July 4, 200718 yr Well I enjoyed this piece. I'm not sure if it would stand alone well though, because it was quite illogical and disjointed in terms of the things happening but thats down to personal preference I think. With the pictures its great! You really brought out the idea of the cubism and Picasso's images. I think in order for it to stand alone it would really need something like a recurring melodic theme thats more, logical lol than the one you've got that breaks up all the sections but thats only my opinion. You should listen to "Pictures at an exhibition" by Mussorgsky if you haven't already. Anyway your piece was very descriptive and I really enjoyed it which is odd because normally I dislike serialism
July 5, 200718 yr The trick to making random music enjoyable is structure. The hardest thing to do in writing this style of music is hiding the structure. Just as Picasso's paintings seem to have little structure behind them at first, in time those who study his works see a lot of method and organized randomness. IMO, in some parts of this you either changed the structure behind the music too much or abandoned it altogether. Other parts have great cohesive randomness and work exceedingly well. Keep it up.
July 16, 200718 yr I thank you both for your most sincere response to my work. We all have individual perceptions which should be highly respected. How a composition may cause introspection and ultimately reach an individuals perception, thus response, is a most treasured event in any way the individual chooses to react. I thank you so very much! Mike Milillo
July 17, 200718 yr Hey Mike, Disjointed and hard to swallow, yes; BUT even if you had just the title and CD with an audience that understands your subject matter and the orchestral "vessel" in which you choose to deliver your message; I think it would work in some academic settings. Trying to extract how you feel when viewing anyones art, especially Picasso, and displaying it musically is an art and a great achievement itself! Well done! Michael
July 17, 200718 yr Hey Mike, Disjointed and hard to swallow, yes; BUT even if you had just the title and CD with an audience that understands your subject matter and the orchestral "vessel" in which you choose to deliver your message; I think it would work in some academic settings. Trying to extract how you feel when viewing anyones art, especially Picasso, and displaying it musically is an art and a great achievement itself! Well done! Michael Hard to swallow is a personal perception, and I do wholeheartedly respect that Michael. Modulation and resolve will always be a personal issue because of subjection. You're very kind in how you approached this post. I do understand from what I gathered in listening to your work and how I approach composition that we do hail from different perspectives. The learning process does extend itself to other approaches as I have learned from you sir. Thank you very much... Mike
July 17, 200718 yr That was very cool; it was a great representation of picasso's work. There was some good contast too, with the non-cubism stuff. Good job. Anyways, what sound library did you use?
July 17, 200718 yr That was very cool; it was a great representation of picasso's work. There was some good contast too, with the non-cubism stuff. Good job.Anyways, what sound library did you use? Phoenix, thank you. I used Reason 2.5 I utilized my Korg X3 as my midi peripheral. Picasso spoke in volumes and I tried my best to convey what I heard in his genius. Much appreciated! Mike
September 23, 200718 yr hi ., i love this music it is atonal and 20th century music ... very effective and very rhythmic big conctrast with the very dark and colourfull sound colour and the orchestration mm is very special amd unity
