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Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Ken Leonard <ken@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> This past weekend Lee Richards and I invaded Jerry and Mali Korb's
> Mellotron Ranch (thank you for the hospitality, JK and MK!). We
put
> together a little tune to demonstrate Lee's repaired #541 and
Jerry's Mark
> I "Julia", with the Korg X3 piano patch played by Van Cluckburn
with
> mittens on (it was cold up there in Vermont!).
>
> http://www.kleonard.com/mellotron/vt0206/
>
> There'll be more of a trip report to come.
>
> Ironically halfway around the world YLE Radio 1 in Finland was
featuring a
> show on the Mellotron and playing cuts from "Improvised Waves" and
will do
> so again this Sunday evening. They'll also air "Leaving for the
Black
> Sand", the tune out on the link above, and other things from
> you-must-check-them-out EM bands like RMI. (Unfortunately, no,
there's no
> streaming...they cut out all music streaming when people were
getting
> twitchy about copyrights a few years ago. :-( )
>
> But if you can get YLE Radio 1 and would like to hear Part 2 of
their 2006
> salute to the Mellotron, tune in to Avaruusromua!
>
> ...kl...
> M400 #805 - featured in Avaruusromua's first salute to the 'tron
> M400 #1037 - wanted to contribute some dreary piano, was ∗too∗
dreary
>
> ∗∗ Ken Leonard - Web Table of Contents: http://www.kleonard.com
> >> CD available! "Improvised Waves: Mellotron/synth
improvisations"
> ∗∗ Get Outdoors New England: http://www.GONewEngland.org
>
That's quite impressive, Ken! Looking forward to the rest of the
report! And thanks for the link to Avaruusromua.
P.S. That sign that Jerry's holding looks a little familiar.
Bernie