music Music for FrogFinest

[TheYoungMathProf 11]

Technically, the music itself isn't based off of MLP, but it is for a blind commentator (Frog Finest)...
Anyway, I started this 2 days ago and finished the first part. Tell me what you all think!
https://soundcloud.com/sly625/baritone

Edited February 27, 2014 by TheYoungMathProf

[Pixel Stick 927]

That's cute.   My first thought is that it's a bit fast for what it's trying to do - as it grows in complexity, it feels like it's being rushed.  It also only seems to have two main phrases (so far - I know it's a work in progress) - I'd recommend spending less time in the second phrase and following it up sooner with a third one, and being conservative with your new instruments - bring them in more gradually, to give the music time to develop.

 

But the theme itself is nice, and I look forward to seeing how the rest of it turns out.

[TheYoungMathProf 11]

Thanks for the advice! I decided to slow down the beginning from 120 BPM to 96 BPM. It was a bit fast for what I was going for. I will have it accelerate the measure before the 2nd phrase though to where it was before (120 BPM). As for the 2nd phrase, I like how it builds momentum, and don't plan on shortening it. I have been brainstorming how I want to do the 3rd phrase, and I am actually considering a sudden slow section with a reduction of instruments (probably piano and baritone only, at least for the beginning of the phrase). It most likely will reintroduce the piano melody from phrase one, but starting in the minor, giving it a different effect. If I was writing a longer piece (say, 8+ minutes), then I would be more gradual with my changes. This is just intended to be an outro long enough for Frog to talk with it in the background. Frog lets the outros play all the way through when he finishes talking, so I don't want it to be too long.