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Ah! Looking out over the veranda across the bay - while smoking a cigarette - perfect for a 1930's film score. Quite lovely ... kinda soft "romantic" feel ... for an intimate setting.

Hi again @ComposedBySam! I usually try to stay away from the descriptor "jazzy" unless you're actually writing something along the lines of jazz (which some claim can't be done since jazz is supposed to include some semblance of improvisation). This is clearly a classical work with extended harmony but I wouldn't say that there's anything particularly "jazzy" about it. Lots of different types of music use extended harmony not just jazz (more notably neoromanticism). I like how I can hear your individual melodic voice in this piece - there's a sense of this music being a relative of your "Escapist" Dreamscapes contest entry, since you used a similar instrumentation of Piano and Cello. Btw - in chamber music the solo instruments go on top of the accompanying instrument. So, in this case, Clarinet and Cello should both be above the piano. Any particular reason you chose to process the audio the way you did? Are you aiming for this piece to be a lo-fi track? Thanks for sharing!

A jazzy pastoral short piece I composed last winter. Enjoy!

Here's a short compiled list of the main concerns of your piece here, my friend. I concur with my peers, here. While it's clear the sort of theme you're aiming for, It always helps to step back and think about "who's going to be playing this? Will they be able to rehearse it and play it without too much difficulty? What might it sound like on stage? What areas might a player experience fatigue?" Among many other performance related questions, that you should ask yourself before finalizing a work. I can picture a man in a Twin-Tailcoat Tuxedo, and bloused french cuffed under-shirt, with hair down to his shoulders, playing that piano part with strands of hair sticking to his forehead from the sweat, and raising himself up off the bench due to the fervor being used to pull off a feat such as what's been written! 🤣 It's awesome! But much like most anyone's work, there's areas to improve upon 🙂 Keep doing it, dude! And keep writing imperfect scores with mistakes all around. You learn well that way

Very enjoyable !!! 😱

Cute ... it has renaissance feel to it ... a dance in a Royal Court? I wonder how it would sound with some parts for recorders? Mark

Thank you so much! I am glad you found it cozy and nostalgic… basically I download public domain paintings, and overlay it with a transparent png image of my score. (which can be exported in musescore by ticking some settings options) I am glad that you found the visual aesthetics beautiful. Thanks again for listening and commenting!

Put on your ugly Christmas sweaters and DANCE, cuz I've got a treat for you! This is a piece that I started over a decade ago (the main theme, first variation and rondo were begun then) but have begun working on again since October 1st. This is by far my longest piece thus far, clocking in at just over 15 minutes. I tried to capture the joy and spirit of Christmas in these variations. I aimed to vary the types of different textures and ideas and keys present, sometimes having the orchestra or sections play with and without piano. There is some virtuosity and fireworks in the piano part which at times is a bit showy. Structure wise, I tried to make each variation smoothly connect to the next and to visit many distant keys throughout (mostly by going through almost all keys actually through rapid cycling through the circle of fifths). I also had quite a bit of trouble making the piano part and orchestra line up as for some reason, in Musescore (since I was using Musesounds for the orchestra and MS Basic soundfont for the Piano) the Piano eventually started falling behind the orchestra and I had to import separate files of just the Piano and just the Orchestra into Reaper where I could realign them if they started phasing. I hope you enjoy the fruit of my labors this Christmas! Any comments, critiques, or suggestions are welcome! Here is the form of my piece with timestamps: 0:00 - Theme 0:38 - I 1:14 - II 1:39 - III 2:12 - IV - "Transcendental" 2:36 - V - "Stately" 3:03 - VI 3:32 - VII - "Sneaky" 3:56 - VIII - "Flourishes" 4:30 - IX 5:06 - X 5:37 - XI 5:55 - XII - "Romance" 6:26 - XIII - "Romance Decima" 6:58 - XIV - "Minuet" 7:22 - XV - "Minuet Decima" 7:45 - XVI 8:16 - XVII - "Siciliana" 8:55 - XVIII - "Siciliana + Silent Night" 9:30 - XIX - "Waltz" 10:07 - XX - "Scherzo" 10:49 - XXI - "March" 11:31 - XXII 11:53 - XXIII - "March + Jingle Bells" 12:31 - XXIV - Cadenza 13:14 - XXV - "Rondo" 14:42 - XXVI - "Lilt" Edit: I've reuploaded a new mp3 processed with @AngelCityOutlaw's suggestions to get rid of clipping. Let me know if it sounds better now!

Well well well... And so it's Christmas again, and once again, here's a little song that's wrapped up in a YC submission bow. This song is about waking up in the middle of the night. Sleigh bells could be heard outside, and a faint echo of a "ho ho ho" whispered in my ears. I was in a haze, stolen from my precious REM sleep as I mustered my way around the house. A task had been given to me. 🎄 The Crusty Candy Cane 🎄 Oh no, it happened once again... it's gone The favored flavor disappeared into the night The ones that are left will never do; they're not the same I know, none are good enough There's only one, crusty candy cane I need to find out where it went * * * So no more messing around... it's late I search the house until I find it's hiding spot It shouldn't be so hard to find, it's very unique It has gunk, grime, slime, saliva, and it smells And sometimes I feel like I'm in hell When I am near that dirty thing * * * But I still need it now It's not under the couch or by the Christmas tree Maybe it was taken far outside again And left out in the cold with all the muddy snow I don't know but as I pass the kitchen I find my nostrils are reacting pretty viciously And could it be, through my groggy fog A miracle, glistening... * * * Ho, ho, holy and finally It's right there by the chair, now I can get to sleep I pick it up, the smell is not so bad I'm just cranky Inside my, bedroom his ears perk up As I, give him back his favorite toy He finds peace, comfort, and joy He finds peace, comfort, and joy

So which of the MxxxxxFxxxxx wins?