Whim

Sorry for the late reply, busy holidays and all that. Anyway, when it comes to those dissonances, it's most likely due to the tubular bells. At every arpeggiated triad (A7 and Gmaj7 both with omitted 3rds) all of the instruments are playing notes that are from the triad, so while theoretically it's supposed to not clash, it's probably the timbres causing the issue. As far as the timpani and horn, I completely understand what you mean. They're not totally sequenced perfectly, and I'm currently looking for a way to deal with it. The timpani being mechanical bothers me to an extent where I feel like reworking the intro, especially because I feel like I can't just jump into the tune like the original does. I'm not really satisfied with the intro anyway, it was an idea, but every time I look back to it I'm not that thrilled with it. 2:14 is the slentam ringing out, which is something I actually wanted. The bleeding is also why I tried spacing things out. As for the higher pitches, I'm not completely certain, but I think that's the tubular bells. When it comes to the structure, nothing's set in stone, and I was going to expand the section around 2:10, fix the intro, and vary the repeat at the end. The ending itself was a cop out so I'm most likely going to finish that too. Thanks for all the feedback.

https://soundcloud.com/whimbabe/heritage Source: http://youtu.be/BoQWE3qQKlg?t=22m33s (could have sworn there was an ost available on yt, but this longplay should do) Fake/emulated Gamelan (with exception of the slentam) plus Timpani and French Horn. My own notes: - Dynamics might need slight adjustment, esp. timpani - Slentam is usually muted with the non-mallet hand, but I actually like the decay when it's allowed to ring; however, after a while it gets a bit shrill. Many thanks in advance for any constructive criticism.

A little late here, but the model of guitar you play shouldn't affect your tone that significantly, especially in metal. Now, I play jazz and only played metal when asked, so I'm not too sure how much I can say this is true, but to me tone is based on your fingers, then the pickups, and then all the tone effects and all that electric junk. I'm not into the whole "the guitar itself matters" ideology because all these designer guitars are being made and plugged as "good for [this playstyle]" and I think it's silly and sort of a rip-off. Way back when I played in a Sludge band, I was using a Heritage Semi-Hollow body and a BC Rich and to be honest I thought it sounded better on the Heritage. The only thing in a guitar that matters outside of that "trinity of tone" is the quality of the instrument itself. Also what color is your jazzmaster? I'd kill for a vintage Seafoam green.

Harmonically... yeah, it's sort of all over. Non-functional harmony has been something I've always preferred and even though I've had to write a lot in standard progressions I've always liked the accompaniment to be free so it colors the melody better. I've had music teachers who've hated me for that (one looked at one of my jazz heads and told me it was musically incorrect and refused to look at the rest of my work). When it comes to the loud sections I'd need to check out the score because I'm pretty sure they're just ffs and they just make the tuttis overbearing. I'll just guess the instruments part is just due to it being virtual. Garritan is really great, but it's still just a bunch of separate samples, so it'll always sound sort of mechanical. Thanks so much for the reply!

https://soundcloud.com/whimbabe/weberns-columns original tune: To be fair this is actually a composition that's maybe a month or two old as of right now. I already submitted it, but being that it's my first remix I dunno if it'll remotely get through the judging (I hope it's okay that I put this here even though it's already submitted). I think it would be good to get some feedback, whether from the judges panel or other remixers. The whole piece is sort of a litmus test. It's the theme stated with development and then a restatement of the theme. I really wrote it and submitted it just to see the compositional standards (i.e. how little vs how much of the theme can be used, how much original material that isn't part of the original tune can be used, etc.). Also when it comes to the mixing I'm not really sure if it's up to standards or not, so feedback on that would be great too. It's the first time I've actually exported pieces from Sibelius for listening as opposed to just handing out a score. Many thanks in advance for any feedback.