He quedado genuinamente fascinado por esta obra. El ambiente que se crea desde la atmósfera de la armonía, hasta la historia que cuenta la melodía. Es fantástico! Felicidades, es un gran trabajo
Absolutely gorgeous as always Holland! This is the kind of music I would always love to listen to throughout high school to get me excited to play the violin, since I only played with a string orchestra up to that point. The lush harmonies and colors that you have mix well with this slower somber work, and I think there are lots of great moments in the piece to create effective climaxes! Would love to play this in an orchestra setting someday :-)
That is a hard question to answer. 😅 It depends on the complexity. I'd guess on average it takes me between 20-40 hours for all the programming. For only strings, I'd estimate they take up 2/3 of that time. It could be something like 6-8 hours if it's really simple (like a piece that has a lot of sustained notes won't need so much shaping), but possibly upwards of 15-20 hours depending on how much detail? It's hard to gauge without actually timing myself, but strings are almost always most of the work in the DAW. If I'm really inspired, I can work much faster and finish a song in like a week (or less! Which is great!), but then other times it can take many weeks.
@@HollandAlbright Thanks for that answer! Do you have any tips for making the dynamics so balanced and cohesive? Like what is your approach/habits to take the initial take and make all the CC like dynamics/expression be cohesive? Is it super tedious or do you have any tips to make it more logical and feel like a workflow? I feel like my dynamics are all over the place unless they're the exact dynamics copy pasted to each section of the strings.
@@BraggsTippingPoint It can definitely be tedious, and sometimes to get the right sound, you'll have to drastically change the dynamics of certain instruments even within the same family. Like sometimes in forte sections, I'll make violas/cellos softer, maybe around a mf/mp if the violins need to stand out more. Or I'll adjust whole sections- in Reaper, you can select multiple MIDI CCs at once and move them, so you can adjust a whole section's dynamics at once. No one is seeing under the hood except you, so if it achieves the sound you want, then it's fine, and sometimes the dynamics will be all over the place. That said, I usually start by putting CC1/dynamics on Violins 1 at their first dynamic at the beginning of the piece, and since most of the strings will be the same dynamic to start, copy/paste CC1 to all the string MIDI. Same with CC11/expression. Then I adjust individually from there. I don't know if there's a faster way, but sometimes it helps to do broad strokes. Like if I'm nitpicking too much with CCs I'll delete the dynamics in that spot and start from scratch with simple "this section loud, this section soft" and then fine tune after that-- and a lot of the time that will fix whatever dynamics issue I was struggling with (and it usually ends up being a lot less work and less detailed work). I do more with CC1/dynamics, and less with CC11/expression. They are both useful, but I think there is more to get out of dynamics first and using expression to enhance the dynamics if needed. I generally leave CC11 all the way up and then leave it alone until I need it (when CC1 is too big a change), or if I'm really in it and need that much detail. It varies for each song. Also, sometimes CC1 and CC11 will move in opposite directions, like for instance, if you go from a less loud forte to a full mezzo-piano, CC1 will move down, CC11 up- to me, the larger CC1 change from forte to mezzo-piano is what's noticeable over the CC11 change (I don't do that a lot but it happens sometimes). Bezier curves for all dynamics, even if it's a fast change. Dynamics are much smoother that way. I try to remember that "less is more" works in a lot of cases. Adjusting the reverb can help a lot to smooth out rough dynamics, and when there's a lot of instruments playing at once, you may not hear the things that are more noticeable when listening to an isolated instrument or section. I know this was a *wall* of text, but those are what I can think of that I do regarding dynamics.
@@HollandAlbright Really helpful! Thank you for taking the time to write all of that! I will definitely take these points into consideration and see if I can improve my own! It has always felt super tedious and not cohesive at all. It is very uninspiring when it feels off and you don't know why lol. Appreciate it Holland! Keep posting more scores, I listen to all of them for inspiration.
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He quedado genuinamente fascinado por esta obra. El ambiente que se crea desde la atmósfera de la armonía, hasta la historia que cuenta la melodía. Es fantástico! Felicidades, es un gran trabajo
¡muchas gracias! Eso significa mucho. Thanks so much, that means a lot! :)
Wonderfull. I picture myself in front of a fantasy-like winter palace
Thank you! I can see that- it does have some wintry vibes ❄
Absolutely gorgeous as always Holland! This is the kind of music I would always love to listen to throughout high school to get me excited to play the violin, since I only played with a string orchestra up to that point. The lush harmonies and colors that you have mix well with this slower somber work, and I think there are lots of great moments in the piece to create effective climaxes!
Would love to play this in an orchestra setting someday :-)
Someday, I hope to hear it live... maybe an opportunity will come along soon. Thank you so much, Joshua ✨
Beautiful! I love your orchestra work, keep it up!
Thanks so much!! :)
Oh that's really beautiful! Very different style to what I expected to hear from you but really nice to represent an entirely different concept!
Thanks so much! I really want to use electric guitar more often with orchestra- I really like the sound :)
きれいな曲ですね。
自分も雨の曲を書いてみようとアップしたばかりなのでこういう季節（日本には梅雨という時期がある）
しみじみしています。。。
本当にありがとう！It's raining here a lot right now, too 🌦
Well done ,well done. Beautiful piece. Would love to hear it played by a real orchestra.
Thank you so much! You and me both :) Someday... 🤞
This has a very Joe Hisaishi feel to it. I like it
@@billyriedel6449 thanks so much! I love Hisaishi’s work. That means a lot
Very nice as usual 😀
Thank you! ✨
Brilliant piece and wonderful ending.
Thank you so much!
Brilliant, Holland. Gorgeous piece!
Thank you so much, Ben!🎵🎵
pure music
Thank you :)
stuning
Thank you!
How long does it take you to program the VI's? Particularly the strings.
That is a hard question to answer. 😅 It depends on the complexity. I'd guess on average it takes me between 20-40 hours for all the programming. For only strings, I'd estimate they take up 2/3 of that time. It could be something like 6-8 hours if it's really simple (like a piece that has a lot of sustained notes won't need so much shaping), but possibly upwards of 15-20 hours depending on how much detail? It's hard to gauge without actually timing myself, but strings are almost always most of the work in the DAW. If I'm really inspired, I can work much faster and finish a song in like a week (or less! Which is great!), but then other times it can take many weeks.
@@HollandAlbright Thanks for that answer! Do you have any tips for making the dynamics so balanced and cohesive? Like what is your approach/habits to take the initial take and make all the CC like dynamics/expression be cohesive? Is it super tedious or do you have any tips to make it more logical and feel like a workflow? I feel like my dynamics are all over the place unless they're the exact dynamics copy pasted to each section of the strings.
@@BraggsTippingPoint It can definitely be tedious, and sometimes to get the right sound, you'll have to drastically change the dynamics of certain instruments even within the same family. Like sometimes in forte sections, I'll make violas/cellos softer, maybe around a mf/mp if the violins need to stand out more. Or I'll adjust whole sections- in Reaper, you can select multiple MIDI CCs at once and move them, so you can adjust a whole section's dynamics at once. No one is seeing under the hood except you, so if it achieves the sound you want, then it's fine, and sometimes the dynamics will be all over the place.
That said, I usually start by putting CC1/dynamics on Violins 1 at their first dynamic at the beginning of the piece, and since most of the strings will be the same dynamic to start, copy/paste CC1 to all the string MIDI. Same with CC11/expression. Then I adjust individually from there. I don't know if there's a faster way, but sometimes it helps to do broad strokes. Like if I'm nitpicking too much with CCs I'll delete the dynamics in that spot and start from scratch with simple "this section loud, this section soft" and then fine tune after that-- and a lot of the time that will fix whatever dynamics issue I was struggling with (and it usually ends up being a lot less work and less detailed work).
I do more with CC1/dynamics, and less with CC11/expression. They are both useful, but I think there is more to get out of dynamics first and using expression to enhance the dynamics if needed. I generally leave CC11 all the way up and then leave it alone until I need it (when CC1 is too big a change), or if I'm really in it and need that much detail. It varies for each song. Also, sometimes CC1 and CC11 will move in opposite directions, like for instance, if you go from a less loud forte to a full mezzo-piano, CC1 will move down, CC11 up- to me, the larger CC1 change from forte to mezzo-piano is what's noticeable over the CC11 change (I don't do that a lot but it happens sometimes).
Bezier curves for all dynamics, even if it's a fast change. Dynamics are much smoother that way.
I try to remember that "less is more" works in a lot of cases. Adjusting the reverb can help a lot to smooth out rough dynamics, and when there's a lot of instruments playing at once, you may not hear the things that are more noticeable when listening to an isolated instrument or section.
I know this was a *wall* of text, but those are what I can think of that I do regarding dynamics.
@@HollandAlbright Really helpful! Thank you for taking the time to write all of that! I will definitely take these points into consideration and see if I can improve my own! It has always felt super tedious and not cohesive at all. It is very uninspiring when it feels off and you don't know why lol. Appreciate it Holland! Keep posting more scores, I listen to all of them for inspiration.