Mr.Snow

This uses the baseline of Pachelbel's Canon in D. It's in 6/8 and I've tried to use some unique elements. It uses the marimba, strings, and drums. I hope you enjoy. Canon in E

Have you ever heard of the band Pain of Salvation, they have a Rain themed song I think you should check out for inspiration, It's called Plivius Aestivus. On the Album "BE" It generally sounds good, although it seems to have a strong feeling of falling rain as intended by the title, perhaps adding dissonant rain drop high notes would help this. Peace.

The song combines the elements of good music into a nice cold shake of goodness. Keep up the good work, and remember to give your lead singer a pay raise.

Sorry here's the score as well: wow2.MUS

http://www.mediafire.com/?owdyhnny21t The main issues I'm having are how I should continue this piece. I've already stated the same general pattern twice (play the mixed meter 3/4 4/4 sections to a build and then play the 4/4 section with the I V iii vi IV I IV V. Should I give it a mysterious staccato feel as I move forward? Or should I give it somewhat of a finale compared to the first sections? I know that pachelbel had an excellent contrapuntal style and he would have several "high points" throughout his music. PS - This is based loosely on Pachelbel's Chaconne in D. Comment? Questions?

Fairly short, but I hope a worthwhile 30 seconds. Enjoy random1.mp3

The truth is, I feel the same way about pop - everything is repeated and it feels like a lot less variation than you would want. With this song, every phrase was different, but I guess it all feels the same--something needs to be done to take away from the overall feeling for some contrast, and then bring it back--but I just don't know quite what to do with that. I could change the key signature, but it's something I've never done and I have no experience with it.

When I first created the song it was just the piano parts by themselves, there were no drums or strings. All my friends considered it too bland, so I listened to it over and over again till I could figure out what to do with it. I was experimenting I guess, and I found that the strings especially brought the song up a notch in my opinion. The drums I felt were good too, but I think that the midi overpowers it, and if I were to perform this in a studio I could have more control over what to do with it. I just want to know if it's worthy of an official recording, and what needs to be worked out in the song before taking the time to perform it. The song seemed perfect to me at one point (a long time ago when I had barely finished it) but the more I listen, there seems to be something unsettling about it, but I feel like I don't have the knowhow or the expertise to give this piece its full potential, or even improve it any more. The feedback helps a lot, but do you think it could be a favorite if it was taken to the next level? Or would you consider the whole concept dead in the water?

Well put together, especially for a first time, as rolifer has said. I had to listen to it about 4 times to get into it. I dunno, it shows that you are skilled with composition. If you work with stronger baselines you have the skills to add the right variations to make a great song.

Maybe there's a 'lack of reasoning' in my assessment because I'm new here and have done very little critiquing. I prefer music with stronger and more pronounced themes/objectives/melodies. It's not a unanimous characterization because I could only access the first two minutes or so.

Good treatment of harmony. Well arranged/put together. I didn't find anything really wrong that caught my attention...

There's a lot of concepts on counterpoint that I do not understand, even though a contrapuntal style is what i mainly use. Here is the score itself. Can you tell me what to change to make it sound more... intentional? random.MUS

Needs more structure. I feel like there is nothing consistent, but just a lot of notes placed in random places. Try to think of an emotion or feeling that you would like to convey and then spend a lot of time on that idea. Consistency is very important. Also, songs can express a lot of different things at once, but it has to flow cleanly. I want to hear you write some more, but put a lot more time into it.

Yeah, like holy crap. That was super chill! Its usually hard to hook me into a song, but this song had me from the beginning. I can't criticize it because I can't hear anything wrong with it. Engrossing from beginning to end. 9.5/10! Edit: Putting this on my iPod Edit2: This song has a great peripheral feel. I mean, I like music that is engaging when you are multitasking, for example, I'm focused on writing this sentence but I can still get into the song without focusing on it. Play count = 5. Also, the very moment you feel it moving too slow, it picks right up. Just like a really good movie, this song does everything you expect it to.

This is what happens when I mess around. It's kinda random, but enjoy random.MID