The Mellotron Group

On Oct 26, 2009, at 1:12 PM, caddyfam wrote:

> My oldest daughter is to be married next June and at her request,  
> wants the Tron to be part of the ceremonial music as well as  
> entertainment afterwards. We will have our band there. For the  
> service I am trying to decide on either playing a pre recorded  
> procession or maybe put something together via the sequencer for a  
> "home made" effect. I am hoping someone out there has performed at  
> weddings and can offer up suggestions. Not your ordinary affair,  
> this will be at a turn of the century lakeside hotel in an amusement  
> park. Thanks, Doug #703

Oddly enough, I've played mellotron for 3 weddings so far, one for our  
very own Chris Dale. A very effective tune (if you're also employing  
an organist) is the Pachelbel "Canon in D" with the tron taking the  
slower moving portions. "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" also works very  
well, but again, another musician is needed or at least another  
keyboard (assuming you don't have a dual-keyboard tron) to play the  
figured bass and fill things out a bit at certain points. "Here Comes  
the Bride" also works and can be played by the mellotron alone. I also  
did "Ave Maria" (the Schubert one) with a singer, but it was hard to  
tell who was more out of tune: the mellotron or her.

Rick

PS "Epitaph" would not be appropriate, no matter how much she (or you)  
likes it.