The Mellotron Group

On Mar 5, 2008, at 5:21 PM, John LeVasseur wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> New member here just saying hi. The name here is John and I own a M400
> #752.
>
> Love to use Mellotron in my music. If you want you can hear it on my
> MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/airfoilband of which there are
> three songs featuring the M400.
>
> Check out the song named "Next Step Off" for the classic mellotron
> string thing. The song titled "Return of the Parson" features about 8
> tracks of various mellotron choir parts multi-tracked. I had to
> multitrack because this M400 still has the CMC10 board and the pitch
> drop was too much to deal with. Haha! Most of these songs are works in
> progress and do not have vocals and guitars yet, and are ruff mixes as
> well.
>
> Also, I just finished the final mix on a Bach Concerto (Concerto in Dm
> (BMV-1052) which was recorded in a church with a real Harpsichord, a
> Hammond C3 and a large analog modular synth from Synthesizers.com. The
> piece is a rock adaptation with drums similar in style to something
> ELP or Rick Wakeman would do. A bit off topic since it has no
> Mellotron, but I happen to be a little proud of it, so there it is.
>
> I also posted some pics of my M400 in the photos section of this
> group. Will be posting soon since the ol' dog is in need of
> restoration at this point and I will have some questions very soon.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John LeVasseur

Welcome!

I'll leave it to someone else to give you the usual new-guy-on-the- 
board personal insults and put-down remarks.

;)

Rick