[Piano piece] Mental Prison

[vincenti zghra]

A quite simple piano piece that I'm really wondering how it's percieved by knowledgable musicians and other composers, if there's anything I should have thought more about when doing it, or if it sounds childish or anything like that.

 

It's not a real piano but I tried my best to make an at least decent representation.

[Rudi [Rudolf Schmitt]]

Hi Vincenti, I don't think there's anything childish in your piano piece. You start somehow floating with gloaming harmonies getting dramatic depth. I really like this. Thanks for sharing!

[vincenti zghra]

Thanks for your comments. I'm always very unsure about the quality of the music I make, but after reading your comments I believe that I should work on my self-confidence a bit and learn to give my self more credit. Thank you very much Rudi and George

[Jonas Steur]

Certainly not childish and actually good music, I like it  :)

Quite a massive reverb on that piano though but it doesn't bother me personally. If you really want more realism in the piano sound you should go for a more natural reverb.

[vincenti zghra]

Hi Jonas,

Glad you like it. The reverb is set at something like 35% revb and 70% roomsize. I just used the default reverb for this piano vsti(which isn't very good). I think I'm gonna wait with using another reverb untill I have Ivory and a bit more experience with piano sound. But thank you, I will definately keep that in mind for then.

[Clark Nichols]

I like it, simple enough, yet has a good amount of flow (except for certain parts where it was definitely intentional to not have as much flow)

[Jake Murray]

Sounds very nice to me. I get a sense of the "Mental Prison" though I wonder if the tempo seems a bit too fast? I expected maybe something a bit more ponderous. I guess it just depends on what aspect of a mental prison you're conveying (and of course, my own presumptions may be getting in the way of your interpretation, so it could just be me). Anyway, a nice little piece!

[vincenti zghra]

Hi Jake,

Thank you. Yes it's a personal portrail of my illness, which is filled with a lot of anxiety and other feelings that suggested for me to portray with this speed.

Jake Murray said:

Sounds very nice to me. I get a sense of the "Mental Prison" though I wonder if the tempo seems a bit too fast? I expected maybe something a bit more ponderous. I guess it just depends on what aspect of a mental prison you're conveying (and of course, my own presumptions may be getting in the way of your interpretation, so it could just be me). Anyway, a nice little piece!

[Jake Murray]

Ah gotcha. That makes sense now. Well, great job. :)

vincenti zghra said:

Hi Jake,

Thank you. Yes it's a personal portrail of my illness, which is filled with a lot of anxiety and other feelings that suggested for me to portray with this speed.

Jake Murray said:

Sounds very nice to me. I get a sense of the "Mental Prison" though I wonder if the tempo seems a bit too fast? I expected maybe something a bit more ponderous. I guess it just depends on what aspect of a mental prison you're conveying (and of course, my own presumptions may be getting in the way of your interpretation, so it could just be me). Anyway, a nice little piece!