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KOYAANISQATSI. KOYAANISQATSI.

The reverbs sound good!

And so do other things. Something that stands out is the slow harmonic language and how fluid it is when it changes. Something that's difficult to achieve with a slower pace.

It seems like the piece is too short for the amount of material you put into it. It feels like there were too many ideas for its length, which is also good because it means that it has a lot of potential. There wasn't a lot tying it together, though the instrumentation and tonal centers at the beginning and end helped. The pared down instrumentations in these sections sounded very nice. Ugh, I just wish this piece were longer!

Anyway, good job!

Interesting

Was this whole thing improv, or did you plan any of it beforehand? Quite good for improv, either way. I do a lot of improv, but I'm primarily a modal composer, so I'm not so great with improvising tonally, or with conventional melodies. Anyway, it's good for improv, though the chords are kind of stock (some circle of 5ths progressions, if I'm not mistaken).

Quite good

I don't know why the idiots on NG vote 0s on anything that's original. This piece is a lot better than most of the populist crap on the front page. I really like how you blend the chords into each other and lead into the next chords. Your progression isn't conventional, which is nice. I see you use the mixolydian mode again toward the end, and it sounds nice. I like the clarinet part, it fits nicely into the background. The only thing I would suggest would be more dynamic contrast, namely that your pieces in general needs more "highs." I enjoy the hushed quality of your music, but it would be nice to see what else you can do. Good music!

Cool

I really like your use modes in this piece. The tone of the piece is very nice. It's subdued, yet still sticks to major modalities (mixolydian is useful for that, isn't it?). Some of the mild dissonance in the beginning is really interesting. Also, really good use of percussion, a lot of people go overboard with percussion (i.e. anything on the front page or anything with "epic" in the title). The orchestration sounds professional, too. I enjoyed how different instruments just faded in, like the piano. Just curious, what is the orchestration?

Anyway, good job, I don't know why all of the original sounding stuff ends up with low scores.

Roy00 responds:

Thanks! but im not sure what you're asking by what is the orchestration. all i could say is that everything i do is original and that this is my first song done by a newer version of Finale 2009. i thought it would be a good twist to put in some percussion for once.

Lulz

Obvious troll is obvious.

Heil responds:

where

Interesting

I started a piece that sounds sorta like this one, but it sucked and I never finished it. I like your use of minimalism.

Pretty good

It feels too repetitive sometimes, like there wasn't a good enough reason to repeat a melodic segment one more time. This makes the piece feel longer than it is. More dynamic contrast and varying of voices when repeating sections will help prevent this.

Cool

I like the spaces of silence... I don't even know how to write for percussion, lol!

Great textures

I really liked how you utilized the full orchestra, in that you didn't throw everything in all at once the whole piece. The piece has a great pulsing feel to it and the notes were placed exactly right. I love the fugal section at 1:18, and I'd be interested in seeing the score, if you wouldn't mind. Good use of unconventional mode at 0:14; is that Lydian you're using?

One criticism, though, is that the ending doesn't seem to work very well. I understand that the piece is just building the whole time, and I think a resolute ending would kill the piece. Instead, it seems like the ending should be the most intense and leading part of the piece. It would help if it were loud.

Wooh! I like music!

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