Crudblud's Craptacular C(r)ompositions

[Crudblud]

I enjoyed 'It's Really More of a Fuchsia' and the Duets nos. 2 and 5, very much, @Crudblud. A distinctive sound world and harmonies in each of them which I found very appealing.  : )

Thank you so much for taking the time to listen, I'm glad you enjoyed them.

[Karl Henning]

Revisiting this, Dan. Love it!

[Crudblud]

Revisiting this, Dan. Love it!

Thank you Karl. I'm glad you enjoyed it, and as ever it means a lot that you would take some time out of your day to listen to my work.

I was prompted by your post to revisit it myself. I don't think I'd heard it in full in some years. It definitely has interesting aesthetics. I think I manage to get some interesting effects, especially timbrel effects and textures. Because of the use of the 12- and 24-TET pianos, not to mention the copious pitched percussion, there are a lot of "shimmering" sorts of sounds, which I do like. Also, to pat myself on the back a little bit, the focus on contrasting durations of sounds is mostly well done.

In terms of the composition I think it would have benefited from more of a structural focus. When I listen to it now the things that I'm sure seemed deliberate to me at the time now seem a bit scattershot, and I see myself here being more concerned with effects than with structure, to the piece's detriment. Also I regret not using the whole step motif introduced in the final movement (18:27 in the video) in more complex ways. I do that once (19:50) but after that it just repeats like a flat idée fixe.