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Sent: 15 March 2004 03:31
Subject: [Mellotronists] Re: Tiny little musicians
To: Martin and John
Why don't you guys implement this idea (Feline Dreams)? Then you could replace cycling with tiny little whips.
I know what you're going to tell me. The little fuckers are hard to come by, and what with the "tiny musician's guild" and all, you might have issues. Still, It seems that getting 35 or even 70 tiny musicians in a box might be the easiest solution to getting a new product to market.
Except... I just realized that you may end up needing hundreds, or even thousands (if the machine gets good press) of little tiny musicians. And it also just occurred to me that you would need musicians that could play lots of different instruments. And even more, you would need about a bazillion little tiny violins and flutes and flugelhorns and clarinets, etc. Not to mention that the little sons a bitches would have to be able to sing. Oh, and for Christ sake, we, the purchasers of such machines, would be responsible for feeding them and making sure their every little need was met. What a royal pain in the ass that would be.
You know, the more I think about it, the less feasible this seems. Maybe tape is the better way to go.
I'm kinda embarrassed to sign this,
Dave Keane