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No worries, I wasn't offended. I was hoping if I called out mystery reviewer number 1, then maybe they would leave me some feedback in addition to the thumbs down. (: So far they haven't taken the bait. It may not have been someone here. I just noticed I got a few extra views on my youtube channel after I introduced myself here, so that was my assumption. That's a good idea about giving feedback for the choral pieces. I'd be delighted, and if I see anything that works for my group, (or Anne's group, or Emily's group, or Adrian's group, or Todd's group, or Rob's group... :D I know an awful lot of choir directors) I will pass it along. Most people I know would be delighted to have a chance to premier something new, as long as it will work for the singers they have on hand. And, yes, we singers spend an awful lot of valuable rehearsal time marking scores to make them work for breath support, etc, so I'm sure I'll have feedback to give. I've been having a good time working my way through your work by the way! Great stuff.

I voted for this guy (http://promoshq.wildfireapp.com/website/6/contests/318481/voteable_entries/67356018) because he seemed more awesome.

In this day and age, i'd say the general rule is to just write in a way that makes everything look as simple as possible. Avoid double sharps/flats, as well as enharmonic equivalents of natural notes like Fb, UNLESS it'd look more complicated otherwise (which is quite rare). If you're using enough accidentals that it becomes a big issue, it's best to do away with a key signature altogether. Try no to have both flats and sharps in the same bar. Those are the main rules I compose by!

Hello again Jonas, There are lots of free and inexpensive score writing softwares out there and they all do a good job up to a point ( in the past I have tried Musicator, Melody Assistant, Harmony assistant together with the cheaper versions of Personal Composer and Cakewalk) but none of them have anywhere near the feature set of Finale and Sibelius. It would seem that, as in most things in life, you get what you pay for! I still think that Noteworthy is the best of the less expensive programs. One thing to remember about the relative costs is that Noteworthy is produced and developed by just one programmer, ably assisted by some very knowledgeable users, whereas both Finale and Sibelius have extensive teams of developers, whose salaries have to be paid for together with divdends to the investors in the companies that now own them (Make Music & Avid) Cheers, John.

Quit trolling!