I'd like your opinion on a small piece of music I wrote.

You have creative talent; great job. +5

Not too shabby!

Wow, so I felt what you wanted to convey - or did you write the music and get your feeling afterwards? In any event, this is what film scores do and you're on the right track!

Nice tune

Very tranquil. It felt like it was building up to a climax of a spring storm, yet, drifted into a peaceful autumn night. Pleasant indeed. A Stormy Silence would be a fitting title.

Are all the instruments really keyboard/synth? Did you plug it into the computer and use some sort of sound modifying software?

I ask, because the "violins" sound quite good, especially for a home recording.

Uplifting.

It is a good start!

I am fortunate to have a family of musicians. When I have a new melody I call and sing it to my family. Between us we have a start to a new song...good or bad. The words come quickly...the melody is the magic!

Bump

When I saw the soundcloud link I thought it was going to be rap music. It was rather good imo.

It's nice William, do you play the strings or just compose?

Someone with no understanding of classical music might take it for that.

Bump for the Euros

I really enjoyed this! Beautiful! Thank you!

AC DC song with bagpipes = It's a long way from the top

I would pull the melody down a half step to the 3rd at 0:28 as well as when it repeats the next phrase so it resolves.

Add some string bass 8th notes in the coming phrases, and some concert percussion. Needs dynamics throughout.

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Bump for later, haven't listened yet.

Having tech problems with a new phone.

wow guys, really amazing feedback.

I will update this thread at a later date.

thanks again everyone, youre all really great.

so, I wasn't planning on this, but since some here were sincerely interested in the progress and I had to upload for my class anyway, I thought I would share the 2nd iteration of the piece im working on.

again, this is not the final piece, it will be changing over the course of time as I learn the composition structure and develop my techniques, but I am open to any and all feedback anyone wants to give.

anyway, here it is:

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that's a whole lot better. i was the one who suggested slowing it down, i think at the current tempo it might drag a little and the tempo can come up a couple more bpm. what do you think?

It would be nice played with real instruments, yes.

I did try it at a lower bpm but it came across less "real love" and more tempered emotions. I like the feel of the pace here. Currently, its 100 bpm.

It will be different when the melody is more spread out with the full composition I think..

That's true, but I dont have a violin, cello, or any brass instruments. Lol

Work with what ya got.

Not bad OP. Keep going though - you can do more.

Definitely, I'm at the beginning of this journey.

Thanks.

I'm sure most have forgotten about this thread, and I don't blame them, lol..

I've been working more on the original track I posted and have the 3rd iteration, which probably won't change until I learn more about compression and mixing, which is much later in the course.

as it is, I've moved on to other pieces, but thought I would post my semi final version before I do.

I will post again the final version, but it wont be for a long time.

thanks for your interest.

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Here is also another piece I wrote, which I'm developing.

Id love some feedback if you have the time. It's 4 minutes, so take that into consideration.

It's called "Dreaming for You"

again, thanks for your time.

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Nice job man.

thanks bro, I appreciate it. how you doing?

Doing well, thanks.

Headed for bed.

Good stuff bro.