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Thank you Marius and your large font. It's helpful to us distressed members to know what is being accomplished. I suppose we were thinking it was another "lame transitional period" between crappy technologies. Let's get back to the point were we have too many people arguing on the shoutbox again, eh? :P

I agree.... I think this forum needs to stay in one place for a while. Too much change is never a good thing. The last skin was a great look, and now it's this boring blue crap. Can we have SOME degree of uniformity, please? First the uploads change monthly or so (that deserves a new thread by itsself) and then everything is messed with constantly?

Very nice! One thing I noticed, is that you use a lot of dissonance- It would be really nice to hear all that dissonance resolve into one giant, harmonious chord. It felt like, most of the time, when you would expect a resolution, there's always just a hint of dissonance that throws it off. I mean, a lot of the time, you want that building of tension, but in this piece, it feels to me that if there was a hint more consonance in the right places, this piece would go from GREAT to EXTRAORDINARY. -MF

Just avoid quarter tones in everything you do, and you'll be fine. The world is a better place without them. :D

Hey, it would take a pretty convincing leader to get so many people to kill so many other people....

Fun stuff, no? Well, seeing as how auditions for my school are happening in the coming month, I wanted to see what YC had to say about it. Personally, I think a DM needs to be confident. Confidence is contagious, after all. They need to be well respected (which is, I guarantee, my biggest stumbling block- I'm only a freshman, but I can and will try out next year...) and well liked. Obviously, they need to be a good musician, and they need to be able to work efficiently, and motivate the band. Your thoughts? What do you think are some qualities necessary to be a good Drum Major? Do you know of any leaders (not necessarily musical) that exhibited traits that would be admirable in a drum major? (For example, our current DM used Hitler in her essay as an example... She highlighted some negative characteristics as well, however :P ) And, finally.... Have any of you noticed any qualities in ME that might be good in a DM? (Not expecting much with this one, but thought I might throw it out there.) -MF

I can record the whole thing, but it sounds dreadful on my "recording gear" (my laptop's mic XD ) BUT I'll try to make it sound as normal as possible...

This is really quite amazing. I love the unique arrangement of instruments, it's just perfect enough to make it chaotic. I would agree, it seems like the intro and like sections are a bit separate. It would be nice to hear a bit more connection, maybe, more flow into the next idea. But, if that was your intent, I think you did that well. Very well done! I think it definitely captures the essence of the novel. (Even though I've never read it.... :P )

Wow... I don't even remember making this thread.... lol. :/ And I recently made one similar to this....

"piano jerk-off concertos" ? Would you kindly give us a definition of this phrase?

:D Why would we care otherwise?! (jk) :P

Hm, this is really interesting.... Too bad I didn't see this earlier. I have viola, horn, flute, and bass/tenor voice at my disposal at the moment... Maybe I can record something tomorrow. :P (I don't have great recording gear at all.... We'll see) I would also be fine waiting out until the next one. (If there is a next one.) XD

Lately I've been perusing the world of piano concertos, and have recently looked at some by Brahms, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and Chopin recently, and I have to say... There is something that just amazes me about the opening to Brahms Piano Concerto No.1. It just says "We'll lay some sustained notes in the background and let the strings go crazy." And Mozart's rather famous Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, (specifically, the second movement, which I have performed(?) before ) is timeless, and every musician should be familiar with it. Tchaik's 1st is constantly amazing as well. BUT, the question is: Which piano concertos do you hold in high esteem, and for what reasons? Which concertos move you, impress you, or sound just plain awesome? Like I said, my three are: Brahms No.1, Tchaik No.1, and Mozart No.21. ...GO! EDIT: I like how I completely forgot about the other thread I made a while ago regard the same topic. I was really quite shocked. XD

This is a piece I began working on late last year... I am very proud of it, and I hope you'll all take the time to listen! Please leave me your thoughts in the comments!! -MF Suite for String Orchestra

hm... I would record this, if I had any decent recording gear. :P I have... a webcam? XD