Don't get me wrong, I thought there was plenty of variety and, as you say, plenty of dynamics. I just thought it tended towards being samey because it always went back to the piano -- something else to even just share the driving force, however briefly, would have made it even better in my view. Q

Garry Ogle wrote: Amazing song. One point of critique. The drum sounds doesn't fit totally in the song I think. Do they have lower quality compared to the other instruments and samples you use? \r

Julien Claassen wrote: Exactly, there is something with the cymbals. Especially one of them, for example at the end of the song (don't know what is exaclty a cymbal / crash / hihat etc ;) ) The piano is pretty good, but maybe you could improve the dynamics. I mean, the diference between load and soft is sometimes a bit to large imho. And that doesn't sound fluent. But maybe that's the midi (keyboard). But great song, no doubt. \r

Thanks Joern, I shold do that, I just made them and thought that's it. Should have relied on mp3 to have the additional hidden feature. :-) Smilingly yours Julien -------- Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ======== http://ltsb.sourceforge.net the Linux TextBased Studio guide ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: ======= http://www.juliencoder.de

Hello Jonathan and Dave! Thank you both for the kind words. Nice to know, that finally I start to succeed in my wish... :-) Warm regards Julien -------- Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ======== http://ltsb.sourceforge.net the Linux TextBased Studio guide ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: ======= http://www.juliencoder.de

On 10/26/2009 10:53 PM, Dave Phillips wrote: I have to wholeheartedly agree with Dave's assessment. Very well polished piece. I can definitely hear that you have progressed greatly over the past year. Nicely done. Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd

I let myself listening to this track for a few days before I comment, as it took you a long time to put all these things together (componere= to put things together). First of all, I think that it's good that you kept the piano for the whole composition. This is a serious work for Piano and (contemporary) Orchestra, and other soloing instruments would probably have watered down the whole tune. There are small sections without the piano and this is well enough for the ear to rest and want more of it. The whole musical story is masterfully told, with rests, raising or lowering the tone (volume), so the listener is engaged all the time. To further keep the tension, there is the dramatical element, and you have not overdone it, which is the beginning of a mastership. The drumming is wow! I admire you for as anyone else on this list. It's not only the attention to detail, which we all have for listening, but the attention and insisting of DOING the detail. Many hours spent there, but worth every second of it. There's only one objection, but for that I need to tell a little story. My best friend is John Hudson, piano player and jazzmen with all his heart. My neighbor as well. We create and share our musical creations for 10 years now. And with him I understand that I am an Eastener deep down. For me, melody is first, harmony is second. With him is the other way round. He always critises my lack of more interesting harmony, I do the same for his understated melodies. In this light I would like you to understand that personally, as someone from Eastern Europe, I feel that the melody should be stronger where the orchestra comes in. Till then, the piano plays the melody and it's a nice one, has it's presence. When the orchestra comes in, the melody is not so strong any more. Emphasis is on the chords and all these beautiful changes of tempo and dynamics, but I believe they should be there to hold the melody. Yes, there is a basic melody going on top of it, but I think that it should be a stronger, more developed and thought off. At this stage, it's an ideal piece for a soundtrack. If you work on the melody in the second part, you can then write the score and publish it as a self-contained Contemporary Classical Composition. With a bit of effort to find the right publishers, I am sure that many modern classical orchestras would love to perform it. -- Viktor Mastoridis Music-o-Graph & Educator www.MediTera.Co.Uk

U r welcome Julian, One day only? You are v fast then. You are using Nama quite a lot, and I suppose it handles audio only, or is it midi as well? And where do you work the drums? when I said melody, I didn't mean vocals per se. Maybe only putting more thought on the main melody in the orchestral part. Making it more unexpecting, making the melody tell a story. -- Viktor Mastoridis Music-o-Graph & Educator www.MediTera.Co.Uk