Bruce Baldwin
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Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
Hello Friends, "Hopfeful Transitions" is a piece I wrote back in 2006. I think I may have even posted it on this board back then. In retrospect, the original version sounded pretty awful. I've completely reworked the composition and reorchestrated it in Sonar using LASS Strings, and Kontakt samples for the winds and brass. It was a pretty major effort, but I'm happy with it now. I'd love to know your feedback on the new version: https://soundcloud.com/ascent-music/hopefultransitions Thanks!
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/03 12:04:52
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Very nice piece Bruce. I've tried orchestrations myself and always give up after the first 10-20 bars losing sight of where to go next.
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/03 17:07:47
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Wonderful. It is well titled. It made me feel good listening to it. Outstanding work.
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Bruce Baldwin
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/03 21:13:49
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Thanks for the nice comments, folks!
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Lynn
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/04 11:37:34
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Bruce, it takes more than just good samples to sound this good. It requires a deep knowledge of orchestration, and you obviously have that. Congratulations on a super job.
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Bruce Baldwin
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/05 01:22:56
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Thanks, Lynn. I always look forward to your thoughtful comments!
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/05 05:40:50
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Amazing work Bruce, very well done. You can tell and hear that a lot of work has gone in to this.
Would love to hear the original piece for comparison.
Mark.
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/05 20:48:41
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Sounds really good on my system. I especially enjoyed the softer passages and dynamics. Well done.
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/05 21:08:38
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This is nice. The only thing that would make it better would be more modulation here and there. It does really nice but it seems to sound the same.
What I do love about it is that you know how to make music move. It's just not a melody over chords bangin away. Lots of nice motion all over the orchestra.
Very well done!
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/05 21:19:35
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Very nice. It kept my attention all the way through .. a lot of times I'll listen to this kind of thing and stop a few seconds in but I really enjoyed this. Very realistic sounding, hard to do.
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Bruce Baldwin
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/08 23:28:12
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Thanks for the generous comments and listens, everyone! I truly appreciate you taking the time.
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Janet
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/09 06:34:02
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Wow--this is really nice Bruce! I know a ton of work went into this...it shows.
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/09 07:34:50
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/09 08:35:42
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Nice job Bruce! Having recently gotten wrapped up into the details of orchestration myself, I can totally appreciate the work that went into this piece. The composition is great and so is the orchestration. How do you like LASS?
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Bruce Baldwin
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/10 14:56:53
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Janet, James, and Geno - thanks so much for your comments! The positive reinforcement boosts my confidence to keep moving forward with this stuff. Geno - I love LASS. One of the best purchases I've made.
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/10 15:35:41
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Very nice. I loved the guitar solo as well. For some reason parts of this remind me of Ben Folds Five.
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Re:Hopeful Transitions (orchestral music)
2013/03/10 17:45:44
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foxwolfen
Wonderful. It is well titled. It made me feel good listening to it. Outstanding work.
Could'nt have put it better myself. Brilliant piece of work. Well done.
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