My Compositions 2

Sir_Dotdotdot · September 7th, 2005, 12:59 am

Edit:

I guess it's about time for me to write a better introduction about my music~

Well, I have composed for a little more than three and a half years. I started with very little knowledge about music, but as I was composing, I realized there were so much more I had to learn, so I dedicated myself to various topics in music. At some point, I realized my music started to become satisfying with very basic techniques, but at the same time, I realized that through music, I discovered that it's more than just notes and tones. Music started to have messages, ideas and morals at this time. But being me (I'm quite idiosyncratic), I thought that I should take my music beyond the normal level of 'a message' or 'an emotion'. I didn't know what to do then, but eventually, I realized my musical philosophy (yes, I made a thread about this). "I do not want to convey an emotion or a story to the audience of a piece, in fact, I want them to create their own stories and emotions through my music." Yes, it seems to be quite a challenging thing to achieve, so I guess that's why I pursue this philosophy as my motivation to music.

Aside from just being 'philosophical' about music, I can also be quite technical. My favourite thing to do when writing music is orchestrating. To me, orchestration is like colouring a picture. I don't really care about all the outlines and details of the picture, but I felt that colour of the picture is the most attractive thing, so thus I felt that orchestration is my priority when writing music. Of course, melodies and harmonies are also important, but without these colours, they can't be as vibrant as they could be.

My main influences are impressionistic, modern, and some medieval music. I am not too much of a fan of baroque, classical or romantic because these music are too restricted in form, structure and various musical elements.

If you are a first time visitor of my thread, please don't just browse through my first few compositions. Please actually go to the end and listen to my newest works for they relate to what I've said more than the old pieces due to the fact that I am constantly improving in composition.

I hope you'll enjoy my music, if not, at least you can have a better understanding of me~

Edit: Now that I look back at my composer's timeline (yes, I do keep one), my composition career was longer than I thought it was.

Klonoa · September 7th, 2005, 03:25 am

This is a good song Real enjoyable to me. Somewhere in the beginning A slight part on the left hand I didnt like. But the more I got into the song the more interesting parts I thought came in with the melody and the chord progression. The ending chord seemed a bit odd, but Overall It is a real nice job with this piece.

Marlon · September 7th, 2005, 11:11 pm

I loved this song.

Especially the intro.

Dragon · September 8th, 2005, 03:03 am

Silhouette

Cool song! Suits the name perfectly. And the most amazing part is you actually spelled silhouette right!

Noir7 · September 8th, 2005, 07:49 am

I liked the title too. The beginning caught me immediately with the fast parallell arpeggios. However, as I listened to it I felt that it went from hero to zero. It gradually went worse from there. First I thought you would introduce a melody with the left hand (yes, left hand) that would be accompanied by right hand arpeggios. So that kind of let me down :/

deathraider · September 8th, 2005, 11:01 pm

Well...I liked the chord progression, but the melody didn't follow it very well, and besides, the melody was kind of boring... then at about 1/3 of the way through it gets too layered...

Blombrink · September 11th, 2005, 01:32 am

ahaha Everyone listen at 2.29, ahaha off-topic.

So you are recording this song live ?

Al · September 11th, 2005, 03:46 am

I don't think that he will, since he believes that it will break off pianists' fingers

Sir_Dotdotdot · October 1st, 2005, 01:26 am

Thanks for all your comments, I really appreciate them

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Okay, here's two new songs, Waltz (in both string quartet and the arrangement for flute, clarinet, alto sax, violin, trombone and piano), and Serenade (it's called Untitled in the file thing though).

Noir7 · October 1st, 2005, 01:36 am

Lol, is that an MSN sound at 02:51 on Silhouette?

Sir_Dotdotdot · October 1st, 2005, 01:50 am

Unfortunately, I think it is...

Noir7 · October 1st, 2005, 05:02 pm

Now that I think of it.. Silhoutte is actually pretty damn good. Probably one of the best I've heard in a long time here on Ichigos. I can't put my finger on it, but the complexity of the middle parts make sense, and well.. I enjoyed it after listening to it for a couple of times.

yellowmonkey121 · October 1st, 2005, 09:04 pm

I liked Silhoutte. It was somewhat different unlike your new compositions. I thought Valse was too slow and when I heard Waltz I thought it was pretty cliche and Untitled was pretty good. It was flowing very smoothly and I liked the fact you kept it long unlike me. Mine are usually barely over 3 minutes. I think for Untitled.. you should add a drum set or something.

Shizeet · October 11th, 2005, 03:56 am

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Originally Posted by Noir7

I liked the title too. The beginning caught me immediately with the fast parallell arpeggios. However, as I listened to it I felt that it went from hero to zero. It gradually went worse from there. First I thought you would introduce a melody with the left hand (yes, left hand) that would be accompanied by right hand arpeggios. So that kind of let me down :/

I kinda have to agree with Noir on the beginning transition of the piece - the built-up tension gets dissolved too quickly with the slower awkward part. The arpeggios kinda remind me of Chopin's 1st Etude, Opus. 10. It sounded like you were descending them diatonically, as that diminished sounding arpeggio didn't really sound appropriate in my opinion. Actually, the whole piece sounds like it's a diatonic descending progression (with variations of course on the melodic parts, but still rhymthically and harmonically static), which isn't necessarily bad, but it does start to feel repetitive since that's the bulk of the piece. Also, his is more of production problem, but you really should vary the velocity (and tempo here and there) of the piano notes more - actually, it might just be your piano sample - the piece sounds very, very mechanical. If your sequencer has a humanizing function, that might also be helpful.

The Valse/Waltz pieces sound like imitative efforts which don't quite get to an authentic level. The main problem is that the melody doesn't flow very well, especially since there is a pseudo-resolution after the first five bars, and the next part start off very similar to the first part - sort of like false starts. Actually, for the majority of that section, it seems like the melody keeps trying to start, but keeps resolving before it feels really finished (if that makes any sense - it's a bit hard for me to explain, but I guess basically the flow not very smooth). The Untitled piece shows more promise, but though it has more variation on a physical level, psychoacoustically it still feels very similar throughout the entire piece. I think a more dynamic take on the structure would've made it more interesting.

Marlon · October 12th, 2005, 09:36 pm

You're talented, and the only thing I really don't like is the sound quality, but of course, that's not your fault, so keep going!