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I always appreciate your feedback. Thank you for taking the time to listen and being so thorough in your response. I find that often when I write pieces, I'm scoring to visuals in my mind. So, it's interesting to me to hear other interpretations of these pieces and what visuals they bring to those who listen to them. That imagery I think of helps me visualize where I'd like the piece to go next. Apologies for the late reply, but I did read your comment earlier this week and took your advice! I've begun work on my first piece that isn't in 4/4. It's definitely helped me change up the feeling of this new piece. I've attached it in it's current version if you'd be interested in giving it a listen as well! Currently it's titled "Experiments" because that's exactly what it is, haha!

Hi @Layne! Contrary to your description, I actually hear this as perhaps the beginning of a creepy Halloween movie. I think you've definitely made progress with this piece. You don't resort to just repeating the same idea with added or subtracted instruments, or changed orchestration. It seems like each part of the piece is unique and emerges more naturally and is well conceived. Your orchestration also sounds less empty and more full-bodied and wholesome. Perhaps you're using more of the string orchestra at once. Now, the thing that I perceive is limiting you and making this sound a bit square is that it's all in 4/4 meter. Even the grand pause at 5:19 is exactly 4 beats long. Also - along the same lines - your tempo never seems to fluctuate. Now, that might not be necessary in this piece and you could argue that changing the tempo anywhere in it would ruin the vibe you're going for. But it's worth mentioning because I don't think you've thus far written anything with meter or tempo changes in it. Those are my thoughts. Thanks for sharing!