Like I can compare...
When I wrote Soulialous I had just started my first year of college. I was young and stupid. And only had finale. None the less I started composing. Since then I have hit countless snags and felt less than inspired. I still would love to collab with you on Wayfarer's Hymn... but I find myself unable to. Currently in the midst of creating character themes for my latest hair-brained scheme. But that's beside the point.
A true piece of music is inspired. Is driven. Is a part of the person who created it. You're still in high school. Your still young... yet your music is so mature. It reminds me of when I still had the spark... if I could only get Finale back... though you call it drifting, I see it as a reflection. A reflection of your drifting yes. But more than that. Your musing. Your fleeting youth. Strings always get to me... you command your instruments. Shape them. The oboe/english horn solo, the piano, the movement... your piece is emotion. Something music currently seems to be lacking. It's all re-occurring themes and bump and grind now-a-days. So every now and again, it's nice to know some one out there remembers what music is really about... and is doing something about it.
People will ridicule you. They will say you are too emotional. Too classical. That you need to get with the times. Please, for the love of true music, real compositions everywhere, and for yourself, never stop creating. Never stop pouring your heart into the staves. Even if you decide to take on another canvas, never give up on this gift.
There... I've said way too much. Music both inspires and comes forth from me at the most random times. If this wall of txt tells you anything, at least come away with this. Creativity, arts, originality... these things aren't easy to come by. And if you enjoy what you're doing and continue letting yourself truly come out in your work, Crookston will be more than just another Williams or Zimmer. Ya know? I've found I need good freelancers like you. People who break the mold, who do it for fun, who put a piece of them in their work. The world, needs those kinds of people. Souls... be it my writing, her artwork, or your music. There I go rambling again. It truly is beautiful. Not because it's a ten, but because this means you are a ten.
-SoulLink