Descent into Madness

[ranjit]

I've tried to experiment quite a bit here. The piece starts off slowly, and builds up to a crescendo, following a person's gradual descent into insanity.
Please let me know if you can think of any pieces/composers with a similar sound!

[ted]

This is very interesting to listen to but I hear little in it that is mad or which might describe madness any more than it might depict the scene from my living room window. Your right hand seems much more agile here so forget what I said earlier. Keep on improvising and keep on reaching out musically and expanding your landscape of ideas. I used the word “madness” in my previous post to mean a vital disdain for anything rigid or conventional rather than actual insanity. Although come to think of it all music is completely useless and mad in a solipsistic sense I suppose. Rules are for fools.

[ranjit]

This is very interesting to listen to but I hear little in it that is mad or which might describe madness any more than it might depict the scene from my living room window.

I am glad you found it interesting. The title was the first thing that came to mind, and perhaps my original intention. I thought of creating a feeling of insanity by bringing a lot of unexpected changes, and a sort of dissonance. Listening back, I didn't quite succeed as I had hoped.  I still like the end result, though. You are right -- insanity would better be represented by a sound similar to some Scriabin, for instance.

I think that there is definitely a clear mood -- looking at 2:51, 3:49, 4:28 and 5:45... It is somewhat ominous, but I'm not sure what else to call it.

I used the word “madness” in my previous post to mean a vital disdain for anything rigid or conventional rather than actual insanity.

I understood what you meant earlier by 'madness'. Its use in the title is purely coincidental.

Although come to think of it all music is completely useless and mad in a solipsistic sense I suppose.

Agreed!