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Very cool! Is Aaron Copland an inspiration at all? I love the Dvorak New World and Copland Appalachia depictions of the U.S. I've never been to North Dakota, but I've been all over the midwest... I'm sure it's similar in a way 😛 The percussion colors really add a lot to the overall scheme. Cowbells, shakers, stuff that sounds like pans haha... I love it. I'm guessing each movement will be a certain "color" right? If I were to be critical of the ND piece, it's that it doesn't have any contrast. But I honestly don't think it needs it if I understand your intentions correctly. The Emma movement through me off haha. I expected romantic and love themes, maybe something akin to a Rach piano concerto. But instead, I heard sadness, longing, lost love, melancholy, hope, despair, and probably some other things lol. A very "mature" work in my eyes, focusing on emotional color and intent versus logic and completeness, yet it didn't suffer from either. This is a nice complementary movement that to me goes along with ND nicely. You do a great job mixing. Even when the music swells to maximum, I still hear clarity in your voicing instead of muddiness (something I struggle with in orchestra pieces). Whether it's your actual orchestration or mixing technique, I'm unsure which, your music blends well and I think it creates the effects you desire. This was great. I always hate to hear that what you posted is incomplete, as I can't fully gauge your music as a whole without the other movements, but from what I've heard this is stand-out-from-a-crowd stuff, and I'm excited to hear your finished product. Well done, thanks for sharing!

"A very nice piece, just wish I knew how to network" Putting yourself out there and posting your music publicly is the only way to get better at that. Kudos, as most are afraid of critique and criticism. Also, the more you involve yourself here or any other place filled with likeminded individuals, the better off you'll be. For instance, because of my involvement here, some wild man from Hong Kong played and recorded 12 piano pieces I wrote. Cool music, very fun and colorful. Do you have the score we could check out? And also, welcome 🙂

I know why study Mozart watch analysis of his melody on youtube study Beethoven watch analysis of his melody on youtube study David Gilmour, Chopin, Mussorgsky, Shostakovich, Xenakis, Boulez, Danny Elfman, Matthew Bellamy, etc etc etc etc etc etc ETC... watch analysis of... well, you get the idea there's a lot to the art of composition, and the more you know of a given subject, the more you're bound to accomplish. 😄 I've taught guitar for years, and I've realized that 90% of people give up and lose faith in their pursuit of music perfection because they realize early on that this craft takes hard work and effort. And through your hard work and effort, your melody writing will improve. I'm excited to hear the progress. Cheers, BRUH