Greetings everyone!

It's been a while since I sent out some e-mail to the ol' "kltunes" e-mail list.

A lot has happened since I last wrote, so I'd like to bring you up to date.


NEW TUNE
No, I'm still not in the studio as much as I'd like to be, and I continue to
work on that. Good thing this is for fun and I don't try to make a living at
it! :-)

However I do have a new tune out there---a mere 17 minutes long (!!)---which I
invite you to check out. "TellTale" has plenty of analogue synths and noises,
and plenty of Mellotron (even though the track started out with no intention of
adding any Mellotron---it just snuck in there). But this track is different
from the other things I've done, and it is quite a "moody" or even "hypnotic" 17
minutes if I do say so myself, with no hard-driven sequencers or melody lines.

The big difference with this tune was the way I approached it. It started a
week ago Friday, and it evolved over four days. I'd record some things, then
diddle around until I found a sound or passage which "fit", then I recorded
that. Eventually "TellTale" simply grew into the rough mix I put out there on
the web site on Christmas Day.

I hope you enjoy it.


GEAR, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE
There's been some new gear wandering in and out of the studio since I last
wrote, including a beefier PC which likes to shut off on its own. I wiggled
enough cables to where it's sorted out now---I think. You'll find the gear list
buried in my self-indulgent Home Page, a hop from the self-indulgent
http://www.kleonard.com. It includes some new pictures, too.


AIRPLAY???
Maybe the neatest news I have for you is "Patient Pondering" is slated to get
airplay in Finland! An associate of the Finnish radio show Avaruusromua
(translated "Space Junk", web address http://www.sci.fi/~jmikkola/english.htm)
contacted me to provide information about a show they're doing highlighting the
Mellotron.

I was only too glad to help, and I provided information and a recorded Mellotron
demo where I talk about playing the instrument (and this demo is too tacky for
the web site, and they'll air it dubbed into their native language, thank
goodness).

The initial playlist for that radio show includes "Patient Pondering," so, with
luck, that tune will get some airplay! They're talking about the show airing in
January, and the CD I cut for them with all the material should just about be at
the Finnish line by now.


PROJECT IN THE NEW YEAR
Ken Merbler's Tronsounds web site (http://www.tronsounds.com) is host to a
follow-up to the successful Mellotron tribute "Rime of the Ancient Sampler."
Professionals and amateurs alike will be submitting songs for the new CD, and
I'll be getting something together for it as well. You can visit Ken's site for
details plus snippets of tunes already submitted for the project.


WEB UPDATES
If you haven't visited in a while, all of my web sites have received major
reconstructive surgery. No more frames! I've also been using
"ken@..." as my main e-mail address, as the old one has been running
into trouble over the past few weeks, complete with delayed and missing e-mail.
Sigh...


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All righty then...I think that's about it. Please drop by my Tunes site via
http://www.kleonard.com if you'd like to check out "TellTale".


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I wish everyone a happy and successful New Year!

...kl...
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