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<PS> Now That Santa's Gone...

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This is my entry for RAC5, a contest held by NeonProject. The country, or in this case area, that I am representing is the North Pole. I also represented the North Pole for RAC4 with my piece "Dreams in Ice and Snow 2" to which some listeners said that they were reminded of an abandoned Santa's Workshop or that I corrupted their childhood memories of the North Pole. Those comments belonged to cowdog2 and Darkmaster603 and can be found at: http://www.newgrounds.com /audio/listen/336083

So, I decided to depict that view of the North Pole this time around. More specifically, how a young child might view the North Pole after learning that Santa does not exist.

This composition uses several Christmas carols layered on top of one another, each with a twist of sadness added into them. The Christmas carols that I used are Greensleeves, Carol of the Bells, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, Silent Night, Oh Christmas Tree, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Yes, they are all there in some form or fashion. If you listen carefully, you can hear each and every one used. I also decided to use some synthetic instruments this time around.

Please keep in mind that this is not a happy piece whatsoever, and therefore there are clashing notes added on purpose.

I hope you enjoy listening to my piece. Please feel free to leave reviews and vote!

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Pretty Much...

...what I expected. You really enjoy writing slow lyrical pieces. I enjoy them immensely, but I must say it would be nice to see more energy in one of your pieces.

That being said, I enjoyed this piece. I think you would be better served to buy a more professional sounding sample library. I'm not sure what you are using these days, but there are some great options I would be happy to discuss with you. Because right now your samples are hurting you. Because with slow pieces every note is scrutinized far more because the listener has time to pick them apart.

As for what is written, I like it a lot. At 2:20-2:22 you might want to look at your chord structure though. Something sounded slightly off there.

I really like the build up after that though. at 2:57-2:59 I think I heard another odd chord. Maybe I'm just hearing things cause it's late and I'm tired. But go back and have a listen and make sure you wrote what you intended in those moments.

4/5 and 8/10 overall. Nice work bud.

-Gravey-

PenguinSam responds:

I have been having trouble with my sound library recently, and I am trying to fix it as soon as possible.

As far as the "off" chords though, I did check them and they are exactly what I meant to put there.

And as far as more energy, I think my next planned post will show some of that. ;)

Thank you for your review good friend!

<PS>

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Uploaded
Dec 11, 2010
10:42 PM EST
Genre
Classical
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3.6 MB
3 min 56 sec

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Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.