more like a River than a Waterfall
From a spring, to a brook, growing through the land, and eventually going out to sea. But title aside, listening to this composition is very satisfying, like the ballad of a long life with striving, tragedy and redemption.
Technically speaking, wouldn't a MIME-equipped piano allow you to capture the atonal score of music like this? I'm not a music geek so I wouldn't know for sure.
I don't even know what MIME is. I'll have to look that up.
Interestingly, I often think of the story you describe when playing this. I think the composition shifted over the years, but the title stuck. Sorry if you wanted more cascading water.
Thanks for the review!
More like a pond...
If this were a "Waterfall" it wud shoud have more sounds,this is more like a pond,pleasent,caring and deep.This is not bad music for meditation near a river or a pond...
P.S. Sometimes it sounds like your hitting metal things with an iron spoon...
Score : 8
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As the piano is out of tune, some of the keys sound a bit atonal and that might be the metal things you're talking about. I'm confused though - none of them sounded that clangy. It'd have been nice if you'd indicated when you heard those noises, so I could maybe understand what you're talking about.
If you're out meditating near a river or pond, listen to the music of nature.
Glad you liked it, though I remain unsure what about it you enjoyed.
Intresting
Not too sure about some parts of this, somethings don't sound too good and kind of sharp, I thought the beginning part also went on for a little too long. The length of this is pretty long, which is good if you manage to get enough into the actual track of this, which you seem to have gotten.
The track itself has a very calm tune to it, though some of the piano keys to me seem to sound a little sharp, not sure if you ment it to be that way. The ending was done pretty well, so overall a pretty good job on this peice.
4/5
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The piano's kinda old and some keys are stiff. I'd certainly have liked some of the notes at the start to be softer. During the later parts of the tune though, I'd probably still play the right-hand sections pretty much as they sound - I think it gives it energy and tops it being /too/ relaxing.
Glad you liked it & thanks for the review!
Has character, but doesnt spark waterfall imagery
with me, entirely.
=The Good=
-The piano has lots of character, with its muffled EQ and cheap, detuned sound (sounds like it was recorded on a cell phone)
-The melodies are nice when it gets off the ground. Everything was constructed quite well, favorite part was at 2:20, that section has sweet chords
-Playing flows very well, respect. very beautiful.
-Lots of variation throughout
=The Bad=
-This isnt bad at all, I would just expect a more lush piano with lotsa reverb and a crisp sound to go along with a waterfall.I know its not your fault tho.
-I would personally scrap the intro because I dont think it does the piece any good. The general creepy vibes and dissonant notes just dont fit the song I think. Mainly 00:00-00:55ish.
-If you could transcribe this into a computer program, add strings and maybe a harp that would be great
-An actual waterfall sample might help the general imagery
-Hardware is always more important than software when recording, but perhaps a brighter EQ would go with the muffled sound
Ideas: 8.5/10 Diversity: 9/10 Clarity: 6.5/10 Overall: 8/10
I would give this a 9 if it was just for playing, but clarity is an important department and I think that aspect was generally detrimental to your track. Keep at it tho, I would love to hear more playing from you.
Thanks for the review. Breaking down your score was cool.
Your points were clearly made and I like the checklist sytem. I give your review a 9/10.
The detuned sounds are mainly because the piano... hasn't been tuned. I need to sort that out. I think the 0-55s part may have sounded less 'creepy' and more like the water dripping it was meant to resemble if the keys hadn't been so stiff and badly tuned.
I'm not really good with audio software so don't know what a 'brighter EQ' is. And though my skills aren't good enough to add instruments via computer, maybe I'll do that on the keyboard. Thanks for the idea!
Thanks for the awesome review.
Stay funky!
Seems like a trickling stream
I enjoyed it quite a bit, but I feel it's more like a trickling stream... in slow-mo. Not that that could really fit into a title... "Hey, have you heard A Trickling Stream In Slow-Mo?"
Back on topic. Background sounds would indeed be appreciated. Maybe kick off the song with solely the sound of a stream. For the music to seem more watery, I'd suggest going up a few notes/octaves and pressing lighter. Like light dancing, as it seems a bit forceful around 4:45 when your attempting to press many keys very rapidly. I'd work on the rapid part too. Seems a little out of time.
Overall, very enjoyable. Good work. :)
Hahaha!
I hadn't really considered the notion of water-based sfx.
"For the music to seem more watery, I'd suggest going up a few notes/octaves and pressing lighter. Like light dancing, as it seems a bit forceful around 4:45 when your attempting to press many keys very rapidly."
Fair point. My keys are stiff and that didn't help...
"I'd work on the rapid part too. Seems a little out of time."
Yeah, it almost definitely isn't perfect - I don't use a metronome or anything and a lot of this piece is semi-improvisational. (The late middle/end isn't really in stone.) I guess I can't improvise and keep stuff in time simultaneously. :-(
Thanks for the awesome review.
Stay funky.