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Selkione170 days ago(+1)

I couldn't explain why, but I think the beginning of your melody is splendid (D-C-A-B at bar 3). You develop it superbly well. And that chromaticism from 15! I love it too :)

Once again, I'm amazed by your talent for creating a complete, coherent piece with medium-quality sounds and such a small number of instruments. Your great strength is knowing how to build beautiful melodies with an effective arrangement.

It's great that you've taken the theme and changed the lead instrument. The flute adds something medieval, but there's definitely a country feel. The softer, more melancholy beginning contrasts with the happy, bouncy end. It perfectly illustrates the transition from the end of the night to dawn.

You know I love seeing you at the jam, and I really enjoy our exchanges. What also pleases me is to see our progress. When I hear what you're doing today, I can see how far we've come in the last 18 months. You even take the liberty of changing the signature so brilliantly that we don't even realize it. If I didn't have the score in front of me, I wouldn't have heard it.

I also appreciate creativity and risk-taking. You experiment with rhythmic and melodic changes. I can tell you're having fun when you compose. I also sense that you want to surprise us without taking us by the hand.

You can be proud of your music and your progress.

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Nick Schuitemaker170 days ago

Wow :O, thank you so much!!

I love the deep explanation, and I secretly high-five myself for you not realizing those signature changes (I was hoping for that!).  Because the last section has a mode-change (from minor to major), an instrument-change (well, the strings become pizzicato and become the baseline), and a melody-change, I was afraid that the section would come too much out of the blue, even with my small (and kinda weird) transition before it. Glad it was still enjoyable :)

And, of course, thanks a lot for the compliments :D. I must say, I also really notice our progress since the last 18 months (is it really that long already??). Your last statement, "I can tell you're having fun when you compose", is definitely true - I already loved composing music, but that love started to die a bit when all I could make were bad piano songs. These jams have pushed me further than I ever thought possible, and the great community of these jams, with you shining on top of it, have kept me coming for (apparently) years! While I, back then, didn't even know the difference between a clarinet and an oboe, now I can even add small gimmicks like signature changes that go unnoticed to the common ear!

So, in short, thanks a lot for being here :). I definitely noticed you grow over the years too. I look forward to some more growth, for the both of us. See you in the next one!

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