Fanciful and mysterious &mdash 05/30/08 - 08:00:39 AM
Hmm.. i went to hear the original and it seems its been deleted. Oh, well, even without a comparison, this is superb instrumentation of an excellent original composition. :-) [ Reply to This ]
it's still there... &mdash 05/30/08 - 09:42:16 AM
Perhaps you didn't get lined up properly before running at post 9 and 3/4? Dunno, I copy/pasted the link and it worked fine for me. Sorry I cannot give a direct-clickable link, I tried, but Macjams does weird destructive things when I put in a link in the description that does NOT point to a Macjams song, so I left it as just text.
Anyway, thank you for listening as always! Jeannette's piece is really quite fun, and I just had to mess with it!
Have you gotten your Saffire LE replacement back yet? We want more RoxyVox! :-)
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
right then eduard &mdash 05/30/08 - 08:12:10 AM
wonderful work on the instrumentation ... unfortunately couldn't find original either [see roxy] ... however this is lovely and too short ...:-] [ Reply to This ]
lovely and too short &mdash 05/30/08 - 02:16:51 PM
You know, I hear that all the time! About my music, I mean. Jeannette's original is still there, and just as lovely and just as short :-) Luckily I'm not alone in the too-short department. I guess it keeps you "Long"ing for more? :-) Sort of like Emma...
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Fantastic! &mdash 05/30/08 - 08:25:08 AM
Great piece of writing Mr. Eduard, wonderful use of instruments. Very enjoyable, thanks for the journey.
Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi [ Reply to This ]
it was fun &mdash 05/30/08 - 02:29:40 PM
I enjoyed working on this, I learned a lot while working on her music! Thank you for stopping by, Yeman, especially during this busy time of final exams!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Theme &mdash 05/30/08 - 08:33:57 AM
Drak - this is GREAT! I had no idea this is what you were doing with this song. So this is a bunch of reassigned instruments from her original? I can't even really begin to comprehend how you did this. But I remember hearing the original when it came out on icomp and thought it was great then! I'm so totally impressed! What a great project - you're DA BOMB! [ Reply to This ]
my sneaky project &mdash 05/30/08 - 02:35:36 PM
It's funny, but this is EXACTLY how I write *my* compositions. I start out writing them in HA, just like Jeannette did, and they sound like that. Then when I'm close to finished, I export them over to GarageBand and assign instruments, tweak and fix things like crazy, go back to HA to change more, go back to GB, then when it is a total mess and I don't remember what I'm doing any more, I just post it. :-) This is a peek into my brain.
Karen, I'm trying to catch up to your wonderful compositional skill, thank you for offering up your super works!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
hmmm... &mdash 05/30/08 - 09:05:28 AM
Well I heard the original and if you think this sounds ANYTHING like it then you are listening to a different song than I am!! (lol just kidding!)
Eduard you are very good at this music making stuff and you always come up with additions that make it different in a whole new wonderful way. Although I did not hear the first one, it does not matter, because I know how talented you are. Very enjoyable to listen to this, as always. I love your creations! Great collaberation. [ Reply to This ]
Harumph &mdash 05/30/08 - 02:37:52 PM
Well, it's good that your music doesn't sound anything like mine! Otherwise I wouldn't have anything to do... I'd be perfect. Thank you for enjoying this playful romp! Jeannette was a very helpful collaborator.
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Lovely Drak! &mdash 05/30/08 - 09:18:14 AM
Jeanette did wonderful work here and your sound sculpting worked very very well indeed. Had me wanting to prance around a bit as my broom is in the shop (its old but Im a poor wizard ). I had that exact same sign for many years by the way. I think I gave it to some witch or another.
Your music is always such a pleasant break from the electro/didge stuff I pound into my ears all day. Truly delightful, thank you! [ Reply to This ]
take a broom to the ears... &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:31:57 PM
Always wonderful to see you Didge-Man! Sorry you lost your sign to a witch, but you still got your stick (didgeridu)! I happen to be rather partial to those delightful drone sounds you coax out of your hand-made didges... we gotta do another collab sometime!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
great composition &mdash 05/30/08 - 10:02:50 AM
way up there &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:34:29 PM
Jeannette's music is great... hope you sample some of her other pieces too. I always learn new things when doing this... or make new friends, or both!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Theme For A Poor Man's &mdash 05/30/08 - 10:29:15 AM
Drak it sounds gorgous. Some of it reminds me of Karen's work
is she rubbing off on you - Or are you rubbing off on Karen. LOL
Blimely you might both be rubbed out soon. Now that was just of the cuff it's the way I tell em .Heee hee that was good LOL Considering I feel depressed what my laughing about. Nice work. [ Reply to This ]
There's the rub &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:37:08 PM
Karen is DEFINITELY rubbing off on me, as is Jeannette, and you, and everyone I listen to. That's how this works. I'm just learning by soaking up everything I can... I don't think I'll ever be rubbed the wrong way :-) Thank you for listening, Dee, and I hope this little romp gave you a smile!
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Drak Martin &mdash 05/30/08 - 10:30:22 AM
I haven't checked out the original yet, Drak, but you definitely have a good 'ear' for great material. This just scampers along so playfully and is like many of your own pieces, so I can see (hear) why you related to it and why it called to you. I love the energy in the piece and it sounds completely professional. You did a lovely job and thanks for bringing it here! [ Reply to This ]
Ledebu-naughty &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:42:41 PM
So glad to see you, you have been busy (working on a basement still? I mean, STILL working on a basement... not building a STILL in the basement, well, unless you are doing that too...) anyway, where was I. Oh, yes, her piece was quite ebulliant and dark and silly all at once, and it did catch my ear. She is a delightfully witty lady, and I hope to collaborate again sometime with her.
Speaking of collaborating with delightfully witty ladies... hmm... (smirk)
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Hmmm &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:26:19 AM
Sugar Plum Faries come to mind with the instrumentation, so I think the boy did good here, excellent choices. Just a lovely piece, regards M [ Reply to This ]
Get Tchaikovski out of my head! &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:46:54 PM
He really type-cast the Celesta sound, didn't he? I tend to use it here and there in my pieces, but sparingly. Here I mixed it (high register) with the vibraphone (low register), which mellowed it a bit. Jeannette's original was just a vibraphone, because the Celesta instrument she had didn't sound good at all. So I was able to bring it back to life for her, a bit. Thank you for listening, Maurice!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
I think... &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:42:00 AM
The problem for some is the quotes around the link. Try pasting the link without the " characters. It worked for me.
Drak once again your Dragon magic has completely wrested this piece into a marvelous work of art. Not that the original was bad at all... but wow... this is simply great!
So when does your contract with Disney start again? You and Karen will be manning the musical creations for all future Disney films right!?
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Disney? You know the answer... &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:50:31 PM
Mark!
Q: When does music stop being fun?
A: When it becomes your job!
Luckily, I have no formal musical training, and cannot play an instrument, so music will remain fun for me (and really slow to make!)
THank you for listening to the original and this one. Jeannette's a darned amazing composerette! I enjoyed studying her piece while I was re-instrumenting it!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Ready &mdash 05/30/08 - 12:13:51 PM
I could totally imagine this in a kind of Hitchcock film. As the theme. Mischievous and sinister at the same time.
Impressive.
Dave [ Reply to This ]
light and dark &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:51:43 PM
She did a great job of capturing that wicked light/dark feeling in her piece, didn't she? I loved it!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
yeah yeah yeah &mdash 05/30/08 - 02:04:27 PM
Brilliant work, mr. dragon. You've done a fine job transforming (with a twitch of your dragon snout) Jeanette's piece into a very professional sounding work of art. You really know how to manipulate that software. Can I hire you to remix all of my pieces? Good job on this one, friend. [ Reply to This ]
what are YOU looking at? &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:55:31 PM
Just because I have a big snout? I'll have you nose tha.. I mean KNOW that my big nose is really useful!
Her music was great already, just added a little realism to the fantasy :-)
Sorry, dragons cannot be hired. Bribed, maybe, but not hired.
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Theme for a Poor Man's Wizard &mdash 05/30/08 - 03:33:17 PM
this is a very genuine composition ..totaly impressed
by the material and how it sounds so theatrical ...
as for the arragnment and the enhancement I didnt
hear the original track but i can feel a dragon touch
all over there definatly a great work thnx alot for
sharin !!!!! [ Reply to This ]
Glad you stopped in &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:58:20 PM
Feter, you are a great friend, and always give me warm smiles. I hope I can do the same for you. Her music here is indeed theatrical, rather exhilarating, and captures the mood of zooming through the air.
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
This is a &mdash 05/30/08 - 05:26:05 PM
lovely composition by Jeannette and your tinkering really does make it sound like a real orchestra. Excellent.
Cheers
Len
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master tinker-bell &mdash 05/31/08 - 12:06:10 AM
Being a software engineer, I was born to tinker. Glad you enjoyed the immersion!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
really enjoyable drak.... &mdash 05/30/08 - 06:31:49 PM
it reminded peter of the bumblebee from carnival of the animals and i loved the layers - i do admire your skill with the technology too - thank you so much xoox [ Reply to This ]
Interesting version &mdash 05/30/08 - 06:42:57 PM
Bumblebee? &mdash 05/31/08 - 12:11:47 AM
Is that the one that stings the lion, who roars and scares the fish, who jump on the back of the swan, who trumpets louder than the elephant... who... no? OK, some other piece I was thinking of then. Someday I'll come to my Saint Saenses.
Did you get him back down off his broomstick, or is he still drawing arcane java method calls in the air with his wand?
Always good to see you poppin' in 'ear, dear!
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Wizard &mdash 05/30/08 - 09:30:20 PM
This is full of the usual dragon magic. Very nice. I can imagine a super fast-ride on a broom.
chip [ Reply to This ]
you got it &mdash 05/31/08 - 12:13:32 AM
That's what Jeannette was going for... I just added a little high tech pixie dust on her broom to get it to Mach 3 :-) Very glad you enjoyed the ride!
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Drak- &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:13:02 PM
Great bit of playful arranging and orchestrating. I liked the low brass section in particular. So, now you're doing orchestration! (That IS where the money is ;) ) Very good instrument sounds. Nice lively piece, too. 'In the style of...' is what I thought of immediately. Great collaborative effort! [ Reply to This ]
I did very little... &mdash 05/31/08 - 12:04:18 AM
Hi Kristine, Actually, I did very little. Jeannette already orchestrated this. I simply did a (mostly) one-for-one mapping from the Harmony Assistant instruments to Garageband JP4 instruments... then I did a bunch of EQ tweaking, tempo-matching for her fermatas, and interestingly, to get that strong brass sound, I doubled her "french horn" track, and doubled french horns and trombones to get the strong blat sound... one of my tricks is revealed :-) Then there was more master EQing, etc. So she did all the hard work of actually WRITING the thing! I didn't orchestrate, I just, um, twiddled knobs on this a little.
But, it did bring out the sparkle and richness of her work, I like it!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Witches .... &mdash 05/30/08 - 11:51:46 PM
..wizards and warlocks ... oh my ... with a touch of sugar plum fairies .... indeed a good romp !!! [ Reply to This ]
hehehe &mdash 05/31/08 - 12:15:20 AM
You know us dragons, always up for a good romp! This was very rompy music, so I had a blast with it. Looking forward to YOUR next romp too... what will you come out with next?
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
As in: &mdash 05/31/08 - 08:59:11 AM
"This is excellent"
I rarely vote...but this gets straight 10s in my book.
I'm familiar with Jeanette's work (she's a really nice person, too), and you've done a truly wonderful job with this, Eduard.
Kudos to both of you. And thanks for the download. A very special piece. [ Reply to This ]
Yay for Jeannette! &mdash 06/02/08 - 11:01:43 PM
I agree, she's been wonderful to work with, and has such a great piece here. Thank you for the generous rating, and the listen and comments...
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What they... &mdash 05/31/08 - 10:48:04 AM
...said. Eduard, you've done such a wonderful job with orchestrating this tune. I remember the original very well [and it was great], and you have captured the flavor of it perfectly. Your instrumentation is suburb and well-thought-out. Jeannette must be happy with what you've done, too. Congratulations to you both and particularly to you for working out such a distinct realization of the original track. Much fun to listen to...andso secure in its final version. [ Reply to This ]
Paul &mdash 06/02/08 - 11:05:25 PM
Thank you so much for stopping in to listen. I appreciate you comparing the original to this one... I bet you can see why I immediately saw it as a great piece. She likes the careful update I did, which is what I mainly wanted to accomplish, and I also had fun, learned a lot, and got to work with her, which was a blast!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
This is like looking in &mdash 05/31/08 - 01:11:19 PM
heehee &mdash 06/02/08 - 11:07:08 PM
There's definitely childish silliness going on here. The super-fast arpeggios are dizzyingly fast, maybe as fast as a 4 year old going for the cookie jar? :-)
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Comparing the two? That's nuts! &mdash 05/31/08 - 09:35:19 PM
I'm having to read between the lines here what you're comparing this to. If my guess is correct, then this composition has considerably more zip to it.
Fun piece. Even with your better instruments the fast lines still sound pretty synthetic, but I don't see that as a real problem.
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agreed... &mdash 06/02/08 - 11:12:55 PM
I can't imagine playing those on the clarinet that she scored that for, but hey, that is why I was always second-chair clarinet, Jeannette likely plays clarinet MUCH better than I! Thank you for listening to this. I agree that even these instruments playing those runs sound to synthetic/MIDI/regular... I didn't go in and adjust note-by-note pressure to ramp up/down as they were played and add a little spacing here and there, something I do on my own pieces sometimes. But then, perhaps she'll have this work performed live sometime, and recorded!
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Hey now- &mdash 05/31/08 - 11:40:41 PM
that was fun! Glad I finally got over here to listen. They way those bells were zinging near the end kinda mimics my life at the moment, hehe! Nicely done sir! [ Reply to This ]
Bells... &mdash 06/02/08 - 11:14:35 PM
Mike, is work getting you dingy?
Thanks for checking out my latest little project here, this was fun indeed! Most of the fun was getting to know Jeannette a little! What a kick she is!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Whoosh &mdash 06/02/08 - 11:14:47 AM
vroom broom &mdash 06/02/08 - 11:16:40 PM
Hope this swept you off your feet! Glad to meet you too today, and I look forward to more of your nice music and singing! Thank you for checking out this collaboration, and hope you enjoy more of my offerings over time!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
I don't know how in the world that &mdash 06/04/08 - 12:09:23 AM
background got so crazy fast, but it sure seems to work and work very well.
All the stuff in that tune is a delight.
Terrific! One of the best ive heard of that kind. Very Christmasy in a way.
WaY TO gO !!! :) A delight!
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Bill zooms by.. &mdash 06/06/08 - 10:42:57 AM
It was a bit dizzy-fast there... But the credit for the fun music writing goes to "Padowan_Learner" over at iCompositions, you need to go over and listen to some of her stuff, she's a delight!
But you can see why I loved the piece and wanted to tinker with the orchestral sounds to make it a little less synthetic sounding. Thanks for getting into the magical (Christmas?) spirit with us, your presence always warms this place up!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
And so class begins... &mdash 06/04/08 - 02:34:51 AM
What and how to do w/ a digital orchestra... And it is a symphony orchestra, at that
One of the first instruments that caught my ear is the trombone? (I like the blasting-like sound that you're getting from the initial attact)
And what is the instrument that sounds as though it's cascading or maybe, it sounds to be kinda waving through the air - it almost sounds like some type of string synth, but not...
The other thing that grabs me in a good way here is the human-like feel on this! I don't mean, "human-like feel" as in, how it's being played. Nor am i referring to "feeling" as in, emotions (although I'm aware that feelings report what an emotion is or, that one is present) I mean human-like as in, the state of an affair", sort of... (don't know if that makes sense to you
I should prolly finish reading your liner notes... BRB... Okay, now I feel as though I should do more homework and listen to the original... BRB... Okay, I went there, ended up on the page for this tune, but there was no player and, of the songs in the upper right corner on the song page, the title for this tune was the only one that wouldn't highlight as an option for selection - And now, the rambling narrative wining, tired me is too too - Help!
Nice job, Drak! I'm quite a bit impressed! I have a few more questions but I should prolly send you a note at some later.
I wonder how much time you have in to this...
Thanks for the DL! Macca [ Reply to This ]
Can you believe that I have more to say... &mdash 06/04/08 - 02:44:30 AM
What i forgot to mention is how much this sounds like you, the person that I've never met. I would have bet that you wrote this piece and I was surprise to read that you didn't.
It's the light heartedness, "prancing a step at a ball-like" sound, reminiscent of the mid to later-teen centuries that makes me say this... (I'm sure the time period is off) Okay, now I'm done. [ Reply to This ]
Ooh, Macca says hi! &mdash 06/06/08 - 10:54:02 AM
Hi there sir D! I always get all tingly excited when you drop in to say hi. I greatly admire your musical skills, no matter how dismissive you are about them!
The original piece was scored for french horns there, but even the GB French horns didn't have the "bite" I think Jeannette was looking for in brass. So I took the liberty of doubling the french horns with trombones too, giving a realistic brassy-blat that you hear (and I like.)
As for portraying the "state of human-ness", dealing with life-kinda-thing, that's ALL Jeannette's compositional prowess here, I think she wrote a great short-story (part of what caught MY ear too!)
Sorry you couldn't play the original, not sure why... but it does help to see just how little I actually did :-) How much time? Oh, since I have so little time for this lately I really work HARD with the hour or two here or there... I dunno, probably 8 hours went into the reworking of this (across 2 weeks.)
Oh, More from you! Yes, this has a bit of the whirlwind whimsy of my life... again that is another reason it captivated me when I heard it, and I just HAD to introduce myself to her and see if I could work with it.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such provocative prose, as always!
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Sir &mdash 06/08/08 - 12:34:10 PM
I just love you, Drak! (we now pause for a moment of awkwardness) And you're so cool too! Thanks! Macca [ Reply to This ]
wow &mdash 06/06/08 - 01:16:52 AM
REALLY well done. Love the arrangement and instrumentation. Sounds like the real thing! [ Reply to This ]
only your hairdresser knows for sure... &mdash 06/06/08 - 11:04:33 AM
Jeannette gets most of the credit here, this is such a fun piece. But I had a great time getting GarageBand to make this sound more realistic, and I always learn new EQ/mix techniques when tackling things like this. Also, studying her scoring has been educational too! And she's just a nice person too :-) Thank you for swooping down on this, Ridd! Off to catch more of YOUR stuff now, while I have a moment.
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Great! &mdash 06/12/08 - 11:46:54 AM
I like what you have done with this song. I like short pieces, it keeps you wanting more.
Nicely done. [ Reply to This ]
glad you like it... &mdash 06/12/08 - 01:43:08 PM
It is short and fast and sweet, I agree. I guess it is sort of a hit-n-run tune :-) Padowan_Learner actually wrote this, but I really liked it and tried to improve the sound of the recording a bit.
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Very cool &mdash 07/03/08 - 08:27:46 PM
it was great fun &mdash 07/04/08 - 08:36:42 AM
This was a fun collaboration, I always learn things when looking over other people's music... and this was my kind of silliness too. Glad you got "swept up" in the magic :-)
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
especially pretty piece/instrumentation! &mdash 07/04/08 - 11:51:13 PM
So provocative in a simultaneously dark and amusing way. I may have said this before, but I hear in your music the soundtrack to a Tim Burton animated film (Danny Elfman style). [ Reply to This ]
Yay Estella! &mdash 08/08/08 - 04:04:23 PM
Although Jeanette actually wrote the music, something really struck me when I heard the piece... and now with your comment, I'm starting to think that it is probably because "I wish I had written that" :-) Anyway, yes it is a quirky Elfman'esque tune. Glad you listened and enjoyed it as much as I did!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Hitchcock &mdash 08/08/08 - 02:14:03 PM
My first thought was that this would work great in a Hitchcock film, but I see that others have already pointed that out! So I'll just say that this is extremely clever, very atmospheric, and there's even some wit in there too! Really fine job! [ Reply to This ]
witty music &mdash 08/08/08 - 04:12:13 PM
indeed, this has a bit of ominous charm... I think that's part of what caught my ear when I heard it. Jeanette's music is very catchy and smirky, just my style. So I just had to take this piece of hers and give it better-sounding instrument samples. Glad you enjoyed it! I'm totally swamped at work and home lately, and haven't been doing ANY music writing... hope to get back to it soon.
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Magical &mdash 09/01/08 - 09:49:35 PM
I very much enjoyed Jeannette's original on icomps. It had a J.Williams/Harry Potter sound to it but still plenty of playful originality to make it unique and wonderful.
What you've done with it is quite beautiful. You've added clarity and a marvelous specificity to the sound that brings out it's magical charm.
Charlie
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Charlie! &mdash 09/02/08 - 02:04:00 PM
Great to hear from you again, and thank you for doing a critical comparison of the two versions. You see why I was taken with her composition, and wanted to add more realism to it. I'm glad you think I was able to keep the spirit and clarify it some, that's exactly what I wanted to do. Turned out to be trickier than I thought, but I learned a lot by doing it! I hope to get back to music-writing (and hanging out on MJ) again soon as work settles down a bit... I need to catch up on your works too!
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Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
Great &mdash 10/06/08 - 01:14:55 PM
The celesta sound is really Tchaikovsky style, much better than in the original instrumentation. I like your arrangement very much.
I have to think about Alimar, he did similar wonderful things with the Symphonie Jampack. Where ever he is, I hope he is well...
Anyway, thank you a lot for sharing.
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Bernd [ Reply to This ]
good to hear &mdash 10/06/08 - 02:19:20 PM
thank you for comparing and enjoying this update. And I don't think I deserve the comparison to Alimar, but that is very nice of you to say... and yes, I think about him and hope he's doing OK too!
I try not to over-use the Celesta, but it is a really pretty-sounding instrument, I know why Tchaikovsky fell in love with it.
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