Ivan1791
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Hello everyone.
I have sad news. After much deliberation I decided that I want to quit composition and music overall. I lost the joy in creating my own pieces and I don't want to earn a living with music. I'm truly burnt out and I only like being a passive listener, without even trying to analyze the pieces.
So, most likely I won't ever use this account ever again and for most people I will disappear. I unlisted all my videos on YouTube, that channel doesn't define me anymore and I want to move on.
I want to say that I had a really good time in this community, specially at the start when I joined. I want to thank @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu and many others for supporting so many young musicians and keeping this forum alive. Also I'm glad I met @Theodore Servin and @Gwendolyn Przyjazna, who are good friends of mine now.
I hope this forum will keep on going and helping new composers get a good basis that allows them to offer an artistic/cultural contribution to society.
Best luck to everyone! Take care
Sincerely,
-Ivan
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Hi Ivan,
For me it’s a sad news to hear that you lose the joy for composing, since you composed wonderful pieces over and over. But I also understand that it could be exhausting to compose, especially when we are having our down periods. It’s always important to rank yourself above your music. After all, without taking good care in yourself, you won’t be able to write and enjoy music at all.
As for my own experience I had a hiatus period of composing between 2016-2019, with pressures from life and career choices preventing me to have any inspiration on composing. But you can always go back to composing whenever you want. Don’t have that as a pressure!
One of the reason I don’t take music as my living is I don’t wanna have my music limited by commissions and the trend. I just wanna write what I want without financial and stylistic pressures, and it helps me to be passionate on writing music, instead of writing for money and forcing myself to please others and writing used I don’t want to.
We are lucky to have you here Ivan. Thank you for your contributions and wonderful pieces shared to the forum. Your account is always here no matter what, and your comeback will always be welcomed! Take good care of yourself and wish you a healthy and wonderful life!
Best Wishes,
Henry
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Thank you for reminding me. In the end I won't participate, I decided to quit composition for a long while and try to start from scratch and hopefully find my artistic voice again.
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Hello everyone. I haven't really composed anything interesting when it comes to orchestral music but I still wanted to share this miniature I wrote 2 years ago. Do you think it matches the style of Webern?
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I will certainly participate in this with my future"Distorted Thought 5". I will make it as scary and uncanny as possible. It will be a 5-6 minutes piano piece and I will provide you a recording. Thanks for organizing this.
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Thank you very much! I think this nocturne sounds like a middle ground between Chopin and Scriabin. Yes, I don't do it often. Usually I take many hours for short 2-3 minute pieces. I didn't have any specific inspiration, it was whatever came to my mind at that moment. Thank you! Yes, and also the accompaniment is the same texture all the time and it is simple. Glad to see you enjoyed it. 🙂
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Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing this little piece I composed in less than an hour. Personally I don't think it is very interesting but at least it is a cool challenge, because I am a slow composer most of the time. I hope you enjoy!
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I don't know how to name this dark piece
Ivan1791 replied to Ivan1791's topic in Piano Music, Solo Keyboard
It could be! Thank you very much. Personally I'm not satisfied with the performance but I can hardly do better now and I hate taking so many takes of the same short piece. Thank you. Yes, "Le gibet" is a favourite of mine and I also kept it in mind when composing this. Some sounds of this piece could be seen as bells, yes, mainly the chords of the last measure. Thank you very much for sharing! Actually I have plans on composing a dark lieder in Spanish and I was trying to find good lyrics about death. Something like Béquers "Al ver mis horas de fiebre...". If you know any more Spanish poems related to the theme of death feel free to share them! -
I don't know how to name this dark piece
Ivan1791 replied to Ivan1791's topic in Piano Music, Solo Keyboard
Yes haha, some people have pointed it out too. Actually some people on Reddit offered possible lore related to that dance quality. Thank you very much! I'm glad you think the piece is well crafted. The texture is a bit more elaborated than what I'm used to, but the melodies and themes work similarly to what I usually do with short pieces. Thank you! Yes, I agree it is one of my pieces with the best textures. -
Hello everyone, long time no see. My life has been a mess lately. Anyways, I thought this piece would be a cool way to get back to posting on the forum. As the title says I don't know what title to give the composition, but it should be something somber and evocative. Also this is one of my compositions with the most elaborate textures even though the work is only 32 measures long. For more information feel free to leave a question. 🙂
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Still available. 🙂
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Distorted Thought (Atonal horror piece)
Ivan1791 replied to Ivan1791's topic in Piano Music, Solo Keyboard
Thank you so much! I agree it's a pretty morbid piece, and the half diminished arpeggios are like a forgotten eerie reminiscence of tonality. I'm glad my untuned piano was a fitting option for this piece haha. I really appreciate your comment! -
I stayed awake for the next day but after that I had some decent rest. xD Interesting, like Moses story. 🙂 I think I pictured a chathedral in my mind when writing it. Yes, the false relationship is the main generatig idea. It comes from the G/G# that appears between bass and alto in the first 3 measures. I thought about different solutions and I decided to use that one because from experience I always found dominant 7ths a type of chord that allows many different dissonances to work. So I couldn't miss the Bb (which I rewrote as an A#), and the false relationship was what I wanted to accentuate for the cadence. Maybe in 5 voices I would have done something a bit different. I will think about it. I did this piece as a way to return to choral writing, so I need to get used to it again. You are welcome! Thank you for your appreciation and your comment. ^^ You are right. A friend of mine ( @Ferran Carrasquer ) experimented a bit and he found out that with Audacity the playback can sound very realistic. I will use it for next time. Thanks for commenting!
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Hello everyone, I was really busy the past few weeks so only now I'm able to show you my new project. Estampas_de_España.pdf https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xnciHniD_iW3uBUrxphiy_p4QF9xaSEe?usp=drive_link (The same PDF just in case) Basically, I'm organizing a cultural project where composers from all around the globe put piano music to a selection of paintings. The best pieces will be included in a collaborative set that will be performed in the future (up to 16 pieces for the official collaborative album). The best composition will receive a 500 euros prize, the second best work will receive 200 euros prize, I will offer a few 30 euros rewards to other great pieces (up to 3 extra rewards). I hope many people will participate, see you soon! Don't forget to send me your painting choices so I can organize better (to my email ivanmusic1791@gmail.com). Here you have the drive with the paintings: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rR-lpQH18sTy6qRqH2_QcR7DIMd4Z0Y8?usp=drive_link If you have any doubts contact me over email! But I will be able to reply here for a few days, but I might not check it as often.
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Yes, there are pages and pages of theory about microtonal music. And it is true the ear always tries to find "tonality", but in this case I believe it is more about finding pitches that serve as anchor points. Also because I used sine waves and pure ratios it can also be linked to timbre. The line between harmony and timbre is fascinating.
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Over the sea of fog | The piece that changed my life
Ivan1791 replied to Ivan1791's topic in Piano Music, Solo Keyboard
Thank you! And interesting comparison.
