Mellotronists

I can say for sure that a backup keyboardist had an M400 at an Elton John
show in Albany, New York, in '73 or '74, but apart from the seal song, I
couldn't tell you what it was used for - never a big Elton fan, I just went
to get laid...

And, for a real dose of quantum physics, remember that the latest edition of
how space and time are assembled is called "string theory" - yes, it's true,
3 violins is the foundation of the universe.

I have what would seem to be one of those 30 year old BBS sets of
cello/3violins/flute on my #886, and while the intonation is a bit funky on
a few notes, I've always felt that is part of the unsynthesizeable charm of
the Mellotron.  You just can't program an exact match for the idiosyncrasies
of those tapes!

Jon E Salley
MiloJohnson@...
M400 #886



Maybe not googles.
> Sorry,  Drs. Carl Sagan/Steven Hawking!......Trons & quantum physics,now
that's

> deep!
>
> JK ,removing  the tachyons/quarks out of my M400.....

> I can say for sure that a backup keyboardist had an M400 at an Elton John
> show in Albany, New York, in '73 or '74, but apart from the seal song, I
> couldn't tell you what it was used for - never a big Elton fan, I just went
> to get laid...

Anyone who goes to an Elton John gig to get laid is braver than I'll
ever be.

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/

you'd have had to seen this little seventeen-year-old bit of fondly
remembered sunshine-blonde smooth at the time to appreciate just how
worthwhile the endeavour was...

Jon E Salley
MiloJohnson@...
M400 #886

> Anyone who goes to an Elton John gig to get laid is braver than I'll
> ever be.
>
> Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
> The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
> Streetly Sample Library http://www.blackcat.demon.co.uk/tron/

>And, for a real dose of quantum physics, remember that the latest edition of
>how space and time are assembled is called "string theory" - yes, it's true,
>3 violins is the foundation of the universe.

Sorry chaps, but string theory has hit some serious snags*. The theorists 
keep throwing micro-dimensions at the problem, but I suspect that we have 
a "wheels within wheels" situation here. Someone needs to invent the 21st 
century equivalent of the elliptical orbit.

The consequence of this is that there is, as yet, no Grand Unified 
Theory. Without GUT, there can be no 3 Violins. A female choir would be 
my choice for the foundation of the universe.

As for tachyons in your Mellotron (the infamous Tachytron) I'm using mine 
to decompose some classic material for my previous CD. I've decided that 
I will have already included "Supper's Finished", "The Lamb Gets Up On 
Broadway", "To our Parents' Parents' Parents", "Returning From The One" 
and "Heart Of The Sunset". I was going to include "The Six Wives Of Henry 
VIII", but the climactic final track "Catherine Of Aragon" wasn't quite 
what I was hoping.

Gordon.

* Pun intended. Let's face it, astrophysicists are not renowned for their 
humour, and have to grasp at whatever they can.

--- In Mellotronists@y..., fdoddy@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 05/12/2002 4:49:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> jonesalley@s... writes:
> 
> 
> > you'd have had to seen this little seventeen-year-old bit of 
fondly
> > remembered sunshine-blonde smooth at the time to appreciate just 
how
> > worthwhile the endeavour was...
> > 
> 
> You know Jon, I've been listening to you for awhile now, and I 
thought you 
> sounded familiar to me....but that was a long time ago..
> 
> Fritz m400#1697

I am confused a bit.  Were you blonde when you were 17 Fritz?