Can-Utility and the Coastliners 'tron passage

..from Genesis' "Foxtrot" album - very pleased with the sound I got from the 'tron on this one.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Mellotron
• M400

[tronfan66]

Thanks to all of you who left nice comments here, glad you enjoyed this clip!

[hogweed89]

could you give me the partiture of this piece? i can't see your fingers and the keys you play :P

[tronfan66]

I would if I could, but I'm afraid I don't have it written down (I worked it out from memory). Also this video is quite misleading because very often the video drifts out of sync with the audio (not sure why it did that!). Anyway, if I do ever get to write it down, or remake the video with fingers more visible(!) I'll let you know.

[claudiovlf]

Well I really love the sound of Mellotron, and I really enjoyed you playing this song, one of my Genesis all time favorites.

But, let me ask you something: There's always a background noise when you're not playing anything. What's that?

And second: Every time you play the notes there's like a mechanism sound, like you were using a typewriter. Is that the Mellotron's inner mechanism working?

[tronfan66]

Thanks for that. In answer to your questions: 1) By background noise do you mean a low-pitched sound (almost like a hum)? If so, that was just my synth left in 'drone' mode, holding down the note of D to play the chords alongside :) . 2) Partly, yes - a combination of the keys moving and pressing the tapes down on the replay heads, the tapes rewinding after releasing the keys, and a bad phone camera mic making the noises sound worse than they really are!

[SheradZakalwe]

I love you, and though I am a man, I wish to have your babies, simply so I can be near a mellotron and a someone who knows how to play it.

[MrWatchman76]

I just died and gone to heaven.....That sound! WOW!

[markusmala]

@tronfan66 Nice work and sounding pretty close, noticed that click all along your video, I believe they had a hard job to get the sound right on the original song on Foxtrot, but you are recording with a cam-mic, so straight of the line would sound better correct. Great mellotron you have!

[adelamere1]

Love all the 'tron clips.......

[racer500gp]

Just hearing the tape loops snap back up is awesome. Nothing will EVER replace a real Mellotron, nothing !!! Great job !!!

[Hufftalbot]

Sounds very good

[sabbath231]

Thanks for posting a vid of this. I can't believe people don't mention this song when someone asks about great Genesis mellotron tracks

[synsei1]

Ohhh MEMORIES !!! The waves surrounding the sinking throne, eyes from the past... One of the most uplifting pieces of music that ever got into my ears or should I say into my life.

Many thanks for posting this !

[sabourinrock]

its like an angel crying ...

[spudzzzz57]

most excellent...

[hogweed89]

Thanks so much! Well actually I tried to write down the score by listening it a lot of times, and I think i'm quite close to the right one, there's only a couple of notes which sound strange.. i'll work on them! :) By the way, this video has been used by some friends of mine to find out the part on my personal recomandation for it's very good! :) hope you're proud for this!