Made To Be Broken - Marius9

9th Feb 2010 23:04 - 16 years ago
Description : I started out with just the warm mid-range strings section you hear toward the middle of the song when the piano gets sparse and sad, and I expanded on it from there. I really wanted that to be a theme throughout the song so I did my best to keep it going, even increasing the velocity of the notes in the track and adding a limiter on the master to get an even volume throughout the track. When it came in at just over 2:40, I felt it wasn't long enough to constitute an instrumental piece, so I started writing more string parts and just looped the piano sections, having recorded them in two tracks, one for treble and one for bass. I layered the strings to get a really big, climactic sound, and this is the end result. I don't say it very often, but I am really happy with it.

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Mosaic
Mosaic 30th Jun 2014 06:58 - 12 years ago
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GramoChopin
GramoChopin 23rd Mar 2011 13:55 - 15 years ago
Best piano piece on here man, of course i've said how much i like this before by writing that story, but this is so drawing. it just really pulls me in. beautiful with no limits

Neobane
BluntsAndBeats
BluntsAndBeats 23rd Jul 2010 22:37 - 16 years ago
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AllenV
AllenV 23rd Jul 2010 07:54 - 16 years ago
My lord man..this is beautiful,it just ended as I type and I don't know what to say...forgive me.
Just when you think you've found all the talent you can take in on this site,I find this.
Sorry it took a forum post but as long as all roads lead...
Wonderful.

Allen
StephenPotter
StephenPotter 22nd Jul 2010 08:02 - 16 years ago
The piano right at the start was great, and so was Neos imagery. Very well composed, the strings were full of emotion, you've done a really good job on this song, I find it difficult to keep a changing melody going throughout a song, and some of the piano slides were absolutley stunning!

Beautiful, just needs some rain effects over the top and a decent movie director and you've got the job!

But in all seriousness, this is a beautiful track, and I'm really impressed with what you've done here. A faviroute from me.

Ste :)
Elotium
Elotium 19th Apr 2010 20:45 - 16 years ago
I saw your comment on my forum post. Thank for your originality. This song is really nice on my ears. I can see it fitting in all kinds of different media. The piano seemed a bit loud at one point but nothing is perfect, and if something sounds perfect it loses some human quality which I love about unsigned artists. Keep it up, your tracks are really cool.
Marius9
Marius9 replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks for the kind words, dude. I certainly will keep it up.
ChaseManhattan
ChaseManhattan 4th Apr 2010 22:12 - 16 years ago
wow. the piano on this is very intracite and to the point. i like this a lot. you need to do more tracks like this one because this is epic. its flowing into speakers like an epidemic, you killed it someone get a paramedic!!!
Marius9
Marius9 replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
lol. Thanks man, I never had anyone bust rhymes in a review before. I got a couple more tracks like this out there, and I may or may not have posted them, I have to double check.
denialart
denialart 1st Mar 2010 09:32 - 16 years ago
my daughetr chose this tune.she danced like a ballerina
Marius9
Marius9 replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Awesome.
SYLPHEERA
SYLPHEERA 25th Feb 2010 22:14 - 16 years ago
This is really some great piano material (and strings too). The only critisism I could make is that there are places where the strings should 'back down' in volume so the piano can shine more.
The strings always have harmonic stuff. If a real classical ensemble were to play this, the string players would control the dynamics in a softer way, since the piano (usually) has the more important material. Fantastic work though!
Marius9
Marius9 replied Unknown - 2028 years ago
Thanks for the input! It's hard to find someone who will even make a critisism, let alone take the time to put it down.

I was actually going for the strings to take the louder section in this piece, because I think the piano is a little repetitive in all, and I more or less made to piece to showcase my string arrangements.

I totally feel where you are coming from though. Thanks again for the input.

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