Theatrical Mellotron
2004-10-27 by Paul Marshall
Hi everyone,Just finished a run of shows on my main gig with a musical theatre company. As the show was 'Annie' I made very heavy use of Chamberlin alto and tenor sax, bass clarinet and brass samples all from the Pinder CD-rom - perfect for that archaic 1930's 'American dance band' sound. Some favourable comments from other musicians - "For a keyboard, that's a very good sax..." etc.This set me wondering... has anyone ever come across Mellotrons (or Chamberlins) being used for musicals or plays in the theatre (as opposed to use with rock bands etc. in concert)? I would be intrigued to know!Perhaps one day I will drag the M400 off to do a show... if it fits in and it's a suitably special occasion?Best regardsPaul MarshallM400 #1380 (never trod the boards apart from rock gigs)>On a recent note,l I would hope and encourage that both/all groups of people involved in the creation, development, maintenance, archiving, use, and >continued existence of all things Mellotronic (or of the extended family) will tell us EVERYTHING about the progress on new instrument development, live >use, recordings, whatever is happening.