The Mellotron Group

Oooh! 'Mr Dickson' :-)

Thanks for the kind words, Tom. As the narrative on the web site 
suggests, Satie has been part of my bloodstream for ages now, so it was 
quite a labour of love.

Mike

Tom Doncourt wrote:
>
>     I just listened to the Satie pieces from Mr. Dickson. I love Satie
>     and think he did a really great job of capturing the essence of
>     it. Lovely use of the mellotron,
>     especially well suited for such haunting pieces. Thank you for
>     sharing it with us, I\ufffdll be listening a lot to it.
>
>
>
>     Jeff -
>
>     Thanks for the comments. Glad you like it. The reverb is only really
>     present on the first Gonissemmes and the Gymnopedies, and is
>     really just
>     there to capture the 'dreamy' feeling of those pieces. Quite a few
>     others have nearly no reverb on them at all.
>
>     The synthetic voices are a combination of things; Spectrasonics,
>     Vocoder, Magnus Choir, samples of myself and Mellotron voices here
>     and
>     there.
>
>     Mike
>
>     jeffc@netaxs.com <mailto:jeffc%40netaxs.com>
>     <mailto:jeffc%40netaxs.com> wrote:
>     >
>     > On Mon, 12 May 2008, Mike Dickson wrote:
>     >
>     > > The third CD in the occasional series is now released
>     > >
>     > > Mike Dickson - Honfleur: The Music of Erik Satie
>     > >
>     > > Available FREE from http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/honfleur
>     <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/honfleur>
>     > <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/honfleur>
>     <http://www.mikedickson.org.uk/honfleur>
>     > >
>     > > A (usually) quiet, cathartic take on five of Satie's most
>     famous works -
>     > > Gnossiennes, Ogives, Gymnopedies, Sarabandes and an excerpt
>     from the
>     > > notorious Vexations - all played using unusual combinations of
>     strings,
>     > > brass, voices, synthesisers, percussion, Mellotrons, pipe
>     organs, harps,
>     > > pianos and a glass harmonica.
>     >
>     > Trois Gymnopedies is one of those things that i had heard hundreds
>     > of times and turned up in films but only knew what it was just a
>     > few years ago. it was the use in woody allen's "another woman" that
>     > led to me tracking it down and identifying it. it was so pretty, and
>     > so perfect in the way he used it [he really is a master of using
>     > just the right music in his films]. i could listen to that track
>     > for hours on end with no problem.
>     >
>     > nice work man!
>     > i think my only criticism might be that it's a little heavy
>     > on the reverb, but it is appropriate, so forget i said that.
>     >
>     > care to fill us in on what 'synthetic voices' is/are?
>     > i know i'm curious...
>     >
>     > ...jeff
>     >
>     > > All music available either on high quality MP3, streamed MP3 or
>     full CD
>     > > download. CD artwork also included.
>     > >
>     > > Other free CDs of music available from the same site. All
>     suggestions,
>     > > comments and views welcomed.
>     > >
>     > > kind regards
>     > >
>     > > Mike Dickson
>     > >
>     > >
>     > > ------------------------------------
>     > >
>     > > Yahoo! Groups Links
>     > >
>     > >
>     > >
>     >
>     >
>
>
>  

-- 
Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

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