19 Nov
2014
19 Nov
'14
7:01 p.m.
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 07:35:36AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
Greetings,
Variations for solo sequenced piano :
https://soundcloud.com/davephillips69/piano-zero
A better-sounding FLAC-encoded version is also available :
http://linux-sound.org/audio/PianoZero.flac
This piece is a through-composed set of variations on an 8-note
theme. It's 32+ minutes long, not strictly tonal but not 12-tone
either. Probably not easy listening, so feel free to skip it if your
tastes tend more towards Yanni than to Cecil Taylor.
It's not currently wholly playable by a soloist. It's also not
completely polished, this version is a second draft uploaded for
comments. Notation to follow sometime next year.
This is a great peice!
If you're looking for comments, I'd say use a better piano sample, something that
sounds more like a real piano and less like a digital sample. And with good stereo
panning. Also place it in a room instead of a digital reverb, maybe in a convolution of a
concert hall (I like the Pori samples). And I also think it'd be improved a lot by
adding velocity! Dynamics. Nothing sounds more like digital sampling than all the notes at
constant velocity. It's also wearying to listen to without dynNAMics,
knowwhatI'msayin?
With that, I think it'd sound like an actual performance.
Ruth, after all, is sleeping.
-ken