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fat_gamer_176
April 2nd, 2006, 06:20 pm
Yay! First post! Ahem, anyway, I've only been into composing for about three years and these are the first pieces that I've deemed good enough to share. Sorry if they make your ears bleed...:(
Note: All files are MIDIs because I'm on dial-up and don't have Finale NotePad. And I can't play an instrument to save my life! These are all piano solos except for the untitled one because I just can't orchestrate and make it sound good enough for my liking.

Evil Intentions- Just some mean-sounding interlude. Unfinished.
Welcome to Waterfall Crest- The best one I've ever composed, and the longest.
untitled theme- Just playing around, and then I got this. Not bad for goofing off!
Battle-Intended as battle theme, but a bit too slow and happy. I've never been good at battle themes. Unfinished.

Please don't hurt me for being so bad at this:cry:

yousee
April 2nd, 2006, 06:22 pm
These are all very good (especially battle)

Bit short though

fat_gamer_176
April 2nd, 2006, 06:33 pm
Bit short though
That's because they're very early drafts of ideas, and are completely subject to change and reworking.

Eddy
April 2nd, 2006, 06:40 pm
Hmm, not too bad. Don't feel bad about not being any good at instruments, I'm not that good either (though I only started a few months ago); I hear even Wagner was not particularly good on any instrument. Besides the shortness, it sounds somewhat random in places. Generally, it is a good idea to structure music on phrases and reuse and develop material from earlier in the piece. Of course, I'm no expert, myself, but I did read Schoenberg's Fundamentals of Musical Composition, which goes into a great deal of detail on phrases.

fat_gamer_176
April 2nd, 2006, 06:44 pm
it sounds somewhat random in places.
Would you please tell me where so I can revise it? I'm sorry.

Marlon
April 2nd, 2006, 07:21 pm
Uh... They're random. You need structure. :\

fat_gamer_176
April 2nd, 2006, 07:25 pm
Uh... They're random. You need structure. :\
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: It's hopeless! Please help me with my structure problem! Oh well, the songs fit me because I'm just as unorganized as they are.:P

Eddy
April 2nd, 2006, 10:09 pm
It's hopeless! Please help me with my structure problem! Oh well, the songs fit me because I'm just as unorganized as they are.

Well, for a start, this link is helpful as it has some information on phrases and cadences:
http://forums.ichigos.com/showthread.php?t=811