How to End a Story v.3

smueske · 11-26-2021, 01:16 PM

This is a collaboration I did with three other artists. Player is embedded on the page in the link.

https://rcrft.co/reel/whoisthemuesk/howtoendastory2

Time Waster · 11-27-2021, 06:24 AM

Nice. The story did appear to end well.

smueske · 11-27-2021, 04:23 PM

Thank you very much for listening!

Jorgen · 12-01-2021, 12:53 PM

I found the latter part, from 2.23 something, to be musical. Improvised melody? Wouldn't hurt with some more work.

That first part with a lot of sounds going on (really loud) had that repetitive "theme" on top, which sounded a bit "it is what it is"...

To put it bluntly: You had all the material to make music, but (I guess) didn't spend too much time organizing and arranging the piece. Been there, done that.

I find this particularly cumbersome when dealing with rich synth sounds. Everything sounds fab and exciting.

Time Waster · 12-01-2021, 06:02 PM

I think this is a good composition. The mood changes throughout the work in a logical way. It tells a story and takes you somewhere. Sure, there are no catchy melodies, but I don't think it is meant to be a nursery rhyme or pop song. The work is over three minutes long, but it seems much shorter. There are plenty of surprises. It's not boring.

smueske · 12-01-2021, 06:57 PM

Thanks for listening!

Jorgen, you have some valid points. I can assure you that a lot of time went into the composition, as well as coordinating files from 3 other contributors. It's been something like a year and a half in process.

Strangely enough I just posted what I hope is the last version. Structurally, it's the same form, but I decided to focus on unifying the beat. It's a difficult signature to listen to, 13/8. So, some of things I was doing, I felt, added a bit of confusion.

Timewaster, thanks for coming back.

Hopefully, it's sorted now. At least it's as good as I can get it and still remain true to the spirit of the piece.

Grateful for everyone's time!

Steve

41TWIN · 12-02-2021, 02:14 PM

I thought it was pretty cool and I'm sort of amazed that 4 people worked on that to bring it to one song. I mean how do you figure out who does what and when?

It was vevy interesting and a good recording. I could see that being played in an art museum or something.

At the Calatrava. That's this fancy building we have in Milwaukee...

https://calatrava.com/projects/milwa...rt-museum.html

smueske · 12-02-2021, 02:46 PM

41Twin, I am honored that you listened.

William Sanford and I worked out parts of it together, then I sent stems back to Bill, and also Jon, who sent back complete deconstructions. I did final assembly and production, which also included improvs from Bill and musicologist Mike Ethen. It was a challenge and a welcome change of pace from how I normally work.

Thanks for your kind comments. I've been to Milwaukee numerous times when I lived in Wisconsin.