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wow ravingspleen, thanks for putting me in my place. just for the record i wasn't whining about another piece doing better than mine. I was pointing out that this is not really a classical composition competition, and defended my methods. Sorry that wasn't constructive or relevant enough for you, I won't bother you guys again.

A few posts ago, James was saying how sad it is that nobody is discussing the competition on any of the forums, and now you're telling us to clear off? I would have thought a forum post about the competition was the place to discuss these issues and defend our entries, my mistake I guess :veryunsure: bye bye

Well... I think this is a conceptual music competition, not a classical writing competition, so the use of instrumentation or "ear candy" as you put it is important in providing some of that atmosphere. Orchestration and arrangement are pretty fundamental parts of 'educated' classical music, after all. Sorry, I'm not trying to bash James' piece, it's just a bit annoying having spent so many hours arranging and mixing to be told that it's essentially just cheap tricks..

It's not just the samples you have, it's what you do with them that counts.. That's what my girlfriend tells me anyway. Seriously tho, it's true that the composition is more important than the samples, but why does that mean you only have to use one/two patchs/instruments? A bit of orchestration would really make it shine IMO and would have beaten my piece into the ground. Anyway congrats to everyone, thanks to all who voted- I'll make sure the next theme is a good one.. :thumbsup: