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Alien Invasion

Discussion in 'Critique & Feedback' started by Chris Schmidt, Oct 12, 2023.

  1. Happy spooky month.

    I tried to compose a film score style piece inspired by classic alien invasion movies in celebration. Would like your thoughts on it, if you have a moment to spare

     
  2. I listened to it three times now to give you a good answer.

    As always you have very good sounds.

    But there was nothing to connect to. I hoped for the melody from the beginning to be restated and then developed on. But you just kept changing stuff and adding new ideas, at least it felt like this to me. And this made it no fun to listen to.
    Near the middle you completely changed to another piece.
    You then repeat the rhythmic pattern which is good, but there is nothing really happening.
    While it all sounded good, it was lacking in music and development.

    Do you have watched any of the unleashed classes? If not, watch them. Watch the ones where it was not piano only. Listen to the feedback and compare these pieces to your piece, or all of your previous pieces.

    You will see that most of them have a similar problem.
    They do not build on the initial idea.

    I would suggest that you watch some of it, do your analysis and draw conclusions. Also watch the masterclasses composition 1 and Themenator if you haven't yet.
    Then compose a piano only piece. Just a sketch. And post it here.

    Trust me that it will make a huge difference in order to connect with your audience.
     

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