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Gosh - there is some really interesting stuff here. The opening definitely grabbed me (although I though the texture was more Mendelssohn than Brahms - hope you don't find that insulting!) and the interesting fugal kind of development in the middle where the harmonies get a bit whackier. There are a couple of passages that seem to end a bit too "conveniently" somehow (I can't find a score, but an example on the sound clip is 0.22-0.23 seconds in, and there are a few other similar instances). Overall, though, really enjoyed it and I shall certainly listen to more of your stuff! (Oh, and thanks for your comment on mine!)

I've reopened the thread AND I kindly ask that you guys please stay on topic and keep the confrontation to a minimum! It's nice to have a thread this active and heated BUT... no need to resort to confrontation and insults. Thanks.

This. Why go to such absurd lengths to control what others do with your work? Once it's out there, those who consume it live and breath what we've made. There's no sense in taking that away from others. Music is a responsive/reactive medium, and reactions will vary from one person to the next. If someone sees this work you've slaved away over as a form of expression you never intended, well, that's music baby!

This is kind of irrelevant in the long run. If you're so popular people will want to use your music and you deny it, it'll just copied (or used anyway, as most of us aren't keen on fighting legal battles or, worse, we can't KNOW of many of the possible infringements as they're on someone's 5 subscriber youtube channel.) If you can even stop people from using your music or sharing it, that is. We don't live in a time where any of this matters anymore. If your music is out there, it's out of your hands and whatever happens to it, happens. If you can't accept this, then you better never release any music (or why even bother composing as it could all potentially leak out into the wild!?) The only way to ensure control over your music is to not share it with anyone, so it is with culture in general (or as said previously, just don't bother composing if you care that much.)

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Cool, Peter. Glad I could help. I do fancy myself a wordsmith. :lol: Please let me know if you need more verses.