You did a beautiful job with the effects here to give the whole piece the "home recored on two mics" feel.

Nice moods and textures and a perfect tempo for the title and the feel.

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I was going for. We have an understanding, it seems.
-g

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this is digital music. Sounds really like I was sitting in a room (a cellar ?) listening live music. A radically different approach for the contest. How do you do that ? Is this Fitch cello ?
Not sure, as a film maker, I would consider this as a possibly film score, but I get what you meant. Great job, Greg. Gee ! I love LIOLI !

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thanks for the honest critique. Having no professional experience in film production, I don't know my ass from my elbow. I'm glad you liked the feel of the tune.
-g

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My point about film scoring needs maybe a bit of clarity. I was listening few hours ago a weekly radio show a friend of mine hosts on Radio Nova (great parisian FM one), all decicated to film scoring. I eagerly look for it every given Sunday. The show is about 2 hours, but, quite everytime, I lose focus before the end and don't really listen to it anymore. Don't get me wrong, it's not I don't like film music, it's an important part of my professionnal life, and I worship some of its great composers (Nino Rota, Carlos d'Alessio, Georges Duhamel, Danny Elfman, to name some). The thing is, music for films is not supposed to be listen by itself (except, obviously, some masterpieces). They are part of a bigger figure, the soundtrack of the film, which includes voices, natural sounds and special effects. More, they have to support pictures and not the contrary. As script writing, a poor genre in litterature, film scoring is a poor genre in music. Its all about orchestration, mood or/and rythm or pace. You will probably understand better why I don't consider what you're doing is or could be "film score".
Cheers, mate.

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I would have to disagree with that. I know plenty of people (myself included) who just listen to film music and nothing but. I think its the most expressive form of music that exists because of the story being told trying to portray through the music.

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you couldn't have done much better - amazing how full and interesting 3 tracks can be!

Nice job!!

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I'm glad you like.
-g

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I can definitely see that room you're talking about. The syncopated drums lend more complexity to the loop, and I especially like it when the musicians go "off book" before the last quarter or so of the song. This song makes me wish for snow.

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what you wish for!

Thanks for listening,
-g

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man, these entries are killing me. this one is stunning. the clarity and starkness are so thoroughly engrossing. I esp like what you did with the piano. the variation and improvisation sounds fantastic, and the drums lifelike.

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Your review sounds like the beginning of a Rolling Stone review!

Thanks for listening to radio free gregtopia,
-El Presidente, g

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you have to explain how you "program" such a live feel. Are you playing the drums and cello on a midi keyboard - or this there something else going on? I'm a newby in the digital world. I agree with your Zorn/MMW analogy. To get that by yourself is quite a feat. Well done.

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I'm flattered that you are so impressed.
I'll drop you a note on my secret tricks.

Thanks for the listen,
-g

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...& it works sooo well!

I'm a big Zorn fan btw....!

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It sounds so pragmatically painful!
Glad you dig.
-g

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I'm a Zorn fan too, since around the time that the Ennio Morricone tribute album was released.
I like this alot and wish they would fix the download feature!

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I didn't know anybody had heard of this guy, until now. Wonderful!
I wouldn't have thought you'd find interest in a track that is so unmodulated. I sit corrected.
Thanks for the listen,
-g

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this is great! it sounds like you captured some musicians just having fun jamming for no one but themselves. it even sounds like you were hiding in the next room with your recorder! excellent

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that's the production goal. I'm glad it's communicated well.

thanks for lending me your ears,
-g

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There are some real tensions between the melody and chords, which is cool. At points the cello hits a note that really throbs. I enjoyed the looseness of this - it really does sound like musicians feeling their way against eachother's playing. That's a skill I have yet to learn - I always end up with a very rigid sound. I also like the drum kit, which adds a nice contrast to the jazzy/classical sound of the instruments.

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I guess that live feel just comes from the way I learned to play music. Sometimes my pieces don't come out polished enough; that's the down side.

Cheers,
-g

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