yeah the oldies can be like that. but after listening to lots of my current favorite composer, schnittke, i have come to appreciate the music on a new level. it comes from a time where all that was expected was that good ol' c major to g major (obviously many more but this seems to be the most common one, as heard in mozart's popular Eine Kleine Nachtmusik), and so the way those chords could be used led to cool things with complex counterpoint like fugues, etc. it also has a certain lighthearted charm, even the pieces in a minor key never sound sad. all in all it is the music the uneducated crowd most associates with "classical" and there is a reason for it, it pleases with a very genuine and satisfying way...which i do not consider a bad thing; a bit boring at times, but a good boring i'd say, at times.
and of course crudblud, i will try to not rely on the opinion of others as much. thank you for the kind words! though, this is a pain i will begin to know all too well, as i have abandoned sibelius when it comes to working on my "serious" composition projects. i have a new setup by a piano i recently got, with many of my favorite scores, manuscript paper, and the good old fashioned pencil. the lack of playback will be a good disciplinary track for me, and i will not write my music for midi but rather what would be an actual performer (you, of course, being well educated in playback stuff, would know how some things don't quite come out as they would from an actual performer...unless you have the incredibly expensive midi which i cannot afford...).
