Frank, John, Tom, Pete, Matthew, & Clay (did I miss anyone ?),
Thanks for the information and your comments. I really enjoyed the show. Usually, I don't keep up with all the local shows, because it is rare that any progressive rock band or other bands that I like come to South Florida anymore. I did see Big Elf opening for Porcupine Tree 2 years ago and The Legendary Pink Dots back in 2004. I missed The Moody Blues, but seeing that 2 key members are no longer with the band, maybe I didn't miss much ?
Here is a review of last nights concert for whatever it is worth ? It states that Michel Cloutier was the keyboardist and he played a "real mellotron". In all due respect, the reviewer probably knows about as much about Mellotrons as I, which is quite limited. So, my guess is that Frank is probably correct. All I saw was the back, which to me looked like a real M400 Mellotron cabinet. Any definitive information would be kindly appreciated.
http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2012/05/the_musical_box_-_hard_rock_li.php
And below, are a few older interviews with some of the members of TMB.
Robert
http://www.genesis-news.com/c-The-Musical-Box-Interviews-c33.html
From: ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 6:38 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Musical Box
TMB keyboard player David Myers web site:
http://www.davidmyersmusic.ca/index_en.htmlLast I heard he was using G Force M-Tron samples. Hopefully samples of The Streetly tapes. http://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/thestreetlytapes
Clay
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> I don't recall. I'd have to go back through my photographs or ask David
> Myers. He was the keyboard player the last time that I saw them.
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> In a message dated 5/3/2012 3:17:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rmrmax@... writes:
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> Thanks for correcting me. Shows you "guys" how little I really know about
> Mellotrons. But I'm learning, however slowly... I guess the back of the
> cabinet fooled me ? But whatever source of Mellotron samples that were
> used, sounded very authentic to these ears. Maybe I have Tinnitus too ! Not
> that I'm necessarily interested, do you know what is the source of the
> Mellotron samples that TMB use ?
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> BTW - my friend who I went to the concert is an acquaintance of Dave
> Kerzner of IK Multi Media Sampletron who was also at the show and he indirectly
> introduced me to Dave, who lives somewhere in South Florida. Dave did not
> point this (TMBs use of samples) out to me. Over enthusiastically, I asked
> / "begged" Dave if there was any possibility if someday in the future, I
> could visit him and see and hear his Mellotron. He replied "We don't do
> that" and walked away. Oh well...
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> With respect to the organ, do they use an M3 ?
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> Robert
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> Sadly, Robert, you weren't close to a real 400 lat night either. It's a
> keyboard controller inside a Mellotron shaped cabinet. I know this, because
> I've seen it up close and I know that they don't use a real one. I think
> Pierre Vielleux was probably the only member/keys player in TMB who actually
> used one on stage.
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> Last night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform "The Lamb
> Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.
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> They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every respect;
> the sound was great too!
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> Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never seen The
> Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them out.
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> For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of the
> Skies". By then, several of the other concert goers who had the better seats on
> the floor area near the center had left, so I had the opportunity to see
> them up close. Their keyboardist had a beautiful black M400 Mellotron and
> it sounded wonderful to my ears. An RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top
> of the Mellotron and another keyboard was sitting on top of the RMI. He
> also had an organ that I "think" was a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I
> don't believe it was a C3 or A100 either. There was a Leslie speaker sitting
> on the far right of the stage.
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> I don't remember ever being in such close proximity (approximately 20
> feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a thrill it was !
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