The Smallest Measure

Here's something I started working on Saturday. This is only the beginning section, think "sketch" ;)

The Smallest Measure

Thanks,
Bill

Very nice, what there is.  Where is it going?

Bill,
  Nice stuff.  I would echo the other poster's comments.  Looking forward to hearing this one develop.

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Originally all I had was the piano part and I was contemplating creating a rock ballad from it. I even lined up a singer for it. Then I recorded the piano and thought a solo cello would sound cool for the verse with guitars, bass, and drums coming in on the refrain and for the rest of the song. But after listening to the solo cello I thought I should add a few violins. Sounding good so far but now it's string heavy and needed something to round out the lower end...I know..a few tubas and french horns. By this point I started seeing a picture in my head of where this piece would fit perfectly- a Civil War themed movie!! Ok, it's missing something...I know...banjo! Then a few violas to play against the banjo.

I'll be working on this again this weekend. I'm looking to add some marching snares that will transition into the next section, a simple melody on the piccolo, yadda yadda yadda ;)

I"ll post where I get to this weekend :)

Thanks for listening,
Bill

Good start.
The string heavy balance is fine.
I was playing some snare rolls, which seemed to fit what you are setting up, but then it stops.
Run with it. Let's see where it goes.

Very slight update...added some percussion and an acoustic guitar track today, tomorrow I'll start the next section. I'll transition by fading everything but the percussion out and let the drums play a bit by themselves before the next part starts.

The link above points to the updated version :)

Bill