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Subject: New Tunes - Mellotron Project CD
From: kenmerb@...
Date: 2002-04-09
Hi everyone,
I've just uploaded three tunes to the website for the Mellotron Project CD. You can hear them at:
http://www.tronsounds.com/projectsongs.htm
The first tune is a portion of a song called "Life" by Roc Burgo and "Healing Ghosts". I've had this one for a while and have been debating whether or not to use it, since it is over seven minutes long, so I've just loaded the second half of the song. This uses Mellotron samples, but Roc has recently purchased a Mellotron M400 ( #1001, which was my second M400) and is working on another tune better suited to the CD, which I hope to receive shortly. I've loaded "Life" as a sample of his work.
In addition, I've just received a second song from Jimmy Moore, called "Court Jester". This tune features Jimmy and Joe on Guild acoustic guitars and Mark DeClemente on the "formicatron" using the Ian McDonald flutes and MKII strings. It is a simple song, but very nice sounding (especially in stereo).
The third tune is actually the final mix of Zohar Cohen's "The Awakening". This version includes some additional tracks by Noam Rapoport of ROCKFOUR (www.rockfour.com) playing piano and Mellotron. New Mellotron sounds in this version include brass, 8 voice choir, flutes and string section.
Also, I have changed the deadline for submissions. For now, we'll just leave it open until we get enough tunes. We have a nice collection of songs already, but I know there are more people out there who want to contribute something. The main reason I haven't updated the website in such a long time is due to the fact that there haven't been that many submissions. But the project is still alive, just coming along slowly.
Anybody have a song using the new Russian choir, or any of the other new sounds? Let's hear it. Of course, the classic sounds are welcome too ;-).
Ken M.