Well I couldn't do vocals, so the song definitely loses some of its charm there. The slowness is appropriate within the context of the album (it's kind of like a multi-track journey), but I can see why it would bug you here. Todd's got a great piano, boy.

As for the ending, like I said, his albums are more like "journeys", so a lot of the pieces transition in to each other, as was the case for this song. I couldn't end it like that to be a stand alone song, so that's why it's different. If you don't get it, try to find the album somewhere.

I should have mentioned that I tried using tempo markers for the first time. Most songs played by a human don't stay at the same tempo the whole time; there are natural speed ups and slow downs. I attempted to replicate these as best I could, but it sounds like they didn't compliment the velocities I chose, so maybe I'll rethink that method.

Ah yes, the piano is pretty quantized. It's a shame I can't play it myself; I tried to make it flow, but I think in the end I just realized why I don't like piano :o

"Ah! I realized now that it feels like two different pianos are playing the low notes and the high notes."

I think what caused this was that I have two pianos playing the same part: one in the left and one in the right. They're separated by a short delay to give the illusion of stereo width. Maybe?

I suppose when you say "big" notes, you mean heavy, or unnecessarily loud ones. I thought I did a better job on velocities for the piano this time, but listening to it a few more times, you're right, there's clearly room for improvement there. Back to the drawing board -- err, mixing board.

Heh, if you take out the first two lines and the last line of your review, it sounds like this piece is a disaster, but I understand it's all constructive criticism. Your background in choir definitely works to your advantage while writing these reviews. Thank you!