That was pretty friggin amazin', Max! =3

:)

Loved it Max... really...

V.

Thank you. :) Make sure you have the latest version with the windup at the beginning.

Everything seems to be there. String section, flute and oboe soloists, and a very Mannheim Steamroller kind of feel.
My poor old Micron computer is now having trouble playing the MIDI. Is there any way you can export it as an MP3?

Yes, there is. I'll post a link for it, soon.

Yes, there is. I'll do that and put it in scraps.

Wow... Very nice! I am a huge Mannheim Steamroller fan, myself, and it certainly does. Congrats :)

Oh, now, that is an amazing compliment.

Thank you.

And yes, I stole the ending idea from Stille Nacht.

Hehe, this is similar to what I had in mind. I didn't finish my rearrangement, though. Awesome job. ^^

Thank you. ^^

I'd still like to hear what you come up with.

and you ask me what you did wrong? xD

that's just wonderful and amazing.. and..
i just wanted to ask you if i could write a text for it and... hm..
and sing it..

shady


PS: are you from germany?

No, I'm as American as can be.

I'd be honored to have you sing it, write lyrics for it, rearrange it...whatever.

It is a midi and can be downloaded and played with.

You can do the lyrics in German if you want. It's okay. ;)

i think i'd do it in english
and i would like to take your version (the one you've put in the scraps)

shady

That's the mp3 version. Sure. No problem.

No, I'm as American as can be.

Go ahead and write something, rearrange it, whatever. It is a midi, and can be downloaded and played with.

just wanted top know if this would be okay for youi ^^

shady

Is okay. Is more than okay.

Sorry it took so long to get to listening to this XD

I really like the melody, plus the gentleness of it as well, along with the strings and your selection of chords. It's nice when the piano comes in and takes the lead.

It gives me the image of looking up at the sky whilst snow is falling. I'd love to hear what this would sound like when played by real instruments... you've got something quite impressive here :)

Keep up the good work.

The first half of this is absolutely amazing, which is saying something, since you rarely hear good midis these days. Excellent work, y'know. :] Makes me happy to see people doing up holiday stuff.

The reason why you don't hear many good midis is because people won't spend the time to make them good. Putting in the nuances that live performance has.

You know what I thought of while listening to it? Nobuo Uematsu, composer for the Final Fantasy games. Now, that may sound like a very nerdy comment, but I'm a huge game music buff, and Mr. Uematsu is my hero.

I guess I'm a sucker for soft, simple, emotional piano with background strings, because that made me feel very emotional.

My hat is off to you.

Thank you!!

Little feeple were skating around on an ice rink... :)

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Kev
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Yeah, I'm finding this piece is very evocative.

Very nice, I like how it was paced, just as I got used to listening to one instrument on the melody it would change again. And the rubato was a real nice touch, especially in a midi file where the rhythms can so easily get stagnant and rigid. And it reminds me of a music box where it slows down as it runs out of... well whatever it is it runs on.
The melody itself was very nice and simple in a captivating way... there was one rhythm that kept repeating (two pickup eighth notes and a half note), normally that kind of unchanging pattern might sound awkward to my ears but since it was a music box I think it really gave a sound like it was mechanized or automated but still emotional and appealing, so it was really very appropriate!
Good job :)

Thank you very much!

Yeah, I tweeked the midi a lot. I think that is one of the major problems with a lot of midis is that they take the easy way out and just let it run.

And that was *exactly* the effect I was going for--a music box running down.