Mellotronists

In a message dated 8/15/2003 3:41:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ken@... writes:

> Why do some artists *insist* on using them?  Probably because they are 
> inspired by what goes on inside that box, despite--or because of--the 
> idiosyncrasies.
> 
> 

I agree.  In fact, the best description I've heard recently about one of the 
mellotron's idiosyncrasies comes from, of all places, the Kurzweil list.  
Here, one of the members describes sampling the human voice on a Kurzweil sampler, 
and compares it to a mellotron:

"It's like a collage of disjunct sounds where each note doesn't know where it 
came from or where it's going to. Makes me think of the mellotron."

I never really thought to put it in those terms, but I think he nailed it.


Ken M.
MKII #247 (my notes rarely know if they're coming or going, and I like it 
that way).