awesome work, a good variety of styles! i'm afraid i won't have time to read through your journal but it's wonderful you've kept one to record your process (i should start doing that :D).

the beginning of "The Far Reaches" reminded me of Kyle Hnedak's "Forest Meadow", and i couldn't get the comparison out of my head for the rest of your submission - the styles you chose even resembled some of my favorites from Kyle's work on Death's Gambit.

i think the orchestration in 'Ethereal' is excellent. 

the strings in 'Festival Of Souls' struggle with the vivid writing, and i actually think the violins are doing too much right off the bat. structurally, i'd appreciate an intro section that introduces some percussion and the lower staccato before gradually introducing the high string section (maybe the melody is played by a single voice once, before having the full section support it the next time around). fully engaging the strings right away feels sudden and kicks the dynamic energy up to a 100 right away, and since that doesn't change throughout the minute or so the track plays, it gets a bit tiring. thankfully, the track doesn't overstay its welcome - but i think i could enjoy it for a lot longer with some changes to arrangement. 

aside from my comments there, i think it's a well-rounded submission stylistically and compositionally. i'm glad i still had the chance to hear an 'unpolished' version of your work. i apologize in advance if i'm being disrespectful!

First track -

Cool to hear you getting more into improvisation on the piano.

Second track -

I liked this one when you posted in the discord. 

Third track - The Road not Taken.

This reminds me a bit of Nothing Else Matters by Metallica heh. But its vibe is different and it works. I like the variations later though too, they give it that more Renaissance/Baroque vibe.

Fourth track - Ethereal

This one is my favorite - it's musically interesting with interesting textures, and I think the elements of it are more cohesive, and this one gets the most away from sounding overly MIDI.

Fifth Track - Approaching Evil

Compositionally this definitely interesting. I think there are a couple choices compositionally that don't quite fit, I think 8:35 kind of goes off a little bit - but the other stuff  before it, while unusual, actually definitely works, so definitely good job on that.

Great work, that's a lot of music you made for "not finishing!" :)

I loved Ethereal a lot <3

Amazing tracks, mostly the Far Reaches, really loved it!
Composition is great and the mixing too, but sometimes you can feel the VSTish a bit, not in all tracks though, for example in the road not taken, really love the melody but I think the sound of it did take a bit from the experience :| Still great tho xD

Take care!

The quality is impeccable, it all sounds so cinematic and immersive. Amazing! My favorite track I kept replaying was Ethereal. 

Lots of content, impressive, very nice. As a pianist myself I always appreciate a nice piano piece for critical feedback I think the motif rythmic tend to be too much the same for too long, you obviously switch eventually but I think you can play a bit more with some variations and the playing too I can see the ups and down in velocity but I think you can control even more what you're doing. LA noire is a good plugin but I think it sounds for my taste a bit too bright, I suggest you use 2 pianos stacked together and see the mix in timbre you like to go for.  Good job :)

Piano solo was absolutely gorgeous! 

ahhh i'm such a sucker for long piano solo pieces like that! the far reaches kept a really interesting variation of harmonies and octave ranges while never really losing its central theme. great submission!

Beautiful melody and harmony, simple yet elegant. I'm learning a lot from listening them. Great stuff!

"The Far Reaches" is a breathtaking example of establishing and developing a theme.  It keeps evolving and changing without losing the melody.  The masterful chord choices take us on a tonal journey.  Amazing work.  This suite is a masterclass in harmony. 

Really nice entry, unique and well mixed. Fantastic job.

one of the best entries I've listened to. I think it's super cool that you also included a link to your journal entries fro each day, as well as little snippets into what your thought process was at the time. Felt much more impactful listening to each respective track while reading the journal log for the day it was made. My overall favorite would be the far reaches and its piano piece. great work!