Thank for sharing your imagery while listening. I listened to my track as I read along to your description and it was very cool to experience your point of view. Especially the bit about "quiet local shops that stand in peaceful overgrowth now, where there are only memories of past lives bustling here". 

That was definitely a concept that came up often as I was writing, the contrast between the hopeful adventure of those who left behind the great city, the slow demise of the city because it grew too big to care for its inhabitants. and, ages later, how the city became a remnant joining the cycle of birth and rebirth.  

Appreciate the kind words, thanks for listening! Love your entry as well, just gave it a rating. Will be sure to check out your other work :)

Yooo, thank you!

I think it was a free drop from Splice. They do like a drop of three premium VSTs per month or so, each one from a larger pack. So not sure if it's still free. But they have a pretty decent selection of free cello and string packs. But check out "Rust Bow" under their "Ambient Guitars" pack, also free. Has  a very cool, raw string sound!

Thank you, appreciate the kind words! Totally agree, the piece could do with more movement and development, really wish I caught the jam earlier! At the very least, the jam encouraged me to lay down this framework and I have something cool to sharpen up post-jam.

Thanks for the the listen and feedback!

Much appreciated, thanks for listening! And hope so too, very keen to flesh this out properly :)

Thank you, really appreciate the kind words and feedback!

100% on the motif. I really wanted to explore using motifs a bit more in this jam, as I tend to improv a lot when making music that I think comes from my background of playing in a band where we tend to improv a lot when jamming to figure out new songs. I really love it in films or games where there is a strong, recognisable motif for a character or place so wanted to dive deeper there. 

But I knew it was a bit stark and repetitive for this piece. I was still busy exploring ways of evolving it, for instance just reversing the chord note progressions, which already yielded interesting results, but time ran out.

And yes, getting in some more melodic flavour and a bit more progressions is def something I still want to explore with this piece, really enjoyed working on this.

Yeah, super bummed I caught so late. Especially since I felt so inspired by this theme! But def keen to still work on this piece post jam.

Regarding the abrupt shifts, I totally agree. That's the one thing I struggled with a bit and still wanted to remedy.

Like this first pause I felt was quite impactful (shifting from the soft lyre bit to the explosive orchestral section), but initially leaned to hard into it for the other pauses, and didn't find a satisfying crossover yet. Listened to to a lot of classical composers, like Handel and Beethoven, this week and it's amazing how masterfully their pieces flow between sections.

Yeah, I think repetition was another thing I wanted to work on. I do love the hypnotic effect of a repetitive melody, but there needs to be some evolution and melodic colouring to make it not feel stagnant, and that I think is the next thing I want to work on with this piece post jam, really figuring out that evolution. C418 is a great example of what I mean.

Thanks so much for the kind words! Appreciate the listen and the feedback :)

Thank you, appreciate the listen and feedback!

Yeah, also feel it needs something a bit more melodically. Listening to some of the other similar tracks in this jam, there some great subtle work done behind the main melodies, which I've really been enjoying. Adds so much depth. Def want to do a post-jam version and really nail down those intricacies. And a good bias to have, it's called "attention-grabbing for a reason"!

Thank you! 

Definitely wanted to add more! Caught the jam a bit late so was a little strapped for time. Currently, I'd say this is the basic structure and the idea was to take this and start adding a bit more richness and variation, find some more instruments to work in but alas time was not on mhy side. Super keen to jump into this and flesh it out properly for a post-jam version. Haven't really done a piece like this and had a blast creating it.

Thanks for the listen and feedback, appreciate it!