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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/05 16:03:57
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Jerry,
Spectacular work, the VSL orchestral samples are quite amazing in quality. Do you compose the entire piece on piano and then divvy out the parts or have you already envisaged the orchestration and start with the individual parts? Seems to be quite a complex under-taking and must take you a long time to pull together.
I remember seeing a Jerry Goldtsmith documentary once where he mentions that if he gets 1 or 2 minutes of music done he has had a really productive day. Really enjoyable listen.
Regards
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/05 18:35:08
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/05 23:08:39
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The instrument sounds are incredible and I really enjoyed anticipating where the music would go next. I very much enjoyed listening to this and I wouldn't even begin to know how to critique such a wonderfully intricate piece of music, but here goes. On my laptop the horns were pretty bright and seemed to overwhelm the underlying strings, but as I said, I don't know enough to say whether or not such a thing is ill advised.
Really inspirational stuff, thank you!
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/06 03:24:44
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As usual, Jerry, this is an excellent piece of MIDI orchestration. Sounds really authentic.
A great composition too... I enjoyed listening to it, so thanks for sharing.
cheers
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jsg
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/06 14:04:19
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markno999
Jerry,
Spectacular work, the VSL orchestral samples are quite amazing in quality. Do you compose the entire piece on piano and then divvy out the parts or have you already envisaged the orchestration and start with the individual parts? Seems to be quite a complex under-taking and must take you a long time to pull together.
I remember seeing a Jerry Goldtsmith documentary once where he mentions that if he gets 1 or 2 minutes of music done he has had a really productive day. Really enjoyable listen.
Regards
Hi Mark, I compose in Sonar, in the staff view, although I am always going back and forth between the event list and the staff view for MIDI programming of patches, articulations, attack and release times, etc. It takes me about 2-3 years to finish one symphony, I am about half-way through the last movement of #9. I'm lucky if I can get one minute a day, it really depends upon the density of the music. Many instruments, lots of counterpoint, and it takes more time. I'm composing and notating, but also sequencing and interpreting, so that also takes more time than just composing. The more detail, definition and expression you want in your virtual performance, the more time and effort is required. Jerry www.jerrygerber.com
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/09 15:20:16
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Wow... that be some good stuff. I can understand why a minute or two per day is reasonable. There are so many layers, transitions, melodic and rhythmic changes. Just the number instruments involved and the way in which they hand off the lead to each other every few bars (like a real orchestra) is very impressive.
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/10 14:46:17
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Brilliant counterpoint + wonderful sounds= ear candy. Love it! Hard to believe such convincing performances are possible virtually in the same DAW I use.
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/10 18:51:10
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LarryAlex
Nice work, Mister Jerry. I like it. Very good development throughout. The sampled instruments are remarkable.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
BTW, are you related to Joanie Gerber, the wonderful radio and TV voice-over person?
Best,
Larry Alexander
Hi Larry, Glad you enjoyed it! No, I don't think I am related to Joanie Gerber. It's a pretty common last name. A guy named Gerber studied with J.S. Bach (Heinrich Nicolaus Gerber (1702-1775). Jerry
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/10 19:49:00
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Excellent work. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
sja
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/19 17:26:58
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Finally got to listen to this... I really like the way the texture changes a lot, along with the key changes.
I've thought at times that I'd like to write a symphony, but I can't imagine how much time it would take. Congrats on making progress!
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/22 14:11:13
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wow - I wouldn't know where to start. Excellent composition Jerry
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Re: Symphony #8, 1st movement
2015/10/22 20:53:05
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this is incredible!
that triangle sounded just a tad too loud and too up front in the mix (there's no time reference on your player, so I can't tell you when, but it's not long into the piece - just before the tubas/flugelhorns come in).
that's pretty darn minor compared to the whole piece which is just awesome!
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