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This place can either provide a ton of feedback or none at all. It's a bit of a crapshoot as to whether you'll get much attention or not.

My basic feeling about this piece is that it's rather disjointed and cluttered, this is exacerbated by the rigidity of the sequencing, which could very easily be fixed by making use of a dynamic tempo track. The material itself sounds fine, although for my personal taste the rhythms are a bit too simplistic and repetitive. Obviously this form is not within my realm of expertise, but I have heard my fair share of preludes and fugues, and I don't hear the kind of thematic unity here that is normally present in such pieces. I don't think it's bad by any means, but it could do with a little fine detail work for sure.

 

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The 20th century was my way in as well, and it is the period that has produced most of my favourite works in music. I can enjoy older music perfectly well, but much of it seems so stilted and straight-jacketed by comparison, at least in its surface elements.

On a note more relevant to your situation here: don't be encouraged by a wealth or disheartened by a lack of comments on your pieces, real validation can only be given to you by you through doing work you believe in. Composing is by and large a thankless task unless you happen to be counted among the lucky few who find their way into the public consciousness or a subset of it, no matter how small, and for the vast majority of us the will to carry on with our work must come from love and passion, both for it and for music itself. Keep it up and do your best, it's better than worrying about what other people think, or if they even think at all, but I am also a hypocrite on that point, so take this advice for what you will.