Electronic/ambient artist. I started making music more than random scribblings in the fall of 2010, around the end of November. I think I've come a long way since then!
Skye
@SkyeWint
Age 29, Female
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University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
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SoundChris
Pretty nice article!
In principle i agree with Item 1, but i found out, that - if you have got listeners with a lot of musical experience, breaks can also be some kind of stylistical device. I really love to be surprised when listening to music. Normally you hear a piece and your "inner ear" tells you how it should proceed. And the most interesting moments in my oppinion are those, where the musical direction suddenly changes into a very unexpected direction. The art is to get those changes into a form which is still logic.
You are right - those damn transistions between the parts are the most challenging thing @ composing. In the most cases you shouldnt really notice the transistions to other parts because they should be integrated in a way that generates some kind of monolithic feel. But sometimes i think those transistions between the parts should be accented as some kind of stylistic devices.
I definitely agree with what you day about the intro and outtro. Almost any composers neglect the immense meaning especially of the outtro for the whole piece. It is able to destroy even the best composition just within a few seconds...
SkyeWint (Updated )
Breaks can indeed be part of the flow, though they're a LOT harder to pull off. Edited into the article. ^_^ Thanks! I hope people will read this and start actually putting transitions into their music. I'll also have to get into how the 'flow' of music can be applied to the overall composition to make it more interesting AND more controlled.