Mellotronists

Chris Dale wrote:
> The instruments also have a history of being confused because 3rd 
> parties often wrote liner notes etc. 

Hence melatron and chamberlain

Bob S.

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Chris Dale wrote:

> Perhaps we should say "illiterate, romper room rejects" instead of third parties :)


well, as someone that was responsible for compiling this information
for some VERY big selling records from the past 15 years, i have to
defend us: the info provided to the label is almost always incomplete
and frequently inaccurate - sometimes, due to release/delivery dates,
we are forced to use the less-than-perfect information rather than
risk delivery schedules - it costs a TON of $$ to push things back,
as it affects things deemed far more important than the credits.
we frequently have to submit changes that are reflected in subsequent
printings of the artwork [if any subsequent printings are required].

we can only work with what we are given by the artists or management.
it's incumbent on them providing accurate and complete information.
some things are obviously in need of correction; others are less so.

...and in this day of the multi-page "thank you" credits on records,
it gets absurd, and it's guaranteed that someone's name is mis-spelled,
and things like specific instruments ARE often incorrect.

...jeff [resident "illiterate, romper room reject"]

>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Bob Snyder
>   To: Mellotronists
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:06 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Bob Segar
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>   Chris Dale wrote:
>   > The instruments also have a history of being confused because 3rd
>   > parties often wrote liner notes etc.
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>   Hence melatron and chamberlain
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>   Bob S.
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Actually, if someone tells you "Mellotron" or "Chamberlin" over a telephone, and you don't know what they are at all, then it's likely to be written as a mistake.

What I want to know is:

1) whose stupid idea is it to shrink the TV screen to half a page at the end of a show with some interrupting (rude) announcer talking, and rolling the credits by at 1000 miles per second?

2) whose dumb idea is it to have the station logo take up the entire bottom corner of the TV screen?

3) Can we draw and quarter this person? :)

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..jeff [resident "illiterate, romper room reject"]

Well I can be referred to as a "monosyllabic moron" sometimes.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Snyder
> To: Mellotronists
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Bob Segar
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> Chris Dale wrote:
> > The instruments also have a history of being confused because 3rd
> > parties often wrote liner notes etc.
>
> Hence melatron and chamberlain
>
> Bob S.
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On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Chris Dale wrote:

>
>   Actually, if someone tells you "Mellotron" or "Chamberlin" over a
>   telephone, and you don't know what they are at all, then it's likely
>   to be written as a mistake.


this stuff usually comes in via fax, hand-written by
the studio's "go-fer"/intern. and it's not entirely
his/her fault - it's just that keeping track of these
things is not a priority for anyone involved - they
all have more pressing things to be concerned with.
sometimes an act has responsible management that can
understand how important some of this can be, but
this is quite rare.

then try adding a language barrier - like the faxes
i would get from europe and asia. it's a wonder the
records ever came out at all...



>   What I want to know is:
>
>   1)  whose stupid idea is it to shrink the TV screen to half a page at
>      the end of a show with some interrupting (rude) announcer talking,
>      and rolling the credits by at 1000 miles per second?
>
>   2) whose dumb idea is it to have the station logo take up the entire
>      bottom corner of the TV screen?
>
>   3) Can we draw and quarter this person? :)


these are just some of the reasons i can't watch "regular"
television anymore. if i were to be a film producer i would
have a clause that this could never be done. i can't believe
that SAG and other unions are allowing this to happen at all.

if i were a gambling man i would bet that something WILL be
done about this in the near future - there are actual "rules"
about film credits and "above the line" / "below the line"
in the contracts that everyone signs.



>   ..jeff [resident "illiterate, romper room reject"]


i have certainly been called worse.


>   Well I can be referred to as a "monosyllabic moron" sometimes.


...there are worse things to be called.

...jeff