Mazzer-Sieze

HEADPHONES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED 

This song was created for a monthly music jam.

 Theme: Jazz Harmony 

Optional Theme: A picture of an endless white maze 

My goal for this piece was to create the feeling of traversing a labyrinth where every crossroads forced you to choose between 2 options. By having 2 different instruments playing on either ear, you get to hear their entire verse before picking the one you want. 

I achieved this effect by having the instruments fade in to simulate getting closer to them, having them in either ear to show they were on opposite sides, and then, when one is chosen, you turn to go in that direction causing both instruments to merge in the middle as you are now hearing them front to back. The one chosen gets louder and the one left behind gets quieter. 

It is also harmonious because the instruments mirror each other both in type, (woodwinds, brass, mallets) but they also share the same melody but flipped. 

The only instruments playing more than 1 note at a time are the piano, the keys, and the mallets because I wanted it to be like an RPG party where each player is wielding a single instrument. It wouldn't make sense if the flute was able to play chords alone.