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Topic: March to school on first day of class - Improv  (Read 4312 times)

Offline quantum

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March to school on first day of class - Improv
on: September 10, 2008, 09:50:13 PM
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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #1 on: September 11, 2008, 08:50:27 PM
That must have been quite a sort of school :o Very impressive and "dark" 8) march to where actually? :) It's fascinating how you keep that march character throughout the whole piece. Some Rach reminiscences appear in my mind, like the preludes in g minor and f minor. I like particularly the part at 5:00 in the high register. As always: a fascinating listening experience!

P.s hee hee still listening after 30 min., seems to catch me!

Offline Derek

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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #2 on: September 12, 2008, 01:03:13 AM
This is great! I love the harmony changes, intensity and darkness of this one. I like the march feel!

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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #3 on: September 13, 2008, 10:29:32 AM
This is very good indeed. The title reminds me that prescribed images are a trap at the best of times. I never set out for school with such resolution, I assure you. As wolfi asks, what on earth sort of school did you attend ? An academy for orcs and trolls ? Hogwarts ? A school for initiates in the black arts perhaps ? The Temple of Thelema with Aleister Crowley ?

I could readily envisage columns of giant, devouring insects. Tell you what, it would be a ripping good movie soundtrack. Peter Jackson could have put it to sterling use for the Uruk-hai at Helm's Deep - way better than whatever was used in the film that's for sure.

My first day at school ? Nowhere near it I'm afraid ! But how marvellous it is that abstract sound can engender contrasting but valid images in different minds. Real magic.
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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #4 on: September 14, 2008, 03:00:48 PM
quantum you are friggin sickkkkkkkkkkkk at improvising man! it was great.

4'10 reminded of those classic "horror movie" violin sounds

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Offline m19834

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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #5 on: September 14, 2008, 03:34:17 PM
ha ha... this makes me want to go sit down at the bench  :P.  *listens carefully*

Well, of course the dark tones, as others have commented on, is a large impression of the piece.  I definitely enjoy what seems like your sense of freedom in your expression, with the underlaying and steady bass notes and the flurry(ing) notes on top (I feel like I have to invent words to describe my impressions of music -- the words sound so dry, I think, to just talk about it the way that I have.  The words and their description are almost nothing like what my experience in listening *feels* like).

Thanks for posting this :)

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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #6 on: September 16, 2008, 08:19:20 AM
This is really something.  Unrelenting intensity.  This has really struck me. 
It has really opened things up.
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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #7 on: September 18, 2008, 11:06:55 PM
Hi quantum,

You always amaze me with your wonderful playing.  And now this highly creative improvisation--it is one the best I've ever heard in this forum.  Excellent!
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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #8 on: September 21, 2008, 07:21:41 AM
And the coda at 6:05 where you return with the main theme is full of
power and excitment.  Fantastic.
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Offline arensky

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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #9 on: September 22, 2008, 06:07:36 PM
Interesting, not what I was expecting, it contains the same basic texture as "Ever Present Ceiling Fan" or something like that from a while back. Seems that this whirling perpetual motion motif is linked to things you resent or don't like....  ;)


So when are you going to midi these into Sebelius or Finale and print them for the world? You really should, your music is wonderful.
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Offline Petter

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Re: March to school on first day of class - Improv
Reply #10 on: September 26, 2008, 03:28:13 PM
I was inspired by this, thanks for sharing  :)
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