This was a monthlong collaboration with 9 amazing composers in the MusicalBasics community. Each composer for levels 210 brought their own style and flavor, showing their creativity, skill and technique in writing their own remix of Faded by Alan Walker.
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If you enjoyed a particular level, please check out the respective composer's channels!
Level 2: Noah Hughes https://bit.ly/NoahHughesYT
Level 3: Batikan Iscan https://bit.ly/BatikanIscanYT
Level 5: Spikes https://bit.ly/SpikesYT
Level 4: Jess B https://bit.ly/JessBYT
Level 6: Zulaski Kaitzo https://bit.ly/ZulaskiKaitzoYT
Level 7: Michael Shen https://bit.ly/MichaelShenYT
Level 8: ReyMarvinR https://bit.ly/ReyMarvinYT
Level 9: Rron https://bit.ly/RronYT
Level 10: Fawful https://bit.ly/FawfulTwitch
Thanks to all the composers for putting in their best efforts. Here are some of my notes on each:
Level 2 (Noah): The chords you chose were beautiful. You said you were aiming for level 1, but somehow you managed to make an absolutely gorgeous rendition with just a few notes.
Level 3 (Bat): I love the left hand accompaniment here, it's perfect for this melody and honestly I couldn't have written this level better myself.
Level 4 (Jess): This was such an interesting clave rhythm, but it works very well in creating this groovy vibe, contrapuntal harmony that creates an entirely new atmosphere for this song.
Level 5 (Spikes): Absolutely love how you wrote the left hand here, it plays off the melody gorgeously and adds color to all the right places. Since you wrote a full cover, I'll aim to do the full version someday on my covers channel :)
Level 6 (Zulaski): I know you mentioned you didn't feel particularly inspired, but your part was very fun to play, and the LH quintuplets over RH triplets created a swingy, ambling feel which I enjoyed immensely
Level 7 (Michael Shen): Epic! I particularly enjoyed how the right hand echoed its own melody throughout, and of course the left hand had its own counter melodies, excellent arrangement.
Level 8 (Reymarvin): Now we're talking my style lol. This galloping, adventurous rendition was an absolute delight to play.
Level 9 (Rron): You nearly turned Faded into an etude, with a dancelike conversation between the two hands, like a flamenco or salsa dance. This was one of the most interesting takes on Faded I've ever seen, and this was the level I spent the most amount of time practicing.
Level 10 (Fawful): Where to begin... you changed nearly everything about the harmony, using jazzy sharp 11th and 6/9 chords, creating particularly crunchy chords and arpeggios that made me scratch my head "the heck is going on here?" After you explained your thinking to me, I started loving everything about this level, the 12/8 meter, the leaps in the left hand, the sevenths, 9ths, 11ths, counterpoints, and syncopation, all on top of an epic melodic variation. Excellent, artistic work.