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A piece for string quartet and rock band. Theres a big Dream Theater influence here apparently...
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| eleveneyes said 1521 days ago (September 25th, 2005) | |
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slow start this one started off kinda cheesey like to me, but then just got better and better as it went on. love the piano stuff and the call and response stuff between the piano and synth. i can hear the dream theater influence but this is much more interesting to me. thanks for sharing your sounds. Check out my latest song called Here With You - Better MIX
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| TobinMueller said 1521 days ago (September 26th, 2005) | |
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Very cool Yes, the level of interest increased tremendously as the track morphed on and on. Some very cool moments and tons of great energy. If this is a demo track to flesh out ideas, then the MIDI strings are ok, but if you want to use the track for other than demo purposes, consider substituting the synth strings with more interesting synth sounds (Moog, for instance), or looking into more realistic solo string AUs or the Proteus 2 module by Emu. Or get your string buddies at Monash to play for you. I used to do that in college all the time. Keep inventing, man. Cool stuff. Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)
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| The Composer said 1520 days ago (September 26th, 2005) | |
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Very cool Thanks for the feedback. Part of the reason I've labled it the MTV cut is because I personally think there is alot more that I could do with the piece... ESPECIALLY the call and response between the guitar and piano. The introduction will take some time to remove the cheese from it, as it presents the material for a large part of the piece... but that comment has been made to me a couple of times now by various people so I'll definately have to think about it. As for the synth strings... oddly enough I had to use GM midi sounds for the strings, the Garageband strings just didn't have anywhere near the timbral variation that I wanted. Idealy I would want to record this entirely with real instruments (after I've finished the non-MTV cut)... however, trying to do that right now at Uni will be difficult. Its a relatively difficult piece in some sections and there are too many instruments to worry about recording (seven at the moment)... the most I've had time to deal with is 4... and besides, I don't know that many strings players that well. Thanks for the comments. --- The Composer, previously known as The Pianist who hasn't played the piano in a while... Check out my latest song called 25 Minutes in a Japanese Restaurant (Readers Digest Version) (MJRF)
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| Stun Nutz said 1520 days ago (September 26th, 2005) | |
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crazy, man! This does get better and better and it goes along... your programming is really energetic and fluid. Is it all pencil tool stuff? A lot of it sounds like live instrument playing. The sound of some of the instruments could be improved and/or changed (I agree with some of the other comments), and this is more noticable at the beginning, but overall very impressive! I love the crashing climax at the end... Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected
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| The Composer said 1520 days ago (September 27th, 2005) | |
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crazy, man! Is it all pencil tool? No way man, this piece was originally written on Sibelius 2 (a music notation program), as I had to originally submit this as a written composition to my lecturer... so it actually is all just midi notes in Garageband. Thankyou for the comments. --- The Composer, previously known as The Pianist who hasn't played the piano in a while... Check out my latest song called 25 Minutes in a Japanese Restaurant (Readers Digest Version) (MJRF)
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| Stun Nutz said 1520 days ago (September 27th, 2005) | |
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crazy, man! Cool... I am just not familiar with many of the more professional, sophisticated programs like Sibelius... we are so used to GarageBand around here! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected
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| Tadashi Togawa said 1520 days ago (September 27th, 2005) | |
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High sea of composition Hello Bryan. I am Japanese. Are you doing the Karate? Are you a black belt? The tune is magnificent. Development moves. It is wonderful at the end. The amount of the recording was a little excessive. I was possible to enjoy very much. Check out my latest song called Mexican taste
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| SpasmodicMan said 1520 days ago (September 27th, 2005) | |
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Start of the road I tuned into this after getting a heads up email from Tobin and it truly lived up to his hype. Totally dig brain-teasers. Would love to hear this with more expressive instruments, bring it off the page and under the fingertips of players. Human exploration done by remote control, otherwise. Tear off the space suit and feel the atmosphere, man, because this track could travel. Check out my latest song called The Androgyne
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| Macaudion said 1515 days ago (October 1st, 2005) | |
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And, nice composing it is... Mighty fine rig'n... Eleveneyes borrowed my words about this and has yet to return them.... What he/she said; it definitely unwound into a seemingly complex and very interesting tune. The word, 'intrigue' hops into my head space about this.. This is a nice composition. I was kind of thinking the same as billl about wanting to hear a better midi recording, but then, as i listened more, my mind changed on me. I thought, you know, it is entirely possible that you have filtered things to get this sound image. Certainly, you were clever enough w/ all of your other choices in putting this together. A very nice piece - Thanks for sharing your work, Composer. Cydniko/Dion Check out my latest song called 123 iGetU
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| The Composer said 1473 days ago (November 13th, 2005) | |
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Yowza! Yeah, about the production... as with Ætherial... this was one of the first pieces I wrote when I had access to Garageband let alone a multi-track program capable of anything but midi... so my experience with post- production was next to nothing. Compare this to the tracks I'm writing now (only a year later... but also after a subject that actually looked at post- production techniques) and they're considerably better (though I'm still constantly finding more holes in them)... now days I do look at this track and wonder how it scored above 5 for production... let alone almost 7.5 --- The Composer, previously known as The Pianist who hasn't played the piano in a while... Check out my latest song called 25 Minutes in a Japanese Restaurant (Readers Digest Version) (MJRF)
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| mtriviso said 1505 days ago (October 12th, 2005) | |
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Terrible What the hell were you thinking? The only redeaming portion is when the strings ascend. Try again! Actually, it's damn cool. Check out my latest song called E-Minor Oct 2 2007
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| echoluna said 1466 days ago (November 19th, 2005) | |
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Rock on, Piano Man! During the intro to this song, I was thinking I had made a mistake in clicking on it... fortunately, that changed once the piano solo section arrived. I have never before heard prog rock with such amazing piano! Being a fan of Dream Theater, and being a one time veteran of a really good prog rock band myself, I have high expectations when it comes to this genre of music. I must say that I'm impressed with the writing on this song, especially once the long intro is over. The production leaves a lot of room for improvement, but it's easy to hear through that, at least for me. It is obvious to me that you are a skilled prog musician. Keep up the good work! Check out my latest song called Chromosphere
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| Tiny_Man_Inside said 1414 days ago (January 10th, 2006) | |
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comparing this to Dream Theater is like comparing a filet mignon at The Palm to a happy meal at McDonald's. To me, this is much more satisfying than Dream Theater. Fusiony, fun, engaging. My only real criticism is that I'd like to hear this played by real people on real instruments. Some of the drum parts sound a little to mechanical and I think the guitar sound is good, but not as great as it could be if it were played by a real top notch pro through a killer rig. I like the time signature changes, particularly in the last 1/4 or so of the song. I think the intro is the weakest part, but it is still pretty good, just pales in comparison to some of the end stuff. The song really kicks in with the killer drum roll about 1/4 of the way through and doesn't look back at any point. From there on it's full speed ahead. Can't believe I missed this one until now. Malachai Check out my latest song called Left to Swing (w/ The Composer)
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| giovanni said 1372 days ago (February 21st, 2006) | |
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cool Nice work... there's spots in this that remind me of YYZ by Rush. I dig the time sigs... Check out my latest song called I Can't Remember Me
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| timothy devine said 863 days ago (July 15th, 2007) | |
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:) Very special work. great piano. Out there! I love it top to bottom faved and saved(like dat) tim Check out my latest song called Mankind Needs a Change/WoodstockII
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billl
Great composition. Well recorded. Remids me of ELP.
I'd like to here this on a little better midi equiptment.
Keep up the good work.