The Mellotron Group

Absolutely. Just listen to the live recordings and you can really appreciate his work. Even when only playing two parts the orchestrations are beautiful.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Bernie" <kornowicz@cox.net>

Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:12:14
To:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Second thoughts, an update


I have to agree. While others used only 2 or 3 different sounds,
Pinder used pretty much all that were available to him.

Bernie

--- In newmellotrongroup@ <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "tomdcour" <tomdcour@...>
wrote:

>
> Mike Pinder- In my opinion no one has ever put the Mellotron or

Chamberlin to better use,

> or used a wider variety of sounds and techniques. His

orchestrations made the music work

> (which is what orchestrations are supposed to do). The songs

are ,more or less, vehicles

> for his beautiful mellotron playing. That is what makes the Moody

Blues worthwhile and

> the only thing that makes them noteworthy in a blog like this. The

Moody's "minimal

> songs allowed him to use a really big canvas of mellotron sounds.

He didn't an intricate

> band like Yes or Genesis to try and weave his parts around.

Whether you can stomach the

> rest of the Moody Blues or not I've got to give contnual credit to

Pinder as a master.

>
>
>
>
> --- In newmellotrongroup@ <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "thinkingalouduk"

<owen@> wrote:

> >
> > --- In newmellotrongroup@ <mailto:newmellotrongroup%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, "David Jacques"

<djacques@> wrote:

> > > All I can say is that you had to be there, living and growing

up in the 60's

> > > and 70's, to truly appreciate the Moody Blues' music.
> >
> > Interesting - as I wasn't born until around the time Seventh

Sojourn (the last of the 7)

> was
> > released. My exposure to the MBs came in the early 1980s - my

musical diet at that

> point
> > was Adam And The Ants, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode and their ilk,

along with The

> Mamas
> > and the Papas and a few other pop bits and pieces from my

parents' era. Then along

> came
> > a Moodies compilation and I couldn't work out how they were

making those weird string

> > sounds _without_ a string section (I couldn't do it on my Casio,

and this was the 1980s).

> >
> > I've never really listened to classic prog; to my perception,

the bits I _have_ heard

> usually
> > seem to meander on for too long without getting to the point. I

guess I like songs

> rather
> > than epics, and am not particularly bothered about the technical

abilities of the players

> - if
> > the sound that comes out at the end appeals to me, I don't care

whether the performer

> > can do six chromatic octaves in 10 seconds or whether it was

created by a flock of

> geese
> > pecking at landmines.
> >
> > It's all just down to personal preference. I like the Moody

Blues, others don't. I can live

> > with that.
> >
> > Owen
> >
>