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  • Amber Sunset

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    hey guys. here's a nice romantic piece for ya. If you're the type that vomits at the overdone cheezy love music, this isn't for you haha. anyways, let me know what ya think.

    http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?PID=613272&t=6441
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    Oneilio,
    You're right, it's cheezy, save the planet, get the girl, golden labrador dies of cancer but everythings ok type of music.

    (With bucket handy.)

    It would have finished the job if you'd substituted a classical guitar for the harp, and had some of those choirs with no words humming away in the background on the last change.


    As for the quality of the 'music?'
    Well done, tighly written, good balance, and i have to say, although the genre of sentimental crap is not my thing, well orchestrated.

    Now, and i mean this with the greatest of respect, if you REALLY want to pull all the emotional strings, and not have everyone reaching for the bucket, take a listen to:
    Khachaturian Spartacus Suite 2, 1st movement, Adagio. For thematic soppy, hopeful, elegant, get a woman to kiss you without breaking into tears and throwing up in your lap type of music, this is one of the best.

    Well done!

    Regards,

    Alex.
    [*-)]
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    I really like your orchestration ideas, especially the glock ostinato. I couldn't quite place the geographical influence - bits were a little oriental, some definitely western, open plains and very optimistic. I can't help feeling that your soaring melodies lacked any substance and were therefore instantly forgettable. I used to think writing great melodic lines was straightforward, until you try and match those written by truly great composers. To mind instantly comes several passages of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, as well as Copeland...too many more are rushing through my head... There wasn't one melody in your piece that matched up to these, and thus the piece as a whole doesn't work for me personally. Please don't be mad!
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    well i'm sorry i'm not as good as copeland. haha jk. thx for the feedback.
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    is just seems to be lacking true feeling. The strings are weak, guess that is my most thought of instrument. The composition, is fine, just sounds like to much happening. But it was a enjoyable listen, but nothing that would remind me of a good movie, and remember it. Sorry for being hard.
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    when you say the strings are weak, do you mean the samples themselves sound weak, or the melodies and stuff? I'm actually using ewql right now, not VSL but i'll be getting VSL soon.
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    Just put the true melody into your strings, maybe makes no sense to you, but to me, it does. I have listened it to it two more times, it is a nice melody, maybe a break up from the original melody, and then back into it. More soft, and some beautiful sounding Violins, dragging you in to emotion... And then the final climax..It would add to the beauty of it. I was on the front page of Acidplanet yesterday, and there was actuall two, or three, nice pieces, with outstanding sounding strings, and not much other instruments..Maybe take a listen.. Just keep up the good work, we all start somewhere, including me....
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