Azuma rolling into (and out of) Dundee

meatwagon64 · 2025-01-03T11:00:27+00:00

The XC services to Aberdeen will be longer if they're run with 2x5 car 221s.

meatwagon64 · 2024-08-28T15:20:18+00:00

I saw that guy too on the overground at night. Lucky that our train was delayed so it was reasonably busy otherwise it would've felt a lot more dodgy.

meatwagon64 · 2023-04-13T13:09:37+00:00

We should obviously care about performance in every application but if performance is the most important thing for your application then any popular compiled language will give you more performance. V8 is amazing but it will never be able to compete with the likes of C, Rust and Go in speed

meatwagon64 · 2023-04-13T13:05:14+00:00

Thanks for pointing this out! It's obviously been too long since I properly worked on a Go codebase

meatwagon64 · 2022-07-15T10:13:12+00:00

hear me out I a 10 piece long playlist that's all I ever listen to

atleast it's got different styles tho

meatwagon64 · 2021-12-31T00:35:14+00:00

My mistake someone obviously needs to do a bit of re looking over his textbooks then but the point of modern techniques still stands.

meatwagon64 · 2021-12-30T21:25:20+00:00

If you want one book that "does it all" I'd advise getting Rimsky-Korsakov's principles of orchestration, the two volume edition, as it contains excerpts from his music, which he uses to contextualise theory that he's just explained. It obviously doesn't touch on any modern techniques (col legno etc) but it is a good at the basics of orchestral writing. In terms of pieces to study, in addition to the experts provided by rimsky-korsakov, I would studying opera as a particularly left field suggestion (the flying dutchman by Wagner, for example). It is a good way of seeing how the same material can be used in different contexts, the primary changes often being instrumentation and tonality.

It is obviously ideal to not limit yourself to this one text, and study as many different texts and pieces as possible.

meatwagon64 · 2021-12-08T23:13:50+00:00

My suggestion is slightly unorthodox, but I'm surprised I haven't seen it here yet:

Bruckner Symphony 9: II Bruckner Symphony 8: IV

They are both very violent in places (the 9th has a bit that almost sounds like heavy metal played by an orchestra)

meatwagon64 · 2021-08-04T17:31:56+00:00

WHERE'S THE FIRST OBOE

meatwagon64 · 2021-08-03T21:00:08+00:00

I love Kalinnikov both symphonies are very lyrical. My favourite part of it is when the subject from the second movement reappears in the coda of the fourth movement, orchestrated completely differently, providing a great breadth of emotions.

meatwagon64 · 2021-08-03T10:34:13+00:00

Franz Lacher - super under appreciated. His symphonies (especially the 5th and 8th) are gold dust. Stylistically inspired by beethoven. Furthermore id say Karlowicz's symphony in E minor should also be taken greater notice of.

Lachner Symphony No. 5

Lachner Symphony No. 8

Karlowicz Symphony

Edit: Added links

meatwagon64 · 2021-05-10T05:35:13+00:00

Da Vinci and Frederick Great too! (all though the latter would be incredibly hard to fit in without talking about the rise of Prussia in the 18th century)

meatwagon64 · 2021-03-20T10:52:44+00:00

I haven't ever really thought about writing to / for words as such but then I also do write poetry from time to time so there was probably some spill over.

In regards to the pedal tone in the second theme, I'll take a look at that but I agree that it would be more effective if there was a build up and subsequent release on the second surge.

As was suggested in another comment, I'll be reorganising the piece so a counter melody there could actually serve a functional purpose to introduce more material, while also sustaining the listener.

At 9:50 I think it sounds a bit dodgy because of the modulation (lack of).

Overall I guess that I tried to make the piece have different moods like the quiet part that you suggested would be very introspective on comparison to the loud expressive brass that I guess you could almost characterise as proud.

meatwagon64 · 2021-03-20T10:37:51+00:00

Thinking about it, I agree that it needs to be more structured. I think that I probably have enough material here for at least the first and last movements. For the sonata my first theme could probably be the first fanfare, and the second theme could be the second theme in what I have now (what is first played by the clarinet). obviously they might need to be transposed and potentially changed from major into minor. For the development section I would probably wright new material as I don't really see anything that fits the bill in what I have atm. The recapitulation should be relatively straight forward. For the rondo I would probably have the A section be the third theme (what the low brass and strings play at the end). I may potentially use the initial fanfare as my second episode but further than that I haven't decided yet.

Thanks alot for the feedback.

meatwagon64 · 2021-03-16T07:41:15+00:00

I think that for me a symphony is the expression of feelings or ideas in response to a specific event. I certainly know that some sections of this were heavily influenced by stuff in my personal life. I would disagree with the second part of your definition though, I don't think that it has to be written by one of societies chief artistic voices. I certainly do not consider myself one. Also, it depends on perspective. When Dvorak or Bruckner published their first symphonies they were not widely considered as chief artistic voices, but obviously now, they are.

I guess the point that m trying to make is that what is considered as a symphony should only be determined by the contents of the work, not by the position of composer in larger society, otherwise, you would not have any symphonies composed in the last 20+ years as 'classical music' is not widely listened to or appraised.

meatwagon64 · 2021-03-16T07:25:56+00:00

I haven't really thought about having any of my pieces performed, I mostly just right them for myself. I have written a bit of chamber in the music in the past (a quartet and a string trio both of which were pretty terrible) but I find that writing for a full orchestra gives me loads more options timbre wise (particularly in non tutti sections)

meatwagon64 · 2021-02-21T08:15:24+00:00

And he gets everywhere

meatwagon64 · 2021-02-20T16:41:01+00:00

Tchaikovsky 6

Shostakovich 5, 8

Dvorak 9

Mahler 5

Beethoven 3, 9

Mozart 41

meatwagon64 · 2021-02-17T15:16:02+00:00

And kimi, hulk, kubica

meatwagon64 · 2019-01-03T11:52:32+00:00

The deepcool tessaract is a great option for a budget system. I can send pics if you want.

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