Mellotronists

I am truly travelling down a dangerous road here. The wheels upstairs are
turning...

Live Mellotron-laced Crimson at a wedding? Very cool. Any wedding videos
made?

Best Regards,

- Gene

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Blechta [mailto:rick@...]
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 11:22 AM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] stuff


Gene, 
If I can get a word in here, you might want to consider auditioning
"Orchestra" or "Gothic" which, while older sound, were not generally
available. Gothic, in fact, was a serendipitous mixing mistake by Les
Bradley. Both sounds are absolutely monstrous. At a recent wedding gig, the
guys I was playing with talked me into dragging the FX console along with me
to play a couple of tunes. The happy couple asked if we would play "TCOTCK"
(at a wedding??), so we obliged, and I felt compelled by the occasion to use
Orchestra (mainly because both my flutes and the 3 violins are on the other
keyboard and all on different stations (it was only a 4-piece band, so no
real flute). 
To make a long story short, none of the other musicians had heard my
mellotron since I'd had Streetly put up a full set of tapes when it was
restored (I formerly used it with two 400 sets -- six voices). The guitar
player turned around with a totally stunned expression and asked, "What the
#$@^* have you done to that thing??" We did the job right and received
enthusiastic applause from the under-50 guests and very puzzled expressions
from the grandparents. 
In short, either of the sounds is well worth having. Mike's other
suggestions are dead on, too. Looks like you may be looking at two frames
here, old man! 
Rick -- FX 10030 (How come I wasn't listed as being at the BBC?)