Mellotronists

1/perhaps this list shd be renamed "mentalotronists"  haha ;)

2/regardless of the pros & cons of sampled vs real, real = impractial
for me b/c a/ I haven't got the actual physical space for even an m400
and b/as a 2-piece, it is quite nice to be able to get all yr gear in
the back of, say, an old-style SAAB900S

3/does anyone have that new steve howell CD-rom?  Any good?  the demos
did sound good

4/who/what is Archer Prewitt?  I saw a CD by said artist in HMV
yesterday whilst buying the new VDGG and the new Stereolab box comp
(this = excellent VFM, 3xCD + 1 x DVD for something like 15 quid!) I
noticed either 2 or three of the musicians on the archer prewitt CD
were credited w/mellotron playing, but I'm too poor/have been burned
far too often to buy stuff on spec these days.  any good?  What does
it/he/she/they sound like?

5/the new VDGG in my case at least is a FAULTY CD AARGH.

6/we're looking to play some gigs, and all of the venues we used to
play at have packed in.  We're a 2-piece instrumental prog rock-ish
thing.  Can anyone anywhere in the UK offer us support slot/s after,
say, September this year?  We're kind of mightily frustrated at the
moment.  we aren't prima donnas or hissy fit throwers or anything like
that.  vietgrove@... if so.  Thx.


  
7/worst rompler-tron = the Roland vintage jv card thing.  The original
"vintage keys" is slightly better, the recentish "vintage
pro"/"vintage keys" is a good bit better than any of these IMO.  I
guess that if yer trying to squeeze all yr rom sounds into 32 mb then
even one fully-multisampled tron set is not going to pass go.  If
there is an E-mu CD-ROm containing fully-sampled sets that they drew
the vintage pro samples from, I'd like to hear it!!

x0x0x

Norman Phay
http://www.vietgrove.com

www.fritzdoddy.com now has an HTML "dial-up" site for all you 
non-broadband folks.  Martin made me do it



fritz

Lots of my webhead friends mock me for the simplicity of my webdesign, but I 
have received emails from people I've never met thanking me for having a 
site that displayed properly on whatever machine they were using, regardless 
of size, speed and vintage.

www.ictband.com is a good example - I just yesterday got an email from some 
wanna-be webmaster telling me that he could make my site "cooler" with lots 
of Flash animations and intense graphics so that all our friends and 
groupies would be impressed.  He completely missed the point.  The site is 
about marketing my band to the widest base without dramatically targeting or 
turning off any particular democratic.  Vanilla?  Yes, but I can send anyone 
to the site and not worry they will be offended, upset, or locked out by 
lack of technology.  Living here in Kansas where there's a lot of space 
between the occasional outbreaks of "civilization" (such as it is around 
here) I have learned that lots of folks here still do dial-up, often by AOL 
or NetZero, and many of them are using Windows 98 or even 95!  One way or 
the other, it's wise to look out for your own best interests simply by 
paying attention to the needs of your prospective clients.





: [Mellotronists] Website update


> www.fritzdoddy.com now has an HTML "dial-up" site for all you
> non-broadband folks.  Martin made me do it

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "jonesalley" <jonesalley@...>
To: "Mellotronists" <Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Website update


> Lots of my webhead friends mock me for the simplicity of my webdesign, but
I
> have received emails from people I've never met thanking me for having a
> site that displayed properly on whatever machine they were using,
regardless
> of size, speed and vintage.
>
> www.ictband.com is a good example - I just yesterday got an email from
some
> wanna-be webmaster telling me that he could make my site "cooler" with
lots
> of Flash animations and intense graphics so that all our friends and
> groupies would be impressed.  He completely missed the point.  The site is
> about marketing my band to the widest base without dramatically targeting
or
> turning off any particular democratic.  Vanilla?  Yes, but I can send
anyone
> to the site and not worry they will be offended, upset, or locked out by
> lack of technology.  Living here in Kansas where there's a lot of space
> between the occasional outbreaks of "civilization" (such as it is around
> here) I have learned that lots of folks here still do dial-up, often by
AOL
> or NetZero, and many of them are using Windows 98 or even 95!  One way or
> the other, it's wise to look out for your own best interests simply by
> paying attention to the needs of your prospective clients.

Couldn't agree more - my site is determinedly low-tech, with the only
problems caused by sheer page size. Yeah, OK, so it's not as pretty as it
could be, but a sympathetic background/text colour combination and font type
make up for a lot. Now, if only I could find someone who'd do me some decent
graphics without charging me a fortune...

Andy T.