Composition: Lonesome Withdrawal, Peace & Quiet

Here's another, as always please tell me what you think. Its hard to say which one of my compositions rank as a favorite or even favorite as they all have a little something I like. This one no less. Cheers for listening.

Acoustic guitar, cello, etc
 

Edited December 7, 20196 yr by Jim Jones

The theme is nice, but it repeats itself many times. The cello part stays always in a low range, it could do more, in my opinion.

It came across as a drone, A loop, the opening theme going on for 50 seconds unvarying. The last 34 seconds were silent. Was this your intention? Can I ask what musical situation you wrote it for? Like a background to something, a video sequence, dance, etc? 

Yeah its supposed to be more of a droning background thing, nice little melody carried by the cellos somewhat, but the acoustic having those little double ups to keep things moving along. I sort of like the way the guitar opens up during what would be the chorus part. Appreciate the feedback as always! 

If I can self critique, often my works are a product somewhat of discovering or identifying styles, rhythms etc... and going with it. Intended to be musical pieces, compositions, not necessarily full on complete productions. Yeah, moody little interludes... but not everything. I have stuff that has more defined sections incorporating percussions. Mostly, all instrumental (I haven't gotten around to messing with the USB mic I have purchased recently)


This piece is something I envision where a persona is reminiscing perhaps, feeling nostalgic with scenes of romance from days past. 

Oh and in my creativity, this is one piece that does not at all derive (for inspiration at least) from my interest in history. 

Ah minimalism. I love this. Very much fitting of the title of the piece. You definitely create a strong ambient atmosphere with this. I'd love to see some more interplay between the instruments -particularly since they do overlap in range to some extent. Perhaps move around your material more evenly to variate the timbres within your texture (something that many minimalist composers did with great success). All in all, very good work. Would love to see a score to provide better insight.