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Well, I have to say I am impressed. I partly posted this thread to see if I could get some activity on my works, but I also posted this to see what the maturity level was like on this site. Ladies and gentlemen, my hat is off to you! Very mature feedback... no flaming... just good solid replies. This is quite refreshing!

Don't worry very much; quality of compositions and reviews (in terms of number and depth) do not correlate, so I would not take that as a reliable indicator of either crapiness or excellence. Participating in the forums and reviewing contributions by your peers will increase your chances of attracting reviews, but there are also members new and old who do not review and do not engage in the forums or in the shoutbox but quite consistently get reviews. Those write music that is either compelling, attractive or competently written, or the polar opposite (generic, derivative, insipid or just plain bad). Being a troll also helps you getting reviews, apparently. I notice you have reviewed quite a few works here; if you did not get reviewed back it might be because you did not pick the right people (trolls, people who do not stay, people who lack knowledge to review back meaningfully and so forth). Or it might be because your music is just average (not good, original or engaging enough or not crude enough). Or because you did not provide a score. To sum up, here are some tips that might help you boost your review income. Use them alone or combined: 1) Become a troll 2) Write compelling, interesting music 3) Write thoroughly incompetent, random and crude music 4) Write a soliloquy 5) Write a convincing style copy 6) Write for an unusual instrument or ensemble 7) Write something using cool concepts such as porous isorhythms, extended microtones, spectral counterpoint and non-euclidean time signatures 8) Always provide a score 9) Review critically works by other members. Choose wisely. Welcome to YC and best wishes!

There is only a certain ammount of people on this site that review other's pieces frequently. I am sure lots of people here just listen to other compositions and perhaps don't feel competent to comment. Some people just upload their stuff and want comments but they will never comment other pieces. Some people appear once or twice and then dissappear. You just have to be patient, wait and be generous enough to comment other pieces without expecting a vice-versa. And sometimes you get a pleasant surprise. ;)

^^^Nope, it's Daphnis.

It's actually just an electric keyboard, a music stand with a manuscript pad, and a dozen empty beer bottles.

First picture the cast of instrumentalists. Is it a full orchestra, or a smaller one? For those not experienced I'd suggest something smaller for the beginning. I think composing it from the piano extract is not a good idea. Prokofiev had lots of problems with that practice. His orchestration is often clumsy and brutally difficult. Even though his Classical symphony is beautiful lots of orchestras hate it. :) The biggest blesssing is hearing what you intend to write. And, I also think it's not wise to compose horisontal lines. I always write every bar in vertical way, except when a significant melody is apparent. Goood luck!