The Mellotron Group

Buy Andy's new CD. It is terrific!
 
 
In a message dated 7/31/2013 8:28:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
kinchmusic@aol.com writes:

 
 
 
New home sales are my main form of income, which enables me to dabble in  
recording the odd album every decade or so! So God willing there should be  
time enough for at least one more before my time on planet Earth is  done.
Started my musical life back in 73 in Christian gospel/ folk band 11.59.  
Our album "This our Sacrifice of Praise" was released in 74 and I played as  
much mellotron as my then (anti-tron) producer would allow. 
In the 80s synth pop was my mainstay in the band Flip, with self titled  
album recorded at Abbey Road in 1985/6.
Mid 90's. and I started work on my CD "Andy's Diner" the first album to  
feature all of my own songs, with notable contributions from Kelly Groucutt  
(ELO) sax player Butch Thomas (Sting) and   the brilliant Doug Scarratt  on 
guitar (Saxon).
The last few years, I've been working on the recently released Kracked  
Earth album "Splash" which again features tron, both digital and origina l  
everywhere. This is available in CD and download from the MRR website or via  
Amazon, CD Baby or ITunes.
I've been lucky enough to own a number of trons  over the years, some good, 
some in need of a good overhaul. All sounded  different from each other, so 
it makes me laugh when I hear people discussing  the virtues of a perfect 
Mellotron sound. By definition, there's no such  thing. 


Pleased to be here, amongst people who cherish the musical legacy these  
machines have left on music of all genres over the years. We are the keepers  
of the flame.


I also thank god for Martin and John here in the UK and for Frank S and  
others around the world for keeping these wonderful machines running for us  
all to enjoy.


Best Regards to all.


Andy K
Sent from my iPad

On 31 Jul 2013, at 10:05, "frobisher_neck" <_mellotron_head@ya hoo.co.uk_ 
(mailto:mellotron_head@yahoo.co.uk) >  wrote:




 

I'm an East London-born 46-year-old web designer for a publishing and  
events company in SW London but live 30 miles north of London (in Luton,  
Bedfordshire) with my partner in a civil partnership. Spending far too much  time 
at work and commuting and nowhere near enough time on my main  interests, 
but working on rectifying that situation...

So, main  interests: I've always been primarily a musician, playing various 
keyboards  and dabbling with anything that makes a noise I might find 
interesting. I  was in a local East London-based band during my 20s, main 
influences being  punk, psychedelia and (the dreaded term) 'prog rock' and at one 
point we  were told that we sounded like a cross between Gong, Hawkwind, Syd 
Barrett,  The Bonzos and - after buying my first 'tron in 1986 - King 
Crimson. Now,  I'm no longer in any bands but do have the odd collaboration which 
is always  fun, but mainly recording my own stuff under my 'band pseudonym' 
of  Frobisher Neck, and had a few things (mainly covers) released on 
vinyl-only  label Fruits de Mer records.

Other than that, I love designing  psychedelic artwork, am a lifelong 
mad-keen record collector, have no  interest in sport, can't wait to move away 
from Luton and want to get a  dog.

Tony Swettenham

--- In _newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com_ 
(mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com) ,  "tron400" <tron400@...> wrote:
>
> I'm sure there's more  to our lives than just Mellotrons. So, what else 
do you do?
> 
>  I'm an IT guy with The Hartford, but I'm retiring at the end of this 
year.  I'm primarily a bass guitarist, but I fool around on guitar, keys and  
modular synth. Other hobbies/skills are model and high power rocketry,  
martial arts (American-style Kenpo Karate, Chinese Wushu, Japanese  Ninjutsu), 
traveling, walking in the park with Wifey and watching my  stepdaughter 
struggle through college.
> 
> OK, your  turn.
> 
> Bernie
>