Reviews for A Hopeful Heart

[KTRECORDS]

Dude...

I don't really know what you can add to this song. It is way out of my league, lol. I really like the depressing tone of the song. And the fact that you can make a 7+ minute song without it getting boring is pretty amazing as well. I guess the only real thing I would add is some reverb. If you don't have that option... then oh well, cuz it still sounds pretty damn good. Check out my depressing song "What Have I Done?" and see what you think of that bad boy. Keep up the good work!

-Jason
KTRECORDS

Dude09 responds:

out of your league? i gave you a ten too you know ;) i also think your one of the only people to say my first part is not boring. thanks for the review and the ten

[hzlancer]

Talented

Good solid structure. Your make good use of chord progression and sensible harmony. I'm impressed at the length and flow of the song, especially given it was synthesized through a scorewriting program.

You could do with a prominent melody. The composition feels discursive, transitioning without distinction. I believe a powerful melody is what captures the imagination within a framework of accompaniment that lead into them gracefully.

I would also advise that a waltz is meant to be much slower and gentler. Given the nature of sibelius, obviously dynamic are quirky to control. Nonetheless, a more moderate tempo and delicate human touch are necessary to serve this piece well.

Despite my criticism, your piece had hooked my attention early on. You have an intuitive understanding of piano and classical music. You are gifted in this and I very much look forward to hearing the progression of your work. 8/10 4/5

Dude09 responds:

wow, i could barely keep up with this critique, you know what your talking about, and i'm glad about that :) thanks for also saying i understand classical music, but i still think i have a long way to go. thanks again for the constructive review :)

[Jabicho]

Misterious...

First composition? If this is your first, you really have a great destiny at composing, wow imagine all the beautiful pieces you can make in just one year.

This piece has such a misterious feeling to it, I'd love to know what inspired you to write this song. You know how hard is to play a piece that's almost 8 minutes long, it takes so much expertizing of the piece, and keeping your feelings flowing all the time, I admire you for that. About the message of the piece, it has a little sadness, but overall has a peaceful sensation, when you start hearing it, you just forget about everything, and disappear in time.

Why did I give it a 9? hehe, the piece itself is outstanding, but I found the notes pressing without hard or soft times, maybe it's the keyboard you're using, that deosn't have notes sensitivity, and takes a bit of the magic for the song, It would be so amazing to hear it with all of it playing changes of mood.

I love your work, I'll wait for new submissions from you, you have so much talent and future in music =)

Dude09 responds:

thanks for the great rating and great review, i'm glad you enjoyed it so much, yeah i talked to a professor of composition about this piece and he said the same thing about using dynamics, and also i didn't play it, i used a program called sibelius, but i'm thinking about getting a prfessional soon. thanks again for commening, for the encouragement, and for enjoying the piece

[John-Gaden]

Hmm.

Man there's just SO much here. My first concern is get some real equipment or software. Maybe I just don't like this particular tone. I dunno what kind of set up your using so I don't want to just assume it's shoddy, but I hope you see my point.

To be honest I have very little patience for long single-instrument compositions. I kept going back and forth between bored and "I need to rewind and hear that again." Around 6 minutes in, those 6 or 7 seconds are my favorite. I know it's odd to pin point a 5 second clip of a 7 minute composition but everything was spot on there. The melody, the dynamics, the progression. There are moments like that throughout the piece, but for the most part its pretty much (above) average. Another good moment is from 7minutes to about 7:20 as it's winding down.

I'd really like to see you try some shorter pieces and create something that strikes me as a song, in the way that these "moments" did.

Bit of a long winded review, if you want to talk more feel free to send me a message, about music, composition or whatever.

Dude09 responds:

lol thank you for the critical review, its the best kind :) i see what you mean, i use sibelius. thx for the above average rating (shows i'm getting somewhere) and yeah i'm working on a shorter piece now so yeah keep in touch, just out of curiosity though, are you a music major?

[sarias]

I like this

Ok so i hear waht you mean listen to my town theme it souns like the begining of this :D lol I really like this song middle to end i think the begining could use some work just cuase i dont hear much statement its supposed to be like an intro it hears but im felt like i wish there was more comming from it, you end up doing somthing beautiful around 3:00 and the song kept my interested from there on, work just a little bit on the begining mostly from 0:00-1:00 after that its a better then becomming a great song agter 3:00

Dude09 responds:

thank you for such a great review. lol one of the things i wanted to do was get people bored then shocked at about 3:00 but yeah i do admit it is a bit too boring. i'm glad you liked the second half at least :) thanks again for commenting