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Great feedback! I also presented this to my composition professor, and I'm really excited to make some edits.

Yooooooooooo what's up my dude Glad to see you're back with some more music! Wait a minute...before I even listen...I'm reading the chatbox... Are you sure you're so fragile that you can't comprehend what a teenager has to offer? Do you know everything? Are you Beethoven? Dude, I'm probably older than you. I'm in my thirties. So what if someone younger than you has critical advice to offer. They could of said nothing, but instead they chose to say something about your music. Do you have to adhere to every word? Of course not, but don't neglect the fact that anyone who is interested in music that CARES ENOUGH to give you some words has something to say. Dude, I teach music for a living. I play stuff I've wrote to students of all ages... my ego is never hurt by honest opinions. Be man enough to recognize constructive criticism... no one is perfect. I've been doing this stuff for years, and I STILL post to this forum because I love hearing the feedback. I don't care if you're 10 or 70 years old, I'm here for advice to grow as a composer. Do I listen to all of it? Of course not, but I'm so happy that anyone who takes the time to not only listen, but to offer some words of advice/criticism/critique/slander are available to me from anywhere and everywhere in the world. That's part of the beauty of this place, and why I've been here for so many years. But if you're just going to get overly defensive on any critical comment you may receive, then it's your loss. You mentioned you're getting recorded my some hot shot producer (I actually don't remember exactly where I heard this, remind me). That's great. If you're that good, you have so much to offer here, instead of infecting the forums with toxic garbage reminiscent of a twelve year old. I hope that you'll come around, I have faith in anyone that calls themselves a composer, but the way you're handling yourself is immature and bullshit. Poke around on the forums more. You'll find that people don't often post multiple pieces in one post. What's your goal? If feedback is a priority, then make multiple posts in the future. Just ask Syrel, he loves popping up every once in a blue moon to post 17 songs/pieces he's written. So... after all that, I did listen to one of the pieces you posted. The Ballade in D minor. As Expert expertly commented, this didn't conVINCE me at all. There were some notable discrepancies. - For one, don't listen to the people that commented on Youtube. If you're REALLY interested in getting better, I have a lot to say - If you're going to notate both hands on one clef, it's best to arrange the note lines to align with which hand is playing. You seem like a guy that would offer money to people interested in playing the piece, so I'd write the best you can as far as playability - just write the tied eighths as a quarter, we know where the beat is - random double bar lines just for a change in material? Nah bruh, wait for some drastic change - there are countless times I could mention playability. Yes, this looks like it COULD be playable...but how would it sound? It seems impractibly difficult regardless. - come on dude... I watched you play Rach... does he do this? - this all seems kind of jumbled... what are you going for here? - again, maybe you could help me understand. It just seems all cacophonic, like there's no logic to it I could sit here and link a bunch more examples, but I'm just not understanding what you're going for here. Every aspect of music seems neglected, and I don't mean to be rude, but perhaps I'm just not skilled enough to understand fully what you're going for. I hear no sense of harmonic progression, the melody seems all over the place, and the rhythms are jaunty and dysfunctional. Like I said, I don't mean to be obtuse and abrasive, but what you've displayed here is inadequate as far as a composition goes. But just know, we're all here to help you. And when you stop being destructive in your feedback of criticism, all of us here would love to help decipher what it is you call music. Until then, I'm eager to hear your criticism of my criticism, and would love a conversation and not teen angst. I applaud @expert21for giving you honest feedback; his advice will only make you better as a composer. You must love to hear that. Vince

I agree the music has a Chopin feel - filled with lots of passion and pathos. It is quite enjoyable - thanks for sharing. PS: Your piano technique is superb~!

Superb virtuoso performance. You must be truly practiced and advanced to improvise freely like that. (I know some of us tend to 'practice' improvisatory bits that work, and why not? And this is very good).

My ballade dedicated to my sister and brother in law's marriage. and Syncopation in C minor (violin, piano, 2 cellos) Quaret in F# minor called Yebae (Worship). Thamks for lsitening guys. If you want to keep in touch/contact me, it's soloyhk on instagram.

real life is where and only where it has been performed. any deficiencies in PF1 can possibly be attributed to the extemporaneous nature of its creation. it was easy to play that once and only time but a reproduction may indeed be complicated.