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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] A little film from the Anima Morte sessions.

From: Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com>
Date: 2011-05-28

  Well, we need to carry the Mellotron "table" and "bar" concept to the next level (see attatchment)
 
 -Bruce D.
 


--- On Thu, 5/26/11, Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com> wrote:

From: Rick Blechta <rick@rickblechta.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] A little film from the Anima Morte sessions.
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 11:07 AM

 

On May 26, 2011, at 12:56 PM, Bruce Daily wrote:

Why does the Mellotron turn into a work table in a studio?!?!?!
AARRRGG!
 
  -Bruce D.

Actually, Bruce, Mellotrons were originally worktables. (Ask John Bradley)

One day someone at Streetly got bored and decided to put a keyboard underneath their worktable so he would be something to do when work got a bit slow. Suddenly Streely's management team (all Bradleys) realized the worker was on to Something Big. Taking the prototype down to the pub, they discovered it made a great bar table (room for lots of pints) AND it could be used for sing-a-longs like they used to have in Ye Olde Days. And viola! Mellotrons were born.

Mattias is just carrying this tradition on in a thoroughly Swedish fashion.

S'truth!