Mellotronists

That "Uriah Heep" mellotron, s/n 1080, was once owned by magician 
David Copperfield. Copperfield got it because his idol, English 
magician, David Nixon had had a Mk II mellotron in the mid 60's. 
Magician David Nixon was also working with Les Bradley on the 
promotion of the mellotron. Both Nixon and Copperfield were quite 
good on the mellotron and I've heard that John Lennon commented, in 
Rolling Stone, that," those guys could play the dickens out of those 
mellotrons".
George Summers  Houston, Texas  USA   Remember the Alamo!

Remember the Alamo!

Thanks for the reminder. I almost forgot!

Bernie

So did they gift the Mellotron to Uriah Heep on the
"Magician's Birthday"

...sorry, I couldn't resisit...

-jh


--- George Summers <gpsummers@...> wrote:

> That "Uriah Heep" mellotron, s/n 1080, was once owned by
> magician 
> David Copperfield. Copperfield got it because his idol,
> English 
> magician, David Nixon had had a Mk II mellotron in the mid
> 60's. 
> Magician David Nixon was also working with Les Bradley on
> the 
> promotion of the mellotron. Both Nixon and Copperfield were
> quite 
> good on the mellotron and I've heard that John Lennon
> commented, in 
> Rolling Stone, that," those guys could play the dickens out
> of those 
> mellotrons".
> George Summers  Houston, Texas  USA   Remember the Alamo!
> 
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I was browsing around for orchestral libraries and came
across:

http://www.garritan.com

Any other list members use orchestral sample list libraries?

-jh

> Any other list members use orchestral sample list libraries?

Sure do...

Started off with Zero-G 'Creative Essentials'  CDROMs (cheap and excellent,
\ufffd18 each).
'String Textures'
'Woodwind & Brass'
'Orchestral Colours'.

Now using Siedlaczek's 'Advanced Orchestra' set.

But IMHO you have to work hard and edit ALL of this stuff to get a good
sound --- and at least think like an arranger.
My main gig at the moment is with an amateur musical theatre company and I
have to try to make a 3 to 6 piece combo sound like 30 people. I use a
Yamaha P80 piano, Roland A33/PK5 midi controllers and an Akai Z4 stuffed
with 512MB of RAM. Sometimes it can sound quite convincing!

Best regards
Paul Marshall

M400 #1380 (no woodwinds or brass at all)