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"Hi Rowy --well there have been a few things going on recently -- thanks for your concern. But a public forum is not the place to discuss all that (there's an email address on my Reelcrafter page just in case you want to chat that way). By the way,…"
"I'm not sure if I understand it or like it either but it is what it is -- possibly some people who don't usually like my music will find this intriguing and those who do won't like it. Perhaps it's really a meditation on the transience of life…"
After getting -- for the time being at any rate -- a computer I can actually do some music on, I decided to write a short piece to use my "Christmas present" -- a curious alto library from Orchestral Tools courtesy of their voucher. It's purely…
"I agree in general with Dave and would add that from around 3'45" to 4' after which it suddenly becomes appropriately darker, the music seems too cheerful for what the film is narrating. Having said that, this is musically a lot more interesting and…"
"probably the most pertinent comment on this area so far and I agree with most of it. It's quite correct that without structure, a piece is unlikely to fully achieve its aims. And it's certainly true that a mere study of theory will not make a good…"
"interesting that an orchestra wants to perform this. And I must say, I hadn't expected the work to be from the 1890's. Even Mahler's piano quartet (which I actually heard in concert recently), written around 1875-6, sounds more romantic than your…"
"yes, especially composers who don't have any real children like me so in effect my compositions are my children. That and the dog....
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"It would be useful to have some background to this. Earlier on, it reminds me mostly of Berlioz and then, as Rowy suggests, more like Beethoven. There's no resemblance to the music Mahler is known for so I can only assume it's a VERY early work or…"
"don't worry, I'm sure he'll be back!
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"yes I would at least look for one or two pieces so we can see what the feedback is based on. But your point that there are are people who merely want to draw attention to their own music than to engage seriously with that of others is valid -- I'm…"
"I must say that there are times when I look back with nostalgia to the previous incarnation of this forum when there were several composers who I found interesting who didn't rejoin (quite likely they didn't know about Kris' resurrection) and a…"
"when I switched to notation software, I didn't change my actual composing method at all - I still used the MIDI keyboard to do step input of the notes as before. The only real difference is that decent notation software like Dorico will produce a…"
"Until I'm fairly sure my new computer is actually fixed which will take a few days at any rate, I'm not going to reinstall Cubase. I don't use it much but surely dynamics is just a matter of drawing lines or curves using the appropriate dynamic…"
"I'm sure you will get some fans as you start increasingly to find your own personal style and voice. Something like that rarely comes right at the beginning!
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"In some works, by some people, I have received useful criticism and certainly in the case of what was practically performable, I had the odd bit of advice (in one case octave leaps in the clarinet were too hard as it involved a change of register).…"
"there are two types of theory -- one concerns the practical business of what is possible or comfortable to play in the real world, assuming that composition is designed for live performance by real musicians which is far from invariably the case…"
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you had given me some very valuable feedback on a earlier orchestral work, particularly noting the absence of a cohesive theme. I have since decided to break the piece up into a full length symphony and in this context, I'd appreciate your comments about how the first movement sounds.
Thanks!
https://composersforum.ning.com/blog/please-critique-the-first-move...