Living in My Dreams Perfect, almost
I gotta hand it to ya. I started at a rating of 8, went up to 9 half way through, then just couldn't not give you a 10.
Then I read your description, smiled, and dropped it back to 8.
For relevance sake. :).
I'll get to that in a second, but before I do that, I'd like to make a few comments on the actual song itself.
Standalone, this song is spot on. I cannot truly critique the quality of it's ability to evoke some kind emotion, or the composition. You've chosen a theme and taken it through the whole piece without it getting repetitive. The timing is perfect, and the overall melody is quite beautiful.
And it gets better each time. There is nothing I would change in the piece, as it is.
Unfortunately for you, this is where my nature comes into play as a critic, and where I ask one simple, little question.
And believe me, this is one of the deadliest questions I will ever ask you. Properly appreciated, it will undermine your whole sense of self, your being, your career, your music, your life, how you treat others. Everything.
How far do you want to go?
When you've died, what will they say about you? Were you to die two years from now. What would they say about you? How far did you go?
Every man has a hold of his choices. Every man has a choice each and every day, every second of every moment, they have a choice.
How far will you go?
You do not change things by making a big choice. You change things with each and every little choice that leads up to that choice. Every human's life is built up of billions and billions of successive, little, choices.
So I ask again.
How far will you go?
When the world is at your feet and the songs ringing in your mind. What will you do? When the beat is thundering in your blood and the world a path of endless possibilities. Where will you walk? When the fingers are dancing on the keys and the music sounding in the air. Who will be listening?
You see, the question is about how much you want to achieve. It's about how much you want to do. It's about what goes into a piece. It's about whether you'll put it down and say done.
Or whether you'll go the extra mile.
How far will you go?
Because you see.
It ain't about the big choices. It's about each and every choice you make. It's about defining yourself. And defining your music. About making something that people will remember for centuries.
It's about being Timeless.
Leaving things behind that need no background to appreciate. No race, no colour, no age, nor any knowledge. Only a pair of eyes, or ears, or hands.
It doesn't matter what you do. Just what is done.
So I ask again.
How far do you want to go?
Because that's the crux of things. You've got a perfect piece. But it ain't memorable. It's beautiful, but nobodies gonna remember it. It almost literally goes in one ear and out the other. The composition cannot be critiqued, nor can the melody. The feeling is perfect. And the timing on time.
But it won't be remembered. It doesn't lead anywhere. It tells no great tale, cuts not so deep, it crossed the bridge of infinity. But it never leaps.
Oh dear. I'm rambling again. The whole point of it was to say it's time to move on. You've done a lot of nice pieces. But that's all they really are. Nice pieces. An english teacher of mine said something I'll never forget about the word nice. She said they hate the word nice.
It's just so... nice. It's like saying 'meh', shrugging your shoulders and saying, 'It's good.'
It's just so... non - committal.
It's time to take the next step. To move further, to push yourself, try something new, something unfamiliar. Something that thunders in our ears, boils in our blood and tears into the very recesses of our soul.
You'll not get it the first time, or indeed, maybe not even the thousandth.
But you'll get it.
And when you do.
The world is at your feet. Make something I'll remember. Make it for the world.
I'm outta characters, so if you ask, I'll pm, to elaborate.
Good luck! Krayon