Mellotronists

In a message dated 1/30/2006 10:10:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jonesalley@... writes:

I would  LOVE to find a venue hospitable to the right style of music that was 
large  enough, secure enough, and with enough help for me to properly handle 
my  instrument and get it through a performance and back home safe and  sound.
 
NEARfest. That's why I love working there.
 
Jon, your best analogy was the digital grand piano thingy. True that. I  
would take a Stradivarius to a hoedown. I just wouldn't allow anyone to  touch it 
but me and the guy (or girl) who I had previously deemed good enough to  play 
it. I imagine "the Devil Went Down to Georgia," would sound just fine on a  
Strad. Kind of like killing ants with dynamite though. But still, if I wanted  
someone to enjoy my Strad... and if I lived in Bumfuck... it might be an  
acceptable risk.
 
I road Trons all over the place. That's because I'm a Mellotron Wrangler(me  
and Rick Blechta). I'm hooked up to be able to do that. Most folks aren't. I 
can  see a place for the Memotron. But, as others have pointed out, there are a 
lot  cheaper ways to accomplish the same goal. The neat thing about the 
Memotron is,  is that it is a little self contained box designed to do one thing... 
Pretend to  be a Mellotron. I think there are a bunch of people that would 
buy one. I would  not. And those guys are going to have a tough time figuring 
how to market it.  How many 20-30 year olds know what a Mellotron is/was?
 
I have Mellotrons. I have a good selection of sounds. I have an Anvil  
case... and a bondage cover and a really well equipped tool box. I also have a  
Triton Pro X with samples loaded in. I know how to fix, maintain and  transport 
Mellotrons. I am an exception. I'm also lucky.
 
But for someone who wants to approximate the experience, and I mean that in  
the broadest sense, I say Order One TODAY!!!
 
Who gives a shit? (Rhetorical question, no answer required.) Really.  


So I say, let's sit back and do our respective things, whatever they may  be, 
and let's see what happens with this thing. It may well show us all what the  
future holds. Or, it may become, as Mattias so rightfully pointed out, the 
next  Orchestron.
 
Frank