Sad Piano Feedback Needed

[karafinman]

Hi. This is my composition for the sad, minimalist listing.

https://soundcloud.com/user-913241419/s ... al_sharing

It is due tomorrow night! Please comment.

SAD, MINIMALIST PIANO & STRINGS INSTRUMENTALS and/or INSTRUMENTAL CUES are needed by a NEW International Music Licensing Company started by highly experienced, successful founders!

TAXI TIP: This is a hot new Library that's BRAND NEW to requesting music through TAXI, so chances are you don’t have any material in their catalog yet! This company is all about "new, fresh music," so this is a great opportunity to get in first and create a new outlet for your music and begin a new relationship with an awesome new company!

This Company is searching for Instrumentals and/or Instrumental Cues in the general ballpark of these references:

"Reminiscence" by Ólafur Arnalds & Alice Sara Ott

"Compassione" by Cavallo

"Into The Abyss" by Jackson Mullane

Quoting the Company: "We are looking for greatly produced tracks with excellent performances that are representing the style and genre very well, while still staying within 'production music' rules."

Please submit modern, minimalist Piano and String Instrumentals (or Cues) with an overall sad sound and feel. Your submissions should have compelling melodies and a combination of Piano and String instrumentation. If you plan on using virtual piano or string instruments, they should sound like the real thing – anything that sounds synthetic, low quality, or obviously MIDI-driven won’t work for this request. Please be sure that your production is high-quality and modern, as well.

[cassmcentee]

Very lovely piece!
Two things that might hold it back to my ears...
I don't hear a pause anywhere, generaly to be used as edit points
The strings have a few spots where the midi stands out, seemed like it was on some of the note changes
Good Luck!

[karafinman]

Very good advice. I will fix those later today. Maybe add a ritard into the pause.

[JaredAbrams]

Very nice piece. I listened to it a few times. 2 things that I got out of it is that I feel like the violin in your song should play more of a role (louder in the mix) because upon listening to the references that is what I noticed the most about them. The other thing is that at times the transitions in the violin sound unnatural. I am not sure if that is something that can be tweaked in the piano roll (midi editing) or if it is the violin library.