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There gonna be this one guy who’s probably treating the badges like Pokémon

Yeah, this is one of those hypothetical late night thoughts I had. Honestly, this is more of a inspirational completion thing that someone would do where they are inspired by one of the badges to write a piece of music purposefully trying to get that badge

I'm not sure I follow. There's already so many manually awardable badges .. surely you're not suggesting that someone could ever get them all?! . . .

I don’t know if this exists yet or if it’s possible that you would make it exist, but this idea is called the. “ skull collector award.” it’s for collecting all possible specialty badges from compositions. (when I mean by specialty badges, I meant the manually awarded badges that you would usually get by writing a certain piece of music that excels in something). I feel that it will be more complete with the competition awards, but that would just make it impossible due to seasonality. This award would be permanently awarded to those who completed all possible badges before any updates meaning that if someone received the badge one day and the following day added three more other badges than they would still keep the award.

Thank you Peter, I become the first recipient of this badge!!!!!! 😍

I present to you the new badge - The Colossus of Prora

“Good evening, dear friends. Here is the scherzo from my third Sonata. I hope you like it.”

LoL I'm wrong, Thatguy doesn't get the badge to be a better self!! 😜

The badge was already there! Even Thatguy himself got Better than Thatguy badge lol!

Some parts are now used as living space, shops, etc. now, though. I am fully aware of it's history, and it is already thought of and I have a good reason for that choice. You see, it hurts to analyse long works...

Hallo @PeterthePapercomPoser, I have created a PNG which could be used as basis for a badge. Some considerations: The original photo can be found at Wikimedia Commons under https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20-07-06-Prora-RalfR-DJI_0120.jpg. Please check whether it can be used concerning the license conditions. I have nothing against a „Collossus of Prora“ badge, but I would remind that this building did not have the best reputation because of its „problematic“ history. Originally erected by the Nazis as a huge holiday resort for their „Kraft durch Freude“ (Strength Through Joy) project. After World War II it was used a long time as military barracks, first by the Soviet Army, than by the East German Volksarmee. Since the mid-1990s, it stood empty for a long time and was exposed to decay and vandalism. Now it is (at least partly) renovated and houses a hotel, apartments etc. A more detailed overview can be found at Wikipedia under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prora.

That would be a great idea! 'Better than Thatguy v2.0' is a great idea! Some of us would get a few more if it is about reputation...

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Okay, thank you for your information, I greatly appreciate it.

You can upload whatever files you have by clicking on "choose files" at the bottom of the post box. I don't speak for the forum, but at least for my part I would say you need to post actual music if you want any feedback. Also, when you do, I suggest you consider first whether "Jazz, Band, Pop, Rock" might be a more suitable category.

Oh, I didn't expect to receive an answer to my "badge" which was in the first sense ment to be a joke. Since I would welcome to award a badge to the "longest piece", it is a good idea to follow @TristanTheTristan idea about a "Colossos of Prora". Concerning the icon, it was really just a "joke" of me using a WikiMedia Commons Picture and mashing it together to a "badge icon". I'll look tomorrow, whether I have some better personal photos from that location or whether I can gather more background about "Prora" before creating such a badge for the YC forum.

@Wieland Handke I googled "Colossus of Prora PNG icon" and I couldn't find the graphic that you used in this image. Could you send it to me please so I can officially make the badge? Thanks!

how about, "better than th..." oh nevermind

Upps, the "Colossus of Prora". Did you mean something like that?

Wow then I would get several of them for my works! My Clarinet Quintet is 62 minutes long so it will get 2 of them!!

The Colossus of Prora Someone who has written (music) something longer than 30 min. The Colossus of Prora is the longest building in the world.

Here is a variation on a motive by Weber (B flat major) with figuration in middle part, as an exercise (ch64, 4.6) from the book 'Material used in Musical Composition (1909)' by the great professor Percy Goetschius. I learned everything I know on melody, harmony and counterpoint from 6 of his books (available for free on the web's archives). The key is to learn music like a language, experiencing rules and their licenses, through practice with a lot of exercises, which most books I have found don't offer. Although I am green at composition, I have completed over 1600 of his small exercises and a dozen larger (small inventions and this variation).

I also need some of your scores, can you send me?

This kind of breakdown is pretty cool, and I’ve found that battle music works best when it really drives the action instead of just sitting in the background. Fast rhythms, strong percussion, and some kind of hook or motif help keep it interesting since players can be in the same fight loop for a while. Also thinking about how your loops transition into each other without feeling repetitive makes a huge difference in keeping it from getting annoying mid-game. I usually try a mix of orchestral hits and rhythm ostinatos to build tension, then layer in more melodic stuff for big moments - that seems to work well for fantasy battle themes in most games.

Ccool idea! Sounds like a fun - I like taking a modern melody and giving it an old vibe, maybe reharmonizing or slowing it down with more counterpoint.