Jason Rivera

Introdução à composição de músicas: como aprender a compor letra de música

<p>Hello Brian,</p><p>Thank you for sharing "Troubling Virtue" with the class! I really enjoyed listening to your piece.</p><p>I thought it had a good intro that builds rhythmically very nicely. And I like the way you made sure the right hand melody of the piano part was at a higher dynamic than the left hand chords. You way want to consider softening the piano velocity and dynamics in this section. This will give you room to create more of a build and grow in terms of dynamics.</p><p>Overall good job at having the melody stand out from the harmony. I liked the textural change at around 55 seconds with the introduction of the violin. And nice use of dovetailing the piano and violin at this point.</p><p>Overall I think it would be of benefit to try and tighten up the timing of the midi of this part that is shared between the piano and violin. I don't think you'd want it perfectly quantized but just a bit tighter.</p><p>At 1 minute 22 seconds there's a good textural change with a more intricate piano part.</p><p>At 1 minute 50 seconds nice use of violins in different octaves and good use of counterpoint here between the two violins.</p><p>At 2 minutes 18 seconds I found the rhythm of the pizzicato strings a bit distracting. One fix would be to drop it lower into the mix. I also found the pizzicato strings a bit distracting at 4 minutes 8 seconds. The timing isn't locked in with the piano and other string part. It could be a quantizing issue and/or something going on with the reverb that you're using.</p><p>Beautiful string melody at 3 minutes 19 seconds. And nice syncopated piano chords at that point also.</p><p>You have a very unique and sophisticated style. And I hope my comments are helpful and that you enjoyed my class. I have several other classes that might be useful to you that you can access on my profile page here on Skillshare <a  target="_blank" rel="noopener external nofollow" href="https://www.skillshare.com/user/jasonriveramusic">www.skillshare.com/user/jasonriveramusic</a></p><p>Please let me know if you have any questions!</p><p>Jason</p>

Thanks Jason.  I really appreciate the detailed response.  I'm always looking to learn more and brush up on my workflow, which is why I chose your course.  Sometimes I struggle with endings and the songs can drag a bit long as I'm not sure when is the right place to end it.  I wondered if this went a bit long. You're right about tightening it up in spots.  When I mix in the daw, I often use the MIDI itself... but I've noticed some people mix with the MIDI exported to audio stems - so they can see the waveforms and match the transients. I've never done that, but I suppose that helps with tightening up the audio tracks.  When you get to the the final result, do you work with the MIDI for final export or do you export each track to an audio stem/waveform?  

Yes the pizzicato is probably not appropriate.  I was trying to use some arpeggiation, but didn't put as much attention on what I was doing.  I'll revisit that.  

Again, thanks for the valuable feedback, I really appreciate it.

Hi Brian, <div><br /></div><div>You're most welcome. <div><br /></div><div>I often write music for media projects and the endings of those pieces are predetermined through a discussion with the director of the project. But if I'm writing something for myself I usually start by trying to figure out what I'm trying to say with the piece. Is there a story I'm trying to tell? And/or are there new techniques that I'm exploring? From there I'll figure out a structure that will allow me to best tell my story and accomplish my intention with the pice. And that really helps for knowing when to end a piece. </div><div><br /></div><div>I certainly allow myself room to adjust the structure as I'm writing but for me it helps to know before hand what the structure of the piece will be. And this naturally tells me when the piece should end. You might want to try this approach. </div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, I do know of some people who prefer to mix audio rather than midi. If you don't go that route you can also use light quantizing to clean things up. And/or isolate tracks and listen back to them against your click track to make sure it sounds good. </div><div><br /></div><div>When I'm working on a piece it's almost always a mix of midi parts and live recorded audio tracks. And I mix the live audio along with the midi tracks. I use some quantizing on the midi parts, but I don't quantize too hard. And often I'll go in and slide, cut or extend midi notes to achieve the results that I'm after. </div><div><br /></div><div>I hope that helps. </div><div><br /></div><div>J</div></div>

<p>I composed the song in my DAW and uploaded it to YouTube. &nbsp;Instrument libraries used Spitfire's "Cinematic Soft Piano" and Audio Imperia's Solo (for the strings):&nbsp;</p>
<p>https://youtu.be/5EuaTq-tC3A</p>


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