The Mellotron Group

So true. I/we have been with all of our dogs, right to the last moments of  
their lives. They deserve no less. Now they await us at the Rainbow  Bridge.
 
 
In a message dated 5/3/2012 10:34:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
wonggster@gmail.com writes:

 
 
 
Standing watch over your dog is one of the hardest and most necesssary  
things that you'll ever do. Tou give back just a tiny bit of what you get from  
them.  


best


g 

On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Bill Rudloff <_doctorwho8@aol.com_ 
(mailto:doctorwho8@aol.com) > wrote:


 
 
 
I'm sorry about your Dalmatian. We had a 12.5 year old named Pongo. We  had 
him for 2.5 years until we had to put him to sleep last December.
Bill Rudloff

Sent from my iPhone4
 
 

On May 3, 2012, at 8:46 PM, Robert <_rmrmax@yahoo.com_ 
(mailto:rmrmax@yahoo.com) > wrote:





 
 
Thanks Gino,


I saw Pink Floyd on tour in 1973 (I believe) for DSOTM and  again in 1994 
for The Division Bell album; another friend of mine from  England is friends 
with Dick Parry their saxophonist.  He got me a  pass and I saw them in 
their final dress rehearsal at Joe Robbie (now Sun  Life) Stadium in '94.  I 
didn't have tickets to the concert the  following evening (it rained), but the 
dress rehearsal was almost 2 hours  long and the weather was perfect; I 
would estimate there were only a  couple of hundred people there ?  A day after 
the show, my friend  borrowed my car so he could show Dick and 2 of the 
female vocalists (all  very nice people) around town.  They picked me up from 
work and we  drove them back to their hotel in Fort Lauderdale.  I remember  
speaking with Dick about Lol Coxhill who he knows personally and is also  
fond of.


Yes, I would have loved to see PF during the early days, but  never did.


Hooking up with somebody locally who owns a working Mellotron  in South 
Florida is about as likely as Emilio and Gloria Estafan inviting  me over for 
dinner.  Even some of my closest friends think it is  strange that I have 
such a curiosity and interest in  Mellotrons.


My companion, a beautiful 14 year old Dalmatian is sick and in  the final 
chapter of her life.  I have made a commitment not to  travel anywhere until 
she is gone.  When that day comes, I'm going to  call on one of you guys and 
maybe my dream will come true.


Robert







 
  
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 From: gino wong <_wonggster@gmail.com_ (mailto:wonggster@gmail.com) >
To: _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)  
Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 8:02  PM
Subject: Re:  [newmellotrongroup] Re: The Musical Box



 
 
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.


I am sure there are any number of people who would allow  you to come see 
and play their Mellotron. We dodo dat.




On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:38 PM, ClayE <_ecclesreinson@rogers.com_ 
(mailto:ecclesreinson@rogers.com) > wrote:


 
 
 
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_ 
(http://www.gforcesoftware.com/products/thestreetlytapes) 

Clay


--- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) , lsf5275@...  wrote:
>
> 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... 
> 
>  

> 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_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com)  
> 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.
> 
> 
> 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,
>  
> 
> 
> Robert
> 
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> _http://www.5gig.com/The+Musical+Box-tourdates/_ 
(http://www.5gig.com/The+Musical+Box-tourdates/) 
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BSComm, BSEE, CG, CSEC  
Audio Production,  Logistics, Analog Synthesizers, Sound Design


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