The Mellotron Group

On 1 July 2012 03:48, john barrick <barrickjohn262@gmail.com> wrote:

Very nice indeed, Mike. Tell me, if you will, do you pick all the parts out by ear, or do you obtain a score and go from there?

Dear god. By ear? I suspect that would be close to impossible. No, I take everything from the score. The only changes I might make thereafter to whatever piece of music it is are in some staccato passages (where our old mate cannot keep up, although the light touch on my Mk V makes it surprisingly good at that) or to change key where there may be (ahem) 'tuning issues' elsewhere.

Mike

On 6/30/12 5:08 PM, Mike Dickson wrote:

Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo)

Another teary Italian tune familiar to many (especially fans of boxing films) whose origins are more interesting than most. Believe it or not, this tune was part of a prize-winning one-act opera that Pietro Mascagni only wrote in 1888 with two months left of the competition time to run. Its first performance was something absurd, with the music causing such a sensation that the composer took over 40 curtains calls, which makes it sound like something from a Bugs Bunny cod-opera cartoon. When it got to the USA, producers were climbing over one another to put it on stage, the eventual victor (sort of) getting not only the music of Mascagni but the directorship of Oscar Hammerstein.

This tune won't actually appear on mellotronworks II - an album which is now well down the road to completion, with a projected release of the latter part of 2012 - but is instead a taster for what is in store.

Mike

On 04/07/2012, at 11:01 AM, R l wrote:

Majestic, I say...

To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
From: pocotron@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 13:36:25 -0700
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] mellotronworks II

Hi Mike-

Dreamy and priceless. Very good!

-Bruce D.

From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 3:08 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] mellotronworks II

Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo)

Another teary Italian tune familiar to many (especially fans of boxing films) whose origins are more interesting than most. Believe it or not, this tune was part of a prize-winning one-act opera that Pietro Mascagni only wrote in 1888 with two months left of the competition time to run. Its first performance was something absurd, with the music causing such a sensation that the composer took over 40 curtains calls, which makes it sound like something from a Bugs Bunny cod-opera cartoon. When it got to the USA, producers were climbing over one another to put it on stage, the eventual victor (sort of) getting not only the music of Mascagni but the directorship of Oscar Hammerstein.

This tune won't actually appear on mellotronworks II - an album which is now well down the road to completion, with a projected release of the latter part of 2012 - but is instead a taster for what is in store.

Mike

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
>
> Cavalleria Rusticana
> (Intermezzo)<http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks%20II/Cavalleria%20Rusticana%20(Intermezzo).mp3>
>
> Another teary Italian tune familiar to many (especially fans of boxing
> films) whose origins are more interesting than most. Believe it or not,
> this tune was part of a prize-winning one-act opera that Pietro Mascagni
> only wrote in 1888 with two months left of the competition time to run. Its
> first performance was something absurd, with the music causing such a
> sensation that the composer took over 40 curtains calls, which makes it
> sound like something from a Bugs Bunny cod-opera cartoon. When it got to
> the USA, producers were climbing over one another to put it on stage, the
> eventual victor (sort of) getting not only the music of Mascagni but the
> directorship of Oscar Hammerstein.
>
> This tune won't actually appear on *mellotronworks II* - an album which is
> now well down the road to completion, with a projected release of the
> latter part of 2012 - but is instead a taster for what is in store.
>
> Mike
>

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
>
> Cavalleria Rusticana
> (Intermezzo)<http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks%20II/Cavalleria%20Rusticana%20(Intermezzo).mp3>
>
> Another teary Italian tune familiar to many (especially fans of boxing
> films) whose origins are more interesting than most. Believe it or not,
> this tune was part of a prize-winning one-act opera that Pietro Mascagni
> only wrote in 1888 with two months left of the competition time to run. Its
> first performance was something absurd, with the music causing such a
> sensation that the composer took over 40 curtains calls, which makes it
> sound like something from a Bugs Bunny cod-opera cartoon. When it got to
> the USA, producers were climbing over one another to put it on stage, the
> eventual victor (sort of) getting not only the music of Mascagni but the
> directorship of Oscar Hammerstein.
>
> This tune won't actually appear on *mellotronworks II* - an album which is
> now well down the road to completion, with a projected release of the
> latter part of 2012 - but is instead a taster for what is in store.
>
> Mike
>

Ladies and Gentlemen, another gift to you all

mellotronworks II

A further series of popular classical music pieces played (almost) entirely on the Mellotron

* Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)
* Fratres (Pärt)
* Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (Pärt)
* Spiegel Im Spiegel (Pärt)
* Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)
* Fantasia on Greensleeves (Vaughan-Williams)
* Jerusalem (Parry)
* Pomp and Circumstance (March No 1) (Elgar)
* Pavane (Faure)
* Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
* Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
* Bolero (Ravel)

A free album available for download from
www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks%20II

Please enjoy - comments are welcomed!

kind regards

Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
September 2012

On 4 September 2012 02:20, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@cox.net> wrote:

Mike,

Many thanks for the new work and congrats on the tour de force!

I was especially looking forward to Bolero, but at about 10 minutes in it stopped abruptly. This was particularly disappointing given the nature of the piece. All that suspense and no climax!

I suspect that one needs something more than the standard 700 MB/80 Min CD-R as the bin file is over 800 MB. If so, it might be helpful to advise on the info page.

Bob S.

On 09/03/2012 11:03 AM, Mike Dickson wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen, another gift to you all

mellotronworks II

A further series of popular classical music pieces played (almost) entirely on the Mellotron

* Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)
* Fratres (Pärt)
* Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (Pärt)
* Spiegel Im Spiegel (Pärt)
* Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)
* Fantasia on Greensleeves (Vaughan-Williams)
* Jerusalem (Parry)
* Pomp and Circumstance (March No 1) (Elgar)
* Pavane (Faure)
* Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
* Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
* Bolero (Ravel)

A free album available for download from
www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks%20II

Please enjoy - comments are welcomed!

kind regards

Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
September 2012

On 4 September 2012 08:19, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:

Mike,

I was trying to convert the BIN/CUE files to ISO so I could run in a virtual drive using Power ISO and it shows the file as corrupt.

I wonder if something happened during my download. Has anyone else had any issues with the BIN file?

Thanks,

Gary

From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike Dickson
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 11:04 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] mellotronworks II

Ladies and Gentlemen, another gift to you all

mellotronworks II

A further series of popular classical music pieces played (almost) entirely on the Mellotron

* Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)
* Fratres (Pärt)
* Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (Pärt)
* Spiegel Im Spiegel (Pärt)
* Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)
* Fantasia on Greensleeves (Vaughan-Williams)
* Jerusalem (Parry)
* Pomp and Circumstance (March No 1) (Elgar)
* Pavane (Faure)
* Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
* Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
* Bolero (Ravel)

A free album available for download from
www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks%20II

Please enjoy - comments are welcomed!

kind regards

Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
September 2012

On 4 September 2012 17:54, Gary Brumm <gabru@comsec.net> wrote:

I realize it is not an ISO but Power ISO should be able to convert and mount the BIN file as an ISO, at least is claims to be able to.

I can't really help there - I've never used PowerISO.

I could always rip the CD back to wave or mp3 but was hoping to skip that step. I’ll figure something out. I can’t wait to hear it. It has some of my favorites on it.

You could always download the MP3s directly from my web site via the links at the top of each page. They are ripped to 320 kb/s so they are as good as you'll get in that format.

FLAC to follow. :-)

Mike

From: Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] mellotronworks II
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, September 3, 2012, 9:20 PM

Mike,

Many thanks for the new work and congrats on the tour de force!

I was especially looking forward to Bolero, but at about 10 minutes in it stopped abruptly. This was particularly disappointing given the nature of the piece. All that suspense and no climax!

I suspect that one needs something more than the standard 700 MB/80 Min CD-R as the bin file is over 800 MB. If so, it might be helpful to advise on the info page.

Bob S.


On 09/03/2012 11:03 AM, Mike Dickson wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen, another gift to you all

mellotronworks II

A further series of popular classical music pieces played (almost) entirely on the Mellotron

* Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)
* Fratres (Pärt)
* Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (Pärt)
* Spiegel Im Spiegel (Pärt)
* Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)
* Fantasia on Greensleeves (Vaughan-Williams)
* Jerusalem (Parry)
* Pomp and Circumstance (March No 1) (Elgar)
* Pavane (Faure)
* Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
* Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
* Bolero (Ravel)

A free album available for download from
www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks%20II

Please enjoy - comments are welcomed!

kind regards

Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
September 2012

On 4 September 2012 23:31, JAMES STRAUSS <jandjstrz@verizon.net> wrote:

Great stuff here.

I really enjoyed "Cantus..... and I'll be giving that many listens, I really found that appealing to my ear.

And "Pavane" is very very nice. Really like what's going on there.

This list is a like a best of selection...with many favorites.

The organ on "Symphony 3"...wow.

From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] mellotronworks II
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 6:52 PM

Thanks, Bob. Cantus was a VERY hard thing to pull off. (You ought to hear the first five takes...or maybe not)

The organ was played twice on different inversions and played through an octave divider each time. It's pretty sturdy stuff!

Mike

On 4 September 2012 23:31, JAMES STRAUSS <jandjstrz@verizon.net> wrote:

Great stuff here.

I really enjoyed "Cantus..... and I'll be giving that many listens, I really found that appealing to my ear.

And "Pavane" is very very nice. Really like what's going on there.

This list is a like a best of selection...with many favorites.

The organ on "Symphony 3"...wow.

Will do - though I'm surprised that your software didn't tell you this right away. What were you using?

On 4 September 2012 02:20, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@cox.net> wrote:

Mike,

Many thanks for the new work and congrats on the tour de force!

I was especially looking forward to Bolero, but at about 10 minutes in it stopped abruptly. This was particularly disappointing given the nature of the piece. All that suspense and no climax!

I suspect that one needs something more than the standard 700 MB/80 Min CD-R as the bin file is over 800 MB. If so, it might be helpful to advise on the info page.

Bob S.

On 09/03/2012 11:03 AM, Mike Dickson wrote:

Ladies and Gentlemen, another gift to you all

mellotronworks II

A further series of popular classical music pieces played (almost) entirely on the Mellotron

* Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland)
* Fratres (Pärt)
* Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten (Pärt)
* Spiegel Im Spiegel (Pärt)
* Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)
* Fantasia on Greensleeves (Vaughan-Williams)
* Jerusalem (Parry)
* Pomp and Circumstance (March No 1) (Elgar)
* Pavane (Faure)
* Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)
* Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
* Bolero (Ravel)

A free album available for download from
www.mikedickson.org.uk/mellotronworks%20II

Please enjoy - comments are welcomed!

kind regards

Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
September 2012

On 5 September 2012 00:23, JAMES STRAUSS <jandjstrz@verizon.net> wrote:

Mike:

I don't know what Bob liked but the comments I made are the tracks I especially liked.

On 5 September 2012 03:54, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@cox.net> wrote:

Mike, I'm using a Linux app named K3B.

Btw, re. the update on your web page, an 80 min CD is only 700 MB. I think you meant a 90 Min CD which is 800 MB.

On 5 September 2012 07:44, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm unfamiliar with K3B, but I have used IMGBURN and it works fine. (I even downloaded the BIN file from the web site again to make sure it works) Can't you get that running under WINE?

The web site states that 'the file is about 800Mb and will require an 80 minute CDR', which is true. The entire CD runs to 79:40. You do not require a 90 min CD.

Mike

On 5 September 2012 03:54, Bob Snyder <bob.snyder@cox.net> wrote:

Mike, I'm using a Linux app named K3B.

Btw, re. the update on your web page, an 80 min CD is only 700 MB. I think you meant a 90 Min CD which is 800 MB.

On 13 September 2012 05:23, Bruce Daily <pocotron@yahoo.com> wrote:

A wonderful set of tracks, Mike, thanks!

My favorite so far is Spiegel Im Spiegel. That MK2 flute always does it for me.

-Bruce Daily