Nick23

I'm going to ditch the synth one. It didn't have much significance, I just liked the sound, but now I prefer the piano version anyway.

...please any comments welcome, sorry I don't have sheet music..

Two versions of my new song... "Song from a Movie" (working title..) Song from a Movie.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage "Crogurt (Song from a Sci-Fi Movie)" Crogurt (Song from a Sci-Fi Movie).mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

Man... still no comments.

Check out my new composition. It's very different from and much more consistent than my last song, Scarlet Shadow. Link: Transience.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

Very nice, I've no time for further analysis, but I really enjoyed it.

Thanks for the comments. The song I'm working on now seems to be sticking to one style, kind of indie rockish.. I may have just needed more time at the piano to learn how to do this. Not that I don't like what I can make with an array of styles, but I agree that it has its arguable downsides (confusion, unstructured, doesn't settle), but not without the upside that it's different and interesting, in my opinion.

I couldn't replicate it note-for-note, but if I listened to my recording to get a better sense I could probably make a fairly similar version. Yea, it's improvised, from ideas I created at the piano in the past and some I made on the spot. Thanks for the comment, I listen to a wide variety of music so I think that definitely comes out in my playing. Haha, it's recorded with an old Casio digital console piano and Garageband.

Sorry I don't have the sheet music, I haven't written any of it down. Thanks for the comments!

Man...no replies yet.

Nice, you explore some really interesting sounds in this tune.

Claude Debussy, Bill Evans, Art Tatum, Charles Mingus,

The Levine book can get into very complex theoretical discussion without any application, but to an advanced classical student this might be a more welcoming start. Here's some important stuff: Get a Real Book, try transcribing tunes off recordings, learn a ton of chords and use them in the context of the Real Book, practice licks in all 12 keys. Improvise over the changes in the Real Book. And Listen, especially live jazz at a club, but listen to jazz as much as possible.

I like it, very dissonant, maybe it could use a little fresh air somewhere- like a break from the melody to just vamp on some chords. Also, I think a minor-major seventh chord voicing would work well to end the piece. Overall nice work

Hey, this is a recording of me playing my first composition, entitled "Scarlet Shadow". Let me know what you think. (Turn up the volume all the way if you have to, the recording sounds low on my computer for some reason) Scarlet Shadow.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage