The Mellotron Group

I could be wrong... It's happened before. I think it was back in 2002 when  
I thought I was wrong about something and it turns out  I wasn't. 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/3/2012 8:22:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rmrmax@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
 
Frank, John, Tom, Pete, Matthew, & Clay (did I miss anyone  ?),


Thanks for the information and your comments.  I really  enjoyed the show.  
Usually, I don't keep up with all the local shows,  because it is rare that 
any progressive rock band or other bands that I like  come to South Florida 
anymore.  I did see Big Elf opening for Porcupine  Tree 2 years ago and The 
Legendary Pink Dots back in 2004.  I missed The  Moody Blues, but seeing 
that 2 key members are no longer with the band, maybe  I didn't miss much ?


Here is a review of last nights concert for whatever it is worth  ?  It 
states that Michel Cloutier was the keyboardist and he  played a "real 
mellotron".  In all due respect, the reviewer probably  knows about as much about 
Mellotrons as I, which is quite limited.  So,  my guess is that Frank is 
probably correct.  All I saw was the back,  which to me looked like a real M400 
Mellotron cabinet.  Any definitive  information would be kindly appreciated.


http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2012/05/the_musical_box_-_hard
_rock_li.php


And below, are a few older interviews with some of the members of  TMB.


Robert


http://www.genesis-news.com/c-The-Musical-Box-Interviews-c33.html










 
  
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 From: ClayE  <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012  6:38 PM
Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Musical Box



 
 
TMB keyboard player David Myers web 
site:_http://www.davidmyersmusic.ca/index_en.html_ (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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(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  lsf5275@... wrote:
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> I don't recall. I'd have to go back through  my photographs or ask David 
> Myers. He was the keyboard player the  last time that I saw them.
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> In a message dated  5/3/2012 3:17:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> rmrmax@...  writes:
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> Frank,
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> Thanks for correcting me. Shows you "guys" how little I  really know 
about 
> 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 ?
> 
> 
> 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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> With  respect to the organ, do they use an M3 ?
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>  Robert
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> From:  "lsf5275@..." <lsf5275@...>
> To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
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> Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:40 PM
> Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] The Musical Box
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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 
> used one on  stage.
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> In a message dated 5/3/2012 2:15:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> rmrmax@... writes:
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> Last  night, I had the pleasure of seeing The Musical Box perform "The 
Lamb 
>  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!
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 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 
> on the far right of the stage.
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> I don't remember ever being in such close proximity  (approximately 20 
> feet) to a real Mellotron in all my life; what a  thrill it was !
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> Cheers,
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> Robert
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