"The factory"

Hello everybody!

Here is my piece called "Factory". So basically, the title says everything about the idea. In this piece, I try to convey the "chaos" of XXI century, to be exact, work in the factory. So I thought the best way to recreate the feeling of it would be to use a few minimalism techniques. 

Hope you like it and enjoy!

I attach audio file and notes in pdf file, you can find all information in there.

Well, you put your minimalism to good work, as it were. 😀Slowly evolving textures, nice clean instrumentation. The quick jumps remind me of two films that evolve into modern industrial factories, Samsara and Baraka. Check them out if you haven't already. Oh, your PDF was empty.

On 7/1/2018 at 3:18 AM, Ken320 said:

Well, you put your minimalism to good work, as it were. 😀Slowly evolving textures, nice clean instrumentation. The quick jumps remind me of two films that evolve into modern industrial factories, Samsara and Baraka. Check them out if you haven't already. Oh, your PDF was empty.

 

Thanks for the feedback!

I haven't, so I definitely will.

Hm. Somehow the PDF file opens for me.

Wow, the beginning of the piece was amazing which lead me to enjoy your piece from the very start! As Ken230 mentioned the instrumentation is nice and clean which is a major plus in my opinion. All in all, great piece!

I can open the PDF, so maybe it was a temporary glitch with the site.  I'd suggest you replace some of the short notes followed by short rests with staccato notes.  It will be easier for the players to read at speed and will come out the same.  The piano part could also use a little attention as far as which notes are assigned to which hand.  As it's written now, it will be hard for a pianist to actually play because their hands will keep getting in each other's way.  You also might want to turn up piano track a little bit in relation to the other parts.  Maybe it's just my headphones, but it's not coming through very clearly.  (I have really terrible little ear buds, so it may just be me).  

This is definitely a busy, mechanical sounding environment.  Did you consider adding percussion?  That would certainly be evocative of a factory to my ear, but it does mean finding another good player for a performance.  

Nice job!

I like it, nothing to add, just that the choice of instruments seems good.

Wow... Guys, @Dimitrije005 , @pateceramics and @Luis Hernández. I am sorry, that I haven't replied to your honest comments- somehow I didn't get any notifications about them.

Thank you all so much for your feedback and suggestions- they mean really a lot for me!

First of all, I like the piece!

That said I don't see how minimalist techniques can create chaos and how factory is connected to chaos. I think factory work is pretty darn organised, wich I hear in your music. Can you explain? Or was it a ironic use of the word?

It would be a quite interesting survey how a composer can create chaos out of minimalistic techniques in a composition! I get inspiration from you 🙂