--- In
Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Jim & Janet Strauss"
<Str03@...> wrote:
>
> <"Mike Pinder stated that playing a mellotron was like " riding a
> rocket". >"
> Yep...I still have that Rolling Stone interview where he said that.
>
> I don't know if playing a 'tron is like that, but ust listening to
one seemed like it - to me sometimes.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mellotronko
> To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 11:30 AM
> Subject: [Mellotronists] Maelstrom (american band) Mellotronist
>
>
> Hi all, I just came across this site and joined. I played the
keys for
> the 1970's american band Maelstrom. I bought my mellotron in
1973, in
> Salem, Indiana at Kramer"s Music Store. Mr. Kramer had no idea
what a
> mello was, but he ordered it and 3 weeks later we drove down and
picked
> it up. I still have it!!They really were a pain in the ass to
maintain,
> but, it was an incredible feeling when you could fill a building
with
> sound. Mike Pinder stated that playing a mellotron was like "
riding a
> rocket". I'm sure you all have had similiar experiences. When you
have
> a PA that cranking a couple thousand watts and you can bring the
sound
> from the nebulous to the supreme is really another form of an
erection.
> Well thank you for allowing me to introduce myself. I don't do
this
> much since I'm a semi-recluse living on the top of a mountain.
>
> Sincerely, mellotronko/
>
Jeff, Frank, Jim & Janet: Several days ago I wrote a lengthy
reply for explanation of tape updates. It's a great story (9
paragraphs) but have not seen any trace of it. Could you explain to
me how to just keep a thread going. I'm not too computer literate.
Kent.