October 6, 200916 yr ... So I finished the score I was working on this weekend and delivered it tonight, so I decided to celebrate in typical Marius fashion with some percussion fanaticism. If you don't like loud noises and things being hit and otherwise percussively abused, then this piece is not for you. If you're still with me, the ensemble is actually entirely organic
October 6, 200916 yr This is awful! Sounds like someone bashing a load of garden furniture together! ....=P nah just messing! Great stuff as always Marius. Not my sort of thing but it was well done I thought.
October 6, 200916 yr Author Hahaha thanks guys :P No, it's not my voice, Kevin, though in retrospect it would have been fun to record and layer in my voice as well. Heckel, it's definitely short but I decided that sleep was something worth pursuing so I kept it nice and brief. I so totally would. Anyway, thanks for leaving your thoughts on my noise! :happy:
October 6, 200916 yr If you're still with me, the ensemble is actually entirely organic — I did not use any electronic percussion, nor did I process any of the instruments synthetically. I was aiming for a natural sort of percussion ensemble sound. Beyond that, this is just me having a bit of evening fun. Bam bam! But these are still sample library instruments right?
October 12, 200916 yr Mortal Kombat !!! Way too short dude, that's very very well produced, next time make it longer.
October 13, 200916 yr Author Glad you enjoyed this, guys! Rodrigo, your avatar is terrifying, but I agree that this is short...it really was just me having a bit of fun though, wasn't meant to be anything significant. I might make something similar but longer later on though, good call. Dan, this was done with love, enthusiasm, and a fascination with percussion...also some fun sequencing and good sample libraries to render it all with. ;)
October 13, 200916 yr Great job as always, you catching any big breaks yet with in the music scene? PS, you have to go check out my first digital song in about a year! Let me know what you think please. http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/first-song-about-year-back-bang-22244.html
October 13, 200916 yr Author I've had some pretty significant breaks lately, yeah, I'm quite pleased about it — I'll go check that piece out!
October 18, 200916 yr nice one mate. I'm pretty sure you got a very large range of drums by now, i sure's like to hear more variety, some of those heavy congas, i forgot their names, bongos maybe, anyways, its a fun track and it delivers it.
October 19, 200916 yr Marius I will never say that doing a strictly percussion work is easy, for it is not. It does take a certain skill to be able to put one together. If you walk into a typical 1st year composition class in just about any university around the U.S. and asked each student what they do their best work with and alot of them will say percussion. That's why they are there. Do the same in the college I went to and everyone there would have said percussion (except for me). My favorite composer of all time is Sergui Prokofiev. He was renowned for his rhythms, but of course his rhythms were incorporated inside of the winds, strings and brass. I honestly believe that once you are able to do as Prokofiev did, you will be one the best composers around. Ron
October 19, 200916 yr Author That's a really interesting factoid there, Ron, I definitely did not know that about the percussion and 1st year students. I'm actually a bit curious as to why that is. In any case, I admire Prokofiev's work too so I'll do my best to realize your belief and attain that level of mastery...practise makes perfect, I suppose. :happy: J, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I do indeed have a pretty darn vast collection of percussion by now...makes me happy. Thanks so much for all your thoughts, folks! :)
October 24, 200916 yr BLAH. The moment I pressed the play button, amazing stuff happened. ! This was, for lack of better words, BAM!
