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Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: May 01 2006, 09:38 so what instrument have mike never use?? He dont often use flute, do he? kay -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: May 01 2006, 11:43 It's a pity that Mike has never tried to play properly the Chapman Stick(remember Carrie Melborne from TB III concert).... -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

The Voyager Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: Jan. 2006 Posted: May 01 2006, 11:48 Sitar, Tambura and Tablas Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: May 01 2006, 13:42 Quote (The Voyager @ May 01 2006, 11:48) Sitar, Tambura and Tablas I hear Sitar in both Amarok och Islands (Wind Chimes pt2 and Flying Start). But perhaps that is a sitar sound from a keyboard? Lars T -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

EeToN Group: Members Posts: 845 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: May 01 2006, 14:51 Quote (The Voyager @ May 01 2006, 17:48) Sitar, Tambura and Tablas Tablas are present in Four Winds even if they are "synthetic". -------------- If I were music, I would be Enigmatism. Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: May 01 2006, 17:32 We don't want Mike to play the Chapman Stick, we want to see more of the lovely Miss Melborne Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: May 01 2006, 18:00 Quote (The Voyager @ May 01 2006, 17:48) Tablas have a look seems like tsode have Tablas -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: May 01 2006, 18:04 Harpsichord? Mellotron? The mellotron was obligatory in 70s prog, but I don't think I've heard one on an Oldfield album. When it came to keyboards Mike always made original choices; the Soling string machine, Farfisa organs and that Roland synthesizer which noone else used. I think it's part of the originality of those early records. -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: May 01 2006, 18:05 hes daughter Molly plays the tablas on tsode i see. About the sitar: The 'sitar guitar' makes an appearance on 'Four winds' (Its lead part starts at 4:04 although it plays a background part just before that). -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: May 02 2006, 05:34 I hear that he cant play the violin himself..... -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

Morti Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: April 2006 Posted: May 02 2006, 05:39 Yeah, I was going to say, violin is a fairly obvious omission from most of his stuff. -------------- The ear worm became the synonym for the commercial side of MIKE OLDFIELD. Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: May 02 2006, 06:40 Of course there's drums in his music, but I don't think Mike ever played a drumpart in the way that simon does, with playing a beat and breaks etc. He's done lot's of percussion things, but I don't think he's done the usual drums. Also I'm happy there's not a lot saxophone in his music   -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

Korkesova Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: Nov. 2005 Posted: May 02 2006, 09:40 Contrabass ? Saxophone is in L+S, and Platinum -  im not confident -------------- it's never too late for me Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: May 02 2006, 13:01 Quote (The Voyager @ May 01 2006, 13:48) Sitar The proper one...but Sitar Guitar Mike does play   -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Pacha Daddy Group: Members Posts: 85 Joined: Sep. 2000 Posted: May 02 2006, 16:16 There's clearly a distinct lack of gamelan in Mike's recordings. :-) Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: May 02 2006, 18:54 Quote (Morti @ May 02 2006, 05:39) Yeah, I was going to say, violin is a fairly obvious omission from most of his stuff. There's a whole string section on several of his records. Plus he hired Simon House to play violin on one of his tours - can't remember which one. -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Baggiesfaninessex Group: Members Posts: 682 Joined: Mar. 2002 Posted: May 05 2006, 01:08 It depends whether the thre thread refers to instruments Mike has never used or whether it refers to instruments Mike never plays - there is a difference. I might be wrong but I think that Harpsichord may fall into both categories. -------------- “A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by its own farts.” - Frank Skinner Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: May 05 2006, 18:06 @ Baggiesfaninessex: There's a harpsichord (or a spinet maybe, which sounds very like a harpsichord, anyway! - played by Mike) in Ommadawn part 1, heard in the slow section after the folky one. This section is known as "Birdsong" in the Amarok Player. For those who don't have this piece of software (or have no idea about what it is ) this section starts at 8'18''. Apart from this, I agree with the above - to be really specific in this thread, we'd have to distinguish between the instruments that Mike doesn't play and the ones that are not present in his music. If we were to limit ourselves to the former, I'd say that real drums, wind instruments (except maybe for the Northumbrian bagpipes) and bowed strings in general are out of Mike's reach. @ Jonnyw & Morti: He does play country fiddle. You can listen to him playing the fiddle on "Sailor's hornpipe" and "Moonshine", even if in this latter piece the fast fiddle solo parts are most probably a synth. @ Korkesova: There is a contrabass in TB (1973). Not played by Mike. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Legend Group: Members Posts: 70 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: May 06 2006, 15:04 Have we heard the tuba yet?? Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: May 06 2006, 15:05 Good one... didn't think about that -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

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