On Mar 1, 2009, at 6:56 PM, ceccles_ca wrote:
--- In newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com, "James Bailey" <jimab@...>
wrote:
> Unfortunately he wasn't so savvy in the marketing department.
Calling it The Electronic Sackbut wasn't a great marketing decision.
A Sackbut is a Trombone. I suppose he called it that because of it's
unique glide control.
It was a stupid name, even Le Caine said so later on, but it's a way-cool instrument. I only played a prototype (but it was a later one), and let me tell you, it could do some wild things. The glide control was amazing. If he'd only had some marketing savvy...
Rick