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Here's my version of "Silent Night" for a very quick Dispatch turnaround. www.richardemmet.com/SilentNight.mp3There wasn't time for this listing, but I think I'll get a real trumpet player to play the short trumpet end melody.Richard

Sounds good Richard! I'll let others with more experience in orchestration comment on that, but it all sounds good to me.Cam

Hi Richard, Well I think this is excellent! I'm working on one for this listing too (five hours to go....) and as they are so strongly saying that it needs to sound like the "real deal" I think this makes the grade, with the exception of the trumpet at the end, which you're already on to. I think it would be well worth having a real trumpeter do those last few notes and it should get forwarded I would think. I don't think mine sounds realistic enough so far...Good luck with it!Georgie

sounds very midi - fake trumpetwrite out the arr and hire real musicians because the composing is niceinvest in yourself

Oct 31, 2008, 10:33am, regulator wrote:sounds very midi - fake trumpetwrite out the arr and hire real musicians because the composing is niceinvest in yourselfHi Richard,I read the advice from our friend regulator before listening and I thought "Oh no! Richard must be laying an egg here! I gotta jump in and help out". In fact, there's a lot to really-really enjoy in this one: a lot of emotional impact from beginning to end. Some of the lack of realism that others have observed could be improved with some note-for-note critical listening and corrective actions like varations in articulations and humanizing the timing of certain notes here and there. Hiring live musicians is always the ultimate solution to the realism issue, but skill and TLC with the tools at-hand should take this one where you want it to go <IMHO>.So Richard... keep up the good work and keep on growing too. -Allen

Oct 31, 2008, 11:02am, allends wrote:Oct 31, 2008, 10:33am, regulator wrote:sounds very midi - fake trumpetwrite out the arr and hire real musicians because the composing is niceinvest in yourselfHi Richard,I read the advice from our friend regulator before listening and I thought "Oh no! Richard must be laying an egg here! I gotta jump in and help out". In fact, there's a lot to really-really enjoy in this one: a lot of emotional impact from beginning to end. Some of the lack of realism that others have observed could be improved with some note-for-note critical listening and corrective actions like varations in articulations and humanizing the timing of certain notes here and there. Hiring live musicians is always the ultimate solution to the realism issue, but skill and TLC with the tools at-hand should take this one where you want it to go <IMHO>.So Richard... keep up the good work and keep on growing too. -AllenThanks for the comments. I knew it was a little crazy to try to make the deadline on this one since I'm not an especially fast composer. I began working on it about 8pm on Thursday and finished at 7:15am and then had to get ready for my day job (from where I sleepily type this note). I tracked and mixed entirely with headphones (for the neighbors' sake), so I have no idea what it really sounds like. I'll continue to work on it and hopefully make improvements. Richard

Hey Richard,Tune sounds cool. Like those strings. Trumpet is ok, maybe a different patch...Overall, very nice arrangement. Best Regards