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Old Mar 28 2008, 5:10 PM
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Originally Posted by nikolas View Post
Hi Ryan,

Yes this is beautiful. Well done! And different from your usual output. Harmonies, the changes, the "bizzare" towards Ab7, all wonderful. And since we know each other time for some heavy nit picking I think:

Score

* There are a few clashing elements. The Ped sign, at first, touches the note lines.
* Allignement. The sim. pedal should be at the same height of the ped. signs.
* Sim ped, would probably need to either be sim. ped., or simile. in Italics
* bar 26. The arpeggio sign is missing.
* The word Serene above the tempo marking appears to be about the tempo, in which case it should be next to the quarter=60 and not underlined.
* Sotto voce from the very beginning and no tenuti. Or at least, keep them for one bar and quit them. All notes tenuti

Recording

Recording is midi right?

Sound is ok, although not 100% realistic. Here it depends on what you aim for. If you aim for something more towards... new age, then ok. But if you strive for more realism then.

* the tempo is too steady. Don't know if you did change it, but sounds very exact, with little or no feeling
* all notes play at the same time, except bar 26. Move them, jig them, loose them, dequnatitise them.
* some notes are not heard. Melody in bars 23-24. The F gets lost in the process of F, Eb and then Db.
* some other issues with notes as well

I hope it helps and sorry for the nit picking. The "sheet album to be released soon..." gave me a commercial impression, so I had to be thorough about this
Hey Nik thanks for the comments. I must stress that the score etc is an early score and not a final draft as it were but thanks for the points you raised. I think the most interesting point you raise is with regards to the recording which is, in actual fact, a live recording on a grand piano played by yours truly lol No midi!! Ha ha.

The Coldplay link is a good one, and in fact was a deliberate one. I actually conceived the song like the Scientist, a very short brief song without words if you like with melody and chords, that is why the crotchet pulse very rarely changes!

Cheers all!
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