Blake Cherry replied to Jon Adamich's discussion A Magical Journey (Fantasy Adventure)
"This is definitely an amazing piece, I'm actually quite blown away. About a minute in is absolutely stellar, the warmth in that melody is astounding. Great job!"
Feb 19, 2018
Blake Cherry replied to Gavin Brown's discussion Proposed Contest: “Emotion” - contestants sought - DEADLINE PASSED
"I haven't been active in a while but, I'm sure if the contest is a go, I can whip up something for it in two months."
Feb 15, 2017
Blake Cherry replied to ADENS SKY's discussion Best of the best String libraries?
"Spitfire has a beautiful assortment of string libraries at really good prices. Berlin Strings is one of the best I've heard altogether but is priced at $840 euros, which equates to about $940 USD.... great sounding library, one of my favorite…"
Feb 5, 2016
Blake Cherry replied to Paul Halley's discussion New Years (music) resolutions
"@Socrates, lol... "I think I've got thousands in manuscript form that I don't have time to digitize", lol, I think the reason I don't have more is because I can't write music on paper so I everything I write is only contained in memory until I…"
Jan 3, 2016
Blake Cherry replied to Socrates Arvanitakis's discussion SAILING BOAT / ΙΣΤΙΟΦΟΡΟ
"This piece was extremely restful, nice and peaceful tune. I like the incorporation of instruments you chose along with the tone of the choir and how you used them to help influence the piece. Quite enjoyable."
Jan 3, 2016
Blake Cherry replied to Paul Halley's discussion New Years (music) resolutions
"My goal this year is to grow as a composer in terms of becoming less restricted in my writing style and process.
I want to continue to become more dynamic in how I develop pieces instead of following a simple ABA pattern. 
Also, I need to focus on…"
Jan 3, 2016
Blake Cherry replied to Blake Cherry's discussion A Bed Of Roses
"@Gregorio X, thanks alot for listening. I'm really trying to get better at orchestrating more dynamically and at the same time staying a bit more realistic than I had been in the past. Since I've never actually studied orchestration before it's been…"
Jan 3, 2016
gregorio X replied to Blake Cherry's discussion A Bed Of Roses
"Very nicely done.  reminds me of an arabesque of sorts… I thought the orchestration very effective. "
Jan 3, 2016
Blake Cherry replied to Blake Cherry's discussion A Bed Of Roses
"Thanks, I appreciate the time you took to listen and comment! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and yeah, I feel that I could do a whole lot more with the song. So many more ideas were bouncing around in my head today. Lol. Funny how music is, some things…"
Jan 2, 2016
Mariza Costa-Cabral replied to Blake Cherry's discussion A Bed Of Roses
"Blake,
This was a pleasure to listen to.  Left me wishing for more, i.e., for a longer piece.  But this is not a complaint, just a compliment!"
Jan 2, 2016
Blake Cherry replied to Rodney Carlyle Money's discussion What Would it Sound Like if You Stretched Out a Single Note on a Piano?
"It's an amazing haunting sound actually. Coupled with a choir pad you could make some very eerie and haunting themes. I agree with Ian that is has a very cold feel to it. Great work."
Dec 26, 2015
Blake Cherry commented on andrew thornton's blog post My music adventures
"I myself use FL Studio. When I first got into composing 3 years ago it was because I stumbled across a guy known as The Synthetic Orchestra (Blake Robinson), and he used FL Studio and a vast array of high quality orchestra samples to produce some…"
Nov 26, 2015
Blake Cherry replied to Lennart Östman's discussion Fantasy for two pianos
"Very nicely written, I quite enjoyed the beginning specifically, a very nostalgic and restful sound imo. 
I typically compose on the piano myself but I almost never actually compose the entire song. I'll start with a 15-30 second idea on the piano…"
Nov 25, 2015
Blake Cherry replied to Roland Mair-Gruber's discussion Heaven's Gate - epic orchestral composition (Two Steps From Hell style)
"Very nice percussion and I quite enjoyed the rhythm and variation of the piece. Quite interesting some of the choices you went with throughout the piece. Me being a sucker for drama, I would have enjoyed more parts similar to :22 through :29...…"
Oct 6, 2015
Blake Cherry replied to Rodney Carlyle Money's discussion Aria's Lullaby for Flute and Music Box
"Really quite enjoyed this piece. The way you brought in the flute by itself before starting the music box again was brilliant. Very simplistic, but at the same time helps fill out the details of the little story... Well written, peaceful, not much…"
Oct 6, 2015
Blake Cherry replied to Gavin Brown's discussion Quality/DAW Suggestions?
"If you do choose to go the DAW route, I do believe you'll be able to get a much better sound quality wise. But then it becomes more about library choices and how much money you have to throw at the various higher end libraries. There are, of course,…"
Jun 3, 2015
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