HI My name is Howard Jackson and I have just joined iCompositions. I have been playing the piano for about 15 years and started taking lessons around 7 years ago. Progress has been frustratingly slow but I have enjoyed the journey and I am starting to make some nice sounding music. I am not into to technique and it shows. But I can improvise and recently with the help of Garageband I have made a lot of progress in a very short space of time.

I only got introduced properly to Garageband in March, 2006 when I bought a Mac G5. Since then the quality of my finished product has improved dramatically and I have now set up a website. I do intend to showcase some of my music on the site but it is early days yet and the site is currently mostly about my photography. There will also be some writing - mainly short stories.

I have always been a very nervy player and whilst I have been happy to share my tunes with one or two people I am not convinced that I will ever have the confidence to play in public - though it may come one day.

Update - 12/11/2006

I have been posting tunes to iCompositions for a few months now. I have had some really nice comments and that has built up my confidence. I am now ready for some more critical feedback. If you have anything to say about my music I would really appreciate some honest feedback. If you have any suggestions on how I can improve my work/ find new directions for me to go in I would genuinely like to hear them.

If you are interested in doing some collaborations I would be really happy to give it a try. I am new to that way of working but get in touch if you would like to give it a try. I am particularly interested in working with vocalists.

Check out my website on www.howardjackson.org.uk

Best wishes,

Howard

Title	Genre	Plays	Rating
Tormented Souls	Alternative	26
In Despair	Inspirational	90
A Russian Ballet	Classical	88
Led Zepellin Live at Knebworth	Rock	131
New Horizons	Blues	97	5.00
Complexiteeeez	Jazz	123
IgnoramusCollab110707	Ambient	298
Wednesday Night Heads Up	Jazz	157	5.00
The Best Choir and the Best Song You Ever Heard	Inspirational	233	5.00
Sunshine after the Rain	Inspirational	263	5.00
Snoop John D.	Alternative	179	5.00
Lessons Learned - Time to Move On	Ambient	330	5.00
Echoes of Yesterday	Ambient	217	4.75
Medilation	Inspirational	265	5.00
Nine Minutes Forty	Alternative	206	5.00
Easy Come Gently Go	Inspirational	224	5.00
Atlantic Moods	Inspirational	215	5.00
Nice and Easy	Ambient	376	5.00
Force Seven on the Richter Scale	Alternative	261	5.00
Absolute Power	Inspirational	244
A Grown Up Lullaby	Ambient	260
Flamenco Sunset	World	256	5.00
Montserrat	World	270	5.00
I.S.A.D.	World	267	4.75
Classical Noiz	Classical	250	5.00
Funeral March for the Bagwash Lady	Pop	374	4.75
Amontillado	Jazz	302	5.00
Herb Alpine and the Teacher Lotta Brass	Pop	299
I'm Just a Girl Who......	Ambient	467	4.90
Beautiful Noise - Not Many Notes	Classical	444	5.00
Beyond the Blue Yonder	Ambient	377	5.00
I'm just a girl who.....	Ambient	283
Someting old, something borrowed, something....new	Ambient	245
The Shroud of the Love Bird	Classical	299
Back on Homeground	Jazz	262	5.00
The Kingfisher, the Otter and the Peregrine	Classical	291	4.75
Tuesday's Child	Jazz	285	5.00
A Weddding March for the Damned	Jazz	289
The Last Congregatoin	Inspirational	285	5.00
Sunday Night into Monday Morning	Jazz	256
Another Friday Night	Jazz	238
Elektro Pianification	Jazz	253	5.00
Saturday	Jazz	408	5.00
My dad would have called this bloody awful	Jazz	289	5.00
MySong193	Jazz	260	5.00
When Hearts Cry	Classical	311	5.00
Empire Sunset and the Zulu Dawn	World	353	4.75
macmilionaire	Classical	268	5.00
Eau de Colgne Concert	Jazz	456	4.91

Title	Genre	Plays	Rating
Tribal Scout w/piano*	Ambient	205	5.00
Out in the cold(w/howardjackson)	Alternative	295	5.00