Fishin >>> You have to realize that people here post about a half hour's worth of music collectively per day.
I don't always have time to give every piece a fair listen. Especially one that runs 8 minutes. But I do try and make the effort to catch up at least once or twice a week.
To be honest I don't really think this is your best work. It comes across as a series of musical sketches in search of a unifying theme. (Did I mention it was 8 minutes long???)
Seriously though, I usually try to keep my pieces between 3 and 4 minutes long and unless you are creating some sort of grand concept album that's usually the limit a listener can handle before they get bored or antsy.
I'm not against long pieces per se. Some of my all time favorites in progressive rock ran 20 minutes per side. Low Spark, Friends of Mr Cairo, Thick as a Brick, Inna Gadda Davida, etc...
But sadly I didn't see this piece fitting in that category.
As a glimpse inside the author's mind as to where you are going I can see it as a musical scratchpad of motifs and ideas and riffs and rhythms, but there is no real underlying thread that ties it all together.
Keep working at it. Not every tune is a winner, but learn from the criticisms and responses or lack thereof to keep on improving your tunes.
And that, my son, is how music is made
Sorry for the lecture.
Gary
