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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈

@fieldofreeds.bsky.social

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Oboist & English hornist | multi-woodwind session musician for games, TV & more http://www.fieldofreeds.net

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Oct 21

Bluesky #gameaudio intro post! I'm Kristin, an oboist with a collection of hundreds of woodwinds that I remote record for video games, TV, albums, and other projects. Reach out if you'd like winds for your music too! 🪈

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · 2d

They're not categorized as woodwinds at all but I want to blur the lines this time for my sake 😭

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · 2d

I can finally let go of my small Destati collection now that I have these

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · 2d

La Scala di Seta

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 6d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · 3d

For years I've wanted my own woodwinds to hand out at conferences, so I finally ordered some. If you're going to GameSoundCon or GDC and want a special kazoo, come talk to me! 🎶

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · 4d

You assume correctly 😅

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · 29d

I look forward to this tiny party every year 🎂

Playing Animal Crossing's birthday party while at my orchestra concert...

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you, and of course! youtube.com/@olvimend?si...

Eagle Feather and Aida Mendoza

Native American Flutes

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'll pass along the comment!

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 27

Contrabass Native-style flutes aren't terribly common, but you've also got similar sounds from fujara and deep recorders! I'm partial to the low winds

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 27

As a tuba player you'd be just fine! I'm an oboist myself, so it's not an issue. Maybe slightly bigger breaths than usual on a flute half its size...

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks so much! It feels like it plays itself at times :)

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you for listening! :)

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 27

Oh I love it! Have you seen DoodkiMusic's? Maybe someday I can get one of those

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's heavy-ish (my wrists are not very strong and you can see the neckstrap I threw together for it). I have several flutes that I've bought/commissioned straight from the artist who makes them, including this one! Simply found his YouTube channel and reached out. There are so many cool flutes :)

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 21

This game score is kind of my premiere performance on it! But I'd be open to making some new tracks featuring it

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 21

It's diaphragm vibrato, all those same muscles used for coughing/laughing :)

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm Field of Reeds with like 75% flutes and 25% reeds... Trombone at least suggests brass with a trombone origin story, while Music might be a little too nebulous, but that's just me

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm often torn about posting stuff like this when The Horrors are ever-present, but if it helps at all that's good enough reason for me! Thanks :)

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 20

Three separate airways for the three pipes, so you can play different combos of them!

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 20

*have

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm not sure I understand? It's essentially 3 flutes stuck together. The middle only plays one note, while the two side pipes half a half octave range each (one in B, one in E) to mess with :)

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm drawn to instruments that look like magical RPG items

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Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 20

❤️❤️❤️

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 20

When I was in London a few months ago I bought enough biscuits to build a mega-biscuit this size, so that'd be fine by me

Kristin Naigus 🎙🪈 @fieldofreeds.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wehh thank you for sharing all this nonsense I'm still up to in 2025 😭😭❤️

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