Mellotronist Fritz Doddy releases The Feeling of Far.  Was it worth the wait?  YES!  Read the review here.

Work finishes on Improvised Waves, and the CD is released...one listener called it an absolutely essential mellotron album (wow!).

Rick Blechta (Mellotronist and musician from Toronto)
releases Cemetery of the Nameless, a mystery with more
twists and turns than the old streets of Vienna!
Nominated for the
Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel of 2005
by Crime Writers of Canada!

MONEYPIT visited various locations and even hooked up with Larry and Phyllis Fast!

MONEYPIT 2004 wasn't so shabby, either, so don't miss those adventures.
See all the MONEYPIT and Mellotron Symposium activities here!

• April - The restoration of Mellotron FX Console #10006 is complete!  Ken Leonard and Jimmy Moore use this opportunity to announce the availability of "Improvised Waves".
• May - Get John Medeski's M400 fitted with new tapes and get the headblock azimuthed and back from the UK in less than six days!!?!?!  You have got to be kidding!
• June - "Mark", the Mellotron Mark V belonging to synthesist John Bezjian, turns out to be about a mile from where I work (!!??).
• Summer - Two M400 restorations!  #310 is unveiled in New Jersey and #500 in Vermont.