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	Released	Plays
Inspiration	Inspirational	Nov 9, 2008	49
Going Home	Inspirational	Nov 2, 2008	53
Tormented Souls	Alternative	Aug 17, 2008	74
In Despair	Inspirational	Apr 12, 2008	130
A Russian Ballet	Classical	Apr 6, 2008	119
Led Zepellin Live at Knebworth	Rock	Nov 18, 2007	185
New Horizons	Blues	Nov 1, 2007	119
Complexiteeeez	Jazz	Aug 18, 2007	153
IgnoramusCollab110707	Ambient	Jul 11, 2007	334
Wednesday Night Heads Up	Jazz	Jul 5, 2007	179
The Best Choir and the Best Song You Ever Heard	Inspirational	Apr 29, 2007	268
Sunshine after the Rain	Inspirational	Apr 22, 2007	300
Snoop John D.	Alternative	Apr 19, 2007	215
Lessons Learned - Time to Move On	Ambient	Apr 15, 2007	370
Echoes of Yesterday	Ambient	Mar 26, 2007	249
Medilation	Inspirational	Mar 18, 2007	296
Nine Minutes Forty	Alternative	Mar 11, 2007	229
Easy Come Gently Go	Inspirational	Mar 11, 2007	245
Atlantic Moods	Inspirational	Mar 11, 2007	245
Nice and Easy	Ambient	Feb 21, 2007	405
Force Seven on the Richter Scale	Alternative	Feb 18, 2007	300
Absolute Power	Inspirational	Feb 10, 2007	272
A Grown Up Lullaby	Ambient	Jan 28, 2007	290
Flamenco Sunset	World	Jan 20, 2007	284
Montserrat	World	Jan 20, 2007	296
I.S.A.D.	World	Jan 19, 2007	293
Classical Noiz	Classical	Dec 16, 2006	278
Funeral March for the Bagwash Lady	Pop	Dec 3, 2006	400
Amontillado	Jazz	Dec 2, 2006	332
Herb Alpine and the Teacher Lotta Brass	Pop	Nov 12, 2006	322
I'm Just a Girl Who......	Ambient	Nov 12, 2006	523
Beautiful Noise - Not Many Notes	Classical	Nov 12, 2006	479
Beyond the Blue Yonder	Ambient	Nov 5, 2006	408
I'm just a girl who.....	Ambient	Oct 29, 2006	307
Someting old, something borrowed, something....new	Ambient	Oct 29, 2006	286
The Shroud of the Love Bird	Classical	Oct 11, 2006	331
Back on Homeground	Jazz	Sep 17, 2006	288
The Kingfisher, the Otter and the Peregrine	Classical	Sep 16, 2006	313
Tuesday's Child	Jazz	Aug 14, 2006	312
A Weddding March for the Damned	Jazz	Aug 14, 2006	323
The Last Congregatoin	Inspirational	Aug 14, 2006	318
Sunday Night into Monday Morning	Jazz	Aug 11, 2006	285
Another Friday Night	Jazz	Aug 11, 2006	262
Elektro Pianification	Jazz	Aug 11, 2006	277
Saturday	Jazz	Jul 29, 2006	437
My dad would have called this bloody awful	Jazz	Jul 27, 2006	322
MySong193	Jazz	Jul 27, 2006	287
When Hearts Cry	Classical	Jul 23, 2006	340
Empire Sunset and the Zulu Dawn	World	Jul 22, 2006	380
macmilionaire	Classical	Jul 16, 2006	294
Eau de Colgne Concert	Jazz	Jul 16, 2006	488

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Tribal Scout w/piano*	Ambient	Aug 23, 2007	229
Out in the cold(w/howardjackson)	Alternative	Apr 30, 2007	332