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Oh you don’t have to worry, I’d been thinking about posting this here for a few weeks now. You helped! And there’s no way to predict these things - everyone is surprised. I know I am, daily :). Yes, these things don’t deserve to happen, and yet they do. What a cruel thing for God to take away even the enjoyment of listening to music. I mostly sit in the dark with no sound doing breathing exercises. I get very shaky when I do anything for more than 5 minutes, and if I push that too much I will have a stroke like shutdown for a few hours. Always conscious, but trapped in my own body. Hell. Fear the disease that is ME/CFS.

Evan, I’m very sorry to hear that, and more sorry for pinging you idiotically without knowing anything you have been suffering!! Why talented people like you need to be harmed in this way??????????? You are so good at many things, composing, clarinet playing, and organising those wonderful competitions. I hope you are getting well now. Forgive me for pinging you brainlessly, and my sincerest wish you a speedy recovery🙏🙏 Henry

I got a ping today that I am not active on here much anymore. Last August, I became bedbound with ME/CFS and have seen a steady drop in my abulities to do anything. From 50% functioning, to 40 to 30 to 20 to 10 to 5. Some days I can barely lift my head to eat. There is talk of putting me in a nursing home when my mom goes back to work this fall. I’m only 22! Oobleck, which I’ve posted here before, was written primarily in the first month of my illness. Before things became really bad. When I was still hopeful I would be better by “X” date. “It’s just the flu,” and “I’ll be ready to go back to school by fall break,” turned into a slow melting away of my entire life. Moving back home with my mom, leaving my friends, my college city, my life I had built, and having to start completely from scratch with a body that leaves me in 9/10 pain and dysfunction daily. It is a very potent work. Perhaps my first real “piece of art.” I am proud of creating something that is truly me. It is not about enjoyment, it is about the experience. I can dub the work as “Mahler, but with quarter tones.” I won’t be writing or doing much of anything for the next while. My life is too covered in oobleck. Program Note: The term oobleck is a type of substance that, when supported with pressure and force, is a solid. However, as soon as this support is removed, it oozes into a sticky liquid. Because of this, the oobleck always feels like it is on the verge of oozing apart into a mess of gunk. Dr. Seuss coined the term, introducing it in his story, "Bartholomew and the Oobleck." Its manifestation in the story is an evil, sticky substance which covers the kingdom it rains down upon. "Oobleck" is an aural exploration of a familiar musical world tainted by oobleck.

There is a note of intent (translated into English) in the YouTube description. This can help to contextualize the poem and its musical treatment.

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I think some parts (3:37 - 4:30) sound similar to Bernard Herrmann's work in the 50s. It's difficult to find anything wrong with this, as the whole piece has a lot of character to it.

hey net1💋 I'm not sure what all of your posts are. This is a music forum We share music here, and hopefully engage with others in the process. You seem to like posting your music. Great. It might be helpful to let your posts breathe a bit before showering us with all this stuff. I checked out your website, great talent. Seems like you could offer some overblown tips with production, we'd love to hear. Anyway, can you please stop? Thanks boo 💋

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Hello My new music, still on a poem by my dear Jules Laforgue. So for voice (mine) and piano. In French with subtitles Still on the edge of tonal music. In the description of the video on Youtube, you can read a small note of intent that I wrote, which gives some keys to the black and sublime poetry of this young man, who died at the age of 27. (and whose cycle is his last). (And this time, thinking of you, I took care to leave the score roughly readable in the video editing)... Thank you for listening, Reviews and comments welcome!

It really is funny coming from “FILMSCORE” which film score composers (especially today) are notorious for producing a standard film sound, aka they all sound the same and lack in originality style and uniqueness. p.s. I may or may not write my own review of this masterpiece. Ultimately I love it, but it doesn’t mean I’m without criticism!

Hi - I've just joined the forum and set up my profile. I started composing last summer - unexpectedly, and with no musical training or theory (I can't really even read music....). But I've been very happy and grateful for what's come out of me since then. I've been pretty busy in that time, and am currently working on my 16th piece in about 9 months... For now, I'm attaching my favourite to date - a simple pared down piece, with just 2 instruments and 2 voices, Prayer to the Eternal. It's at https://heartfulhealing.co.uk/track13. You can hear all my pieces at https://heartfulhealing.co.uk/music Track 13 - Prayer to the Eternal.mp3

This is a really lovely piece. I've listened several times and it has such a warm and deep quality to it. I would have thought more middle-eastern influence, so surprising to hear you're from India. But a great fusion piece all the same!! I agree with another person who commented about the reverb. This would be greatly improved by turning it right down.

Just a quick update ... I met with my mentor and got some feedback from my orchestra colleagues. Please note I will remove the percussion in measures 15 -23. as well as change the bass line rhythms. Also I will rework the transition measure 47. When done - I will upload the newer version with completed/corrected engravings (measure lines) as well. Looking forward to your comments. Mark

These 2 Enter-Exit Themes were rejected by the Network.............and never used. . FORENSICS ENTER 1.mp3 FORENSICS EXIT 1.mp3

I didn't do a ton of mixing/mastering of the audio, more or less was focused on the music itself. If you get the chance to follow along, I'd like to hear your thoughts! As I was sure to have a melodic line through the piece, with some of those melodies briefly following the rhythm of the chord progression. I'm sure it would help if I went through to make those parts more pronounced. Thanks for your feedback on that. I'll be sure to make the audio reflect that, and make any changes in the score that might help with exaggerating the melodic lines Edit: I went back thru and listened with a clean slate, and could hear what you're saying. I did a bit poorly when marking dynamics for volume. The Melodic lines are blended with the harmonic lines. I've went through and either doubled / tripled up on the melodic voices, and adjusted dynamics. Going to update the post with that tonight. 🙂

Thanks Mark. The reference material I listened to, before composing this, was actually "Battle Beyond The Stars" (1980) and "Wrath Of Khan" (1982). My composition tutor also suggested reprising the theme at the end, or adding a snatch of theme as a coda (as they did in "Star Trek: Voyager").

HI Alex, I really didn't have any problem(s) with your lower voices. I really do like your theme ...it reminds a bit of the theme from The Last Star Fighter. My only suggestion, is I wonder, if you could incorporate the theme or segments of the theme in the ending. For me the ending loses a bit of energy. By doing so the arc of the work in my opinion will feel more complete. Mark It's a great movie if you haven't seen it!

Hi @UncleRed99! I just listened to this casually without looking at the score. For me, it seems to be good background music for some foreground film/media. As a piece of music it seems to lack a long leading melodic line. Often, I perceive it as just an orchestrated chord progression. I don't hear any themes, motives or melodies that stick in my memory and make me hum it after I've finished listening to it. Perhaps there's melodies here but I just didn't catch them? Or they're so few and far between and dissolved in the piece that they don't stimulate the listeners mind often enough to be noticed? Anyway, that's my perception of the piece. Thanks for sharing!

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MuseScore doesn't need internet either! Unless you're using a third party sound library like I do. I pay for LABS sounds. They have an offline mode that works for 30 days at the time though, so can still go offline and use it on the go 🙂

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