Pt. 1 - The Crust

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Part 1 of PlanetEarth Suite. This is 4 part piece written by me (Colin). I'm 11 and wrote this for a class project where we had to create something that represents the four main layers of the earth. I did it with loops in Garageband 2 and Jampack 4.

Please listen to all 4 parts:

The Crust: http://www.macjams.com/song/25023
The Mantle: http://www.macjams.com/song/25024
The Outer Core: http://www.macjams.com/song/25025
The Inner Core: http://www.macjams.com/song/25026

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Song Stats

Hits: 1246
Comments: 16
Fans: 5
Plays: 205
Downloads: 49
Votes: 10
Uploaded: Oct 11, 2006 - 11:09:57 AM
Last Updated: Oct 11, 2006 - 03:13:32 PM Last Played: Oct 19, 2008 - 07:29:18 PM

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Keywords:

Classical (456), Earth (38), Planet (6), School Project (1)

Hardware:

iMac G5 2GHz

Software:

Garageband 2, Jampack 4

Comments

theglareofday	theglareofday said 1142 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	wow this is really fantastic!!!! there are people 3 times your age that can't do this....a very cool piece that has a womderful sense of motion and colour....love the percussion work in it....very well executed!!!!keep it up....you may be the next Phillip Glass....2 Thumbs up!!!! Great work.....Peace.....Ian Check out my latest song called Bobby Ray

apb

apb said 1142 days ago (October 11th, 2006)

I hate it ..
.. when Ian/springclockwonder/theglareofday is right! .. and talks
about me behind my back .. ;o)

I listened to all 4 parts (but put all my comments here):
"The crust" - ah Crusty the er .. crust ..the cool hardened shell . but
wait .. I sense the ticking bomb of a volcano being expressed -
eruption and lava flowing. Smoothly done.
"The mantle" - more fluid and flowing (as you'ld expect) .. and hot! Yes
..hot, burny, burny .. don't touch! lol Fab percussion and sense of
movement.
"Outer core" - more secluded, gentler, greater depth, dark ..
"Inner core" - it's the power, the magnetic centre .. intense pressure
leading to occassional boughts of .. silliness lol .. the bells make a
return - which left a poignant 'time' question? Hmm ..

Fantastic job guys. Hopefully I'm hearing some of what your expressing
correctly and I think it's time to quit before you get too good ;o)

PS. in the lid "The Core:" is listed beside "The Crust" link in these posts.
I bet that was Dad huh? Sheesh .. fathers .. get him to fix it, right
away!! ;o)

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Pongo	Pongo said 1142 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	Thanks for the comment Yep, my dad messed that Core/Crust thing up, but it's fixed now. Check out my latest song called Battle Noise II

apb	apb said 1142 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	I forgot to say.. Pt.2 was my favourite of the four parts.. and I'll sort that oversight now. Thanks for sharing. --- "In Swedish, there is a subtle difference between being ugly or drunk" Check out my latest song called Misplaced

Dime73	Dime73 said 1142 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	wtf! I cannot just believe you actually made that with GB 2! Check out my latest song called Disorientated Psycho

Henke	Henke said 1142 days ago (October 11th, 2006)
	Boy This is goood! Are u sure you don't have 101 little orchestra musicians at your command?! As well as a world famous conductor? And like a Stravinsky or someone for a father and... Well I am totally impressed. This is fav'd and downloaded with a big THANK YOU Pongo! Now I am off to the others! Check out my latest song called Heading for Alpha Centauri (mj space race 2009)

drakonis

drakonis said 1142 days ago (October 11th, 2006)

Mahler?
So the great composer Mahler once said "The symphony must be like the
world, it must contain EVERYTHING." And here you are at 11, turning that
inside out and saying the "world must be in a symphony!" Very cool! I
hear earthquakes in the timpani, volcanic cymbals, and a bit of The
Moldau (rivers, ask your dad to play it for you) with the strings. But I
think that I am just scratching the surface with "The Crust"... I look
forward to going deeper and listening to the rest of these. You did a
great job here, I hope your class and teacher appreciate your work on
this! I think you deserve a root beer float, at least!
ttfn,
Drakonis

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VicDiesel

VicDiesel said 1142 days ago (October 11th, 2006)

Very promising
I don't have GB or any of the Jam Packs, so I have no idea what the
loops sound like. But I'm guessing..... Ok, first of all, you have a very
nice sense of architecture. This piece has an excellent intro, builds up
nicely (the percussion part after the tutti strings is just a tad too long
for me), and it has an actual end..... But now take a look at what you've
done compositionally. Percussion intro, fine. Then you get some
melodic material: a very clear clarinet theme. This gets repeated twice,
alternating with a horn theme, so clearly it's important. And indeed,
when the full strings come in they restate this theme. Now the listener
is sure: this is the theme of the piece. But then, after some tympani,
when you expect the whole orchestra to burst out in the ultimate
development of that theme at the high point of the composition, eh,
nothing really happens. You get a string riff that's clearly background.
Here's my suggestion: if that Jam Pack allows you to play your own
melodies, see if you can take the initial theme and somehow fit it over
that string riff..... For reference, take a listen to The Moldau by
Smetana. Your piece reminded me very much of that, and Smetana
develops a flute riff plus one melodic theme into, oh, 15 minutes or so
of excellent music...... But hey, you've done a pretty good job on your
first posted composition. This holds great promise for the future. --
Victor.

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alfalpha

alfalpha said 1141 days ago (October 12th, 2006)

oh my God....
already you have a wonderful sense of narrative, drama & climax...I'll
bet Dad is real proud of you, (& so he should be!)
whatever you do, please,please, please nurture & develop this creative
talent you have.....I'm off to get blown away by the other movements
now!

Congratulations

(I'm particularly pleased to see that there are still some schools
encouraging the arts, especially at this age)

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stevewhit	stevewhit said 1140 days ago (October 13th, 2006)
	A STAR OF THE FUTURE-ON PLANET EARTH! Very well done Colin, I'm not really an expert in music but I do know what I like to listen to and I really like all your 4 pieces of work, again well done and keep it up you have a gift of being able to hear and put compositions together. Thank you Steve Check out my latest song called schooldays

Ed Hannifin

Ed Hannifin said 1140 days ago (October 13th, 2006)

All right, Colin...
What I hear first off is that you have a good ear. You have a good ear for
what sort of sounds go well together, and you have a great sense of
dynamics. I don't do a lot with loops, myself, but I found that this didn't
seem "loopy" to my ears. You have a nice sense of how to mix highs and
lows for contrast. Your mix doesn't become murky or busy.

This is a very enjoyable piece, and it seems VERY well suited to the theme
of your school project.

Ed

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thepeep

thepeep said 1140 days ago (October 13th, 2006)

So, Pongo....
You're a new MacJammer, right? I really the way you have the drums,
you know, beating as if the continents were clanking together. Really, I
just like it as it is, it's awesome. I mean, usually I prefer electric stuff,
but this really takes the cake. It's cool! I'm also going to be posting a
new song, too. It's going to be called 'Electricity'. You might be able to
look it up under 'thepeep'. By the way, this is a really great song. You
know if the 9's didn't have better vote descriptions, I'd have given it all
10's. Keep it up, Pongo!

Your hope-to-be friend,

thepeep

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Morpheus	Morpheus said 1132 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	Beautiful Piece This is a BEAUTIFUL piece of music, but I really don't think it would sound like that with just jampack 4 and garageband. For a start, you would need the orchestral expansion (jampack3) to get any kind of decent strings. I LOVE the piece, but I don't think it's just done with garageband. And are you really 11? Check out my latest song called Animation Ending

Morpheus	Morpheus said 1132 days ago (October 21st, 2006)
	oooooo......loops!!! Didn't realise you were using loops!! That's sooooo kewl! Can't wait to hear more! How long was the project? Check out my latest song called Animation Ending

saymme	saymme said 438 days ago (September 15th, 2008)
	( : Interestng beginning(!)like it ! It's in my ears very well flows wonderfully !! KUDOS!!!!!! Got to hear the others : ) : ) Like the photo too..Good to see the World from this point of view , like from'outside' then You get a better picture ! GREAT WORK

saymme	saymme said 438 days ago (September 15th, 2008)
	.. Hey I read now You're 11 when this was done - AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU*RE A TALENTED YOUNG PERSON !!! How did the schoolproject go ? Bet You got high grades on this : ) ! The 4 main layers of Earth - interesting. . . !! WOW rushing off to hear the Others in this suite ! THANKYOU , my pleasure totally Lena

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