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a white wedding (well, ivory satin)

2009-10-26 by caddyfam

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

RE: [newmellotrongroup] a white wedding (well, ivory satin)

2009-10-26 by Pomeroy RH Ranch

Doug –

Boy have you got your daughter indoctrinated – good for you!!!

I used my Chamberlin M2 to perform “The Lord’s Prayer” during a wedding ceremony; the rhythmic requirements of the music allow for a somber pace and no other accompaniment.

When I did it – in the church, it was just me singing with Chamberlin Violins – part of it was angelic…..Vance

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Subject: [newmellotrongroup] a white wedding (well, ivory satin)

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

Re: [newmellotrongroup] a white wedding (well, ivory satin)

2009-10-26 by Rick Blechta

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.

Re: [newmellotrongroup] a white wedding (well, ivory satin)

2009-10-26 by lsf5275@aol.com

Hey, that worked out great, huh?

(No offense, Chris)

In a message dated 10/26/2009 3:15:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rick@rickblechta.com writes:

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Oddly enough, I've played mellotron for 3 weddings so far, one for our very own Chris Dale.

Re: [newmellotrongroup] a white wedding (well, ivory satin)

2009-10-26 by lsf5275@aol.com

Don't do it! Tron Weddings are doomed. Ask Chris Dale.

In a message dated 10/26/2009 2:26:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, caddyfam@simcon.net writes:

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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

Re: [newmellotrongroup] a white wedding (well, ivory satin)

2009-10-27 by Chris Dale

I should have insisted on Epitaph:

"Yes I feel tomorrow I'll be crying" :)

Seriously though - Rick did a masterful job. I still have the recording somewhere. And bonus points to Rick - the keyboard (at the time) was out of adjustment- and he still manged to 'phrase' the keys so that it was not noticeable!!

You could tell he knew what he was doing to get around the problem just by listening to his "phrasing" of the notes.

I'm still thankful for that.

Chris

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On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:51 PM, <lsf5275@aol.com> wrote:

Don't do it! Tron Weddings are doomed. Ask Chris Dale.

In a message dated 10/26/2009 2:26:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, caddyfam@simcon.net writes:

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

Re: [newmellotrongroup] a white wedding (well, ivory satin)

2009-10-27 by Rick Blechta

On Oct 27, 2009, at 8:29 AM, Chris Dale wrote:

I should have insisted on Epitaph:

"Yes I feel tomorrow I'll be crying" :)

Seriously though - Rick did a masterful job. I still have the recording somewhere. And bonus points to Rick - the keyboard (at the time) was out of adjustment- and he still manged to 'phrase' the keys so that it was not noticeable!!

You could tell he knew what he was doing to get around the problem just by listening to his "phrasing" of the notes.

I'm still thankful for that.

Chris

Thanks, Chris. I didn't mention the wedding reception: mellotron and accordion (the guy was awesome). There would be something somewhat ironic about that combination, though, to the wider musical community...