MattZ2007

I'll join, should be done by the 13th.

I'm ready to judge the pieces (by the way, if anyone wants to e a judge just let me know), but not all of the pieces have been submitted yet! However I'm going to Florida for the following week, and am unsure as to the likelihood of having internet down there. So, I'll give the competitors a bit more time, but if the pieces aren't here when I get back (June 13) I'll unfortunately have to score without them. I apologize to those who have submitted their files, as this competition shouldn't last this long. P.S. None of this has a hostile intention towards the competitors who haven't submitted their works yet, please dont take it that way :).

Hello, everyone. I'm sorry for being inactive of late, finishing up school, job, singing lessons, etc., have kept me from having the time I'd like to devote to this. I'm back and will judge.

You can find the background stuff online at places like freesound.org. As far as the audio goes, you can go to Midi/Audio in the top bar, then go to Audio --> Import Audio.

This is a rather polished draft of a violin solo I've been working on for the last week. Some advice or criticism would be nice.Also tell me what kind of scene you imagine when listening to this (setting, events, etc.). I want to see if I am able to evoke what I was trying to. Violin Solo

Which version do you have? I have Finale 2009, and with it, I can import audio.

Many pop pieces end up being too close for comfort. I can see why you may wish to change the melody when it comes in, but until then don't worry about it. Most pop pieces follow similar progressions. For example, I was able to sing Somewhere Over the Rainbow over your song. If you're uncomfortable with it, change the melody. You don't have to change the chords.

Kind of. You have the track playing, and compose around it, so it's basically the same idea. This will be good for anyone thinking about composing for film, as you compose the music to pick a theme. The goal of this is to paint a picture. But it's unlike the nature cds in that it doesn't need to be calm. You can make the music set during a thunderstorm, and make an epic score. The options are limitless.

Hello! Sorry that this is a day late, but welcome to the May Competition. In keeping with the theme of last month, this month's competition must use an ambiance recording (be sure to give credit to your sources!). You may use any combination of instruments, but the ambiance must be heard. The piece must also be at least 2 minutes long. Judges: 1. MattZ2007 2. 3. 4. 5. Competitors: 1. Bachian 2. JaWoodruff (submitted) 3. SergeofArniVillage (submitted) 4. Jean-Paul 5. doctormusic (submitted) 6. jimmyjuicin

Marius, thank you for your comments. If you would like, I do have an updated version in the competition thread without the reverb. I will begin to work more on panning the instruments better from now on as well. Doovongeman, thank you for telling me about that. I didn't hear it before and will try to fix that. I very well might update it a final time, but I really need to finish my piece for my audition to college this week, so it may not be soon.

I'll try to finish my prelude in time. It needs to be postmarked by March 1 right?

AP test isn't that bad. It's nothing overly hard; I got a 4. Plus you get to hear new music. What's better than that?

This is a piece I wrote for the "Game Music" competition. It is meant to loop, so it doesn't have an ending chord. I also didn't put much work into performance instructions since it wouldn't be performed anyway. Criticisms are welcome, as always. Battle

Here's my piece. It took my six hours of work, but that's not too bad considering how it turned out. Here you go. 150 bpm. EDIT: And here's an updated version, without reverb. Battle.mp3 Battle(noreverb).mp3

I'll attempt to compose a few for you.

I'll try my hand at it.

Once again, thanks to everyone for their comments. I will try to add more expressions and dynamics to this as well. I am indeed going to have this played by my High School Orchestra during our last concert. And in fact, we see breath marks in it so often that I used them to indicate resetting the bow to the frog, instead of simply using double down markings. I did try to show what I wanted during divisi clearly by keeping the stems in their proper directions, but I will try to be more clear in the future. I will try to render a recording of this song at the concert, if you guys would like me to. Once again, thank you for reviewing and criticizing. P.S. I am indeed from Missouri.

Thanks to all. Rolifer - I will attempt to add in more bowings for interest, you are right. Black Orpheus - I will look more into writing slurs in the future. Jaime - The "in C Minor" part was due to my not realizing that the key specification boxes meant that it would be in the title. I will try to add in more expressive markings as well. Michael - Thanks for the compliments. I will add an accelerando before the poco a poco. Serge - Thank you for the compliments as well. So overall, I could greatly improve by adding more expressions and articulations. Thanks to everyone who has commented!

My first actual composition The Sea of Azov

Unfortunately I don't have the original .mus of this because my old cpu broke down, so please forgive the one stave for some instruments. So this is what I have of my Overture, It's not the second movement of a Symphony anymore, so far. I think that this one shows potential, and would like to polish it and fix any mistakes before I show this to my theory teacher for my final. So any advice would be appreciated. Orchestration help would be very much so as well. I just have notes and rudimentary dynamics in right now. Movement II.pdf MovementII.mp3

My arrangement of Eppel's Missouri Waltz Missouri Waltz

You know I'll join

I'll join. But I'm worried. Does everybody have to vote? Otherwise one could abstain to increase his own chances of winning.

Not to double post, but I do need opinions on this. This piece as it is now is a cello (not bass; I changed that) solo. If I was to arrange for strings, would it do better as a string trio/quartet, or a full string orchestra with cello soloist.

I'll join