Excelling work, yet again! Pianos must be smitten with you, they seem to tell you all their secrets.^^
Reviews for "Sempiternal Rhapsody"
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
Thank you for your review!
Haha, in order to get pianos to tell you their secrets, you have to tickle their ivories for like an hour, everyday, for years ^ ^
The song's mood doesn't become too happy or sad. You played melodies that would sound happy or sad with certain chords, but you used different chords, so the listener doesn't get the expected satisfaction. For this reason, for me, the song symbolizes apathy.
I love the rhythm change at 2:42.
The chords you used in this piece remind me of the music I listened to as a child, so it brings back memories that are rarely recalled. Major scales were rarely used, and songs of all emotions had diminished chords.
This is a great song for the end of the year :D
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
I do agree that there's no clearly happy or sad part in the piece, although the atmosphere clearly varies a bit from part to part. Interestingly, while I do get that certain aspects of the piece sound apathic, I see the piece as someone going through a mental battle, if you will. Or maybe even a collective, since part of the inspiration is how weird this year turned out to be. But I personally, feel a bit of hopefulness and effort/dedication (almost like a struggle) in the piece as well. The ending though, as you can hear, isn't necessarily the happiest one. It's more of a limbo, where the future remains unknown. So I guess apathy could be quite apt, after all!
Also, I'm glad if the piece isn't predictable, as long as that doesn't make it sound bad!
2:42 is probably my own personal rhythmic favorite as well :)
Oh, what music did you use to listen to as a child :O?
I tried to use a variety of both normal, and more unusual chord combintions, with a lot of variation, and versatile chords (along with some chromatic basslines).
Thank you for your review :DDD
Y'know when I don't comment on your music, it's not because I don't like it. It's because I cant find any new good words to use for your amazing talent :) it's not surprising that I love it! it's great! :D Happy New Year mate
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
Sure! One cannot comment on everything. I'm glad that you show your appreciation as much as you do already! Thank you for that, along with this review ^ ^
Sorry for the late reply, and Happy New Year!
I am enjoying this on my birthday, New Years Day, thank you very much for posting this piece. I really like it.
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
I'm a bit late, but Happy Birthday!
I hope you enjoyed the New Year festivities, along with this piece :)
Happy New Year! Really good piece. I like the change of the pacing and the style variations very much. Good story telling through music :D, keep up the good work.
LucidShadowDreamer responds:
Sorry for the late response, but Happy New Year!
I like to vary different elements of my compositions, so I'm glad you like the result of that too!
Thank you for the review ^ ^