[LAU] New medieval/darkly moody mellotron music

[Ken Restivo]

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 12:08:58PM -0500, Sean Corbett wrote:
> Julien,
> 
> I love the sound of mellotron, and this is a really beautiful piece!
> Thanks for posting it.  That bit around 3:50 gave me chills.  When the
> sample library you used becomes public, please let the list know...
> I've been looking for a good free tron library.  :)
> 
> -sean
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Julien Claassen <julien at c-lab.de> wrote:
> > Hello will!
> > ?To echo you: Interesting. :-) So many people think, that this tune carries
> > something oriental, Chinese or Japanese in particular. I didn't aim for that
> > at all. I just thought of some kind of medieval tune and put in a bit of my
> > typical prog and that was it. :-) Nice though. I don't mind getting more,
> > than I (didn't :-) ) pay for.
> > ?Always good to hear feedback for these things and of course to know, that
> > someone seems to have enjoyed it.
> > ?Warmly yours
> > ? ? ? ? ? ?Julien
> >


I'm remembering what someone shouted out at ProgFest in L.A. in 1993 when Anglagaard finished their first song: "MORE MELLOTRON!!!" (This was before the whole "more cowbell" meme came about). A friend of mine had lent the band his Mellotrons-- they didn't bring theirs over on the trip.

Very nice piece! Nice to hear a whole orchestration done solely with Mellotron samples.

Yes, doing parallel 5ths almost anywhere in a piece makes it sound to Westerners like Chinese music. I'm not sure why.

-ken