The Villagers Walzer new demo. Feedback?

[Piernick]

Hi all,
this is a new piece of mine.
It's a pleasure to receive some comments and advice from all.
It's a mock-up for a short movie (there are Witch, kids ,grotesque atmospheare)

i hope you enjoy to this
Thanks

http://www.piernicoladimuro.com/web/htdocs/www.piernicoladimuro.com/home/site/mp3/The%20Villagers%20Walzer.mp3

[gugliel]

It sounds pretty good -- perhaps if some of the non-harmonic notes were somehow defined more clearly, why they are there, what their function is, then the piece could go a little faster, get the musical point across in a more exciting way.

I can hear the 'grotesque' acceptably, just think that it could be made much more precise and still get the point across.

[Piernick]

Thanks Gugliel
your feedback it's very precise and i can only appreciate.
The villager walzer was made in a only two day (it's no a justification) and i decide to post online to understand the reactions
I'm working on to give a more precise development and orchestration.
I hope to receive new feedback from you in the future.
I listen your piece (echoes of the evening) posted in the forum, i like it but it's a genre very difficoult for my ears.
Piernick

[cwillsher]

This is a really nice idea and I love the 'holes' in the rhythm. It's like at a rock concert when there's a false ending and the audience get sucked in. You hardly have time to think "Hold on a minute, shouldn't there be another note there?" and suddenly we're off again.

The swells work well in the opening section and give the piece some shape. The piano gets a little ahead of the accompaniment on occasions, but not so much that it spoils the flow - was this played live?

The only other comment I would make is that it didn't really 'grow' as I expected - maybe because it's unfinished. The opening is fine but it then fizzles out. Maybe introduce some brass after the middle section to pick it up again?

It works well for the imagery you're working with though, well done.

Colin

[thierry.ecuvillon]

it's great, just one point disturbe me is the tempo;
Perhaps playing 10°/° more quicly the 2,3 beat or 10°/° less quicly the fist beat will humanize the walz tempo;

The conductor is not a computer so, when he is moving, he put some accent more slow on the strong beat;

(exsuse my english [:O]ops: )

with pleasure,

Thierry Ecuvillon

[Piernick]

thanks all.

i think that the vienna forum is a good place where all the composer around the world have the possibility to post all them compositions no only in a finished version but also in a work in progress version, to keep all the good advices in the replys. It's a wonderfull instruments to learn and to correct some wrong way.

so...

to cwillsher:
This cue it's praticaly played "live", i mean that the time between the idea and the recording session is very short.
I try to do this becouse i think that sometime a long adjustament session or mix session make by the same person, take off the first sensations contained in the piece.
I don't say that we can make a superficial work. The computer and orchestral library music based is a very and innovative hard job.
Yes, the piano was played live.

to thierry.ecuvillon:

Thx. i try yor advice immediatily, i've this idea just in my mind.
thant for the kind words. your englis is better that mine.

piernicola.

[thierry.ecuvillon]

hello, you can have 2 situation for a waltz:

1-----2,3
or more usual: 1,2,3-----1,2,3-----

normaly, for all bar 4/4 or other, the srtong beat are slowly around 10°/° to put a accentuation but for tha walz, the 3re beat put more accrntuation to arrive on the fist.
After it is a feeling choice.

Best regard,

Thierry Ecuvillon [:)]