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If you think that that title is long consider this: (I've been reading Chopin's biography) "On 16 November 1848, Chopin gave a concert in London's Guildhall for 'The Annual Grand Dress and Fancy Ball and Concert in Aid of the Funds of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland.'" I thought my title was cool until I read that. I was bested! I am re-posting this because of improvements I made in the orchestration and recording, and the instruments and libraries are all new as well, and at great expense, and hopefully for good effect. I like the new design very much!

Isn't it like... something Blake? Who did The Snowman? @Austenite this is one of the stronger works I've heard so far from you, IMO. Very very nice!

1/ Listen to the Brandenburg Concertos. Hear the lines as they appear to come to an end, but then don't and go on again, and again. Unlike Mozart, who ties each cadence in a pretty little bow, Bach staggers the endings between instruments for just the purpose of adding asymmetry and disguising the endings. Lots of examples throughout. 2/ Write in 2/4 time as opposed to 4/4. 4/4 will force symmetry on you. It's hard to get away from it. 2/4 lets you slice and dice your lines with greater freedom. 2, 3 and 4 beat phrases are capable this way without changing meter. 3/ Listen to Stravinsky's l'Histoire du Soldat, the opening march. Strong and weak beats are cleverly disguised. Text book asymmetry. I will be posting a Rondo soon which demonstrates this in my own style.

Ha! Was it a squeaker? It happens.

It is possible to brainstorm in Finale or Sibelius, just like with pencil and paper. I usually have a bunch of disjointed possible ideas copy and pasted to the end of the "fairly settled" part of a score in progress. Sometimes they get used. Some get deleted when I'm done, some are moved to a new file to be possible starter ideas for another project. If I'm trying to decide between two chords, sometimes I'll have both written, smooshed on top of each other for a while, until I decide for sure. Makes the playback sound delightful while I'm still in progress, but I know what I mean. And I write in notes to myself of possible other ideas using the staff text function that you usually use to write in dynamics and playing instructions. Just because you're digital doesn't mean you play it all in with a midi keyboard and keep the first run-through without editing. (: