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This is a piece I wrote a little while ago and forgot to post. It makes me think of my childhood home; hence the name. I know that the harmonies aren’t too advanced, and I gladly welcome advice or suggestions as to how to complicate it a little more!

@GenStar Where are the solos? I agree with @Mitchell, you should have more dynamics. I did listen to the song till the end but the lack of change in dynamics/energy made the song feel longer than it actually is. I mean, every song has to give the listener's ears rest at some point. At least that's what I think. ( Other than that- great work really. If you shorten some parts and stack it all together, change dynamics etc it could fit real well as an actual song as well as background music for a game or a movie

@Arrogant Can't really imagining myself fighting sephiroth, kafka, ardyn or sin with this playing in the background. It really depends on what you have in mind. I think that's too static for a boss fight, I mean, three chords don't really feel like much of a progress or unstable-ness or any sort of satisfying discharge. Think about the player having to go through so many necessary fights in order to get to this one powerful enough. Change the chords, transpose scales, change the instrumentation, add heavy fearsome basses of a heavy/heavily armed boss, add runs for to give a taste of the lush of force. Break the rhythm to force the player out of balance, spill in choir to make it feel as if that's an overworldly fight. Use poly-rhythmica to show the intensity of the scenes, with many different things going on at the same time.

@PaperComposer Thanks! Yeah, fitting the samples squarely into the phrases was a little tricky. It involved a lot of tinkering with the tempo, down to the decimal level of BPM. The dark one titled "Syrinx" is a sample of a Debussy solo piece of the same name. It's a pretty cool little piece. I gather that flute soloists sometimes use it as an encore piece after concertos

Once again you show your unique harmonic aptitude in these miniatures. There's plenty of secondary diminished chords and augmented 6ths chords and delayed resolutions to the tonic. Your pieces remind me of Schubert's "Moments Musicaux". Your ternary form no. 10 is perhaps the one that reminds me the most of Schubert and it's also my favorite of the three. I just wish you placed more importance on writing a truly memorable melody. It seems like right now you're writing your melodies with the intent of demonstrating your proficiency in harmony and form, which is fine I guess but I think if you focused on writing melodies that really speak to the heart your pieces would be even more accessible. What you have is great though! You almost have enough of them now to publish an opus! Always an enjoyable listen.

WWDD (what would debussy do)

I think the guitar needs to be a little more present in the mix in spots, especially at around 1:00. That's where I heard that guitar doing some harmonic flicks (I don't know what they're really call, but I always love them in metal when I'm listening to metal) but they were really low in the mix. Then in spots when the guitars are doubling the strings, it's good that they blend more. I guess what I'm asking for is more dynamic dynamics 😄 The harmonic shift leading into about 6:00 is juicy. That was well placed imo. If you plan to record vocals, is there any plan to record guitars/drums/even orchestral parts? That would really elevate it.