The Mellotron Group

Lots of people have gotten famous by creating shitty 2nd rate music (Kiss). 
 Maybe that's the key. Can I have your autograph? 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/1/2010 11:57:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mike.dickson@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
Those of you keeping apace of the music on my website may have noted a  
series of ambient tunes collected under the title of 'Oddzial'. They were  
largely made as a joke for someone who does the whole 'healing hands' thing;  
she wanted it as background music to her weird hippy nonsense. I obliged.  

Every piece is eactly 50 mins long, which is the length of time she  takes 
for a session. Most of them took 30 mins to create, mostly being a  series 
of odd-lengthed loops strung together. They are all uniformly  awful.

Then I saw this:

_http://www.yleradiohttp://www.ylehttp://www.ylhttp://www._ 
(http://www.yleradio1.fi/musiikki/avaruusromua/id323.shtml) 

A Finnish radio station has run a special on them on 4th April.  Do I have 
the heart to tell them?

-- 
Mike Dickson,  Edinburgh

On 05/01/2010 08:57 AM, Mike Dickson wrote:
>
> Those of you keeping apace of the music on my website may have
> noted a series of ambient tunes collected under the title of
> 'Oddzial'. They were largely made as a joke for someone who does
> the whole 'healing hands' thing; she wanted it as background music
> to her weird hippy nonsense. I obliged.
>
> Every piece is eactly 50 mins long, which is the length of time she
>  takes for a session. Most of them took 30 mins to create, mostly
> being a series of odd-lengthed loops strung together. They are all
> uniformly awful.
>
> Then I saw this:
>
> <http://www.yleradio1.fi/musiikki/avaruusromua/id323.shtml>
>
> A Finnish radio station has run a special on them on 4th April. Do I
> have the heart to tell them?

I wouldn't. Maybe it will lead them to play other tunes.
-- 
Cheers, SDM -- a 21st Century Schizoid Man
Systems Theory project website: http://systemstheory.net
find us on MySpace, GarageBand, Reverb Nation, Last FM, CDBaby
free MP3s of Systems Theory, Mike Dickson & Greg Amov music at
http://mikedickson.org.uk

Why would you write awful music Mike?


fritz

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, May 1, 2010 11:57 am
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Oddzial


  
    
                  
Those of you keeping apace of the music on my website may have noted a series of ambient tunes collected under the title of 'Oddzial'. They were largely made as a joke for someone who does the whole 'healing hands' thing; she wanted it as background music to her weird hippy nonsense. I obliged. 

Every piece is eactly 50 mins long, which is the length of time she takes for a session. Most of them took 30 mins to create, mostly being a series of odd-lengthed loops strung together. They are all uniformly awful.

Then I saw this:

http://www.yleradio1.fi/musiikki/avaruusromua/id323.shtml

A Finnish radio station has run a special on them on 4th April. Do I have the heart to tell them?

-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

I kinda like movement 4.  It's probably as good or better than some of Eno's ambient stuff.  I'm sure you have heard Satie's musique d'ameublement.

So Mike, tell us more about the lady that does the handjobs.

Clay

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:

>
> Those of you keeping apace of the music on my website may have noted a
> series of ambient tunes collected under the title of 'Oddzial'. They were
> largely made as a joke for someone who does the whole 'healing hands' thing;
> she wanted it as background music to her weird hippy nonsense. I obliged.
> 
> Every piece is eactly 50 mins long, which is the length of time she takes
> for a session. Most of them took 30 mins to create, mostly being a series of
> odd-lengthed loops strung together. They are all uniformly awful.
> 
> Then I saw this:
> 
> http://www.yleradio1.fi/musiikki/avaruusromua/id323.shtml
> 
> A Finnish radio station has run a special on them on 4th April. Do I have
> the heart to tell them?
> 
> -- 
> Mike Dickson, Edinburgh
>

fdoddy@aol.com wrote:

>  
>
> Why would you write awful music Mike?
>

It's what I was asked to churn out. I sold out.

Well...I would have if I was getting paid for them.

I kinda like movement 4. It's probably as good or better than some of Eno's ambient stuff. I'm sure you have heard Satie's musique d'ameublement.

So Mike, tell us more about the lady that does the handjobs.

sdavmor wrote:

>  
>
> > A Finnish radio station has run a special on them on 4th April. Do I
> > have the heart to tell them?
>
> I wouldn't. Maybe it will lead them to play other tunes.
>

They actually play a bunch of my stuff already - they have run three 
'specials' on me!

hah!

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, May 2, 2010 2:10 pm
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Oddzial


  
    
                  
fdoddy@aol.com wrote:


   
  
  
 Whywould you write awful music Mike?
  
  
  
    

It's what I was asked to churn out. I sold out.

Well...I would have if I was getting paid for them.