Mellotronists

I've heard Martinge Smith play bad flute on a mellotron. Does that mean
that he's a COMPLETE loser?













Is the pope Polish?

Rick

PS Okay, that takes care of the flute players. Now let's move on to the
oboe. Norm, would you like to kick this one off?

Actually, knowing several, I'd like to kick most of them off...a tall
building.

rahill wrote:

> Ok, to summarise, the worse you are at playing the flute, the more you
> sound like someone who is quite accomplished at playing the flute on a
> mellotron. On account of the fact that I can't play the flute at all,
> perhaps I should therefore buy a flute 1) because it is much cheaper
> than buying a mellotron 2) beacuse on the basis that if you play a
> flute badly you sound quite like a good mellotron player, by not being
> able to play a flute at all I must therefore sound like a BRILLIANT
> mellotron player 3) I can't play a mellotron either Rob
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From:Ivens de Carvalho
>      To: ferrograph@...
>      Cc: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>      Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 7:32 PM
>      Subject: SV: Fw: Fw: [Mellotronists] duh moment
>      Hear!We should not forget that Ian Anderson if not invented
>      his technique then at least inventedhis technique in the
>      context of rock, and so much that his style of blowing with
>      the voice isa signature flute sound. No matter what purists
>      say.Frank
>