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Hello my Biab's friends,

I am posting on this forum a small instrumental composition with a special touch linked to the marching band. Trying to recreate the atmosphere of a street band is not easy. Already the street band, like it or not, but your opinion is important to me in the search for new styles made with our favorite tool Biab. Tools used Biab Vst for orchestration and partially for melody research. Otherwise orchestral vst were used for mixed brass ensembles. Please comment. all criticisms here are always constructive to enable us to improve

The link to my compo is :
https://soundcloud.com/user-318966631/fanfare-of-peace

The link to my other compos is :
https://soundcloud.com/user-318966631

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Derochette,
fun listen. A bit repetitive, but memorable melody. Nice segments with orchestral instruments. It is cool as a project, but I think it might benefit from secondary theme for variation. Thank you for sharing.

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I like the complex movement of the melody and the harmonic accompaniment. Majestic sound! Interesting to my ears. What's with the gong at the end? Seems a little out of place.

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Hi Rustyspoon,

You're right, it's a bit repetitive. Having few ideas for the variation, I decided to shorten the composition to reduce this redundancy and to rework the end. Thank you again for your wise advice.

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Hi Ezekiel's Storm,

Thank you for listening and for your comment on this particular style of street band. I took your advice and removed the inappropriate gong.

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Odd, but interesting.
I think the repetitive melody is fine because the movement is quite complex in itself and the repetitions give you something to hold on to.

I'm not sure a marching band could really march to that rhythm, though grin


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Hi Derochette
Very cool tune
Superbly staged
The sound is very powerful
As it should be
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Janice’s initial reaction was that it reminded her of Mason Williams’ “Classical Gas” that she remembered from playing in her high school band. smile

This is quite majestic and the mix sounds great on our monitors.

Well done!

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[quote=B.D........................

I'm not sure a marching band could really march to that rhythm, though grin [/quote]

That was my first thought also.

I was in a marching band for 5 years and this really doesn't sound like a marching band. This sounds like a brass and woodwind orchestra and I mean that is a very complimentary way.

Nice melody and instrumentation.
As mentioned a little variety could help. Maybe add some strings to complete the orchestra. YMMV


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Loved this Jani. I as well like the repetitiveness of the song as it allowed me to search out the different instrumentation and their placements within the song. Loved how you mixed this. All the instruments so identifiable. Such a big sound. I started my music journey in a marching band. I was third clarinet. When I practiced my parts they made no musical sense but when all put together was a very cool sound. Well done...

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Hi B.D.Thomas,

it's true that the melody is a bit repetitive but it was difficult to make too many variations given the number of instruments in action. Thinking about it, I agree with your opinion on a marching band. Thank you for your comment.

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Cool piece, I like the changes. The melody also reminds me of Classical Gas in places, mothing wrong with that though. Overall, nice work!

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Hi Andi,

Thank you for your comment and your appreciation.

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Hi Janice & Bud,

I was listened to Classical Gas which is a musical masterpiece next to my little composition. Even if the rhythm is different, I had to be inspired by it without wanting to plagiarize in the first rhythmic part. Thank you for the link of this great music and for your comment. Ps: I love your avatar with your nice dog.

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Hi MarioD,

I'm glad you commented. It is true that more elaborate variations would be a plus. Thank you for your appreciation and advice.

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Hi Scott C,

It is always a pleasure to read you. I'm glad to hear that you also play the clarinet. It is a beautiful majestic instrument. Thank you for your encouraging comments.

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Derochette,

Even though I'm not qualified to give any advice on Orchestral work, I do know when I hear music that has been skillfully put together and this certainly hits the mark! Everything you share is always very high-quality work and appreciated by me!

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Derochette,

An interesting piece.
Good mix.
It kept my ear engaged.
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The declamatory nature of the intro melody makes this a little like Fanfare for the Common man meets Classical Gas.
The marching aspect isn't as clear cut as I expected.
Cool piece though.


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Hi Torrey,

Apologies for the delay in my response. Thank you for the encouraging comment in my small orchestral compositions.

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