Greetings Julien! Thanks for the comments! Yes, I will agree with you, Adventa was written way more 'in a single session' sort of way on my keyboard, in comparision to Infinite, which was just stitched together almost. With Adventa, I sort of wanted to experiment with changing keys by doing 'passing chords' (I think that's what they're called) to get from the key of C minor to the key of A minor and back.My piano teacher, whom I'm currently doing jazz piano with, was a great help in explaining the general method of doing it. Any suggestions on how to improve the sound of the brass? Should I eq it a little bit? As for the style of it, I will admit that I do tend to go for a dark film-esque kinda style, i.e minor keys everywhere and such, as well as perhaps being influenced quite a bit by the keyboard orchestra interludes that metal bands such as Cradle of Filth and to a lesser extent (but still good music) Dimmu Borgir and Dethklok would do. One final thing before I finish, I'm also quite fond of messing about with chords/melodies to see what works, as opposed to just sitting down with a music theory book and reading my way through it. It can be so much fun attempting to apply what you read/have been told play around with it to see what works and what doesn't Thanks for reading this wall of text! Andrew. On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Julien Claassen <julien@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello andrew1 > I just listened to the two pieces. I like them generally. But they don't > sound too sure of themselves. It sounds, like you weren't sure if to let go > and just do, what was in your mind at times. > Another thing is, that when it comes to the brass work, a little more > attention might do wonders. It sounds a little to canned there. > But the main intention I perceive behind these pieces - in this is clearly > absolutely personal opinion - is interesting. A mixture of orchestral > ensemble and classical style, with a hint of jazzy/poppy bits. Not really > soundtrack, there's a subtle difference somehow, which makes me go off the > scent of soundtracks. :-) > I think it may be in musical theory, but I'm more for just practise, simply > doing msuic and the tricks just come with time. :-) At least that's how I > learnt a lot, which explains even more. :-) > Kindly yours > Julien > > -------- > Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) > > ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ======== > http://ltsb.sourceforge.net > the Linux TextBased Studio guide > ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: ======= > http://www.juliencoder.de > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
