Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists

You know, I honestly think there's a lot of truth in that statement, and in
somewhat of a corollary, that the best prog comes from Great Britain. I
believe the enveloping mist of ancient myth and legend, tradition and
culture, combined with the landscape, the climate, and the wonderful
historic places that survive to this day is the fuel that started the prog
fire, and when blended with the mystical sound of Mellotrons became
something truly singular. I've been thinking for a while now (since I
started having the experience of being able to play one as part of my daily
routine) that if Mellotrons had managed to survive the wave of digital
synths that prog would not have died, and that the slowly waxing visibility
and availability of the instruments is triggering this wonderful new wave of
steadily-improving prog rock. Add to that the internet to provide a large
enough world-wide audience for this wonderful genre with many things left to
say, and I think the next five years are going to see a renaissance
(intentional prog reference) of new music tempered with the improvements in
technology and blended with some of the interesting new characteristics of
today's emo-type and pop-punk music.



"That's what happens to proggers who leave jolly old England..they must
leave the magic behind."