The Mellotron Group

Wakeman is tinkly but I love his chord developement on organ and
mellotron. It makes sense in those terms that he is influenced by
Prokofiev.

> I think part of the trouble is that the underlying tune isn't very
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> development a simpler arrangement might be more effective. He does play
> very well. I bet he does practice at a couple of hours per day.

> Writing as beginner/ intermediate pianist it is amazing the difference
> practising scales makes to playing, being a stubborn latecomer to the
> piano it took a couple of years for my teacher to persuade me to practice
> them, but it has made a huge difference to my playing.
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> --- On Wed, 4/7/10, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Rick Wakeman - And You And I - grand
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> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 4:56 PM
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>   On Apr 6, 2010, at 3:57 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:
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> yes. My major gripe with RW though is that he has only one chop. It's
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>   In looking at it again, I see what you mean. I never went in for
> his solo things, and now that I think about it, that's probably the
> reason. He is very adept at arpeggios and scale passages, but in
> listening to some of his other works, they rely on the same things to a
> great extent. It's too bad he doesn't have someone who has his respect
> who could challenge him to dig a little deeper, because it's obvious
> that he is really musical. Makes me wish I'd spent more time with
> scales and arpeggios!
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> The scales, arpeggios and the endless trilling bother me a
> lot. I also reckon you could take any one fifteen second snapshot of
> that particular piece and it would be instantly recognisable as
> Wakeman. There is no space, no let-up, no room for breathing in it at
> all. I'm sure prog-heads the world over think that's great as the
> more notes it has then the better it must be but to me it's like
> listening to a squalling kid who won't shut up so he gets the attention
> he demands. It's all so needy.
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