August 30, 200520 yr This song is what I deem to be my best. This one has a minute long introduction that has nothing to do with the song, but frankly, has the same staves. All of the instruments here are seperately staved so it can be overwhelming on your speakers a bit. This song's goal for me was not to limit myself on what I can do in terms of instruments and size. I have a counter-melody that plays WITH the melody in this song. I just found out about this site so it may seem like I haven't done anything here...yet. Please enjoy and suggest! Dbzgod9 Salute_to_Power.mid
August 30, 200520 yr Didn't overwhelm my speakers....... the intro is ok, but i really liked at 0:36 when the voice enterd! A nice voice re-entry at 0:53 again. I like the percussion work in the following minute. At 1:57 the flute is really nice and the build up to 2:15. at 2:30 the brass and the woodwinds work well and the build up with the strings to full orch to 3:24 is nice. but at 3:35 there is a little bit of a climax... but the percussion entering made it very nice though. But whats with the brass and drums after 4:00? wasn't that the ending? sounds a little odd..... are you sure you made the midi right? seems to me like it's cut off.......
August 30, 200520 yr I have a question for you... What exactly were you trying to do with the song... It didn't really flow, in my opinion until about 2 minutes. Everything before that was kind of random, as if you were just writing down what sounded good to you, but had no clear idea of what you wanted.
August 30, 200520 yr I think on the whole, you had some very good ideas, but not the best implementation of them. There was a nice buildup in the middle, and the music itself worked well in most places. But in some places it got a little muddled, or confused maybe. Perhaps just a better structure and organization for the piece. Good work though! Especially for being so new to composition.
September 3, 200520 yr I have to concur that there seems to be a wnadering quality to this piece in the opening. There isn't much in the way of direction for the piece, so I'm not sure exactly where it is going. It does seem to finally find a melody half way through that it likes, and pound at it relentlessly. Definitely good build up by that point. This piece does not seem to be finished. How much more were you envisioning? I recommend you tighten up the beginning, give it more of a clear feel, less random. Have it lead into what you reach at 2:00 moer succinctly, and I think you'll be doing quite well!
September 9, 200520 yr Author Thank you for the responds you guys! After the 1 min intro, I tried to do the following in order: chordal background counter-melody (or one that was played DURING the actual melody) chords move to melody and melody is played moving background I tried combining styles from the movies of Crimson Tide (Rolling Tide) and the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Thanks!
