I believe you Frank,
Unfortunately. ...I have one more very important point to make that sadly has nothing to do with musicianship or clarifying opinions.... . It has to do with ethics.
Mattias - I'm only going to ask this of you once, and I mean to ask in the most polite of ways:
I'd rather not see my posts (or anyone else's posts here) copied without their consent - to other mailing lists, 'mellotron' or otherwise - where they've been severely edited and the meaning is completely taken out of context - like this one on Facebook:
I just read this on the melllotron list...
The last thing the world needs are more "Johnny come lately musicians" espousing about how they use the mellotron or chamberlin sounds, or how great their band is because of it, or especially - how unique their samples are. I truly hope those tedious and painfully boring interviews are kept to a minimum, and that all the interesting history is finally told. Things have been out of balance in that area for way too long. "
I introduced myself.
You've taken my post about "Johnny come latelies" like Kanye West, Maroon 5, and turned it into a post about... you.
For what reason - I have no idea and I don't care.
This is 'shit disturbing' ....It's misleading. This isn't true at all - and it paints you in negative light if you actually did this deliberately to mislead others about content / intent being posted here. Your saving grace is you didn't mention me by name.
How are people supposed to trust you in any capacity when you go and do something like this?
Taking someone's post, editing it, and sending on to others to change it's meaning is totally unethical ---- especially since you didn't ask me to clarify it, or discuss it before forwarding. You just created your own context to suit.... you.
I sincerely hope you haven't been doing this kind of thing all along...with other people's posts here.
The fact is -- you've been on this list for years like the rest of us ---- you did not "introduce" yourself as someone new as you're suggesting. And I did not write in response to anything you said.....
So this says something about your 'character'. You're either a bit of a sneaky revisionist bastard or... you're paranoid.
I think everyone should be able to freely make posts here without having to worry about it showing up on other lists, and being "revised" to be used as something completely different.
There's an unstated privacy and etiquette that needs to be respected. And the posts I share are strictly for my friends and acquaintances here on this list and no one else.
If you want me to say something nasty about you on the Mellodrama Facebook list, pay me $20.00 and I'll try to come up with something obnoxious that gets you sympathy - if that's what you want.
So let's not have anymore "copying to other lists" or "revisionism of people's e- mails" okay?
If you have friends on other lists and they're curious about what goes on here - then I think you should ask them to join this one and remain lurkers.
If this happens again, I'm unsubscribing. ..
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:55 PM,
<lsf5275@aol. com> wrote:
Hey,
Mattias is the real deal. I think when you turn 16 in Sweden, you are automatically offered a Mellotron. I'm guessing that Mattias has probably had at least one for the last 16 years or so, maybe much longer, perhaps since his late teens or early 20s. It is obvious that he cares a great deal for them as can be evidenced by the zillion videos he has posted on you tube. I was only kidding about the "Mattias come lately," comment. He is certainly not new to them, and although he is quite a bit younger than many of us on this list, I would wager that he has more playing/recording time on them than most of us. If Mattias had been in music in 1972, he most certainly would have been playing one then... and he is primarily a drummer (but a talented musician nonetheless ;?)
Well I wouln't like to be around whilst you were having a dig at him!