First attempt at composing

Erm. I guess this is my first attempt at composing. I don't really know much about the composing process but I obtained a copy of Sibelius and started messing around with it. Recently I've thought about becoming a music composition major but I'm not sure if I'm good enough. Some feedback would be nice. thx

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It's alright, not bad at all for a first attempt, especially if you don't know much about it. A few things just bother me, The piano seemed to take a backseat to the main thing which IMO is limiting the piano's perfomance capability. The overall song also didn't seem to have a real strong sense of structure, (a minor issue IMO which can be fixed) But in the overall sense I think it was pretty good for a first try.

Good: A nice try for a first

Bad: A few things seemed to come out of thin air

other than that, it seems fine

This (if this is really your first piece) is very good. The harmony you use is used too often, this is ofcourse not your fault :) And as you are a starter to composition its ok to use them. They used by so many commerciall compositions, songs and so on. More interesting is how you structure your piece and modulate between the parts, how your textures how your theme is and such things. I can say they are all ok and from now an the work beginns for you. I hear that you have the ear and feel for harmonies and all that stuff. Now you should experiment, make many many pieces.

To become a composer is a relative thing and depends on what you mean with it. A composer for video games, a filmcomposer, a classic composer, a pop composer for a band, a comercial composer for commercials for example, or blues, or jazz or ... (there are so many kinds of composers).... For film and classical, you need the most talent and most knowledge (and much luck too) i think but for all others you need more luck then talent or knowledge.

Esim

Well done, personally i thought it was very lyrical and melodic. it is kind of like a soft.. pop type? im guessing. i like the structure of harmony that you uses in this piece, and mostly i like the enterance of the flute at the beginning. Overall, very nice, you have captured many musical things and i really enjoyed it.

Esim, I agree with you about the harmony. By the time I realized it I was pretty much done with the piece. =/ It makes me really paranoid when I try to write music because I'm never sure if what I'm hearing in my head is original.

Paganini Lover, I have no clue how to do good transitions and modulations.

Thanks again for the feedback, it's really helping me lots.