William K.

WOW. I am completely speechless. Ok, so first I listened to the MIDI file, and I was pretty impressed, but then I listened to the live recording and was completely blown away. The harmonies in this are almost perfect (In my opinion). This is very well written, especially the last measure, which had some surprisingly interesting harmonies. Good job!

hi there. i would really love to hear this piece, but for some reason the site is not loading. im not sure if its my comp or what. is there any way you could upload a MIDI? thanks

Hey everyone, it's been quite a while since I've posted any work on here. I've been meaning to post some stuff for a while but I've never gotten around to it until now. Here's just a few pieces that I have completed semi-recently. The rondo was written last summer so it's not recent at all, and the duetto movement was finished a couple of weeks ago. I know the rondo really isnt a true rondo because the second theme isnt repeated at the end, but watever lol. It was performed last year and I wrote it the night before rehearsals started cause I had a blank the time when I was supposed to write it haha. That's why it's so short. I really like the rondo just cause its really short and sweet. I hope you like it! The duetto is a bit more serious, but I know you guys might get kinda annoyed with it cause the same figure is always present and repeated lol. I'm proud of the duet though because I think the development is rather good compared to other developments i've written. I kinda wrote it for me and one of my friends at school to play, but we never really got around to it cause we were preparing the 'Sunrise' Quartet. Oh well, we'll do it next year. The Rondo is in G Major and the duetto is in C Major. K, enough of me talking lol. Enjoy! :) Rondo in G for Violin and Piano.MID Duetto Primo - Allegro.MID

hey i havent posted on these forums in a LONG time lol. um, i cant really remember which one i voted for, but i think it would be fun to do a trio thing or a chamber concerto. itll be cool to do w/e gets voted on though :)

Good job! This piece sounds really good. I don't really know that much about fugues, but from what I can hear, you did a nice job of fitting everything togehter. Keep going with fugues! :)

I think it would be pretty cool to have this month be a chamber music type thing... just a suggestion :)

Mozart was the best and will always be the best composer to have ever walked this earth. Enough said. :) PS. He totally owns Beethoven in the face

that sounds like a good idea. That way we can eliminate favouritisim.

Wow dude. This is amazing. I really love the way that you used the original music with yours. It really creates a nice effect. Is this GPO you are using? If so, tell me how you got it to sound so amazing! :laugh: Great job!

Yay! Thanks guys. They both worked out great. I guess I'll just have to find out whats wrong with Fianle's playback on the first question. :D

Hi everyone. I've had a few questions for Finale that I haven't been able to figure out, so I was hoping you guys could help. :sadtears: 1. With repeats, whenever I have an Adagio introduction with the repeat at the start of the Allegro, the repeat at the end of the Allegro does not register the new tempo marking at the beginning of the Allegro. lol, let me try to explain more clearly: Let's say we have an Adagio intro (40= quarter or something) - it plays all the way through and now we come to the beginning of the exposition, which is Allegro (126=quarter). After the exposition is complete, we put a repeat sign at the beginning and end of the Allegro. It gets to the repeat but when it repeats, it doesn't keep the change of tempo; It just goes back to the adagio (40=quarter). How can I change it so that the repeat will keep the Allegro tempo? 2. If a piece is in 3/4 time, Finale automatically makes the beaming pattern 3 groups of 2 8th notes. Is there anyway I can change it so that it groups all six together? 3. Another repeat question: Is there anyway in Finale that if I use a 1st/2nd ending repeat, I can extend the first ending of a space of lets say 5 measures? So far, I can only keep it over the measure that is next to the repeat. Sorry for the first question being so hard to explain, but it makes sense once you get the main idea. Thanks for your help, guys! -William :)

um what? Ok, with the piece: I LOVE it! It really puts into music what I thought the character would be like. Congrats! :( It totally should be in the movie. I don't have any bad comments or anything, so great job!

For me, the originality of a piece is important. However, this is a problem because in the "style" I write in, it's almost impossilbe to find an original theme. Sure, every once in a while, I'll come up with something that I could call original, but most of the time I've heard something that sounds too much like it before. I also hate using old ideas over again. I dunno, I usually think "If this theme didn't work the first time I tried it, whats the point of using it again and wasting time?" Well, there's my input on originality. :)

I can't seem to get to the MP3 files. Is there anyway you can post a MIDI or something? Thanks! :)

um............. no....? Maybe people have just not have not had time to review lately. I would have reviewed it sooner, but I didn't have time to give something other than "oh I like it and it's really great". so yeah, don't worry, other people will review it. :) Now, to start reviewing.... Wow. This is really amazing work, Daniel. A little farther through the classical and romantic periods than the Spring Overture, but still amazing. I really like the beginning. It doesn't sound too good with Sibelius, but with a really oboe it would sound fantastic. The exposition sounds fine to me. It fits nicely and the harmonies you use are nice. LOVE the theme at mm45!!!!! It sounds really really cool. At mms72 and 74, I think it's a bit unreasonable to have the timpani going from ppp to ff in that short of time. I can barely hear it as it is. It sound be from at least a mf to a fortissimo. Ah, now the violin comes in. Great entrance with the long note and sixteenths following. OMG I LOVE MM101. The theme with the trombones is PERFECT!!!! Such an awesome place to put that. :D Ok, nice parts with the violin and orchestra. Now comes measure 133. I think the grace notes in the winds sound a little strange. Maybe just have them playing the eight note without the grace?? 141 is really nice...... Nice conversation between the principle and orchestra. The second theme sounds really nice in major at mm158, especially with the horn as the melody. Nothing else to comment on until 200. I feel that this is a really strange transition. Way to sudden to have everything moved up a half step. Maybe you should have a modulating bridge somewhere to... ease it up a bit. The rest of the key changes are almost flawless. Nice job on that. mm241 should be fun for the performer, shouldn't it? :) lol. The theme at mm258 is a little sudden. It doesn't really fit in with everything thats going on at that moment. It's a nice theme though. It moves along very nicely with the violin and orchestra. My next comment is about mm336. This part sounds really good with whats going on, and gives the violin some fun glissando stuff to do. mm363 sounds a bit strange. Again, it's the problem that it... just doens't sound... right. I think it's because of the E natural in the bassoon. It makes it sounds like Gypsy music, or Jewish music or something. For me, this would stand out too much. Maybe try having both bassoons play in the same octave (with the principle oboe as well) but have the F# D and D going to G C# and Eb? That's what I would do in that spot, but who knows.... From here on to the end is just a whirlwind of greatness. I love the ending as well. Heres some other small things that I wanted to point out to you: I think you should ease up on your use of grace notes. To me, the sort of ruin the whole note that comes after it. Some good examples of this are the clarinet in the beginning, the violin when it first enters, and especially at mm257. The beauty of this section is really ruined by the grace notes everywhere. Well, great work Daniel. I look forward to hearing the other movements! :D PS: The name is really awesome, too! Grande concerto sinfonico per violino. lol