The Mellotron Group

Well, I concur on almost everything. Especially the bit about me being a 
Mellotron God. Not so sure about Doddy though.  :-)

As much as I may love the sound of the instrument, it CAN sound like 
shit in the hands of the unwary. 'Changes' by Black Sabbath is a fairly 
good place to start, where someone on a plate reverb with no idea of a 
Mellotron's attack is forever about a quarter beat behind the rest of 
the band. As for 'utterly out-of-tuneness' I can't see past Mannfred 
Mann's hit singles which seem to be written and played in about five 
microtonally different keys. At the same time.

Mike

Terry Conheady wrote:
>
> Well I've always been a big fan of Pinder's playing, as well as Wolly, 
> Mcdonald and even Fripp but these days Fritz's "Feeling of Far" (the 
> whole thing) and Dickson's "Mellotronworks" I feel are astounding. As 
> far as other past and present players they may be mediocre but I seem 
> to like the tron on even the crappiest of songs. I love the sound of 
> the things.
>