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 | caroline said 300 days ago |
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an evocative and mysterious journey - twisting and turning its way into my consciousness - yes!! different indeed - thank you for the experience |
 | Moviz said 300 days ago |
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Paul I'll tell you what this reminds me of; in those Agatha Christie films where there are creepings about and goings on in the night as we watch from a distance. The ending though, sounds like the villain found a beautiful butterfly that flew off and managed to escape. I love the instruments you chose... especially that Cor Anglais (was it?) at the start ....and that nice ending vibrato, regards M |
 | Ejh said 299 days ago |
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Cereal music?!?! Listen, dude, you can get all diatonic to your heart's content, but there are LAWS about puns... or there ought to be... And there I was, looking at that graphic, thinking you'd gone and started using Fruity Loops software... I really enjoy the composition, Paul, and I continue to admire your ability to change compositional styles... And change compositional styles convincingly, not as dabbler or dilettante... You seem assured and confident at whatever you put your hand to, and the pieces live and breathe as music, not as experiments... The only crit I can make, and it's only a comparative crit, is that I don't think the Roland keyboard serves you as well with the instrumental sounds as the Ivory software does for piano when you use it... I don't know what's out there in sampled instrument software, but I find myself wishing that I could hear your compositions that involve other instruments recorded with the same super-high quality that you get from Ivory... Ed |
 | DWL said 299 days ago |
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Clever stuff Paul Although I'm not sure that Schoenberg or Britten (for example) ever resolved the 12 tone sequence quite so well. Wonderfully accomplished :-) Cheers Dick |
 | guitapick said 299 days ago |
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Ahhh...Fruit Loops... ...one of my childhood favorites that I won't allow my daughter to eat... As to the music: I love this. Had a friend in music school who was a complete virtuoso pianist and I loved when he'd play 12 tone pieces for me. Schoenberg, Stockhausen, his own "inventions"... So: this is great. Right up one of my favorite alleys, actually. Just close my eyes and dream... |
 | gail60 said 299 days ago |
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hmmmm, well ....hmmmmm I am not sure about this one Paul. so...Who was murdered by a bowl of fruit loops by a cereal killer? :) Though this is different from your familiar piano music, I would still say it is very good. Makes me think of an Alfred Hitchcock movie...suspenseful and interesting. Great job. |
 | peacepiano said 299 days ago |
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Twist Very interesting piece. Seems to very carefully follow the old form, but the sound is completely modern. The result are some wonderfully complex harmonies. Nice one! Thanks Bill |
 | drakonis said 297 days ago |
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The Thirty Nine Step programme A very modern piece that bends my brain... I understand the complexity here, despite it straining my poor untrained ears a bit. Amazing scoring/writing. Technically, the overall volume was a little low and there was a chunk of silence dangling on the end of the file, that's about all I can critique :-) Definitely stretches my comfort level! ttfn, Drakonis |
 | Enrique Gil said 295 days ago |
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mmmmmh certainly different. but fun and entertaining. I kudos to you for being willing to experiment and come up with newer sounds! Good to hear your music again Paul! |
 | Roxylee said 294 days ago |
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Nice art.. Them;s fruit loops, I see. heh heh... But this isn't crazy; it is fun! I don't know about diatonic scales or retrograde inversion, but this sure is interesting. It's good to experiment and do something different sometimes. You are very creative. :-) |
 | bud said 292 days ago |
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Keep stretching Paul I love where you've gone with this. Personally - I find it quite soothing and relaxing - not aggravating at all - but then I've been living in NYC for 35 years. Feel free to go wherever you choose - it will always be sublimely musical in your hands. |
 | david.sfinzi said 282 days ago |
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Inventive Invention Totally cool. Interesting, intricate, intrigue... Really nice orchestration! |
 | thetiler said 281 days ago |
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It is always a treat to hear a Paul Page tune it seems. This one has a kind of detective movie, either that of a cartoon of a spooky house and characters are sneaking up stairs to a darkened room. Full of suspense, maybe even seeing falling leaves outside at night. There is even some hope in there. Seems like you have need to add beautiful part in all your music, which is a very good think. it is a style that you seemed to have achieved. Thanks for sharing and taking the time out to upload all the great Paul Page music! |
The only less than positive comment on this is 'it was too short'. There. I've gotten that out, now for the more positive stuff.
Whilst I listened I thought of the phrase 'Pick myself up, brush myself down, and start all over again'. The differing phrases (of your piece) are OK with this concept because if anyone does something, 'fails' and starts again or starts something else, they always bring something with them from the previous experience, even if only subconsciously. This piece, to me, summed life's experience/s to a 't'.
This is yet another facet, cut upon the precious stone of Life.
I hope you gather from the above that I enjoyed this piece very much.
Take care.
Paul