Tom Schuemer

Thanks for your feedback! I have a thing for mysterious atmospheres ;) It will definetely be getting longer, exploring and shaping the prominent melody you hear at the end some more.

This is work in progress. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think! I'm sorry I don't have sheets to read along. Thank you :)

Thanks for you reviews guys! I agree it would be a nice soundtrack for a movie. (I love John Williams, after all it is his music that firstly triggered my interest in classical music as a child :D) I decided to let it as it is and move on to other projects where I use full orchestra and also trying to get a bit more daring. The Glockenspiel is actually a celesta vst which is freely available for download. Sounds very beautiful, I associate kindness, wonder and innocence with it. Write me a DM if you want to know where to download it.

I agree it is beautiful. Nice, rich harmonies and a sense of longing. Try add more dynamics by playing around with the texture and volume. It is a bit blocky and dense at times. Simply changing particular note volumes or swells for example can have an astonishing effect;it helps with getting more transparency and enables you to build more distinctive movement of the notes or between the chords. Otherwise well done, I like it!

No not really. Altough I know basic music theory like chord voicing, substitutions, cadences or scales I compose by ear, trying to catch whatever I hear in my head with trial and error most of the time. I am very bad with classic music notation and can't write scores but I am willing to learn and look deeper into it. This is what (all voices layered together) it looks like in my DAW but I doubt that helps...

Lovely interplay of consonance and dissonance. The dissonant held chords create hints of otherworldliness, eternity and tension lurking around and shining in but are always nestled in a recognizable tonal structure. The quiter parts like the flute/woodwind part in the beginning create a nice etheral atmosphere. I really like it. I honestly think this piece would be a real beauty if the instruments would sound more realistic or being played by musicians. I disagree here, the repetive parts are giving orientation and there is enough variation and dissonance to keep it interesting for my taste.

Hi I want to share a piece for strings I recently composed. It is a slow, adagio like piece. Besides the actual composing I also put alot of effort in the dynamics and expression of the instruments. Since I probably will never write music for a real orchestra I want the sound to be as authentic as possible. I am struggling with a few things, particulary with the volume and expression of the climax around 1:20 and some dissonances like at 0:49. I am quite happy with the coda. Any thoughts, ideas and criticism are welcome.