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This is my entry for the 2017 Summer Competition, scored for solo piano, based on dadaist and surrealist art works of the 20th century. I hope you all enjoy.

For my Secret Santa entry, I had to describe a world in which all the adults had succumbed to a global pandemic (COVID-19, anyone?), leaving the children alive and alone to fend for themselves and shape the planet they had unwittingly inherited. Though this is a fanciful scenario, psychologically this fear of loss of protection and "parental" guidance is not so farfetched. What would happen if all of that were stripped away? (It invariably is many times throughout our lives.) So that's what this work aims to delve into. I did not intend to get so carried away with this project. I wanted it to be just a few minutes long, with maybe one or two thematic developments... but the creative flame took hold and I'm helpless to resist its overlordish demands. Sigh. So here you have my first attempt at a "traditional" symphony. Not quite as long or extensive (thank God!) but an attempt nonetheless. As is my usual wont, the music is built around the 4th mode of limited transposition—a symmetrical scale whose harmonic progressions depend largely on augmented 4ths/diminished 5ths. Lots of dissonance, tons of quartal harmonies, and perhaps a bit of atonality in places, but I'm not apologizing. The work is extremely tonal—or maybe modal is a better word—it just explores some chords and progressions that aren't very CPP. No score yet... still working on the final two sections, hope to post it and them soon. But I wanted you guys to have something to listen to, since today is the deadline after all. Still working on the score, but the symphony is, by and large, finished. Great topic, definitely fed my creativity! Let me know what could be improved, or what you liked/disliked, as you listen to this. Thanks for bearing with me, and happy listening!

Been taking the ScoreClub courses during lockdown and I have been trying some of Alain's concepts. Started with this short score: https://www.dropbox.com/s/slp8v1lshrjn9ml/OTL1.pdf?dl=0 Turned it in to this rough mock-up: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hixnckkz8mnyrq9/OTL1.mp3?dl=0 Put it in to Sibelius: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lvhwqm86v79s1b7/OTL - CONCERT SCORE.pdf?dl=0 And here's the Noteperformer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6kp0licvfo0xt5f/OTL_sib.mp3?dl=0

You're welcome! And don't be discouraged. Take a smalle section of a single movement – maybe one that doesn't feature many instruments and try the techniques.

Spitfire is industry standard so it's weird you haven't across anyone. They are probably the biggest producer of sample libraries. Taking a MIDI-file from Sibelius may be the fastest way but not the best way. To be convincing you should learn to play your libraries like an instrument. Get a feel for how they react and what they don't react to. Then play in ALL the parts as if you were that instrument or section in the orchestra. Even if that means practicing a certain passage several times, recording it in a slower tempo or playing a gliss on all the white keys and then transposing the notes that may have an accidental. I did that for the mock-up here: Even if it's only about a minute it took me an hour to do all that. I don't really have any other advice. My personal preference is to turn the on board reverb off on all libraries from Spitfire, ProjectSAM, CineSamples you name it. Then I can use my own reverb plug-in like the Exponential Audio R4 or Relab LX480. This way all my sample libraries get the same hall. BTW: are you Icelandic?

Seaside Dreaming Master.mp3 Hi guys I'm new to this site and I would appreciate feedback on this piece I've composed. Thanks.

@Ivan1791 They're all from Spitfire Labs. Pricey sound libraries but I highly recommend them if you want your stuff to sound like "the real deal." Albion One is a great library to start with.

Okay, thank you for the information.

This is to be my entry for the latest competition, End Of The World. I'm working up to the wire to meet today's deadline, so I'll have to upload the story and the rest of the score as soon as I can. Hopefull my internet connection will last until Midnight. ******* Note: I would advise everyone to read the story before you listen to the music. It won't make much sense otherwise. Thanks!🙂 I forgot to mention and acknowledge the sound effects courtesy of the BBC Sound Effects Library and Symphobia. ** If you have a problem where the music stops mid-song, please use a browser other than Firefox. Thanks.

Sounds pretty good to me, I'm not sure how you could improve it.

How did you get a copyright?

Wait, you got a real performance or is it a great software? Also amazing textures.