Sounds good. Just wish it was sung to hear the fully piece
@Galaxygamers1754 жыл бұрын
Ok
@arnauj.hanly-jorda57014 жыл бұрын
You stole the second verse from Whitney Houston's arrangement. It's in the same key and has the same if not a very similar harmonic progression. Be careful passing this off as entirely original.
@nickmaestro4 жыл бұрын
Arnau J. Hanly-Jorda Ahh, you’ve a good ear. That was intentional, after all, it’s an arrangement. Paying homage. I thought I put details in description. Anyways... 1st verse is unison. Straight out the hymnal with hints of Rachmaninov and Toscanini orchestration, but I changed the key. Modulating down in music is very rare, which is why I setup the 2nd verse like that. The large majority of the 2nd verse is exactly as you hear, but I turned it into four part harmony. Paying homage to the late great Whitney Houston. I relied solely on my ear and piano chops to get as close to the harmony, as you can’t buy the sheet music. Transition into 3rd verse is original. 3rd verse is obviously minor, but strong references to Eric Whitacre and his harmonies. Transition into last verse original. The last verse is directly referencing the finale of Mahler’s 2nd and 8th Symphony. I originally wanted to reference Gladys Knight’s performance for the last verse. And the last 4 bars is directly quoting the last few bars of the Armed Forces Medley. All of this was intentional. Don’t worry, I’ve already copyrighted it with the Library of Congress as a musical arrangement. Stealing would be passing this off as original, selling it, and not paying the respective royalties. Now if you really want your mind blown, listen to the Main theme of Star Wars by John Williams, then listen to the theme of King’s Row by Erich Korngold. Composers from Beethoven to Hans Zimmer have built and expanded on the works of other composers. Even film directors like David Chase, director of The Sopranos. Some scenes and episodes were direct references and copies of scenes from Goodfellas and The Godfather. But that’s art for ya.
@MrPartch3 жыл бұрын
@@nickmaestro right... all this explanation about how true artists steal etc. what makes your arrangement stand out though is really that interesting harmonization on the second verse. and you stole it.that part is really the most interesting bit here.
@nickmaestro3 жыл бұрын
@@MrPartch Stealing/plagiarism? I'm pretty sure I gave credit to all sources. So I can't tell if you are complimenting or chiding. The Library of Congress accepted this work as an arrangement, and I've the copyright. I think I got it back in September 2019. Granted I can't profit off it, not that I intend to, solely because the Whitney Houston version is not in public domain. It was my intention to combine multiple sources to make this arrangement and have all 4 verses. Oddly, I wanted to get "caught" to show my arranging/composition abilities. It's mostly just the harmonies the 2nd half of the second verse from measures 57 through 80. That first half is transposed down directly from the hymnal, as most hymnals have it written in B-flat major. However, the WH version was solo and in A-flat, and I expanded it to SATB. My goal at that spot was to combine the hymnal with WH. Lastly, the rhythms and my orchestration of that spot can't be a carbon cut copy, because I did that part solely by ear. If there is anything that I 100% stole. It's the last 6 bars. Directly from "Salute to the Armed Forces." Maybe I should send this to some music conservatories to start a conversation on plagiarism/stealing/artistic borrowing. Is this truly stealing and intellectual theft? Is it an artist paying tribute to many different genres in Western classical? Maybe I'll send this to David Bruce on KZbin.
@MrPartch3 жыл бұрын
@@nickmaestro I don't care about any of the legal definitions of stealing etc. or what the library of congress thought of your work. The only 'outstanding' part in your arrangement is the whitney changes. And I can tell the beauty is coming solely from those changes. Yes, it is SUPER EASY to tell the similarity between the Star Wars theme and the King Row's. If Williams claimed he had never heard of King Row before he composed Star Wars, I'd tell him to get outta here. Actually Star Wars and King Row sound much much more alike than your work and the whitney version. BUT, when I hear the star wars theme, I can still hear why it is such a great theme and how it isn't because of the tonal content borrowed from King Row. Williams, although he 'stole' much more than you did, made the whole thing himself and if you ask me, he made it into a better theme with greater spectral and rhythmic structure. It is super difficult to steal that much and still deliver sth that sounds fresh. So yeah. that's it in a nutshell