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A suite made up of sketches 58, 62, and 78. I like this better than the first, personally, since I actually studied this type of music before these sketches, instead of mindlessly writing what I thought this type of music was. Enjoy!

First time writing a Bossa Nova after a friend told me about it and I started listening to it a lot. Wrote this piece right after I got out of the shower, hence the title. Hope ya'll enjoy. Taking a cold shower is pretty cool.mp3 Taking a cold shower is pretty cool.pdf

Hi Sometimes I also write very very short pieces just to try new sound comination, serial rows, etc... I like the word oxymoron and its meaning: made up of two or more words that seem to be opposite to each other, or actually are opposite. For example, the words "Wise fool", "Warm freezer", "Legal murder" In English the plural is oxymora (as other Greek words). But in Spanish the plural is not clear: oxímorones, oxímorons, ?? Well, these are serial mini pieces: I keep them as ideas for other things, or who knows, to make a set by themselves.

I can't keep from laughing at the voice you make in Gremlin! Rest assured I'm laughing with you I enjoy that one quite a bit. I have to echo Monarcheon's remarks about A Night with a Florist though. It's honestly quite difficult for me to make sense of. I'm usually reluctant to make this criticism of other people's music simply because I'm sometimes unsure if I'm just failing to grasp the harmonic choices being made, but it seems like you wrote the different parts separately while neglecting to ensure that they fall into the same overarching harmonic progression. I could be wrong since I don't know what your creative process here was, but that's the impression it gave me. As for myself, I'm prone to making the opposite mistake. Hence my uncertainty about pointing this out. As for Fall of the Gorge, my only real problem with it is the chimes annoy me to death. I hate over-use of chimes. I do like the character of the piece though. If my ears fail me not, I think I hear in the brass some major chords that seem to clash with the ostinato occurring also in the brass. I like that though. I have developed a fondness for having the chords conflict somewhat (or muchwhat) with the notes being played in the melody or other elements of the music. It didn't work so well in Florist but here it's golden to me. Around the 50 second mark though the part that is introduced there (with the piano and such) seems out of place. The effect it has isn't so bad though, and the transition back to the style you started in comes swiftly afterwards. I'd say you could cut it out but that would take out the only bit of variety that was in there. So I'd suggest instead that you lengthen it and add whatever else you can to it to essentially transform it into an independent "B section" of sorts. It might really spruce up your music to have a whole other section in there with additional material. Just my somewhat lengthy 2 cents on the matter.

Brilliant. So much fun, it was a pleasure to listen to. I give you three of these

Hi Although I write mainly for the piano, sometimes I like to do other little things. This is a short piece harmonized in two different ways: Version 01: with chord notes (thirds, sevenths, etc...) Version 02: with fourths and sevenths (and doubling the lead voice)