I could have left the vox running through the whole track, but it actually made for a rather boring structure, su I just stopped it in mid sentence..

The cello does morph somewhat, but a lot of the more drastic alterations just sounded silly, and wound up either buried or removed. So the cello disappearing like that was a coicidence, the vox disappeaing was intentional.

Also, I rather like the idea of motivs that come and go without making a return later in the piece.

I think you’ll find I’m actually kind of a jerk when it comes to denying the audience their payoff. This is something I’ve done habitually.

That being said, I have nothing against the conventional approach, it’s just something I don’t think much about when writing.

Thanks anyways constructive critisism always wlecome.

and thanks everyone else for the kind words.

Quote: I think you’ll find I’m actually kind of a jerk when it comes to denying the audience their payoff. This is something I’ve done habitually.

If you’re just making music to please yourself and nobody else then why bother posting it to the WWW?

And I never said anything about ‘conventional’, that’s your incorrect interpretation of what I said. There’s plenty of unconventional and experimental music here that I’ve lauded to the skys. If anything your reply explains what I suspect was going on: you were so involved in avoiding convention and worried about being ‘boring’ that you let go of the emotional impact of the piece.

Quote: fourstonesIf you’re just making music to please yourself and nobody else then why bother posting it to the WWW?

Well, observing the reviews, it seems that at least three people enjoyed my track. That’s good enough for me. Hell, it’s three more than I thought I’d get, though that sure didn’t stop me from posting it.

As for my “incorrect interpretation,” actually, I like that comment. You’re mostly right about that anyway. My remark about denying the audience their payoff comes from the same adversarial attitude. The word “payoff” in particular tends to get under my skin. If your use of the term was different than that of most people who throw it at me, then I must apologize for being needlessly snide in my reply.

Now, it doesn’t really bother me that you didn’t like the track, but I do resent the implication that I’m some kind of charlatan. I made no effort do avoid convention, I’m not nearly that self absorbed. I just made the track that I wanted to make, how I wanted to make it, regardless of whether or not it delivered a “payoff.”

I mean, I know I’m not exactly a trailblazer, I just want to express myself.

Hey, if I kept replying to this, would the little purple box keep getting smaller? Does it ever got too thin to hold text?

Just wondering.

Sorry, I get distracted easily.

Damn Television!