Thank you!
Yeah, the composition you hear now I got down about midway through the jam, and then struggled to take it further. Kept going back and forth with ideas, but didn't find something that stuck after the initial composition. And, yeah spot on. Felt that I got the hook I wanted, but still need to get some of that richness in to complement and round it off.
Indeed, just listened to Alpha a bit. So many little variations in melodies and keyshifts. Also, a lot of switching out one melody for another to keep it dynamic. Such beautiful work :)
I'm going to listen to it a bit more and take note of the shape/style changes of the sound, as you mentioned.
Thank you for listening, and really appreciate the feedback!