i just got back from this year's nearfest. literally - like a half an hour ago. i didn't see a mellotron anywhere [though i heard a roland keyboard with mellotron sounds being employed by, i think, two different bands], and it looks like there is a new crew of keyboard techs, though i imagine bill fox was part of previous crews since he's from the allentown/bethlehem area...
so were you there frank, and did you provide anything?
i only saw one minimoog [but a couple moog voyagers and little phattys] on stage for the last band, PFM from italy. it was an awesome set of bands, with a couple less than awesome bands - one standout was a band from mexico that just blew everyone away: cabezas de sera
http://www.cabezasdecera.com.mx/
really talented... really interesting. .. the surprise of the weekend for everyone i knew there.
okay... i'm freaking tired... g'nite... jeff
--- On Sun, 6/21/09, lsf5275@aol. com <lsf5275@aol. com> wrote: From: lsf5275@aol. com <lsf5275@aol. com> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Larry Fast Nearfest 2008 To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com Date: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 12:50 AM
Yeah, but he put on an amazing show and he's a hell of a nice guy. I think he's showed up at nearly every NEARfest I've been to (`03-08) and he generally just hangs out with the fans between sets. I couldn't go this year even though I was hired to work backstage because my wife is not well. Still, I imagine he'll be there. I don't begrudge him the software sequencer, nor do I begrudge him the sampled Tron. His entire stage rig fit in the trunk of his car. What's not to like? Frank In a message dated 6/20/2009 11:20:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kornowicz@cox. net writes:
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