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I've heard Martinge Smith play bad flute on a mellotron. Does that meanthat he's a COMPLETE loser?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Is the pope Polish?

Rick

PS Okay, that takes care of the flute players. Now let's move on tothe oboe. Norm, would you like to kick this one off?

Actually, knowing several, I'd like to kick most of them off...a tallbuilding.

rahill wrote:

Ok,to summarise, the worse you are at playing the flute, the more you soundlike someone who is quite accomplished at playing the flute on a mellotron.On account of the fact that I can't playthe flute at all, perhaps I should therefore buy a flute1) because it is much cheaper than buyinga mellotron 2) beacuse onthe basis that if you play a flute badly you sound quite like a good mellotronplayer, by not being able to play a flute at all I must therefore soundlike a BRILLIANT mellotron player 3)I can't play a mellotron either Rob

----- Original Message -----

From:Ivensde Carvalho

To: ferrograph@...

Cc: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 7:32 PM

Subject: SV: Fw: Fw: [Mellotronists]duh moment

Hear!Weshould not forget that Ian Anderson if not invented his technique thenat least inventedhis techniquein the context of rock, and so much that his style of blowing with thevoice isa signature flute sound.No matter what purists say.Frank