The Dream Waltz

An original ballroom-type waltz that Mike dreamt. Very Strauss-like. Sheet music found at http://www.mikestrickland.com

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Music

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• waltz

[smartypants018]

beautiful. I fell in love with this the first time I heard it. I just close my eyes and listen to what sounds like a romantic tragedy, yet very passionately.

[getleverage20]

wow. I don't know what to say, this song is amazing

Watching the World Go By is also spectacular

[croatthetop]

just one word... UNBELIEVABLE! Im guitar player myself and I also dreamt cool song for my guitar but i wasnt able to write it down so i forgot it :/.. anyway, lately i wanna learn piano too, for real... is there any chance of geting learning video of this song? or perhaps notes? i doubt i could pay for it... :/

[AJslippery]

@CountSymphonic no its not like saying bach copied him, .. because history is linear. Bach came first.

[BobLiebermanComedian]

@CountSymphonic , if your point is valid, then there should be at least one existing melody that is very similar to, and predates, "The Stranger." If you can point me to one, I will withdraw my accusation. Until then, I invite you to reread my previous response about the irrelevance of using identical chord progressions, which you did not respond to.

[CountSymphonic]

@BobLiebermanComedian

Yes, and do you realize that both artists are influenced classically? I failed to mention that I've heard music composed long before Billy Joel's time using similar melodies as well as progressions. These similar melodies are hard to avoid when you're using a common chord progression, especially when the scale that these chord progressions were built off is used for the melody, without any chromatic notes. Saying this is Billy Joel's melody is like saying Bach copied him!

[BobLiebermanComedian]

@CountSymphonic , it's so much more than chord progression. Hundreds, if not thousands, of songs use the same chord progression as Gershwin's "I've Got Rhythm," yet none of them (that I've ever heard) have a melody that sounds "somewhat similar" to it.

I'm not saying the melody was *intentionally* copied . But denying it's Billy Joel's melody set to a waltz tempo is like saying "My Sweet Lord" is a different melody than "He's So Fine" or "What Child is This" is different from "Greensleeves"

[CountSymphonic]

@BobLiebermanComedian

While the into passage to "The Stranger" and sections of this "Dream Waltz" do sound somewhat similar, I wouldn't go as far as to say that this song is a "reproduction" of "The Stranger". Do notice, that both artists are using chord progressions common to old Classical compositions, which is why these two songs have some similar yet different musical ideas. The more you think of music as "reproduction" the more you rob yourself of an incredible emotional experience.

[artlvr16]

Man, I wish I had dreams like this! Had to be one heck of a dream! XD

[BobLiebermanComedian]

@shanti92 - There is a difference between inspiration and reproduction. This melody is a reproduction, whether intentional or not, of the intro to Billy Joel's "The Stranger." We're not talking about a few notes in common; we're talking about a string of musical phrases.

[shanti92]

@BobLiebermanComedian tell me what in this world is not inspired by something else?

[BobLiebermanComedian]

This melody is a ripoff of the intro to Billy Joel's "The Stranger" from 1977. Listen to the first minute and tell me I'm not right. You can find it easily on YouTube.