Hey, people!

Some might remember my old composition thread from last year, where I exposed a lot of my instrumental guitar works (which seemed to be quite a new experience for people on this forum). Well, here I am, back again, to show you my new work. Only two tracks, though, and maybe more in the future.

As usual, though, they're not finished tracks, because I seek criticism before actually finishing the tracks, so that I don't get to attached to my melody and my ideas if I need to change it.

The first track is a AABA song which I am currently writing a solo for. I'm pretty okay with the A variations, only in the B part, I feel some of the harmony isn't working, so if anyone could give me their thoughts on this, it'd be cool... and of course, any other commentary is cool as well.

The second track is one that really came instinctively. I have no idea where I got the inspiration from, though I'm thinking it might be Zappa-esque.

All commentaries are welcomed, even if you have to flame me, as long as you include some constructive parts in it. :)

I liked the second one better of the 2.

I liked the second one better of the 2.

Why? :o

Lets say you were in a band, and playing the electric guitar. Playing the melody of the 2nd song. The crowd will be cheering, just like me. Cool back beat to but keep the instruments more to the mood of the song. Especially 37-39. great job

Thank you for commenting ^_^

Not much people seem to be interested in my style, though... maybe I should start writing stuff for classical orchestras and such? :P

why I like the second better is because the first one is realy basic and I dont find the endless solos too interesting, the second composition however had more surprises to it... satisfied?

why I like the second better is because the first one is realy basic and I dont find the endless solos too interesting, the second composition however had more surprises to it... satisfied?

Why, I'm sorry if I frustrated you (or anyone else for that matter) in what I said... :mellow:

Hey, those are pretty damn good. Good job. Keep it up! :P

Hey I love your style. Keep up the good work!!

I really like your style of writing, even though I'm not a big Rock fan. Those are some pretty awesome songs!

I like the first one a lot, the chord progression is pretty cool IMO, but it does get slightly repetitive. As for the second one, it's pretty good as well! I like the idea for the first one better, (It's just more my taste I guess) but the second one has a wider variety of ideas in it and I feel it has a bit more originality to it.

Over all though, great job! I like your use of drums too, much better than mine! :P

Wow, thank you guys for all the nice comments! Really motivates me to give some more. ^_^

By the way, check out my first guitar extravangaza again, I uploaded its continuation. It's got an ending, although it might not be definitive. I'm just looking for a title :P (this will be performed with a band, and I'll try to have it recorded for you). Don't play too much with the midi though, 'cause it gets a bit weird if you do, dunno why...

Thank you for commenting ^_^

Not much people seem to be interested in my style, though... maybe I should start writing stuff for classical orchestras and such? :P

"You do, only if you wish to-by your heart, not someone elses."

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Sound pretty good dude! Sounds like something you'd hear in a RPG fighting game for SNES or something. Hehe, that's a compliment because those old games had preety good music. Good job, I want to hear more stuff.

And yea, the second one was a bit more catchy than the first and wasn't as 'repeditive' (I know rock is, but I am not relating it to anything) as the first too. Like I said, Good job, I want to hear more stuff.

Heh. I love the harmonics you sneaked in. The fact that it's a MIDI made the second part sound kinda bad on the rhythm guitar, but I'm sure it'll sound awesome with a real guitar. I might learn your song, by the way. :shifty:

Don't worry, the credits go to you, sir! :)

Have fun :D

And stay tuned for more guitar craziness, coming soon! :)

Yay! I think I can play this song with some practice. Hmmm... Just a random question... Do you use Guitar Pro? :heh:

Yay! I think I can play this song with some practice. Hmmm... Just a random question... Do you use Guitar Pro? :heh:

Yeah, I use GP5 for all of my composition, along with NoteWorthy Composer from time to time, when I feel like having more of a pianistic feel than guitaristic. :)

If only you could export RSE somehow. =_= Anyways, back to your compositions... :heh:

Alrighty people!

This is not really a composition, it's rather an arrangement I did for my english class. We had to learn 10 to 15 lines of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, and I learned the prologue.

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life,
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parent's rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

Now, english is not my mother language, and it shows, because I pronounced it all wrong (OLD english; I can't even pronounce OLD FRENCH!). And I know the recording quality isn't good: I don't have professional equipement. If you want to complain about these, please feel free to do so, but I already know. :)

It's just funny and original, I think, 'cause who would think of blues when hearing Romeo & Juliet, except me? ~

EDIT: Oh yeah, forgot to mention! Think the solo suck? Yeah, it was 100% improvized. x_x

LoL. Really bluesy. And what a coincidence, my class is reading that book right now... Anywho, I think you need to sing stronger, which might mean louder, but that's not fair! You can actually sing! T_T I wish I could sing (and I'm the freaking lead vocalist for a rock band... =_=)!

Great song! :) Keep 'em coming!

An Old English play being put to Blues, eh? That's a new one. XD

Nice job though, you have a good voice. As Marlon pointed out you could really use more vocal strength. It sounded a bit weak which took away from it. Also, you could really work on consenants (sp?) at some points in it because some the words were a little slurred and were hard to understand. This noticably happened at around 1:14 into the song.

As for the instrumental I liked it. It was nice a simple, but at the same time this meant it was a little repetitive. The same chords seemed to be used over and over and I think you could have thrown in some nice chord extension and such every now and then, maybe some new chords to spice it up a little. (I know next to nothing about playing guitar though so I can't really comment on your actual playing except that it sounded good to me! :D )

Great job over all, granted that it was an improvition. :) There were just a couple minor things here and there though, but I enjoyed it. You have a good voice.

Thank you guys! I'll try to retouch it when I have time, and especially sing it better, and then I'll repost it. Thanks again, keep the comments coming!

:lol:

Thats pretty funny.

Did you know that there is a ganster version of R and J, as a movie? Its pretty funnt too.

You got some great stuff going for you with these compositions. Keep up the good work!

Did you know that there is a ganster version of R and J, as a movie? Its pretty funnt too.

OFF-TOPIC: Yeah, Mercutio's black and everything. XD

Alright! Some new original work!

So, this came very instinctively to me as I came back from school today. It's a real rough draft, for I have only been working on it for, say, an hour or so (though I'm really proud of my work with the drums). It's heavier than my first and second extravaganzas, so some of you might not like it, and it's totally understandable.

E minor harmonic, by the way, for those who wish to know.

Comments are as usual very welcomed! :lol:

Sounds like some Mexican song or something at first. XD Well, at least it gets better. I think it's pretty damn good. Ah! Too short! Finish it! :w00t:

Alright, so I'm STILL not over with that composition, BUT I got further into it, and I uploaded the new version. Go check it out!

By the way, at 1:01, NO, it is not my work, it is my arrangement in E minor (the original is in D minor) of one of Bach's invention. I thought it fitted, so I put it there. My way to honor the greats. :lol:

I love your percussion, pretty intense...

And yeah, I recognize the invention... but it's a good arrangement. I like it.

Keep it up! =D

Nice... :)