10 Apr
2012
10 Apr
'12
11:03 p.m.
Hi Julien!
Many thanks for listening.
I suppose, compared with my other output, it is a bit different. I
deliberately sat down to write a piano only composition, to pick up an
idea or two from another piece that I thought might work solo rather
than as a band piece (yes, I have recycled a couple of themes from
elsewhere).
Whilst there are a lot of lush chords in there and a bit of rubato, I
was trying not to get into a romantic, schmaltzy feel -- I suppose I was
aiming for a romantic sound withou an over-the-top romantic feel, so it
sounds as though I was on the right track.
Well, the mood I was aiming for was emotional and a sense of melancholy
or loss (although not romantic), so perhaps connotations of romanticism
in emotion are not misplaced.
It's the fact that I have a much wider dynamic range with my left hand
but it so easily becomes too heavy -- I wish I had the same heaviness
and sensitivity in the right hand to get the range and also counteract
the left. I could do with a piano that is left sensitive to bass or has
a compressed upper dynamic. I did EQ out some of the bottom end, partly
for distance and partly to counter the leaden hand.
From a compositional point of view, I always find the left hand
difficult because these days I'm so used to playing monphonic synths and
using the left hand for mod- and pitchwheel rather than actual notes.
There's definitely some very odd chords and enharmonic changes in there.
Ultimately it's pretty simple though, all C major ;-) I'm glad you liked it.
Many thanks again for taking the trouble to listen and comment.
Best wishes
Q
On 10/04/12 20:38, Julien Claassen wrote:
Hi Q!
Wow, this is a completely new direction. I qwouldn't have thought that
of you, remembering Lovatnet or beyond tripple point or even your first
Laetoli. It has some very romantic passages, by which I don't mean the
emotion necessarily, but the period of time. Hm, thinking about it: also
the emotional state. :-) Nice piano, could that be a Sampletekk Black
Grand as well? I seem to recognise its characteristics. :-)
A very nice work all in all. I like your left handedness, it does
something for the piece. I tend to do little in the left hand as do
others here and in other places, where you can find free self-composed
music, unless they really sit down and have a specific form of musical
piece in mind (like counterpunctual or similar).
coming back to its real beauty, the melodies, I seem to spy a glimmer of
something there, which reminds me of something. :-P Lovely work, some
nice chords in figures in there!
Pianisedly yours
Julien