Micheal Pinder Passing and The Birth of Indigo Ranch

#michealpinder #themoodyblues #indigoranch
A special memorial episode dedicated to the memory of Michael Pinder of the Moody Blues and the story of the birth of Indigo Ranch Studios in Malibu California

[@dougreed2257]

Thanks for presentation,mike was a special soul,you could see that just through his music! If he'd only written one song,and that song was "Have you heard,parts 1 &2,he would be deemed special by a lot of us,for that song only!🙏

[@dareangelmusic]

Thank you! I am honored to be in a position to share and have been a part of what he helped to create. To be able to partake in just a little bit of the magic!

[@FreakyOrthopedic]

Thank you for this. I miss Mike already. RIP...

[@hertzair1186]

I believe Pinder virtually mainstreamed the mellotron to modern music

[@dukeviking]

as a former employee of the company that owned Mellotron, he influenced/demo'd the machine to Lennon and McCartney. Then inspired a multitude of British bands to use the Mellotron in Britain and the Chamberlin in the US.

[@BryantJonesMusic]

Thank you, that was very nice.. I remember meeting Michael at Best Buy in Denver. He was very nice and had a great sense of humor. I later got to visit Indigo Ranch in Malibou where I met Richard Kaplin. It was surreal being a huge Moody Blues fan and Michael Pinder, me being a keyboard player being able to see that studio. I remember very big vacuum tubes lining the floor. Also a 9 foot Steinway piano that Richard said belonged to RCA record Co. I remember Richard saying that Korn had recently recorded there. Mike Pinder's influence on me was Huge. I have the Mellotron 4000D. I know it is probably not considered a real Mellotron by the purists but I think of Mike playing his when I play mine. Thank You Michael!! You are irreplaceable.

[@dareangelmusic]

It was very likely I was there when you visited then if Korn had been recent clients! I worked on both of their albums up there. So glad you enjoyed and got to experience the wonderfully magical place that was Indigo Ranch! Love and light!

[@jimuren2388]

I think Mike was a tech at the Mellotron factory so his inside knowledge was deep.
Another story from the first US tour says at the first show's sound check the Mellotron didn't work. A quick trip to Radio Shack for an adapter to US electric standards was needed ...

[@cosmo1eleven855]

1978 not 1976 for recording of Octave

[@sciwiz57]

Maybe you would get more traffic if you showed Pinder a a bit- a guy sitting on a rock yammering for 30 minutes is not very engaging.