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Mickael,
Sorry I haven't been able to give you a critique on this so far; life's a little busy this time of year. I did a quick listen and you've obviously put a lot of work in on this. Is there any chance you could post the lyrics?
-Hugo
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Hello everyone...
I didn't even realize we had this thread. Real observant, hmm? Anyway, greetings to my predecessors and howdy to the new guys.
My name's Hugo. At the moment I'm 52 and living on the northern fringes of metro Atlanta. I've got a small area of my home devoted to my music: a grand piano, a synthesizer, some mics and a laptop. It's enough to lay down a melody line and make a little noise.
As a kid I took a bit of piano lessons but since then it's mainly been just me teaching myself. My 'natural' style of playing is influenced by romantic/classical music. I try to compose in a number of genres, though, and I'm not bad with lyrics in general. My main difficulty with composing is laying down drums.
Given my age, it's probably not surprising that my main influences date back to my teens. Lennon/McCartney, Pete Townshend, Jack Bruce, Brian Wilson, Carole King, Paul Simon, and the rest of their contemporaries, along with Rodgers/Hammerstein, Beethoven, Debussy, and similar.
Hopefully some of those influences will show up in my music someday,
-Hugo
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9NE,
Really good stuff! I enjoyed it, and saved it too. Overall it reminds me of Billy Idol meets John Lennon, if you don't mind a rough analogy.
My one suggestion, given that this is a workfile, is a change as you hit the verse "Tomorrow always brings a brand new day". My thought is that a change is needed at this point just to keep the momentum rolling. Whether that's simply a mix change or whatever I'd leave to your more than capable hands.
Wish I could give you a more in-depth critique, but I'm just enjoying listening
--Hugo
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Ric,
I was hoping to get feedback while I was still inspired enough to work on the piece. Fortunately, I've found another couple places that've helped out some.
Maybe I'll try posting the next version, if things pick up a bit here
--Hugo
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With a great deal of trepidation, I'm putting this up for consideration. It's a meditative piano piece rendered through a synth; I'm currently unable to get decent piano recordings. But that's what this thread's for, right?
Everyone's opinion is welcome. Critiques (constructive or not) are good too.
[septembre Triste link deleted Oct 10th because of lack of interest from this forum -- Hugo H]
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Here's a few of Berklee's finest, covering less classical aspects:
Melody in Songwriting : Tools and Techniques for Writing Hit Songs
by Jack Perricone; ISBN: 063400638X
The Songwriting Sourcebook: How to Turn Chords Into Great Songs
by Rikky Rooksby; ISBN: 0879307498
Jazz Composition : Theory and Practice
by Ted Pease; ISBN: 0876390017
and I'll add another vote for Rimsky-Korsakov.
Songwriters Soundoff! (introduce yourself)
in Songwriting and Composition
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Welcome, haggard!
Glad you said hello. What type of music do you like to write? There's a wide blend of interests among the people here. Personally, I write rock and country plus some instrumental piano.
Hope we can hear some music soon,
-Hugo