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A new composition from me....

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If you have heard one of my previously posted works, I have good news for you: I've got one more piece for you to listen to.

If you haven't heard my previously posted works, "Ode to Pavel" and "Requiem for Nicole", I'd recommend you to look for them around this website.

"Scale of turn-offs" is a piece I finished a few months ago but I forgot about posting.

It has a concept: The 10+ minutes it lasts, combine improvising with a very precise, careful system of placing notes.

Scale of turn-offs.mid

  • 3 weeks later...
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I was hoping someone would review this piece before I upload the other ones I've finished....

I would...but hearing a MIDI doesn't help much.

I'm more interested in your organizational / structural methods. How are you controlling the improvisation vs the "precise, careful system"?

I hope it is a joke ....

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I was hoping one of you two could help me stop making my compositions sound like a MIDI file?

Is there any program or website that can record the composition or convert it to how I hear it so you could hear it the same way?

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Hello, someone asked me to explain my method of combining improvisation with cold calculations. This is what I have to say:

Let's begin wit the title; "Scale of Turn-offs(Spontainiety and cold calculations). The second part refers to the method of contrasting theory with improvisation. The first part, is my reaction to the piece. Most of the controlled part is based around a scale whereas the improvised bits turned me off a bit the first time I heard them(Don't worry, the whole thing grew on me eventually).

When I would write the coldly calculated notes, I would base them around a sequence, almost like a mathematical equation and I'd repeat that sequence a few times. With the improvisation, I'd sit down at any moment of the day to compose and randomly press keys on the keyboard and save whatever may come out of it.

What you hear is the result of this.

"I was hoping one of you two could help me stop making my compositions sound like a MIDI file?

Is there any program or website that can record the composition or convert it to how I hear it so you could hear it the same way?"

What program are you using to sequence? I'm guessing that most sequencing programs have some kind of feature where you can bounce/mix to a stereo file, either mp3 or wav. I don't understand why there are so few audio files posted here. I sequence in Logic with the sounds I like, and then I simply do a bounce to a stereo audio file, usually an mp3. These are then easy to upload and provide a link, and that way I can be sure that what you hear is what I hear.

  • 3 weeks later...
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Hello, thanks a lot for the information Jazzooo!

I compose with Anvil Studio.

I'll explore my program to find something to allow me to convert.

If it works, I'll upload my works the way they must be heard.

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