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Mar 2006
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Feb 23, 2008, 11:29 AM
Local time: Feb 23, 2008, 10:29 AM
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Listening to the samples, I'll say first that your technique is good. Still, I found myself wishing the performances were a little more musical...some pieces had more expression than others, but in general it seemed that you were too busy thinking of them as video game music to realize their full potential as piano music. In short sections I could hear basic crescendos and decrescendos, but usually the larger phrases lacked a unified direction. In "The Day After," for example, there is a very inspiring key change near the end, and yet you play it at exactly the same volume and in exactly the same way as the rest of the piece. I noticed similar trends in most of the other samples as well.
That said, even though I personally prefer full piano arrangements, I definitely respect what you're doing here, as I used to have a very similar mentality. It brings back memories of constantly going back and forth between my computer to play the SPC and my piano to write down the notes...definitely a labor of love.
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Dhsu