TMB is as close to seeing Genesis in their prime as being there. It is shocking how accurate they are. I followed Genesis in the early 70's seeing 6-7 stops each tour (did that with PF before DSOTM too)
and these guys are getting down to the nuance, they are not a tribute band.
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:38 PM, ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com> wrote:
TMB keyboard player David Myers web site:http://www.davidmyersmusic.ca/index_en.html
Last I heard he was using G Force M-Tron samples. Hopefully samples of The Streetly tapes. http://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/thestreetlytapes
Clay
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> Myers. He was the keyboard player the last time that I saw them.
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> Mellotrons. But I'm learning, however slowly... I guess the back of the
> cabinet fooled me ? But whatever source of Mellotron samples that were
> used, sounded very authentic to these ears. Maybe I have Tinnitus too ! Not
> that I'm necessarily interested, do you know what is the source of the
> Mellotron samples that TMB use ?
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> BTW - my friend who I went to the concert is an acquaintance of Dave
> Kerzner of IK Multi Media Sampletron who was also at the show and he indirectly
> introduced me to Dave, who lives somewhere in South Florida. Dave did not
> point this (TMBs use of samples) out to me. Over enthusiastically, I asked
> / "begged" Dave if there was any possibility if someday in the future, I
> could visit him and see and hear his Mellotron. He replied "We don't do
> that" and walked away. Oh well...
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> Sadly, Robert, you weren't close to a real 400 lat night either. It's a
> keyboard controller inside a Mellotron shaped cabinet. I know this, because
> I've seen it up close and I know that they don't use a real one. I think
> Pierre Vielleux was probably the only member/keys player in TMB who actually
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> Lies Down On Broadway" at The Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.
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> They were fantastic and paid great attention to detail in every respect;
> the sound was great too!
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> Any of you "guys" who like the Gabriel era Genesis who have never seen The
> Musical Box perform before, I highly recommend you check them out.
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> For their encore, they played "The Musical Box" and "Watcher of the
> Skies". By then, several of the other concert goers who had the better seats on
> the floor area near the center had left, so I had the opportunity to see
> them up close. Their keyboardist had a beautiful black M400 Mellotron and
> it sounded wonderful to my ears. An RMI Electric Piano was sitting on top
> of the Mellotron and another keyboard was sitting on top of the RMI. He
> also had an organ that I "think" was a Hammond, but it was not a B3 and I
> don't believe it was a C3 or A100 either. There was a Leslie speaker sitting
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