My first composition. *crowd aw's* I'm warning everyone, it's not that good. But hey, I tried. Hopefully they'll get better and better and better and be- well, you get the idea. Anyway, go ahead and listen. I promise your ears won't fall out...yet. ^_^

I named it 'Solitary Travels' because, I dunno, to me it sounds kind of quiet and peaceful. *shrug* Have fun!

Very Asian sounding and unique rythem use; not to mention the lack of a solid melody (one of my favorate things to do it composing). I also like the fact that it seemed to be on-edge- somthing being hidden or holding back.

In short, I was amazing how epic it felt in the beginning; though that was its problem. I was expecting some sort of huge violin/ string/ drum swell into a burst of sustained sound leading into a traditional song, but it did not. None-the-less, it seemed to have a great sound and would make a great prelude to a multi-movement composition!

Thank you very much! Yes, I noticed some of those mistakes myself... Hopefully my next song will be better! :heh:

Well it seems like you could make a full song out of it, instead of just 15 seconds. Try using different legths of notes, not just quarter notes the whole time. I can understand this cause its your first composition but keep trying!
*People cheer, "You can do it!"*

Solitary Travels

I adore the beginning. Very systematic entering of the parts. Is that dulcimer? Lovely. This piece left me a little puzzled, though. Is it supposed to be looped or something? Nice little chime at the end, too! Please consider extending this so I can get more of a feel for your style. :)

woah... that is VERY short! Hopefully you'll extend it.

I must say that this was a letdown for me... Please forgive me if that offends you! I love to hear new sounds on this forum, and you certainly brought something new. Your choice of instruments is very interesting and could support a great melody effectively, but there sadly is no noticeable melody to be supported.

For future reference, I'm the type of person who likes simple melodies and complex progressions.

Because of its length, it would be useless to rate. Extend on it and try adding a nice simple melody.

I know, it was very very short&#33; It was just kind of a practice piece- I may or may not add on to it later. I decided not to have a melody because...I didn&#39;t. :heh: I&#39;m glad you guys liked the beginning...it took me forever. Originally it had a bunch of different styles of music all jumbled together and I was like "This. Sounds. So. Bad." <_< So then I picked my favorite part (which was the beginning) and re-built it off of that. Well, what can I say, it was fun&#33; :D No, it wasn&#39;t supposed to loop, I was just fooling around, putting in whatever the heck sounded good...

...And I liked to watch the pretty notes light up. @_@

Uuuuuh-oh. @_@ I accidently went on my brother (Dragon)&#39;s account...the above post was from Sam-chan...soooorry...

Feeling stupid.. :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop: :sweatdrop:

Hum....I didn´t really like this song because:
I only heard 6 tones over and over again in the melody. An it felt like you just put some random tones as bas-tones. I actually had to listen to the song 2 times, before I could hear a melody :( .

Too improve: Listen to piano musik (final fantasy piano music) and hear how it sounds.

P.S Try making a melody , and then after that make the bas-tones. And the bas-tones doesn´t have to be only ONE tone.
I hope I could help.

Looking forward too your next song (too see how you´ve improved)

Thanks. As I said before, I didn&#39;t really want to make a melody, (strange as that is.) or a certain pattern, because the song was so short. I am making a longer song that DOES have a melody to please all you good people. :D Thanks, again, for your comments.

Ok, so far I don&#39;t think anyone&#39;s ears have fallen off. :heh:

I have a new song to put up&#33; I made this song around the same time as Solitary Travels, so it is similar. This one is called "Town by the Waterfall." I like the beginning, the end isn&#39;t very good. It probably has problems similar to those in Solitary Travels, but oh well. :heh:

It&#39;s called Town by the Waterfall because I think it sounds like one of those songs that plays when you go to a town...by a waterfall. :D (In a video game.)

Listen or my band of minions will eat your brains&#33; @_@

Town By the Waterfall

Well this song is better than your first one, the parts sound like they go together more and there is somewhat of a melody but there are a lot of improvements that could be made. A little after half-way it started to sound random. Also you really need to find a melody, it sounded like you were starting to get into one but you didn&#39;t continue with it. Also try to make your songs longer, they have potential but are wasted on just 15 or 20 seconds. Maybe repeat some parts to give it more length? The ending needs some work too, don&#39;t end it suddenly. Just keep at it, you&#39;ll get the hang of it in no time&#33;

Ok. Thanks. ^_^

Yeh, I agree - it&#39;s too short for a background theme, which usually needs to be long enough for the listener to grasp onto the musical implications. You probably can stretch what you have here into a 2-3 minute piece, depending on how creative you want to be (ie, if you expand on the first two measures a bit more, you make out a pretty convincing intro section). Also, the dulcimer doesn&#39;t really mix well with the other instruments - consider a sustainable instrument for better contrast, and also it&#39;d work better for a melodic line. Keep it up though.

Are you refering to the second song?

Like I said before, Random tones and no melody.
You gotta do much better than this. I´m refering to the second.

I can&#39;t blame you, it&#39;s your first compositions, but they&#39;re a little TOO short. Don&#39;t overdo it and make it like 5 min, but at least a minute should do trick.

After all, the second is a video game song, so it repeats, I suppose. ^_^

it kinda reminds me of this song from golden sun at first...&#092;
Aqua Rock (http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/gba/GoldenSun2_AquaRock.mid)

i like it.. you should definitely make it into a bigger piece, it would be really cool especially if you kept a similar theme, just maybe build ALOT (im an epic-music-o-phile)

Thanks everyone. Perhaps I will expand the second song sometime... I have like no muse right now, so I might not be composing for a couple days. :(