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A little ragtime piece I wrote this week. Any comments or feedback would be appreciated!

Hello Everybody, It has been another long while since I've posted but I've definitely been composing during my time away. This is a work written for a 2-week composition festival I attended, lots of great opportunities and people when I was there. The festival is called the "ICEBERG Institute"(https://www.icebergnewmusic.com/about) if you're interested. Anyways, hope to hear your thoughts on this piece in regards to harmony, melody and rhythm. I am trying to work in a new(jazz?) idiom and I'm not sure how it sounds to others. Thank you for the support

hello been taking a break from working on the variations, thought I'd continue working on this piece. if you had already read my catalogue, then you'd have probably known the other planned movements already. movements planned: No. 1 : Whimsy No. 2 : Home (Omah) No. 3 : Scherzo No. 4 : Affection No. 5 : Festive i'll continue to work on the variations after this as always, enjoy the piece. lemme know what you all think!!!

Thanks! Very glad you enjoyed it.

This was a lot to digest, but I liked it! I have to admit, it took a few listens to grasp everything going on, but there's no denying your talent with composition. It's wonderful. I feel like I've asked but I can't remember... do you play piano? It seems very difficult in some areas, and although that's not bad, I just wonder if this could be executed how you intend. What I love about your music is how fresh your ideas are. I guess I'm speaking of your music in general instead of just this piece, but it's a pattern I've noticed. Something I would be mindful of is to me you really teeter the balance of too many ideas and developing existing ones. I think your balance works, but sometimes I wish you would strip down the amount of new musical material you write within a piece and develop more. Maybe you do this and I don't always hear it, or maybe it has to do with how complex your music gets. I just get lost sometimes listening, and it might help. It's not necessarily your language, btw. For instance, right before :30 we're hit with a ritard... but I was just getting into the rhythms! Now at :47 or so, there's another change of pace... all that drive we had lost again. You could argue that is the effect you're going for, but it's just an example of what I mean. However, I'm reminded of Debussy pissing off his professors because he didn't develop his music the "right" way. I do like your free flowing jazzy way of writing, I think it's a really vibrant way to approach form. I personally just need my ears to rest a little when listening to your music. It's like, your flavor of cheese is great for nachos, just don't drown them! The score looks amazing to me, bar 92 D# should be Eb was the only thing that caught my eye. I'm excited to hear the other pieces in the suite, hopefully it isn't too long before you continue them!

yeah, just a wacky modulation to G-flat major tonic they're actually the mood that I'm trying to achieve, thus "whimsy." so, it's great that you felt that way! yeah I could see that, I guess the harmony is similar to debussy, and the carefree-ness of both music, is similiar. well, this is actually my attempt at that since I've been working with existing materials and wanted to actually go back to composing original stuff so, there ya go. i guess i could try with the no variations. i'll keep that in mind. Thanks for commenting!

Great piece! are the mistakes at 10 - 12 on purpose? kinda playful and goofy in a good way, but also sincere. this literally reminds me of untitled goose game music😅 can't wait for more variations! (P. S. maybe sometime try making a 5 or 6 minute original song with no variations?)

Thank you so much! I greatly appreciate your feedback and kind words! It was a fun project, song was made about a month ago. Video was shot and edited in about 24 hours. I do love the spooky themes in my music! As for the release, I'll be doing a wider release on my socials and whatnot in October, but the festival I'm submitting it to needed submissions by August 31st, and felt like giving this community a little early look, since I scored it as well. Again, thank you so much for all the kind words!