Lovely work. Contemplative and calming. I feel like I sometimes overlook the brilliance of a solo piano piece, I should try making some of my own sometime this WB.

Lovely work. Contemplative and calming. I feel like I sometimes overlook the brilliance of a solo piano piece, I should try making some of my own sometime this WB.

Thanks, and yeah it's funny how easy it is to overlook.  Like I literally start every piece I write at the piano, but so rarely think to keep it there. 

[quote=DonutShoes]Lovely work. Contemplative and calming. I feel like I sometimes overlook the brilliance of a solo piano piece, I should try making some of my own sometime this WB.[/quote] Thanks, and yeah it's funny how easy it is to overlook. Like I literally start every piece I write at the piano, but so rarely think to keep it there.

really expressive playing, nice to hear you in piano mode. the reverb feels just right.

really expressive playing, nice to hear you in piano mode. the reverb feels just right.

Ooooh this is totally my kind of piano composition, I like this kind of wandering melody that seems to be looking for it's way while always going in the right direction... melodic storytelling with chord-enabled emotions.
The best exemple of this is the resolve at 1:37... things were getting tumultuous and the melody swiftly got back on it's feet, hard pressed for its initial, yet unknown, goal.

Ooooh this is totally my kind of piano composition, I like this kind of wandering melody that seems to be looking for it's way while always going in the right direction... melodic storytelling with chord-enabled emotions. The best exemple of this is the resolve at 1:37... things were getting tumultuous and the melody swiftly got back on it's feet, hard pressed for its initial, yet unknown, goal.

Thanks I struggled with getting the feeling of the playing just right... most of the work for this one was comping takes (´∀｀•)

Thank you.  I really like that description "melodic storytelling with chord-enabeld emotions"... I kind of feel like that is a perfect crystallization what I am always aiming to do... I'm really glad that this hit the target.

[quote=jwh]really expressive playing, nice to hear you in piano mode. the reverb feels just right. [/quote] Thanks I struggled with getting the feeling of the playing just right... most of the work for this one was comping takes (´∀｀•) [quote=XC3N]Ooooh this is totally my kind of piano composition, I like this kind of wandering melody that seems to be looking for it's way while always going in the right direction... melodic storytelling with chord-enabled emotions. The best exemple of this is the resolve at 1:37... things were getting tumultuous and the melody swiftly got back on it's feet, hard pressed for its initial, yet unknown, goal.[/quote] Thank you. I really like that description "melodic storytelling with chord-enabeld emotions"... I kind of feel like that is a perfect crystallization what I am always aiming to do... I'm really glad that this hit the target.

Proper solo piano on Weekly Beats? Yes, that's very welcome indeed!

What kind of controller are you using?

Proper solo piano on Weekly Beats? Yes, that's very welcome indeed! What kind of controller are you using?

I primarily use a Komplete Kontrol S88 MKII... and I think it's fine.  The keybed leaves A LOT to be desired, but it gets' the job done, I put up with the keybed because of how much time not having to map midi CC to controls on MOST of my VSTs, saves me. But, I do loose a little of that time on pieces like this fixing velocities. I also have a Yamaha CSP-170, that I could be using as a controller, and that I do most of my sketching on, but I haven't (yet) patched it into my main desk... one of those "when I have a whole day to route cables I'm definitely going to do that"... 8 months later still not done, type things.

[quote=rplktr]Proper solo piano on Weekly Beats? Yes, that's very welcome indeed! What kind of controller are you using?[/quote] I primarily use a Komplete Kontrol S88 MKII... and I think it's fine. The keybed leaves A LOT to be desired, but it gets' the job done, I put up with the keybed because of how much time not having to map midi CC to controls on MOST of my VSTs, saves me. But, I do loose a little of that time on pieces like this fixing velocities. I also have a Yamaha CSP-170, that I could be using as a controller, and that I do most of my sketching on, but I haven't (yet) patched it into my main desk... one of those "when I have a whole day to route cables I'm definitely going to do that"... 8 months later still not done, type things.

Very pretty Hollow Knight vibes, especially with that overarching melody. BTW, I'm always comparing things to video game soundtracks so forgive me if you see me making such comparisons on past or future songs .

Very pretty Hollow Knight vibes, especially with that overarching melody. BTW, I'm always comparing things to video game soundtracks so forgive me if you see me making such comparisons on past or future songs :P.

Not at all, I'll take the compliment, the score for Hollow Knight is AMAZING!! And I listen to WAY WAY more game music than any other single category of music.  There's something wonderful about music that is intended to create an emotional landscape, but without being distracting... particularly when it's like vertically looping adaptive music...

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It's always funny to me when more mainstream entertainment media talk about game properties (like Witcher, or Resident Evil) in ways that suggest that them becoming a movie or a TV show "elevates" them artistically in some way... but is doesn't... it definitionally diminishes them as a piece of art.  Because it makes linear that which was not.  It takes a piece of art, made skillfully by soooooo many different kinds of artist to be adaptive, immersive, and interactive, and removes from it all the collaboration the player brings to the form.  That's not to say that movies and TV aren't or can't be art of the same magnitude or value... but they necessarily can't be of the same dimensionality.  Just like a painting of a statue can be beautiful, and powerful, and important in it's own right... but it doesn't improve upon or "artistically elevate" the statue. It flattens it, and removes the temporal elements of light and shadow by freezing them in time. 
</rant>

So I will never be offended by having my work described in terms of game music.  I think video games are the most important art form of our age.  I'm honored by the comparison. 

[quote=ViridianLoom]Very pretty Hollow Knight vibes, especially with that overarching melody. BTW, I'm always comparing things to video game soundtracks so forgive me if you see me making such comparisons on past or future songs :P.[/quote] Not at all, I'll take the compliment, the score for Hollow Knight is AMAZING!! And I listen to WAY WAY more game music than any other single category of music. There's something wonderful about music that is intended to create an emotional landscape, but without being distracting... particularly when it's like vertically looping adaptive music... It's always funny to me when more mainstream entertainment media talk about game properties (like Witcher, or Resident Evil) in ways that suggest that them becoming a movie or a TV show "elevates" them artistically in some way... but is doesn't... it definitionally diminishes them as a piece of art. Because it makes linear that which was not. It takes a piece of art, made skillfully by soooooo many different kinds of artist to be adaptive, immersive, and interactive, and removes from it all the collaboration the player brings to the form. That's not to say that movies and TV aren't or can't be art of the same magnitude or value... but they necessarily can't be of the same dimensionality. Just like a painting of a statue can be beautiful, and powerful, and important in it's own right... but it doesn't improve upon or "artistically elevate" the statue. It flattens it, and removes the temporal elements of light and shadow by freezing them in time. So I will never be offended by having my work described in terms of game music. I think video games are the most important art form of our age. I'm honored by the comparison.

Very nice! I use Alicia’s Keys for about 90% of my piano parts, it’s nice to hear what others do with the same thing.

Very nice! I use Alicia’s Keys for about 90% of my piano parts, it’s nice to hear what others do with the same thing.

It just sounds soooo nice... the default sound on my practice piano is the Yamaha CFX, so my ear is already primed to love that Yamaha C3 Neo grand sound.  And they just did such a great job sampling it for Alicia's Keys, polished but still very realistic and natural.  That was the library that gave me the emotional fortitude I needed to sell my Nord.   

[quote=Sodabelly]Very nice! I use Alicia’s Keys for about 90% of my piano parts, it’s nice to hear what others do with the same thing.[/quote] It just sounds soooo nice... the default sound on my practice piano is the Yamaha CFX, so my ear is already primed to love that Yamaha C3 Neo grand sound. And they just did such a great job sampling it for Alicia's Keys, polished but still very realistic and natural. That was the library that gave me the emotional fortitude I needed to sell my Nord.

I immediately thought of Hollow Knight as well haha, which is (also) amazing music. That is to say, this is beautiful and has a similar tenderness to some of my favorites from the HK soundtrack.

[quote=ViridianLoom]Very pretty Hollow Knight vibes, especially with that overarching melody. BTW, I'm always comparing things to video game soundtracks so forgive me if you see me making such comparisons on past or future songs :P.[/quote] I immediately thought of Hollow Knight as well haha, which is (also) amazing music. That is to say, this is beautiful and has a similar tenderness to some of my favorites from the HK soundtrack.

I'm glad you liked it, and I'm really happy this piece evocative in the ways it seems to be.

[quote=Cursory] I immediately thought of Hollow Knight as well haha, which is (also) amazing music. That is to say, this is beautiful and has a similar tenderness to some of my favorites from the HK soundtrack.[/quote] I'm glad you liked it, and I'm really happy this piece evocative in the ways it seems to be.

A very cinematic feel to this one.  The melody is mournful but the left hand steadys it and just comes together so nicely.  Well done!

A very cinematic feel to this one. The melody is mournful but the left hand steadys it and just comes together so nicely. Well done!

Thanks, I have been experimenting with writing melodies strictly using various church modes, then harmonizing whatever I end up with.  This one was where Dorian took me. 

[quote=Tone Matrix]A very cinematic feel to this one. The melody is mournful but the left hand steadys it and just comes together so nicely. Well done![/quote] Thanks, I have been experimenting with writing melodies strictly using various church modes, then harmonizing whatever I end up with. This one was where Dorian took me.

Ah yes I am a newly discovered fan of Dorian.  C# dorian I think was a recent one for me and it was easy on the keys and noodling

[quote=Napear][quote=Tone Matrix]A very cinematic feel to this one. The melody is mournful but the left hand steadys it and just comes together so nicely. Well done![/quote] Thanks, I have been experimenting with writing melodies strictly using various church modes, then harmonizing whatever I end up with. This one was where Dorian took me. [/quote] Ah yes I am a newly discovered fan of Dorian. C# dorian I think was a recent one for me and it was easy on the keys and noodling :)

ʱªʱªʱª(ᕑᗢूᓫ∗) 100%, It's amazing how easy it is to come up with things that sound nice, when you're mostly only playing black keys!  As soon as I realized why Eb Minor Pentatonic sounded good, and how easy it was to improv with... and that if you put back the F, and B it was still just as easy to play... then that you can get such dramatically different sounding things, just by changing out F/E and B/C to get into new modes... without really adding ANY difficulty to the performance, was like a HUGE "ah hah" moment for me on the piano.  It totally opened up a bunch of modal interchange concepts too... I love the piano so much.   

[quote=Tone Matrix][quote=Napear][quote=Tone Matrix]A very cinematic feel to this one. The melody is mournful but the left hand steadys it and just comes together so nicely. Well done![/quote] Thanks, I have been experimenting with writing melodies strictly using various church modes, then harmonizing whatever I end up with. This one was where Dorian took me. [/quote] Ah yes I am a newly discovered fan of Dorian. C# dorian I think was a recent one for me and it was easy on the keys and noodling :) [/quote] ʱªʱªʱª(ᕑᗢूᓫ∗) 100%, It's amazing how easy it is to come up with things that sound nice, when you're mostly only playing black keys! As soon as I realized why Eb Minor Pentatonic sounded good, and how easy it was to improv with... and that if you put back the F, and B it was still just as easy to play... then that you can get such dramatically different sounding things, just by changing out F/E and B/C to get into new modes... without really adding ANY difficulty to the performance, was like a HUGE "ah hah" moment for me on the piano. It totally opened up a bunch of modal interchange concepts too... I love the piano so much.