Comments on: Composition

By: Jann

Jann — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:51:38 +0000

I listened to this and enjoyed it. It seemed sad at the beginning and then life affirming toward the end. Unfortunately, don’t know enough about music or instruments to say any more.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:27:46 +0000

Had the recording running here in the background while I’m working. It’s very atmospheric. I’m not any kind of musical expert, so I’ll limit my comments to that, and to this:

I enjoyed it. Thank you.

I hope we’ll get to here more of your compositions in the future…

By: bran

bran — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:39:54 +0000

i thought you were joking about the cellphonists – i wouldn’t have criticized if i’d known they were really meant to be. well, in that case, great performance amateur cellphonists! here’s hoping that with a little diligence and practice, your cellphoning will reach ultimate cellphonist levels.

By: Bauke

Bauke — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:07:00 +0000

I liked it. It sounded like it should be the scary theme for a thriller, and it reminded me of the “six feet under” theme music.

Nice.

By: mig

mig — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:35:00 +0000

in their defense, btw, i must add that the cellphonists were not classically-trained, and this was in fact their first public performance. also, the sound level seems rather low in this recording, although the actual performance was also rather quiet, and not everyone heard the cellphones live either.

By: mig

mig — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:33:02 +0000

the cellphonists misperformed, because i did not tell them exactly, precisely what to do. it had seemed obvious to me. actually, i did tell them, but only once and perhaps they forgot. two phones were programmed with ring tones that corresponded to the two main themes of the piece F-C-B-Eflat and D-A-C-B-Eflat. first one was supposed to play, a couple rings, and then the other. the intention was to first of all make a cellphone joke, because cellphones always ring at music school concerts, and also to include the audience space in the performance, as well as introduce those two themes. unfortunately they rang both phones at the same time. in future, i would include instructions to use only 2 phones – one calls the other – instead of 2 phones on stage calling two in the audience. maybe they were nervous and wanted to get it over with. just goes to show, whatever can go wrong will.

as far as what i will compose in the future, i don’t know. i’ll post it here if it gets recorded, and certainly write about it. i would like to write something for harp, cello, piano and recorder since that’s what we play at home, but there are tons of inspiring instruments out there. i would like to do something for cello and theremin, or theremin and singing saw because that seems funny. the sky is the limit.

By: bran

bran — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:27:10 +0000

apart from the shoddy work of the cellphonists (i personally feel there could have been a bit more “ringtone” in their performances), i also found this ‘beautiful & stirring.’

i’d like to hear more of this, or music like it. i wonder what you will compose in the future?

By: lauren

lauren — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:14:04 +0000

beautiful & stirring music – thank you mig.

By: Kirsten Marie

Kirsten Marie — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:59:41 +0000

Nice job. I like the combination of harps and cello, and you use it well. And that’s a great sound for a live recording.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:08:37 +0000

Great job, mig! Thanks for posting this-

I’m looking forward to hearing how it evolves. Right now it feels very grounded.. given the inspiration for the piece, perhaps a soaring solo violin or other alto type instrument would fill in some color? Or maybe it’s supposed to be black and white, as in the richness of an old movie and tampering with it in that way wouldn’t be appropriate.

Whatever you decide to do with it, please keep us updated ;-)