Mellotronists

Here's a place you can hear some of these great songs.. This site has 
an enormous database.. Here's the James Johnson sector. Be sure to 
listen to some of the Fat's waller stuff too!
http://www.redhotjazz.com/jpjohnson.html

Excellent site Ches!


One of the things I've always liked about our list is our resourcefulness
for sharing diverse music interests and tips, in addition to the mellotron
discussion.

Oddly enough hearing this music reminds me somewhat of the Optigan library
(don't laugh or be insulted just yet!)

The Optigan disc library (if you have most of them/your machine works
properly/you have patience for mellotrons x 10000000000000 - all of which is
the exception rather than the rule) covers virtually every music style
between 1870-1970. It's also a great educational tool to turn kids on to
styles of music throughout the 20th century. Playing or composing music with
it is interesting too because it forces you to think about structured
arrangements in major, minor, and diminished keys - all in different genres
of music. It's something you might not normally do unless you've got a
specific music style software to "suggest" it or a good music teacher. For
those new to the list the Optigan is a kind of like a disc playing Birotron
(using extremely lo fi recorded looped rhythms/ leads to create sound.  Not
dissimilar to a MK II in concept.


It's great to use mellotrons and chamberlins in post 1970 music styles, but
it's also interesting to go back even further and use them in the creation
of music styles that both Les Bradley and Harry Chamberlin were in love
with, and inspired by enough to create these wonderful keyboards in the
first place.



Chris Dale




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From: vairtex <vairtex@...>
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Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 2:35 PM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Classic Jazz site


> Here's a place you can hear some of these great songs.. This site has
> an enormous database.. Here's the James Johnson sector. Be sure to
> listen to some of the Fat's waller stuff too!
> http://www.redhotjazz.com/jpjohnson.html
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