Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists

Pretty much the same, except:

> For the mellotron owners in this group(sadly I aint one of em!):>> 1) what do you love about your mellotron(s)?1) The sound - not just strings/choir/whatever, but the warmth and presenceof the machine's circuitry/replay mechanism, whatever tapes are loaded.2) Its appearance (on a good day, though whether for me or it I'm not sure).3) The way those 'in the know', of all ages, look impressed and say "Love totry it".4) The way it pisses off modern gear freaks, who mutter stuff about "Justuse samples", or "Why d'you want that sound anyway?".

5) her (wooden) smell... mmmmm, really love that.
6) The touch and look of the keys (her pretty little wooden keys).
7) That woaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!!!!! ;)
8) The smiles of my friends when I play an extended Cm/diminished chord on the string section tape at a very high level (Dracula rules! :P).

> 2) what do you hate about your mellotron(s)?1) The amount of maintenance required, partic.as I'm not the world'sgreatest technician.2) Its weight, and the difficulty in moving it for recording/gigs etc.3) The space it takes up in my flat.4) The way I have to battle until I'm blue in the face to get bands to letme use it (sometimes - current outfit excepted).

5) um... only three sounds... I don't really like changing the tapes between songs :P.
6) I could equip my house with a full band studio(basses, guitars, keyboards, drums) with the price of my baby.

> Bonus question:>> 3) can white mellotron's sing the blues?No, despite Blue Weaver's best attempts on the 'Rime' CD.Andy T.M400 #1145------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything.http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/iWZylB/TM--------------------------------------------------------------------~->  Yahoo! Groups Links<∗> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mellotronists/<∗> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Mellotronists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com<∗> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/