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Once again, your music writing ability astonishes me. I've noticed you are particularly good at the piano, always something beautiful to be heard in your solo pieces. You are truly gifted, something very rare in the NG audio portal! Seriously, I would expect this being performed live or scoring a film.

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Cool piece!

I liked this a lot. You have a great flowing texture, and I also really liked how the delay on the piano flows into the played notes so that sometimes you can't tell which is which. On to the criticism:

1) The harmony at :30 sounded "wrong" me. I believe it is discordant rather than dissonant. You have a number of delicious sounding impressionistic chords throughout that sound very right to me so - if you want this passage to stand out that's fine, but just make sure your being honest with yourself that this is the sound that you want. If it is what you want, consider bringing it back at the end so that it is more memorable and sounds less like a mistake.

2) At 1:27 you suddenly lose a bit of the harmonic tension. It sounds unintentionally weak to me. You might consider smoothing over that spot with a more interesting harmony. (like what you just had a few seconds earlier). In impressionistic piano writing its important to make sure that the tension flows and ebbs in a convincing and smooth manor, in the words of my old harmony prof, "you want surprises, not shocks".

3) 1:44-46 sounds a little weak to me too, harmonically. It just feels like the oomph is falling away from your wonderful impressionistic flowing sound. Make sure this is actually what you want.

4) Loved :44-1:00, wish I had written that :D

Overall, I'm really happy to have discovered your music from the classical review thread.

Not much to write a story, but here I go.......

A young boy is playing on the front porch of his house, which is out in the Great Plains. He's happily flocking as if his own home was his little utopia. Then, he decides to venture a bit away from his home, in search of some sort of adventure. He enters a dense forest and begins his skirmish.

As he keeps running, he feels as though he is traveling like the speed of wind. For a split-second, he thought he saw the air shift in front of him. But he kept running, faster and faster. Strangely, he wasn't losing his breath.

Now, the boy is sprinting so swiftly that the trees are literally swaying. It was as if the young boy was creating a small storm. This event occurs for hours until finally, a raging, yet non threatening tornado forms. The boy returns to his home, excited from his small trip in the forest. As he looks back, everything was as if the storm was never there. For a second, the boy thought he was actually "grasping the wind..." He enters his home, back into his normal life........

*Phew* Wow! Didn't that i'd do it! My friend, you inspire me to do these kinds of things. Keep it up!

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Quietly Recalling

Feelings of nostalgia trickle into my mind as I listen to this piece of organized melancholy. I am reminded of unrealized childhood dreams, swiftly shifting through everything I ever wanted to be and everything I ever wanted to do until, suddenly, I am back, sitting at my computer, remembering the time when I could be and do all of those things without leaving the playground.

Good work, Trevor, and don't forget to follow your own dreams.

Beautiful

This is truly beautiful. Also, don't be afraid to follow your dream. I'm in the same place as you, trying to get to college with no money. Just keep working towards your goals, and you'll see that things will fall into place for you eventually. Also, don't fear that you won't do well. You have some of the most lovely music I've ever heard. So, good luck with everything.