April 23, 200718 yr Most of the time it takes a few days for comments. I like how you don't let the song die. You have a good format for this song. Powerful beginning, soft middle, and the same power at the end with some of the same runs. I like how you change to your feeling in the song. You have a good feel of modulation!!! Around 2:30 in the song I like how you jump back into the melody! GOOD!!!!!! GREAT!!!!!
April 24, 200718 yr I like this piece! Ditto what kjmut said, I like the format of loud beginning, mellow middle, and energetic finale.
April 24, 200718 yr I haven't the slightest idea about all this technical stuff, but in general it's something I want to listen to on repeat.
April 24, 200718 yr It sounds like fun play, I'll admit. Is it difficult? A very beautiful and moving piece. I like the variety between the playful beginning and the more romantic middle section. A very engaging melody in there, and then the transition back into action is great as well. All I can say is absolutely stunning! I'm definitely hard-driving this one.
April 24, 200718 yr I think I will be the first to give some constructive criticism. First, I would like to say that I love the piece and I have no real problems with anything. I am just giving an opinion on what I think you could work on in your future. So, I think that you can work on your transitions. Most of them were great, but I noticed something at the beginning that seemed like it was trying to sneak in too fast. What I mean is that you just sort of went, "ok lets get it in now" without much preparation for the entry. The next thing that I think is a must is that you have one of the coolest piano ideas for a melody that I have heard and all you have done is too state that idea two times with absolutely no difference in the presentation. I thought that the middle and the beginning and the end were two entirely different styles and different pieces. I would LOVE it if you would take that loud Rachmaninovian theme and work with it and develope it into a longer piece. I think the middle should be edited out and the theme should be the thing that takes precident in the entire piece. You need to be creative with it and flip the theme upside down or change the intervals between certain notes or work it into a slower section (but not the one that you have now) (when you restate the theme in the developement). I think that the beginning and the end that you have now sounds very Rachmanninov/Beethoven/Griegish (classical) and the middle sounds nearly popish like a final fantasy video game music medley or like some andvanced book of Chritmas song arrangements. I think that the piece should stay incredibly romantic and classical because that is what the crazy awesome theme lends to that you have created. So, that is a little of what I have to say. If I think of more then I am going to post it because I would love to hear this piece worked on a lot. It has the potential to be up there with the best piano solos on the site. Or, in other words, you cannot just state this awesome theme and then do nothing with it before immediately running into the slower section. Just go with the theme and do some great things with it. Then make the piece longer by creating different "sub-melodies" based off of you first melody. Look for some awesome Rachmanninov or Tchaikovsky or something romantic to get ideas of layout and developement. I will come up with a piece that will show you what direction I think you should take with your theme. By the way, is your name Berklee because you go to Berklee for your musical training? Do you go to the one in Boston? That would be awesome if you did because Howard Shore went there too and I love his music.
April 24, 200718 yr I think my first complaint, and it's nothing major but should serve in later works, would be that the introductory flourish probably shouldn't have emphasized your tonic quite so strongly. It would probably have had more effect had it been harmonically ambiguous, or preparatory. Your main theme establishes that tonic very powerfully, so it had no need for a tonic-centric intro in my opinion.
April 29, 200718 yr Could you please explain why you are claiming you wrote this? Yes, you modified a bit in the middle, but you are blatantly ripping off William Joseph's "Piano Fantasy." You can listen to it in the music player on his official website: William Joseph
