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I've added the score.

Thank you for the kind words! Interesting to hear what people think about the somewhat dissonant stuff. I'm quite used to it and as it's my own piece there's always a chance that I perceive it as more coherent and conventional than how others might perceive it. Ultimately I prefer slow moving, easy on the mind kind of music. As for a score... maybe in the future... but I'm ashamed to admit that I find that part of composing to be very painful 😄

Took me long enough to share this with you... the timing is also quite good if you consider some of my explanations I guess 01 hw1.mp3 Introduction Context Primer for the music itself Sorry for the walls of text lol, if you prefer just let the music speak for itself it is also fine.

Alright, let's get this out of the way. Why would anyone copy you over Rachmaninoff (which they can for free)? Or Mozart (which they can for free), or Beethoven (which they can for free), or... you get my point? Why the annoying diarrheic PCC over the score? Can't you just put your name as a copyright at the bottom of every page? Even if you want to keep your anonymousness, can't you still do that while saying PCC at the bottom? And if you're that paranoid, post it on Youtube or another platform that won't go under in the near future. Once you post online, your piece is copyrighted. And if you're STILL paranoid, why bother posting a score in the first place??? If you said, "hey, I don't feel comfortable posting the score online", no one would fault you. ANYWAY, I agree with our dear beloved friend Henry. Although, I like your more unique approach to the form, and I think it works. One of my favorite things to do musically is to take a form and expand or revise it in some way. Your piece isn't the "typical" sonata form, but you do a lot of cool, almost improvisatory things in the exposition and other moments that in my eyes make the form more of a guideline rather than a concrete formula. Very cool. I listened to this a few times (mostly without the score 😛), and the repeat was crucial to me. It helped create a picture of the form when I would get lost. Very nice. Just when I thought I was getting lost, and even if the themes felt disjointed in difficulty and material, the repeat made it all work, and helped me know where you were once I heard it. Disjointed material can work together, but maybe in the future I would continue to explore ways to make it bond more seamlessly. For instance, your tempo is very rubato throughout, and if you had more sections where we could feel even something as small as a constant rhythmic pulse could do wonders in making your sections more cohesive. You seem to have a flair for the drama, and those moments were my favorite. All in all, very unique to my ears, and a wonderful performance. I love all of the emotion you pour into this; I can feel it with your playing. Your music is thoughtful and evocative, and I'm excited to continue listening to your playing/music. Well done 🙂

Wow, 4 movements of your sonata? And you recorded all of them? Dude... congrats. Oh ... I see @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu already beat me to it... and he gave feedback on all of the movements? What is he... like everyone's best friend? DAMN Alright, if my bro Henry gave this SO much attention, it will probably BLOW MY MIND, RIGHT??? (I haven't listened yet 😄) I'll check out movement 1 first... brb

Wow, this is incredible! Is this vst or a recording (you?)... I can't even tell anymore. 😄 This was really moving for me personally. The racism I've experienced is nothing compared to Katie Manye, but the line of "I don't sing for people who don't see me" really resonated with me. There have been years of times where I've played guitar and sang for people who could have cared less how much work and love I've put into my craft. But to put hatred on top of that? I can't fathom, and it breaks my heart she left her love of music to pursue another life, but I don't blame her. I would like to think I would have done the same. And to then live for a career in aiding the sick? What a heroine, eh? ❤️ The music is very cool, and composed really well. I listened with and without the score. Without, whenever I got lost, I loved that you kept the "I don't sing" line going, and then I would catch more. With the score, it looks clean and well thought-out; I can tell this one meant a lot to you 🙂 Well done, this is one of my favorites from you.

Honestly, I love that you wrote all of the solo stuff out. How did you write it? The bass sounds real, is that you? Or is it digital? Idk anymore haha. I'm a guitarist, and I love making my tone sound as much as a GUITAR as possible. I've gone back to single coil pickups because of that. Also, I'm not sure why I'm saying any of this... Yeah dude, this rocks. I'm interested in how this is going to work out though. Are you having people record your composed music, then you're piecing it together with editing once you see the video footage? Or are you just responsible for getting the music side of it down with the instrumentalists, and you have no say so post production? All in all, you give everyone tons of space to solo. I'm curious though... I mentioned the solo writing because a lot of times the players themselves play their own take for a solo, especially with jazz. It's part of their culture. Are your composed notes gospel for the players to play, or is your audio an idea of what you want them to play? It was fun to hear the evolution of this. I don't think you overdid any of the soloing, since this isn't a stand-alone piece, it's for film (right?). Otherwise, a change in key or a varied chord progression would be a cool thought too. 😄 Nice job my guy

Hi all! Here's another fragmentary tripartite aria - it's about halfway complete. What do you think about it? What about the word setting?