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Hey there! Today I submit my latest work. I'm not composing much lately but I managed to come up with this being somehow a reflection of thinking about the happy moments lately. It has some similarity with that highly expressive Rachmaninov style, that somehow represent for me really well this type of feelings. I hope you like it!

That sounds like an exciting project! Original melodies can be elusive, but I'm sure yours will shine through with your unique voice as a composer. Keep up the great work!

I found another pop song that never hits the tonic! It's very well known and cycles through the same four chords throughout the whole song LoL! I also noticed that a lot of these songs that I'm posting have very weak harmonic motion. The chords are as follows: ii | IV | vi | V | (in A major) Ultimate Guitar Tab.com claims that this song is in B minor because it starts on the B minor chord - but if so then the song would be considered in Dorian mode - but to me it doesn't sound like it's in Dorian - it sounds like the D major chord in the second bar is definitely a sub-dominant. After reading the following article on pop songs with fragile, emergent, and absent tonics: https://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.17.23.2/mto.17.23.2.spicer.html I quote the following passage that analyzes this song:

I love the organ in this context. The Prelude is very beautiful and I find the language very idiomatic for the instrument. And the final part as in sequence very appropriate for the transition to the fugue. The subject is already extensive and interesting. From here on I just go with the sound. The counterpoint is very good. It is good that in some passages the voices are thinned out. A great job. O sea enhorabuena.