I was at NEARfest and was disappointed to see John Hawken use the
mellotron for only one small part in one song (that I noticed, anyway).
But Frank, it sounded sublime! (BTW Frank, I tried to get somebody
[who knew what you look like] to find you at one point during the
weekend but was unsuccessful) Was The Musical Box also using your
M400? Besides the M400, they had another keyboard set up to look like
a mellotron, but I couldn't tell what it really was... (<cough>
sampler?) do you know, Frank? It seemed to me like the tron was set up
just for show... when I heard tron sounds he seemed to be playing the
other, taller keyboard. I thought maybe he also used the same keyboard
for his hammond sounds.
Hmm, any chance of getting Martin Orford to borrow your tron when IQ
plays NEARfest next year? :)
Hey, has anyone heard Nick Magnus' new CD "Hexameron" yet? If it's
anything like his last CD then I'm sure it's worthwhile. (and might
even have some tron)
-Jim/M400#680
NP: Gentle Giant "Giant on the Box" DVD (had seen most of the footage
before, but still, one of the most amazing things I've ever seen)
On Jul 9, 2004, at 4:41 AM, lsf5275@... wrote:
> I was at the show last night. The band was excellent but the sound mix
> was so bad and the sound was so LOUD that I would estimate that 25% or
> more of the audience left during the show... including my wife, who
> just couldn't take it. I brought two Trons to the show that they were
> supposed to play, but unfortunately the stage was too small to
> accommodate them. Also, John Hawken told me he was very nervous about
> it after not playing them for nearly 30 years. We may try again at
> Sellersville, Pa. on Saturday night. If possible I will meet Saturday
> afternoon with the band and rehearse the Trons. Then, there is
> NEARfest Sunday night.
>
> In their defense, Dave Cousins told me after the show, as did John
> Hawken, that they were not allowed to use their own sound man at the
> Birchmere show, but instead had to utilize the in-house guy, who might
> as well have been deaf.
>
> All of the band members were very nice and hung out until the last fan
> was greeted and the last drop was drunk.
>
> Frank
>
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