Brian Kehew demonstrates the Mellotron at the Museum of Making Music screening of "Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie" in September 2010 www.mellotronmovie.com
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@54tissue12 жыл бұрын
Amazing, after 50 years, we are still in awe of the Mellotron.
@G-zero077 жыл бұрын
Ron Travis they should re make the original
@boboladouche52686 жыл бұрын
Xx808OverdriveXx 5240 Why? Wouldn’t that be sort of like remaking crank-start cars?
@gelubatir97944 жыл бұрын
@@legolam4271 WOW ! VERY INTERESTING !!!
@HunterMann5 ай бұрын
Fascinating talk & demo. Thanks Brian!
@jamesd.wheeler61906 жыл бұрын
mike pinder did more for the mellotron in rock than anyone!
@Rhythmicons7 жыл бұрын
Brian Kehew is single-handedly responsible for me getting into modular.
@acquirebacon11 жыл бұрын
third row guy. no words needed
@petedako12 жыл бұрын
Big Thumbs Up! i wanna see Brian and Moog Cookbook play next year's Moogfest!!!
@RoShamBohhh12 жыл бұрын
Truly amazing.
@dadautube7 жыл бұрын
Moody Blues did use Mellotron, sure, but London Festival Orchestra also participated in the making of MB's Days Of The Future Passed album ...
@OFR11 жыл бұрын
The mighty little Microverb I reverb rocks with a Mellotron.
@bobbyggare83642 жыл бұрын
real nice, love it.
@mike9696963 жыл бұрын
The guy with the bald patch has amazing jaws!
@wadecooler74965 жыл бұрын
That choir with the long reverberated sounds heavenly
@jaredini4 жыл бұрын
ELO 'I need her love' makes use of this but not as much reverb.
@yes_head5 жыл бұрын
Great demo. I have to quibble with just one thing Brian says, however, regarding the use of Mellotron on The Moody Blues' Days of Future Passed. The first track -- "The Day Begins" -- is the real orchestra and not the Mellotron. The first appearance of the Mellotron is about 40 seconds into the first vocal song, "Dawn is a Feeling". It's a fairly noticeable shift from one to the other.
@Craig-dv3ji5 жыл бұрын
6:35 And the Heavens did part. Seriously amazing.
@JohnLRice13 жыл бұрын
Nice demo! :-)
@ronjonbovi525710 жыл бұрын
chew dat gum, bro.
@EdwardJKeuer5 жыл бұрын
Now I know what causes hair loss: excessive gum chewing
@eddieherold38826 жыл бұрын
So , so , cooooooool !
@rogercraig7203 Жыл бұрын
The Mellotron was banned. by the Musician's Union in the UK in the 70s, which created a difficult situation for many musicians. They suggested that using the instrument (and recordings on Tape) put other musicians out of work
@alaincelos4764 ай бұрын
For sure Roger .the moodies had prob from the unions musicians ,these days leads by. ..............the crappy Edgar Broughton who in case didn't brought something in UK 's music !!! So this happened in 68/ 69 i thinck Mike Pinder and Ray Thomas (THE founders of MB) went to the " musicians unions" to show that Mike didn't took off work Ray ,notably in " niws" or " legend of a mind " & others songs i guess!!! After that many bands used the trons but Edgar Broughton didn't brought any important masterpiece ,or opus to the planet's music!!!!
@rogercraig72034 ай бұрын
@@alaincelos476 My band (Liverpool Express) used the Mellotron on many songs, and I remember a Union guy coming over to me as we were doing a TV show in London and telling me to "get that thing off the stage" - one of our songs had two flute notes on the song and so we offered to give him fees for two session guys. He took the money and left!
@allanmacbadger56923 жыл бұрын
The 3rd track he plays at 6.30 I'm guessing that might be something by Vangelis?
@stargate155511 ай бұрын
The most annoying negative aspect of the Mellotron M400 and the Mellotron Mark ii is the key thump due to the key pressure to needed to make the tape heads connect to the keyboard keys. The Mellotron M4000D can be programed to sound like the previous Mellotron models while taking advantage of the key playing silence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGWqeIyXYpyZi5o
@stevethepocket11 жыл бұрын
6:24 I was half-expecting to hear voices come in singing "Color color color color color color" like on Sesame Street when he played the voices tape.
@EppleGetOut12 жыл бұрын
I liked this, but I must point out he gives everyone the bird at 5:29.
@australier2634 жыл бұрын
Today take a "Nord Red Clavia" .....nearly the same sounding and more! 😅😂🤣
@garyhicks7894 жыл бұрын
06:16 (just for my own ref)
@alvincarrier68616 жыл бұрын
He says one can replace the existing tapes with other ones. So can just any fool make a tape?
@lferlan6 жыл бұрын
You misunderstood what he was saying.what he said was you can change the tap rack your self with a another rack with different sounds.There's two screws holding the rack in place,remove the screws and the rack lifts out,then install the new rack and install the screws.
@stevecarter88106 жыл бұрын
The point being, it was quick enough that you could change sound palette during a gig. This was pretty cool back in the day, before electronic organs, presets, samplers. If you wanted to switch from a Hammond Organ to a Fender Rhodes, you had to bring both and set them both up on a stage, and they were massive.
@Craig-dv3ji5 жыл бұрын
The short answer is yes. You'd just need the analog equipment and actual 1/4" magnetic tape.
@tomkennyld13 жыл бұрын
its all done with smoke and mirrors!
@zedster9117 жыл бұрын
Yikes ... I am crinching, the tunes played sound nothing like the originals ... i am not convinced that this is a good ad fopr the classic instrument ... Sorry, just my opions
@yes_head5 жыл бұрын
If you mean, his renditions don't exactly match the recordings from the 60s and 70s that shouldn't come as a surprise. For starters he's simply offering a quick demo, not a professional studio performance. Also, between him and those recordings is the filter of producers, mixers, engineers, tape ops, disc cutters, amplifiers, effects boxes, etc., all of which have their own impact on the original performance. Also his tape rack isn't the exact same one used on those recordings and who knows what the effects of time had on that!