new member today^^ and gosh im so lost..hope this is working..lol:heh:
Just a beginner composer:( ...
'Memories of the Wind' ...something i completed in about 3 nights..very rushed coz i need it completed for something urgently..(yes~last minute kinda person)..im not particularly happy with it:(..but yea came across this site and decided maybe i should stick it up hehe^^ can never make pieces sound exactly what i want on computer programs..so this may sound strange :S..especially as a midi filex_x

Please listen^^
And any comments good or bad would be a great help:lol:

Clichéd chord structure, but you used it very well I think. Good use of glissandi and tempo changes. And I agree with you, notation programs are sometimes evuul =P

I think I heard the melody somewhere before (at least parts of it) ._.

EDIT: Oh right! I remember, the middle part sounds like "Secret Garden - Song from a secret Garden" :D but anyway, good job =)

Lol. I found the melody VERY familiar to some other songs too. But it's a fine piece. Though it's a little too simple for my taste :P (heavy arppegios, and lot of grace note doesn't equal complex music!). Nice job for a beginning composition nonetheless.

I liked it very much. Good climax and finish. It's good to keep things simple sometimes as well, whatever you think sounds good.

wow thanks for all the advice people^_^
well yea i totally agree~i find my music sounding a lot like a whole lot of other familiar stuff:huh: ..but not sure what..lol
those melodies just flow to my head and then next minute..hmmmm:think:

well heres another one..its for vocal and piano..its in japanese but u cant hear words of course..lol.. "fuyu no yuki" (winter snow^^)...
oh and the other Trio one is just a few ideas hehe..it sounds kinda complete but its not suppose to be:sweat:

but plz comment hehehe

I don't really care what the other users say about your music, although yes you should listen to their comments, but I do think your music is great and very enjoyable, there is certainly different moods from each song. I did notice in Memories of the Wind in the middle it did sound like some song off of the "Secret Garden" and belive me I have seen the movie because my grandma, when I was little, made me watch like every time we visited her. But toward the end, it did sound much different and great. So yeah if you've never seen the movie then you did great for the song.

Fuyu no Yuki did sound like it was a winter type song and it suited it. But I do wish I could hear the words instead of the glass playing type thing.

Trio, yeah it did sound like abstract ideas, but I think they were good, now just think of some more to fulfill it.

I must say your music is wonderful and you should make more songs. But don't take my word for granted though, because I am not an expert in and the other members will be much more critical. But yeah your music does sound great. Keep up the good work!

thank you for ur comment pianocrazy90 ^_^
hmm..yea i have actually never seen secret garden:( ..but i would really want to hear the piece that everyones talking about hehe ..it'll be interesting to hear something that sounds like my piece:lol: does anyone know where i can find it???hehe
oh and i would want to put voice to Fuyu no Yuki..but i dont know how to record and put it on my computer :(

So far so good. Your actually quite a good newcomer to Ichigos.

I hope to see more of your pieces later. Good Luck in the future, and Good Job. :shifty:

Fuyo no Yuki was a bit wierd for me to listen to. Because it felt like the piano and the voice had different moods and they didn't mix. But that's just me.

hello itscold...lol i think ur quite right about fuyu no yuki :sweat:
well it was originally a piece i had to do for school..and it had to contain vocal:think: ...and i was just so random and told my teacher "oh this is a piano piece with vocal accompaniment!:lol: "..(that really was my intension^_^ ).. and she was like "HUH?!!! i dont think ive heard of that:huh:..change it"... so i had to add all the vocal in:heh: hehehe yep! thats the story:)

oh heres a song on mine^^ which im writing for a friend..titled "For You"...yup very typical name:P ..but thats the whole point of the song and it doesnt have lyrics yet so might as well hehehe^_^ well its a slow song..not much climax..u may find it repetitive:think:
well this recording of it is really just mainly for listening to and not performing the music..coz the combination of instruments is quite strange...:think: consists of all guitars:unsure: ...and the vocal line is a flute..coz i just cant find something that sounds rightx_x ..i dont like the flute in this recording coz it really makes my ears buzzzzzzzx_x ... sorry if its killing ur ears too:( u could change it to ur preferred instrument first:sweat: ..

please comment!!:lol:
where i am..(with people i physically know:P )..no one's musical..they're not interestedx_x :( so i have no one to show therefore no comments..and no help:(

You like smileys?

Anyway, to the song! I didn't mind the flute much as you did... I think it fit the whole thing pretty nicely. The *big* problem here is that the song sounds like a messed-up version of "Canon in D". It might not be intentional from your side, but the feeling of Canon consists throughout I'm afraid.

Nice drum loop :)

lol hmm..i never thought of that:think: ..hehe now that u mention it, i think it does kinda remind me a little canon as well ^^ although canon has a different chord/harmonic progression, i guess it might be that constant arpeggio i put in:think: its suppose to be for harmony but maybe its too high in pitch so it starts to sound like the melody of canon:think: ..hmm..ah ah..cant think..im not sure hehehe:sweat:
well that wasnt my intension at all^_^ ..coz this song is actually a reflection of a typical hongkongnese pop song lol..harmony wise and melodic wise..if anyone has ever heard one! haha :lol: or maybe its those times i unconciously write things that sound like other stuff..like my previous:(

hohohoho! im glad to know that the flute was fine!:lol: ..but...also telling me there is really something wrong with my old dusty speakersx_x

but yea thanks noir^^ i hope one day i'll finally find my own unique style hehe

PS: I LOVE SMILEYS:lol: :lol: :lol: but looking back at my posts..does look kinda strange! hahaha... but its a habit lol;)

It might not be your speakers that betray you. Everyone has different MIDI-sounds, and yours might not like the flute at all =(

hahaha! i believe mine hate the flutes!x_x how sad...coz i like the flutes:(

oh heres one of my VERY incomplete things..well the problem is i just got this idea coming and i had to put it down...but its an idea for the middle of a piece!@_@ ... and i dont know how to add to the front or the end:cry:

please comment on it^.^ its the first time ive written for a larger ensemble.. so tell me if its bad and i shouldnt bother completing it:lol: hehe

oh yea in that recording..the end part..theres one string part thats really loud and its not suppose to be!..i havent put in dynamics or anything yet.. coz its incomplete

Definately impressive. Add those articulations and dynamics!

Nice job indeed. Though the harp and pizzicati were a little icky here and there in some parts for my taste. But I can't really say much, cos it's MIDI after all. There are some weird transitions here and there... But meh.

Good job.

Nice job. You didn't go over the top! I like that! You could hear everything in the song, and it was good Lol.

Great job so far, and keep workin' on it!

nice songs so far! =)


hmm..yea i have actually never seen secret garden ..but i would really want to hear the piece that everyones talking about hehe ..it'll be interesting to hear something that sounds like my piece does anyone know where i can find it???hehe
I never saw a movie called Secret Garden or anything :O,
I meant the Ensemble group Secret Garden with their song "Song from a Secret Garden" (one of the best songs ever!) It sounds pretty much like the middle section of your "Memories of the Wind" (and that gotta be a good thing!) :P
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUjt6iH52E&mode=related&search= :)

wow! thanks matt! :lol: omgosh i remember this song!!! havent heard it for soooo long! so beautiful! makes me wanna cry:cry: ...and hmm..does sound a bit like my piece..:think: haha..coz for a while i thought everyone was talking about the major part after that..which i realised sounds like chopin's study in E:P ..lol..hehe
and wow that was a great performance^_^ i wish i can play the violin that well one day^.^ ..(very sad i had my last lesson ever 2weeks ago:( :cry: )

oh my god your songs are beautiful :cry: i loved "For You" especially because I like those type of songs; consider adding words to it, i think it'll turn out great :)

Your songs are great! Just somerthing to think about in future compositions. Some of your songs need to be more like the 'Memories of the Wind' in that they have a direct motif that can be picked out easily, and actually... go somewhere. This means that they need to have a sense of traveling along a specific musical path, instead of having these (beautiful, but) random themes appearing and being inserted everywhere. Great job, though! You got some good ideas, and are doing a wonderful job with your music!

hey thanks tauo! for the advice^_^
yes i know exactly what ur saying:heh: ..hehe
well although i said 'beginning composer' when i added 'Memories of the Wind' ..that is my very latest composition! haha... and it is fully complete and detailed coz it was used for a submission for school of music..lol..
but yea i always get heaps of ideas all at once!!@_@ and i dont know what to do with them:( ..sometimes i really want to use them all and then end up sticking in the same piece..or making a million incomplete pieces...x_x x_x and then findinh it hard to complete those incomplete pieces:(
what should i do?? what should i do??:(
???

Yeah, since Ensemble is incomplete, definitely return to repeat or restate ideas from the beginning. Good orchestration, though.

thanks deathraider^^ yea i'll definitely finish that piece one day (soon i hope^^) ..hmm..but there is no beginning for the ensemble atm o_O ..hmm..should i put that last bit in the front??..or think of a new part??..hehe.. i cant think of something that can connect to the current thing:(...ah~so hard composing backwards ...:( :( :(

I liked that "Ensemble." It was really cool. Good job. :)

"Maple Dream" ^.^ (title doesnt really relate but that word just came to my head hehe)

a short lil piece i did ages ago and just found..so sorta just ended it..so ending kinda random :sweat:

You're right, the ending is rushed. But hey, beauty in simplicity and "K.I.S.S.", do hold wisdom.

ah..heh heh heh:sweat: .... whats K.I.S.S ???:sweat:

Memories of the Wind is very good. Simple yet a lot to digest.

ah..heh heh heh:sweat: .... whats K.I.S.S ???:sweat:

"Keep It Simple Stupid"

Someone asked me for the score for "Memories of the Wind":)
well..here it is!:heh: hope u can see it^.^ ...first time saving my sibelius file into a picture file:( have fun! well if u have sibelius i also uploaded that;)

hmm... havent been here for so long... but just did something little... not playable instruments and stuff like that... simply for sound... enjoy:) ...its very short

Intro of 'Memories of the Wind'..retitled 'storm' lol.. remixed by Tsubasa Kawamoto... my very special friend!:lol: hehe

memories of the wind:

The style is very similar to the songs that Richard Claderman plays during certain sections. I tend to hear his stylics out right away cause I've played and listened to his songs ALOT. It's a nice piece though. A bit cliche but nice nonetheless.

lol yes actually i find it sounding very richard clayderman too...i've also played his songs ALOT so omg! im getting influenced!! haha.... but yea the 'computer music' remix of the intro above gives a completely different mood...lol...

Your songs are as much passion as a kitten meowing. I loathe the middle parts of each of your songs. I cannot stand it. I'm allergic to it. The structure of your song is pretty good. Actually, it was pretty bad, but that's my opinion.

Storm was rather interesting, but it doesn't give me any feel of a storm XD But yeah, definately different.

Also, I would like to add that it was like a scene out of The Exorcist sometimes.

haha.. true... i dont feel storm either lol.. :think: :lol:
but i gave my friend the permission to name it whatever he wants^_^ hehe
so oh well^_^ all good!

... lol haha... renzbteves... "im allergic to it"... thats funny... sneezing from music? .. <_< :P well true everyone's got different opinions ~ i take urs as..hmm..interesting to find out my music can have 'that' kinda power lol.. ah scene from exorcist?:death: :think: .. :heh: i wish!~ means i could be at film music composer standard ... :bohaha:

haha anyway thanks for commenting everyone^.^ i take it all in!

I thought storm remix was pretty cool!
A little short though ;)

All of them are very pretty and calm. I like 'Memories of the Wind best' ^^

Wow. Memories of the Wind is pretty good :o . But it seemed a bit too simple to me.

yea..had a few comments on how its too simple lol..i personally like the sound of of more complex music and like to play complex music:D..haha but im not so great at the piano...so simplicity is nice sometimes^.^... and!hehehe i guess i want to be a composer who can play her own music lol.. but everyone's welcome to improvise! ;)

omgoshu goshu..My second university assignment this year..'Tsubasa'.. composed for marimba and bass clarinet... ^.^ my first time composing for marimba actually:heh:
fun fun composing (all in one night x_x)..but maybe not so fun to listen to..lol..warning~~sorry if it gets a bit boring... it's very different from my other stuff!
and just to mention..there is no actual structure in here if anyone's gona comment on that :heh: i just kept going and going until i reached somewhere round 3-4min which was one of the requirements...
titled 'Tsubasa'..which is japanese for 'wings'... to me..kinda a symbol of freedom.. ^.^ also reason why theres no structure and kinda sounds random... wanna be free~~ many more elements in this piece relating to the 'freedom' thing i could say actually...but i'll shoosh now..:)

Tsubasa

This is actually a really cool change of pace from the other compositions posted here. The beginning was a perfect intro for what was to come. The coolest part in the intro was the crazy, but really cool run at 0:07.

The marimba part at 0:23 followed by the melody is definitely one of the most remembered parts in the piece. The strange rhythms and notes create an interesting new melody.

The part at 0:58 was really cool, especially how the marimba part comes in and begins to add on to the bass and finally into another melody.

The bass clarinet at 1:39 was really nice, and then followed by the marimba solo. I liked how the style was repeated at 1:53 with even more challenging parts for both the marimba, and bass clarinet.

I thought the transition at 1:57 was really weird, almost as if there was no transition. The variations after that on the melody were really nice.

The section at 2:53 was a really interesting change of pace, in a good way. It was a really nice way of bringing in a conclusion. Having said that, I though the ending was kind of weak. I almost thought it should end with that challenging run of notes in the beginning, you know, something that would make the Marimba performers look really good, just a thought.


I noticed that sometimes the marimba will be playing a roll, while notes continue in the upper or lower octave. Did you write the marimba part so two people could play it?

Anyways, this would be an incredible piece to play and would definitely get a standing ovation for the performers due to the difficult passages. This was really good for only one night, and the title perfectly matches the song. Great job. I hope to hear more like this, but on a larger scale!

hiya ComplexAudio99^_^ thanks for your deltailed feedback~funfun to read:) hehe
"I noticed that sometimes the marimba will be playing a roll, while notes continue in the upper or lower octave. Did you write the marimba part so two people could play it?" ...:heh: nope;) it was written for one player hehehe 'those parts' are actually possible to play:) (i hope haha)... its very common for marimba players to use up to six mallets which means 3 in each hand.. well, my piece is written for 4 mallets~2 in each hand ;) :lol: all the rolly thingy are actually just tremolo between 2 notes with the max interval being an octave:) so yupyup~possible to do with one hand^^ but then means the other hand's gona have a difficult time jumping round fast stuff on its own:( @_@ o well, that can be the performers problem for now .. and there is no performer! hohoho!

okok sorry bout my randomness:P hehehe

something i spent tonight playing around with... originally holding guitar trying to write a song...but ended up with this 8 part thing...hmmm...
ah sorry if it sounds 'shocking' lol...
its not complete yet^^ ... well my own comments on it...
too heavy? messy? cliche? yet too simple?? kinda what i think about it on the technical sides...hmm sounds very noisy to me at moment actually coz i havent put in any dynamics yet ...
and one main question.. my last 3 seconds or so leads into a more depressing minor part... its kinda a habit of mine... but im not sure if i should do that coz the rest of it sounds quite cheerful.. dont want to kill it x_x
and omg... sorry about the crazy face slapping cymbals somewhere x_x it sounds so scary! but my sibelius just sounds like that :(

'fate'... a very short composition i did for an assignment earlier this year ~ just thought i'd put it here to share :)
we were given a little motif which we must include in some ways..ive kinda used it through the whole thing
..and actually we were given a list of instruments which we must use..and compose something..."no more than 10bars each"!!! ...i didnt really get that .. 10 bars in total in terms of the whole piece or how many bars each voice is playing in??..hmm..no one understood so went their own way...
yea the ending is suppose to be left opened :) ..so yea in terms of the assignment.. this is complete ^_^ lol and i dont really like it much myself haha..so i dont think i'll try finish it:P

...hmm strange how all my 'free time' compositions are completely different from my university assignments:think: ...sometimes feel like i must compose something outside of my taste in order to achieve well...strange haha... but then sometimes i cant decide which i like more than the other^^ as in..free time one..or serious work one.... :huh:

finished! my 8part ensemble thing greeeeew... a few more extra voices added and im finished^^

still sounds messy tho:( hmmm...

"To the Beginning"

One thing I'll say (for now, at least): A common way to use double bass is to put cello and double bass in octaves (note that double bass notation is noted an octave below what it sounds).

Hey, this is really quite good. You should be proud! I'm not saying this is perfect, but it's well written I think. Easy to follow.

I would say the thing holding back this piece is the timpani. .it's kind of cheesy so to say.

But I like your melody and chords-- Good ending. ^_^

Wow... You have a really nice composition there. I found the form of this piece to be very relaxing! I liked how it started slow (soft... etc) and slowly built up to a triumphant melody... or something like that. Even with the timpani... stupid midi!

I found the timpani solo at the end to be kinda of misplaced, it almost didn't belong, or the rhythm sounded odd, but anyways, I really like the song as it is.

For your other song, Fate, I thought the use of different textures really made the song. It's actually pretty good, with a catchy melody...

Well anyways great job with the composing, as usual! ~Later

Now, into specific comments:

"To The Beginning": At most times, try to avoid eighth note arpeggios in the double bass/cello; what I would do is separate the arpeggio into 2 or more instruments in some way (especially meas. 16-18, 29-44). Meas. 63; what you could do is use a suspended cymbal for a crescendo, then a crash cymbal at 64. Overall, it's not too bad ;) .

whoa... lol ...before posting midis..never thought about having my compositions being pulled to bits haha...but thats all my computer can do atm.. in some ways... kinda scaryx_x...but useful for now^_^ since i think clarinetist's comments is in fact very useful...yea think those problems u pointed out are the reasons to why i think it sounds so messy :heh: ...think i needa do some proper study on orchestration^_^
hmm..ah but i feel so lazy to make anymore changes after i finished.. bad i know....x_x

but please commenting everyone! and i'll apply everything u suggest into my future compositions^.^ ur help would be really appreciated :lol: tyty

Orchestration needs work, it's just the matter of fact that you need to learn how to put the entire orchestra to use and strengthen places that you need to strengthen. Also, you might consider thickening quite a lot of harmony in that piece. Not bad overall, it's decent enough to fool average ear. ;) Which is already a great first step.

Wow, that was great! The ending, especially was so emotional and dramatic - I really enjoyed it. I also agree with Deathraider that the form is very good. There was only one thing that bothered me. When you have the flute/horn duet, before the other instruments enter, it feels like you have both instruments sitting on long notes a few times. Personally, I think this sounds a bit awkward, and you may want to try getting more motion, maybe in the horn part.

Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed this - can't wait to hear more!

hi thanks for the advice and comments guys^.^
yea i hardout agree theres something wrong with my orchestration... :(
although i major in composition... the lecturer doesnt teach us anything..just tells us to "TO IT"... x_x so yupyup i really need help on this from else where..
and i guess i kinda focused more on getting the sound i want rather than on what instruments should do:think: which atm i dont know much about...:sweat:
thanks so much for the help^.^

im gona have another go on an ensemble soon and try improve my horrible spots:sweat:

The orchestration in this one rings true in my foolish ear, but as Dotdot mentioned, perhaps it needs work if you want to impress those a little more-knowing. I liked it! The variation was there, it had a nice progression and though I personally had some trouble following the song's 'meaning' or 'goal', I must say you did a nice job on it. The harmonies were excellent.

Piano Suite -'Sora' (Sky)

1st movement - 'Dance of the Clouds'
2nd movement - 'Raindrops'
3rd movement - 'Storm's Arrival'

This is the first piano suite i've ever composed.. each piece is suppose to have a different mood to it...
''Sora'' means ''sky'' in japanese... and these piano pieces are about the changes of the skies... the process leading to a storm...
First the changes in colour and movement of the clouds...then the rainfall...then at last breaks into a storm

im personally not THAT happy with them as i didnt achieve as high a mark as i hoped...lol... so feel free to criticize and anything i could improve on

Enjoy!

um sorry if there are random noises at the ends of tracks...i just noticed it when i listened to it now...not sure if it happens to u guys..hmmm

Those were interesting...

Dance of the Clouds-When I saw the title, I expected that to be a happy song. It wasn't.

Raindrops-Was happier than the first one, and I expected something sad. It was my favorite of the 3 however.

Strom's Arrival-This one, lost all sense of direction. It was either too loud, or to quiet, especially on the really high notes. It only sounded like a storm half the time.

Overall, I think that they were well written, but they just didn't fit the mood.

I think that Raindrops ended up sounding more like a Dance of the Clouds, and vice versa. I also think these two probably fit the progression of the storm better.

hmm... well there are many sides to words... and guess these are my views of weather change coz of where i live.... the sense of randomness like u really dont know whats gona happen.... this is what auckland's weather is like lol.

oh forgot to note... each piece is based on a different given mode(...all very atonal-_-)...like we had to choose 3 outa a list of 8.... limitations can be frustrating sometimes... but it was the whole point of the assignment... forcing us to move away from the tonal classic genre most people are comfortable with...
i mean... the weather cant be happy or sad... so i dont think my pieces need to sound happy or sad

'dance' simply indicating 'movement' and not exactly dance dance...clouds moving around...changing in color...---> weather change
'raindrops' may sound brighter so it seems it should be the dance.... but i wanted to show a peaceful beautiful and slow rainfall...
then the storm is contrast to the previous...just to reinforce the idea of "dont know whats gona happen next"...

but yea thanx for commenting^^... altho i was really hoping to recieve more comments on the techniques side rather than just personal views on mood and likes/dislikes...
eg. ideas on how to make it a better 'piano composition'...structure? development?... etc

Oh, as for the composition element it was fine. Just some high notes were rather piercing.

I actually find Dance of the Cloud very fitting to its title. Maybe you should use even more emphasized chords or notes to make it even more dance-like. I would even like to hear it as a danse macabre of some sort, it's really quite fitting. You should even have some unearthly harmonization to emphasize the quality. Raindrop was also lovely, but perhaps instead of keeping to the tonal side, you could even have some more clashy major and minor thirds. Don't be afraid to use more dissonances, you're the composer, you have the license to do anything you want, as long as you know what you're doing. A suggestion of something you can do is when you have fancy little arppegios, you can have the pianist hold down the sustain pedal and play short staccatos, it's a nice effect to imitate rain. As for the Storm's Arrival, it's a little too cliched the way it is presented. Instead of having an uncreative 'boom boom boom' opening, have something that's almost eccentric and slowly grow into a more storm like part. This movement felt the most tonal out of all of them. But because it's the last movement, you should have something remarkable. The style of this entire suite isn't of conventional harmony, hence you could literally go 'crazy' in this last movement to leave the audience with a deeper impression.

Generally speaking, unlike the two commented above, I find the movements very fitting with the titles. However, I consider my personal taste rather abstract, so if you're not going for an unique and idiosyncratic style, then you should reconsider the titles. But I liked the first and second movement. You should consider studying more of the 20th century style, it seems to fit you well.

Wow, this is beautiful! :D I like it, can you give us the music?

Piano Suite -'Sora' (Sky)

1st movement - 'Dance of the Clouds'
2nd movement - 'Raindrops'
3rd movement - 'Storm's Arrival'

This is the first piano suite i've ever composed.. each piece is suppose to have a different mood to it...
''Sora'' means ''sky'' in japanese... and these piano pieces are about the changes of the skies... the process leading to a storm...
First the changes in colour and movement of the clouds...then the rainfall...then at last breaks into a storm

im personally not THAT happy with them as i didnt achieve as high a mark as i hoped...lol... so feel free to criticize and anything i could improve on

Enjoy!

Lol, haha, I like to be called Sora! xD I'd like to play this nicely... It seems like it would be nice. Put this up :D (yes I know I'm being weird and asking for everything x])

.

very nice piece

I am not a composition expert but I do write my own music and lyrics and I have to say that you are very good. If you keep working hard at it you may get recognized. I find that not everyone is going to understand your music. I know how it is, you hear the music in your head one way and sometimes it doesn't quite come out the way your want. Me, I sometimes settle for a little bit of a different sound until I can get the sound that I originally wanted. But sometimes it may come out better than you originally envisioned it would. Me myself I write music to what my heart is feeling. That is when I am most creative. But there are others that depend more on what they have learned in books than with emotion. So I say, "to each his own". You will have hits and misses. But just stay encouraged and keep composing, you have the talent. With great effort your music will develop into something fabulous before you realize it.

Unfortunately the midi sound does suck most of the time but what can you do? lol
Angel

Havent posted anything here for a very long time! mainly due to all my time spent on my main project of the semester...my string quartet 'Journey to Uncertainty' - named after and inspired by a work of the photographer Fan Ho :) this is also my first string quartet ^_^ and it was so much fun composing it!
sound quality's not that great, but enjoy:)

Certainly portrays uncertainty :P. The ambivalent harmonies, sluggish glisses really add together to paint, and general sense of instablity and inconsistency (the good kind, though ;)) all add up together to produce a rather unique sounding piece. I was a bit surprised part with the imitative pseudo-atonal section near the middle as seemingly few people here even flirt with the idea of dissonance. This piece could definitely benefit with a treatment of better samples/instruments, or even a live recording, but overall, I can't think really think of any major complaints composition-wise (though it'd be nice if post the midi file for closer inspection). Really nice job.

Very nice! I think you should write for some of more of his photos. They are fabulous. :)
And you capture the darkness and the longing so well!

my most recent composition LIGHT
a simple piece for bassoon and piano. i would have wanted it to be longer but actually ran outa time and only managed to hand it in last sec so just had to stick an end to it :(
sorry it doesnt sound like a bassoon :heh: coz i actually used a trombone sound sample as i couldnt find a bassoon sound in logic when i was converting it..but definitely sounds better than the midi i plucked outa sibelius..heh

the basic task of this was to compose a piece for bassoon and another instrument which i have to be able to perform myself with the visiting bassoon player^^

enjoy

Very nice piano accompaniment! The bassoon part, though I believe you were trying to go for some kind of improvised feel, just seemed a little awkward at times to my ears, but that may be just my ears. Good job! Let's hear some more! ^_^

Awesome!
I can't make my own... always I don't know....

Hi guys, long time no update! :heh:
This year's been a stressful one :sweat:

Anyway, here are a few things I've been working on the last few months:

Thunderbird is a piece for solo saxophone, inspired by the American Indian legend of the thunderbird. This particular recording here is performed by my friend who kindly offered to do the performance for me :)

Secondly, the other 3 are a set of miniature pieces, or you can say they're movements, which belong to a work called Degrees for Piano Trio (violin, cello, piano). Degrees is a set of 3 pictorial pieces depicting the images of our changing world, our near future, as the degrees increase, as our globe warms. It must sound odd to connect geographic science with music... I'm not usually the environmental type...but just came across a book called Six Degrees by Mark Lynas one day and read some pretty scary stuff x_x and so i thought i'll use it as the concept for my project. This is really different to my previous works...even I'm kinda surprised what that 'scary stuff' inspired me to write...each movement is suppose to become more intense. example: 1st is the beginning..3rd mvt is like the end of the world.

Note: these recordings sound funny...eg. 2nd mvt ("calls" referring to animal calls..imagine birds)- some gliss are missing... and most importantly...in the 3rd mvt if u wonder why there are such looooong held notes, the first 16bars and last 16bars the strings are in fact playing sul pont and there should be harmonics flying around...but i have no idea how to make the computer do that :s so my apologies... i could show u the score if u want to have a better idea :)

Anyway the titles kinda explain themselves...um i can't really say please enjoy... They ARE rather grotesque..degrees anyway... so um yea have a listen tho :)

Hi, nice to meet you! I'm Kevin. I arrived after you went on "break" haha. I really like your music! I listened to them all, but I think my favorite by far is "The Ice is Melting". Such beautiful work on the piano.

Haha...So yes. Nice to meet you! I look forward to hearing even more! :)

Hi Kevin! Nice to meet you too! Thank you for your kind comment :) The Ice is Melting is also my fav out of the 3 mvt! unfortunately i can't make the piano part sound any good on my poor old piano as the high keys are...rather horrible and clicky:(.. really need a good grand with bell-y top notes ^_^
Anyway I'll try to put more up soon
Those works there I've just uploaded are most recent...and I've got to admit, my outputting of compositions is kinda very slow:heh: they seem to suddenly appear in little bulks every half year lol
But I'll try find some older ones I did last year that I haven't got a chance to upload :)

And I really like your music too! Love the Air(orchestral)! I wish I could get better at works for larger ensembles..orchestra etc...or first, have the guts to tackle one to start with! :sweat:

Here are a few slightly older works:

Path of the Wind (Flute, cello, and marimba)

Scenes in a Night Forest (Piano) - is composed based on a row of pre-written chords which display tension and release. so basically its a play around with the concept of tension and release :) and if you are one of those who are extremely scared of the dark like myself! dark forests have gota be the scariest...like when nothingness seems to look like something else :cry: but when the moonlight reaches through the gaps..release! :lol:

Song of the Courtesan (Voice and Piano)

Enjoy!

Path of the Wind-- This gave me the impression, not of the wind, but a relation to the forest. It think it's because it reminds me so much of Zelda and the quirky music of the forest. I really enjoyed this piece of music by you, it's one of the most enjoyable I've come by on Ichigo's in a little while.

It's different, it makes my ear surprised, but only in good ways; however, the ear gets used to what "kind of" music will come next. This is a hard concept to explain. For example, we may listen to a Classical sonata and "know" what type of piece it is, and expect it to be "the same" and that is a "good thing." In your case, however, the ear wants this "unpredictable music" to stay "unpredictable" and it seems about half-way through my natural response to it is fairly apathetic-- as in, it gets a little tedious. My suggestion is to return back to the happy in the middle.

This type of music is not very melody driven, but more color and motif-heavy. I am happy you don't just use random motifs, but it's unique that you come back with a "main melody" at the end. Maybe introduce that in an underlying way somewhere before? I was happy to hear that beginning pattern with the vibes from the beginning at the very end. Overall, it was a neat piece.


Scenes in a Night Forest-- I enjoyed the opening very much; I could already tell you know how to bring out the colors on the piano (especially according to what you are aiming for). It's good part writing, you might say.

Anyway, on to the piece itself; it was quite right-on with the story. I liked how the tensions and arpeggios came out very nicely. The piece went together, but there's a couple of musical suggestions I would like to touch on. The beginning isn't as moving as I feel it should be. There are little snippets in the "middle" section where you have that "moonlight reaching through the gaps" but the main points of calm/easyness is in the beginning and the end. The ending is also a little too rhythmic for my ear. I would imagine the feeling of an easy stroll through the forest, very free and soft, then going into this forest (and watch out for you musical tension-- as my piano teacher says, "Don't blow your load too early.." XD) and scurrying around, getting more tense and tense, running-- and then finally coming to the end. At the end, specifically, I would make like to hear the melody again, but without the rhythmic ostinato (or at least not as "prominent" as you make it sound) but more of a mystic feeling, like you've gotten to the end and you're laying down gazing at the moon while you feel heavy and tired weathering your way through the forest. Something like that-- it's up to you.


Song of the Courtesan-- Oh, how lyrics would be a very nice addition to this. Usually I write comments in the midst of listening to the piece, so I can give the composer that real "first impression" that someone will get, then go back and analyze closer. This one has me caught just listening to it. It's extremely interesting, and I love the feeling of space. I won't say much more about the piece, since I feel it's pretty darn good as it is.

Overall comments are pretty straight-forward. You have a huge potential, and it really showed what you can do in the last piece you have posted (Courtesan). You have a concept of story-telling and of the space that music needs. You can't really teach the concept of space in music-- it's too hard to teach "lingering" and that "mysterious" quality of sound; it's something that can be developed, and I urge you to hone in on that since that's definitely your special ability when it comes to music. Have you listened to much 'Impressionistic' music? Debussy or Ravel? I suggest you should! Start with Debussy's Prelude Book 1 and Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit suite for piano.

Keep up the great work! Very pleased.

Hello Mazeppa :) thank you for the great detailed comments! more detail than my professor would give! i really appreciate it:)

I'm actually surprised you thought of the forest for Path of the Wind. You see, I'm often one of those who give the piece a title after I finish lol...and for this particular piece I really was in fact trying to portray the path of the wind and not really the wind itself^_^ there are kind of separate distinctive parts in there...if i recall right...the story is: the listener is the wind, the only thing free enough to travel through forests, seas, skies in a flow.

Yes I guess Scene in a Night Forest does sound somewhat like a scramble through the forest and finally coming out through the other side lol... well I'll leave the interpretation to the listener!^_^

I'm glad you liked Song of the Courtesan! I does indeed have lyrics, which I took from a set of poems by an ancient Chinese poet Liu Shi..who i believe was once a concubine herself...i used english translations of course hehe about the life and feelings of a courtesan of ancient China..other words, the concubines. They were extremely talented poets, artists and musicians, but were not accepted by the society because of the status of a concubine, and would most likely not be able to marry as no family accepts... so this song reflects the moving story of Liu Shi's passionate and agonized relationship with the Ming-loyalist martyr Chen Zilong...
He is gone.
Gone somewhere west of Feng Cheng.
A thin rain dampens my red sleeves.
New weeds lie as deep as my jade brow is low.
The butterfly is most bewildered.
Where was he? Where was he?
He is gone.
Gone from the Isle of Egrets.
Lotus blossoms turn to emerald remorse.
Willow catkins rise to join the zither's grief.
Behind the brocade curtain the early autumn startles.

I personally do like this song quite a bit myself but unfortunately my professor felt differently and gave me a low mark lol I was a bit disappointed but I'm really happy to know there are others out there who enjoy it too! ^_^

Yes recently I have listened to a bit more impressionistic music than i used to.. even starting to play more debussy on piano :) but i still have trouble getting around composing harmonies like such.... probably due to the fact i was completely 'classical' trained until only 3 years ago lol
hmm.. like usually i have to hammer around on the piano for ages before finding something i like :think: is that the way to go? or should there be other ways to make it come easier?...hmmm

As long as you get stuff out, it doesn't matter.

The only piece I have listened at the moment is "Path of the wind". I really like this piece. I find it very entertaining. As a listener this is like exploring in a cave to me. Or better to say walking lost in a cave, searching for new paths, and well, exploring the inside of it. Nice listen this is! :)

Thank you Nyu001 :) thats an interesting description u have there. I never thought of the cave. So I listened to it thinking of the cave just now and got a whole new image :)
At first when I was composing it I was worried it was going all over the place as there were too many ideas/sections...but then I guess when its thought of as a journey through an unknown space it starts to make more sense :D

hmm...just got a request from Relicon to reupload Memories of the Wind, and not until now that i realized all my older uploads are all gone! x_x NOOOOO! now how did that happen...:think:
But then i feel somewhat embarrassed to reupload some of that stuff now..maybe a revision first would be good.:sweat:

However heres my old 4 year old composition Memories of the Wind for ya relicon :) hope the file works. I've also changed computers and reformatted and all that...and a lot of my files gone crazy and don't work :( so i was pretty shocked to find them gone from this site too!

I remember this piece. Compared with your late works there is a nice progress in your originality in your music. This piece is nice, but to me lack the originality and creativity of your other late pieces that I enjoyed. :>