The Mellotron Group

My oldest daughter is to be married next June and at her request, wants the Tron to be part of the ceremonial music as well as entertainment afterwards.  We will have our band there. For the service I am trying to decide on either playing a pre recorded procession or maybe put something together via the sequencer for a "home made" effect.  I am hoping someone out there has performed at weddings and can offer up suggestions.  Not your ordinary affair, this will be at a turn of the century lakeside hotel in an amusement park. Thanks, Doug #703

Doug -

Boy have you got your daughter indoctrinated - good for you!!!

 

I used my Chamberlin M2 to perform "The Lord's Prayer" during a wedding
ceremony; the rhythmic requirements of the music allow for a somber pace and
no other accompaniment.

 

When I did it - in the church, it was just me singing with Chamberlin
Violins - part of it was angelic...Vance

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My oldest daughter is to be married next June and at her request, wants the
Tron to be part of the ceremonial music as well as entertainment afterwards.
We will have our band there. For the service I am trying to decide on either
playing a pre recorded procession or maybe put something together via the
sequencer for a "home made" effect. I am hoping someone out there has
performed at weddings and can offer up suggestions. Not your ordinary
affair, this will be at a turn of the century lakeside hotel in an amusement
park. Thanks, Doug #703

On Oct 26, 2009, at 1:12 PM, caddyfam wrote:

> My oldest daughter is to be married next June and at her request,  
> wants the Tron to be part of the ceremonial music as well as  
> entertainment afterwards. We will have our band there. For the  
> service I am trying to decide on either playing a pre recorded  
> procession or maybe put something together via the sequencer for a  
> "home made" effect. I am hoping someone out there has performed at  
> weddings and can offer up suggestions. Not your ordinary affair,  
> this will be at a turn of the century lakeside hotel in an amusement  
> park. Thanks, Doug #703

Oddly enough, I've played mellotron for 3 weddings so far, one for our  
very own Chris Dale. A very effective tune (if you're also employing  
an organist) is the Pachelbel "Canon in D" with the tron taking the  
slower moving portions. "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" also works very  
well, but again, another musician is needed or at least another  
keyboard (assuming you don't have a dual-keyboard tron) to play the  
figured bass and fill things out a bit at certain points. "Here Comes  
the Bride" also works and can be played by the mellotron alone. I also  
did "Ave Maria" (the Schubert one) with a singer, but it was hard to  
tell who was more out of tune: the mellotron or her.

Rick

PS "Epitaph" would not be appropriate, no matter how much she (or you)  
likes it.

Hey, that worked out great, huh? 
 
 
(No offense, Chris)
 
 
In a message dated 10/26/2009 3:15:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rick@rickblechta.com writes:

Oddly  enough, I've played mellotron for 3 weddings so far, one for our 
very own  Chris Dale.

Don't do it! Tron Weddings are doomed. Ask Chris Dale.
 
 
In a message dated 10/26/2009 2:26:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
caddyfam@simcon.net writes:

 
 
 
My oldest daughter is to be married next June and at her request, wants the 
 Tron to be part of the ceremonial music as well as entertainment 
afterwards.  We will have our band there. For the service I am trying to decide on 
either  playing a pre recorded procession or maybe put something together via 
the  sequencer for a "home made" effect. I am hoping someone out there has  
performed at weddings and can offer up suggestions. Not your ordinary 
affair,  this will be at a turn of the century lakeside hotel in an amusement 
park.  Thanks, Doug #703

On Oct 27, 2009, at 8:29 AM, Chris Dale wrote:

> I should have insisted on Epitaph:
>
> "Yes I feel tomorrow I'll be crying" :)
>
>
> Seriously though - Rick did a masterful job. I still have the  
> recording somewhere. And bonus points to Rick - the keyboard (at the  
> time) was out of adjustment- and he still manged to 'phrase' the  
> keys so that it was not noticeable!!
>
> You could tell he knew what he was doing to get around the problem  
> just by listening to his "phrasing" of the notes.
>
> I'm still thankful for that.
>
>
> Chris

Thanks, Chris. I didn't mention the wedding reception: mellotron and  
accordion (the guy was awesome). There would be something somewhat  
ironic about that combination, though, to the wider musical community...