I was like half asleep, but I really had to do it.
Bonjour!
Sorry, I hold up the line.
Cheers!
- Cheers!
Is there a big community of producers here in Montreal?
Yeah, we all started together, we all grew together.
Like, for sure there's Kaytranada, there's Da-P, there's Tummy Kruise.
And since it's a small city, we all hang out together, we all party together.
I read that you have on the sweatshirts, "I make music in my mom's basement."
Yeah.
I think that's so cool.
Do you still make music in your mom's basement?
I still do make music in my mom's basement, yeah.
Montreal is a city where you can keep the dream alive as a musician with ample support from the government and a diverse music community.
But it's not just musicians who experiment with sound here.
Did you know there's such a thing as sound sculpture?
Ooh!
Pretty traditional.
So this is a neighborhood where mostly artists live, or?
Yeah, there's a lot around here.
Martine Le Duc is a sound and sculpture artist who draws inspiration from observing and listening to the cycles of nature.
He shows me a sound sculpture in his home, A piece that moves and makes sound as it interacts with its surroundings.
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