Hi Vegangelica,
Thank you for listening to my music and writing a critique to it! It was very well thought out!
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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
Teknoaxe,
"Crisp Dawn," a short symphonic piece with heavy, militaristic drumming and slightly eerie synthesizer violin sounds, was my favorite of all the pieces you have posted so far. In "Crisp Dawn" you intentionally left the drum silent at times. I felt those silent spots were important because they created more contrast and excitement than I expected in such a short piece.
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(1) You can create emotion in a song by defying the listeners’ expectations. If people expect a loud note at the end of a crescendo, go soft, for example. So, having consistent drumming throughout a piece (as in "Super Hero") won’t have as much impact as having segments that lack drumming (as in "Crisp Dawn"). I think this is the reason I like "Crisp Dawn" the best...the drumming doesn't occur consistently through the song. The silences become important. Also, I just like eerie violin sounds! 
(2) Two ways to create a feeling of climax within a song are these:
(A) make chaos turn into order.
(B) make order turn into chaos. |
That is actually really good advice! I will look more for that in my future compositions. I'm not really a professional composer, but I can pick out what I like in songs that I hear and try to apply that to my own songs. Interestingly enough, Superhero started out almost as a march with the bass drum hitting at every quarter note, but I had to tone that down because I felt that was too much.
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So, although I dislike the treatment of animals in your song, I still like the song. I feel you successfully capture in it some of that raw energy I felt when I held that gun and used it to blast an object far from me. Power and freedom. Exhilaration. I just wish the "object" in your song weren't a bird! 
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That is a little surprising and I do understand your objections to the lyrics. You may be surprised to find out that a lot of my favorite songs I disagree with on political or philosophical grounds, but I find that conflict, paired with good music, tends to make me think more about the subject being discussed in the song.
This is one of the most favorite songs I've ever done because of the things you say about it. I want to try to capture some of its energy in a different way someday!