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Pebble in a Pond


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mr.turtle

 Genre: Classical

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Faux Classical
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Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006 - 11:09:33 PM
Last Updated: May 13, 2006 - 08:53:14 AM Last Played: Apr 03, 2013 - 11:12:53 PM
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drakonis said 2574 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
nice flowing piece
good use of the Jampack, the use of different string styles was good, and
a nice set of flowing chords that build nicely. It does feel like a film
soundtrack. For some reason, I was expecting one last fast arpeggio on
the piano at the end after its last note. So, there's a lot of info missing
here... did you score this out beforehand, or come up with the parts "on-
the-fly" and record them in GarageBand? Oh, and welcome to MacJams,
by the way!
ttfn,
Drakonis
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mr.turtle said 2574 days ago (May 1st, 2006)
nice flowing piece
Hi. thanks for the comment. I did consider posting it to the cinematic
thread but put it here for whatever reason. I based the work around a little
piano piece that I play, basically I added some embellishments and mixed. It
would take me a year to pencil a piece and I don’t have the patience. I do edit
out some of the sour notes but not all of them because I feel that something
is sterile about a piece with no dissonance, especially a midi piece. I feel
pretty strongly about that. The last two arpeggios are A minor and A major.
The whole piece is based around the relation ship between those two chords(I
only came to this conclusion through post mortem dissection., at the time I
was just playing what sounded good to me), and ending a piece like that
probably doesn’t fit into any standard chord progression theory, which is why
you probably felt gipped at the end. Im guessing.
Thanks again for the comment
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charliechen said 2552 days ago (May 23rd, 2006)
Like a trip down a stream
Some lovely textures in this piece. The piano centre-piece is soothing and calming. There is just the right amount of tension and conflict to make everything more interesting.

The discussion above regarding the ending is interesting. I get what you're trying to do with the A minor to A major arpeggios. It's like a modied Tierce de Picardi. It is different to end a piece this way. I wonder how it would sound if you added a dominant chord arpeggio (E major) in between the A minor and major arpeggios. It may resolve more. But that may not be what you wanted. Might be fun to play around with it.

Did you compress the piece as a master track. The reason I ask is that the dynamic range of all the instruments seems a little narrow to my ears.

Overall, a really nice piece.

I look forward to the next musical trip you take me on.

Cheers.
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mr.turtle said 2541 days ago (June 3rd, 2006)
Like a trip down a stream
Thanks for the comment. Think I'll leave the end. I kinda like it that way, and i
have another piece that takes off from there. I agree with you the instuments
sound rather dull. I think I need to flaten the EQ in itunes and listen before I
settle on a version. I'll also try the compression thing. Thanks again for taking
the time. Cheers.
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Calebskie said 2545 days ago (May 30th, 2006)
A nice hand-played touch...

I liked the chord progressions in this song, and the fact that it didn't feel quantized. Nice Job.
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mr.turtle said 2541 days ago (June 3rd, 2006)
A nice hand-played touch...
I had to look up that q-word. But, yeah I thing mistakes make a piece sound
more organic and I hate metronomes, but Im sure you found that self evident.
Thanks for the listen.
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