I liked it. It has that "well produced" sound.

I wanted to like it.

Homestuck released a new album the other day. It's got some impressive tracks.

I so love this.

Does anyone other than OJA even listen to the crap I post?

I've been listening to the Flaming Lips a lot lately.

I've been listening to the Flaming Lips a lot lately.

We interrupt this indie masturbation session to bring you MY FAVOURITE CRAP

MeechMunchie
> talks shit about indie music
> put indie music anyway
> badass

So, I've found an old band I like:

They all appear to be in various states of constipation.

Please don't greentext here.

You also don't greentext shit you don't put a > before.

This is important information.

It's fine...

Just a question, does anyone do any composing, or songwriting etc? As an avid band geek, I have made a couple of songs before, mostly for my internal exams. Just wondering about anyone else doing that sort of thing.

Actually, yes. I hardly ever have any inspiration, though, so my ideas peter out because I force them too much.

Lately there's been a thing with a girl and this happened. It's called Gently (A letter). It's not finished. There's a third section, but it's not very good yet. The second section will also end differently to that, but I tacked this on so that I could show you. Any feedback would be really nice because I'm struggling to go anywhere with it.

It's also stupidly big as I exported it straight out from Sibelius.

e: Oh, this is a piano solo by the way. Don't expect anything that sounds too modern. Although it falls under the scope of modern classical.

No! I have never written any music ever! Stop asking me!

You're blatantly just trying to get someone to find your blog for you.

I'm really not. And even if you did, I don't think those links work anymore.

Then we can all read DI dissing you and imagine just how bad you sounded.

Yup. We sure can.

I play guitar, both electric and acoustic, but I don't write anything.

Ontopic:

My favourite Portuguese band at the moment.

It sounds good, but I would have more rhythmic movement in the left hand. The big spaces work fine to begin with, but from there it doesn't seem to develop a great deal. I would use some syncopation (due to the nature of the piece, only mild syncopation, though I think that you can use some quite unusual rhythms if you go about it the right way) to create friction so that the piece doesn't risk stagnating as much.

Harmonically, I hear a lot of suspensions (and maybe extended harmony - I haven't analysed the piece, so I don't know straight off), some of which are successful, some of which feel slightly forced, but in most of the latter instances, if you try and rearrange the chord, this should be rectified (you have probably noticed that dissonances sound less jarring the greater the interval is).
Also, there was one instance where (I think in the left hand) I heard one chord in the same position twice. I can't find it now, but I heard it. If you don't alter the chord, at least alter the voicing.

It sounds like you're doing alright, man. Keep on with your stuff.

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Ah, I need to spread rep around before giving it to you again.

Thanks. I agree with pretty much everything you said there. Some of the cords are forced, especially towards the end. I'm looking at ways to make it more rhythmically interesting, too.

I really want to hear how it sounds when it's not being played by Sibelius, though. The playback resembles an elephant.