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Thank you for listening! These are good questions--some of my biggest inspirations are Ravel, Sibelius, John Adams, Tan Dun, and Qigang Chen. I'm not sure as much about stylistic categories, but perhaps an intersection of neo-impressionism, as you mentioned, and post-minimalism?

Thank you for your kind comment! Hello from Houston as well :)

This is very funny, but I almost left basically this exact comment on your last composition video, but I'm also a fledgling composer in Houston. Thank you for the constant source of inspiring works!

@@Ottomagne thank you!! so much wonderful music-making in Houston ❤️

Thank you Leon; I really enjoy Chris Cerrone’s opera “Invisible Cities”!

Thank you for your kind words Samir!

Thank you for your kind words and for listening!! Currently I have no plans, but I’ll look into Spotify or Bandcamp! I’m also waiting for the release of a few albums including my music-I can let you know when that happens 👍🏼

@@SamWuMusic ohhh that’s awesome! Looking forward to that then! Btw what musical inspiration did you have for this kind of 2 part solo violin writing. Might be a me thing but I don’t think I’ve really heard this kind of texture + melody thing even though it makes a lot of sense…I really dig it in any case

My primary instrument was the violin as a kid, and I remember enjoying how contrapuntal Bach's solo violin writing is (although quite challenging to play--some awkward fingering and stretches). In general, particularly in solo works, I love exploring ways to suggest / "pretend" there are more than one instrument playing. The middle section of Mendelssohn's violin concerto 2nd movement also features a similar two-voice texture; I was probably thinking about that movement as well when I composed Waterways. Here's a timestamped link: czcams.com/video/tT1qhGP1qSs/video.htmlsi=fMqua2pkWSFSbLF3&t=971 (starting at 16:11).

Thank you for listening Curtis!! Honestly, if I were to write it today, I’d think hard about where I truly need time signature changes, and where I can leave more freedom (perhaps through fermatas) 🤔

@@SamWuMusic I can certainly understand that, but I would say that as I was counting along (or trying to) I found the off balance feeling a bit like traffic perhaps? Maybe there’s something there!

@@CurtisSchweitzer I can confirm the whole reason I’m fascinated by highway interchanges is because, as a kid growing up in Shanghai, I’ve spent my fair share of time being stuck in traffic on interchanges 😅

You're too kind Dallas!! Thank you for your words of encouragement--I'll keep doing my best to churn out new music :)

Thank you for listening Adrian!! Let me see where that is in the score… 🤔

Yes, I think of 65-66 as the tapering of energy after the climax, so it's a almost a sigh of relief.

@@SamWuMusic Absolutely. It reminded me of bar 300ish of Michael Tippets piano sonata 2. That satisfying moment where the form of the piece clicks into place. Ended up showing my partner your piece, her favourite part was the Garden City theme!

I'll check out the Tippett, thank you! I'm glad she likes Garden City! I thought of it as a way to put all three "forests" together, except "forest I" forms the hanging bass pitches in this last iteration.

Thank you for listening Daniel!!

@@TheSidney3 thank you for your kind words!!

@@johnbence1750 thank you for listening! 😊

Thank you Phil; great to hear from you!! How are you? Where are you based now? Wonderful memories from Interlochen--13 years ago wow!

Thank you for listening :)

😂😂 in all fairness it’s a sea of repeating notes in the strings; hard to count!

@@SamWuMusic yeah no real shade to the pianist, the performance was amazing and brilliantly written!

Thank you!! all good 😊

Thank you Fred!

@@DanFrostMusic thank you for listening Dan!

Thank you for listening!!

Thank you! I love that prelude :)

Thank you for listening and your kind words!!

That'd be super cool!! I love thinking about ways visuals can intersect with the music :)

Thank you!! Cities Skylines 1 (and Mini Metro) helped me get through the pandemic lockdowns!

thank you for listening!

Thank you Franz!!

Thank you for listening Isaac! The pianist Thomas and I did have a discussion on which registers to have the octave doublings, and at how many octaves apart. I feel the magic color is usually 2 octaves apart :)

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Thank you Younje!! Hope all is well in Germany :)

with some add2s!

Thank you for your kind words!!

Thank you Zach for your kind words!

Thank you!

Thank you for Franz for listening + your kind words! I look forward to checking out your music as well :)

Thank you :)

Thank you!!

It's been a few years so I don't remember the setup!

Thank you! Such wonderful memories :)

Thank you for listening!

Grazie!

Thank you for listening!!

I'll look into it! In the meantime, the same recording is on my SoundCloud: on.soundcloud.com/Z9RiotJvxXJUy4rL8

Thank you Edward!

Thank you for listening and your kind words!

I'm not familiar with the star wars soundtracks, but do love science fiction in general!

Thank you for listening! I'm not familiar with the Ornstein, so I look forward to checking it out :)

Thank you for your kind comment!!

Thank you for listening Luc! One of my favorite pieces of advice is from Jennifer Higdon, who said "chamber music should be orchestrated as if it's a work for orchestra". I still think about this often!

Thank you for your listening!

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Thank you!!