Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: The Mellotron Group

It wouldn't be thatdifficult to get Justin, John, Ray, and Mike to record the notes (as far astheir range could go), auto-tune them, and layer them into some awesome Moodiessamples. They wouldn't even have to be in the same room...Mike could do his athome.
Okay Martin, how about it? :)

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com,"tron400" <tron400@...> wrote:

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> Since they've been using professional backup singers for years now, their

live vocals are just fine.

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> Bernie
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> --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com,

Bruce Daily <pocotron@> wrote:

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> >   Yeah, they were vocally out of tune in concert. 

Their studio brilliance sure didn't come through on stage (for the mostpart).  It was too bad Justin Hayward didn't use an acoustic guitar liveonce in a while.  Mic systems weren't great for acousticinstruments back then.  They sure could've used some vocalcoaching.  I saw them in 1981 (with Moraz), and the vocals were just asbad, and JH was still all electric.  I bet they had some good nights,though.

> >   I wonder if they use Autotune live now.  I hate

the current constant misuse of Autotune as a vocal effect, but, had itbeen available then it could've helped the old Moodies.

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5/29/11, Ms. Janet Strauss <jandjstrz@> wrote:

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> > From: Ms. Janet Strauss <jandjstrz@>
> > Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] MOODY BLUES voices EEEEEK
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Sunday, May 29, 2011, 5:44 PM
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> > You mean,  like at the 1:05 mark in this vid……..? 

LOL

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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY9msQztHSI
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> > Ray sure gets into it ….physically……and the ‘Tron sounds

ok…

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> > Jim
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> > From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com

[mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of john barrick

> > Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 7:35 PM
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> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] MOODY BLUES voices
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> > It must have been considered.  Just listen to any of their live

performances and not cringe when Lodge cuts loose with those descant falsettosthat overpower Hayward's leads. 

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> > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Bruce Daily <pocotron@> wrote:
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> >   Maybe Mike Pinder resisted the idea of using a 'Tron or

Chamby choir when it became available.  The Moodies were known for theirvocal harmonies.  Would the group have resented the useof pre-recorded vocals over their own?  I wonder if the idea wasever brought up.  If so, maybe they considered recording their ownvocals for the 'Tron.

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> > --- On Sat, 5/28/11, Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@> wrote:
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> > From: Chris Dale <unobtainiumkeys@>
> > Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] MOODY BLUES voices
> > To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 11:12 PM
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> > I don't think the idea was given serious consideration because both

the Mellotron and Chamberlin were thought of as ' home organ' type units doingbig band music largely. The Chamberlin 'Voices' are only a single Female andsingle Male - not quite a choir until the two sounds are puttogether which is what happened on the M1 model.

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brochures but only as 'voices' and not as a choir. The Mellotron really nailedthe choir sound.

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> > I was always surprised Mike Pinder never used any choirs with the

Moodies, or had the band members do Mellotron tapes. Imagine Justin, John, Ray,and Mike making vocal tapes for that massed "OM" effect or thebacking ahhhs on Melancholy Man....a missed opportunity.

> > If Harry did the solo voices in the 50s and Mellotron used Music

Masters as a guide, why didn't Mellotron add human voices to their units untilthe M400?

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