To the One

Hi,

New piece up on soundclick, "To the One". Instrumental, reflective, about 4 minutes long. The piece has some areas that need some fine tuning but I think this is pretty close to the final version for this piece. I got some feedback and some good constructive pointers on a different fourm and would like to also hear comments and critiques from folks here before making any changes.

To the One
lo-fi http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4632657&q=lo
hi-fi http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4632657&q=hi

Thanks so much,
Bill

Hi, Bill

"To The One" is gently winding its gentle spell in the room as I type. I haven't heard something with a Clarinet as the lead sound in quite awhile. What a wonderful choice for this.

Unpredictable textures throughout, sometimes in a wistfully meandering way before returning to the more definite statements the music knows it wants to make. Strings supporting and following nicely throughout.

I really liked this, and feel it probably worked on my mood the way you want it to.

As I listened, I saw Chasekh's suggestion that the strings be "a little more deep." I think he means more present, louder in the mix? If he did, I would agree. There's plenty of distinction between the Clarinet and the strings, they could have a bit less contrast in levels without damaging the mix. There were times especially when I was hoping the Cellos and Basses would swell in a bit more assertively than they do.

One other thing about the strings--they have a tendency to stop and start rather than continuously flow. Maybe it's from them being played in a keyboard style rather than individually? I think they would benefit from editing which would extend their sustained notes right up to each other, so they would contribute a more consistently flowing mood the way the sum of the piece feels.

Back to what you've actually done--It's very nice, and I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.

Randy
rbowser

Wow, another wonderful instrumental!! Well done Bill.
I admire all of you orchestra-based composers. Your imagination of conducting a whole orchestra ... you guys are the modern days Mozarts, Beethovens and Tchaikovskys.
I admit, the strings issue is beyond me, so I just sat back and enjoyed this wonderful piece of ear-candy.
Thanks for sharing, Bill
Heinz.

Wow!

Nicely done ToneCarver. Beautiful piece here. Instruments abound and mixed wonderfully. Excellent job!

Hi Bill,

That was very pretty. A lovely, soothing piece of music. I turned it up pretty loud in my headphones, and I'm not sure if I agree about adding more reverb - the mix sounds really nice and clear to me as it is.

James

Enjoyed listening... I think what your doing here will turn out just wonderful. Maybe one day I will try something like this. Thanks for sharing.

Hey ToneCarver,
yes, that worked and so did that track.
It has a nice loose quality, particularly the first half and builds from ponderous to possitive at just the right rate.
This is an excellent piece let down by cheap samples.
Not your fault i know but when i think of how good this could be...

This was really great. I'm listening to this early in the morning and feels like a fresh day full of promise. Like the minutes just before sunrise. Excellent music and great job.