This made my day. It's so beautiful and peaceful :) I am left speechless, and I don't know what else to say. The ending is in need of a little work, but it's definitely what I'm looking for. Keep it up! :D
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I improvised out the piano part, quantized it, and then added bass, strings, and drums. This isn't my usual genre, but maybe I'll try more music like this in the future. :)
BlazingDragon responds:
And you made my day! Thanks sqertysam. :)
This is really nice. So chill and carefree.
I really have to know, though: when you improv this, did you really do the whole song in one go? Aside from quantization, did you change the result at all?
Cuz if not, I really need to practice piano more D: D:
Thanks for the lovely song though.
BlazingDragon responds:
I really did the whole thing in one go (and then heavily quantized my terrible timings! XD). I also might have deleted a note or two that I accidentally bumped.
I used to practice improving very slowly with a metronome, making sure not to stutter or stop for mistakes. Now, I've got an array of go to chord progressions that I don't have to think about, so it is easy to improvise over the top. If I was doing something more harmonically daring, I'd have a lot more mistakes. But this progression is one that I know my way around quite well. :)
Thanks for the review!
(Edit: The above was referring to the piano part. The bass took a couple of tries, as did the strings)
(Edit 2: Forgot to mention something important. While I did record this in one take, I spent probably 15 minutes playing around with ideas before hitting record. I like to warm up and get in the groove of a progression before recording an improv, so it wasn't done completely cold)
lovely just lovely
BlazingDragon responds:
Thank you. :)
Thanks, these 91 seconds makes me happy :)
BlazingDragon responds:
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
I really like the chordal structure you have going on here. Reminds me a lot of Gershwin, which is awesome. I feel like the drums detract from this a lot. If it were me, I would either cut them out completely or move them to half time. They sound far too busy compared to the rest of the piece. Also, they seem a little one dimensional to me.
Other than that, I really like this! You're a talented pianist. Keep it up!
BlazingDragon responds:
Unfortunately, my drum palette is limited to EZDrummer, and I don't have the jazz add-on. I would love to use brushes and do more subtle work on the snare. Drums are admittedly a weakness for me though. :-/
Thank you for the constructive criticism! It was helpful.
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