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Subject: Re: It's done!

From: "Sean" <fourtytwominds@yahoo.com>
Date: 2010-01-11

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, "ClayE" <ecclesreinson@...> wrote:
>
> Good recording Sean. Nice work on the flute. My golden ears tell me that it's a Yamaha. (I'm joking) Don't worry about getting assistance from computers and samplers. Wendy Carlos and Tomita used all the tools available at the time. You can too.
>
> I think you have definitely united disparate musical features within a shared language as opposed to the polystylism of earlier progressive rock!! Polystylism is not good for the environment.
>

Great... apparently my music has gone green.. :-\

Hah. Thanks for the listen. I'm not worried about using M-Tron, though I'm sure a few people here and there would. Importantly, those parts are entirely playable on two M400s so it's all good. The computer tool has not been abused.

-Sean