gcmunky109

Close. The actual translations are as follows. Morituri te salutant Cum tacent, clamant Memento mori Mundus vult decipi Pulvis et umbra sumus Fiat justitia et ruat caelum Those who are about to die salute you When they remain silent, they cry out. Remember that you must die The world wants to be deceived- We are dust and shadow. Let justice be done though the heavens fall By the way, thank you all for your support.

Thank you for your critiques and comments. I'll give you guys a heads-up as what i'm doing. -I raised the tenor and some soprano parts up an octave. I tried for a dark sound, which i didnt know tenors could manage within their normal ranges. -I cut off a few of the repetative chords. I added so many simply because i didnt want the first and last ones to be really heard, sort of like the chords were the bells mourning a death as one got closer, and then farther away, louder and quieter. -I added words, in Latin. Eat that one, naysayers. Let me finish this recording this week, so you might want to try the links again, and maybe you'll hear the new version. Again, thanks, I'll post again.

Thank you, if you are still interested, i'm altereing the piece per your suggestions and replacing the link later this week. -GC

It's enjoyable. The choir singing seemed very quiet on the recording, which is forgivable. Dynamic contrast could definitely be thrown in, after all, the very title brings to mind oceans and swells. And, being a bass, throw in the selfish suggestion that the bass part could easily be more active, especially when mentioning heavy objects such as water. Idiocy and nitpicking aside, it is a lovely piece, and you would do well to continue with your music.

Alright, so the title is unofficial, seeing as how i havent written any words to it yet. This is the first time i finished a decently lengthed song for choir, so i would appreciate both optimistic advice and debilitating criticism. Yes, since i havent heard it performed, i ran it through my computer, so forgive the crappy synth sounds. Yes, its supposed to be performed by a choir. The link to the song is here, http://gcmunky109.tripod.com/ode.mp3 while the sheet music is here http://gcmunky109.tripod.com/opuspi.pdf Pelase help me out on this, or at least tell me if you like it. So hey, talk to me. Thanks so much.

There are good arguments on either side, and i couldnt read through all the replies, but has anyone brought up this point- if one is composing a melody that they want to write down and store without even fudging with paper or note-by-note Finale, they could use something to record that melody instead. Recording on a USB Keyboard, a little doodle on piano, or even singing that melody could help someone put down those notes even when they don't have time to compose all of it. It really works for me because I get inspired by weird things in the middle of a movie or whatever. But then again, i have a microphoned computer and a USB Keyboard, so i'm well equipped for this. But the computer translates the keyboards notes directly into Finale, so thats where I'm more stationed. I suppose this isnt really an argument, more like an interjection. Back to debating!

Hey, if you've gotten this far, let me ask you something. Will you not take a few minutes from your life to hear one of my songs? If you'd like, my website is MySpace.com - Direction Unknown - RICHLAND, Washington - Experimental - www.myspace.com/directionunknownband Please, listen to one for me and tell me what you think. I will upload more soon.