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 | lavalamp said 254 days ago |
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Luna, this is really nice Branching out. I can dig it. Very nice piece here. The length was fine despite what others may say. It was enough for me to get the taste of it. I think it would work best as a soundtrack. LL |
 | michael2 said 252 days ago |
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short and sweet i can't believe how good you are with the classical stuff. i'm completely envious. i love 20th century classical, but never attempt it as I don't feel i have the vocabulary to pull it off. you can, and with much style. i have a border collie named Penny. I LOVE HER |
| biba_nova said 252 days ago | |
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Very nice I like the way this music breathes Parts of it put me in mind of the 6 feet under sound track which I think is brilliant Nice contrasts here |
 | Heightened said 252 days ago |
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Oooh! really liked this one. Brilliant in fact! |
 | kclements said 245 days ago |
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Nice works Doing orchestral stuff is very tough and you have a really nice start here. I really like the contrast and the dissonance. The main things I am hearing deals with reverb and instrument placement. You have to remember where each instrument in the orchestra sits (both on stage and in the mix) The brass is behind the strings and the winds. Percussion is in the back. But in your mix, it sounds to me like everyone is sitting next to everyone in a straight line. I don't get a very good sense of depth. Also, it seems that you have a very wide stereo field. The brass/winds are panned mostly right and the strings/percussion mostly left. In a real orchestra they wouldn't be so hard panned. The only other thing is the instruments start to get muddy and too much on top of one another. You need to carve out a sonic space for each section or instrument. Again, I think you are limited by Garageband. But this is a function of eq and verb. I think the biggest improvement you could make is to graduate up to Logic Express. You really have some great ideas and I think they could really shine with some more flexibility in your software. Lest you think I am just tearing your work apart, I think you have a really great foundation to work with. I know how difficult it is to achieve what you are going for (at least what I think you are going for). I still am learning a lot as I post music and listen to comments. Please take my comments as constructive and not just mean. Keeping experimenting. This is good stuff. Kayle |
 | kassia said 245 days ago |
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Gem I can totally see an energetic border collie racing across a field chasing some poor rabbit or bird. i think this would be a perfect soundtrack to a short film - it has the movement of the collie, but the dissonance of the chase and death - with the perfect pounce at the end! I agree with Kayle, the panning/placement of instruments seemed a little off in my headphones. But overall I think it's a great little piece. As a french horn player, I'm all about the brass. Dude, guess paul had alot to say! lol gotta love macjams and the multiple post trolls. Thanks for sharing this! |
ooh - very cool! The tension in here is so thick you could cut it with a knife! The occasional relief is welcomed (by me at least). Very cool use of percussion, though it gets a bit drivingly jarring to my ears - I'm kind of a wimp though. You clearly have a lot of talent with orchestration and composition. I agree with Paul, I wish this was longer. Keep it up!