I have been on for more than a year now and have thrived on the conversations here on iCompositions.

I write mostly classical music, presumably a comfort zone: I've only literally made music as part of high school band. (Clarinet.) I aggressively seek and listen to different kinds of music but when I sit down to write, the melodies and harmonies are spoken by trombone, clarinet, cello, etc. and I just record what I hear.

My greatest fear as a composer is to produce something boring. So my songs tend to start simple and build layers and countermelodies on top.

I check in about once a month and at that rate I've learned it's impossible to keep up with the creation going on here. Thanks, all, for your support and advice, and for taking my comments in good stride.

On structure

April 14, 2013

City of Joy deconstructed

March 25, 2013

I just need to submerge, get into my own head

March 17, 2013

Boy Two got a guitar for Christmas

January 17, 2013

Always read the manual

December 4, 2012

Title	Genre	Released	Plays
Lachrymosa	Classical	Apr 13, 2013	95
City of Joy	Other	Mar 17, 2013	180
Persephone Returns	Classical	Feb 11, 2013	164
Piano Concerto in A Minor	Classical	Dec 15, 2012	239
Carriage	Classical	Nov 17, 2012	182
Elephant Dreams	Classical	Oct 14, 2012	166
Autumn Rain	Classical	Sep 16, 2012	308
Dragonfly	Classical	Aug 2, 2012	201
Irish	Classical	Jul 14, 2012	158
Carousel	Classical	Jun 19, 2012	226
Elegy	Classical	May 5, 2012	145
Olympics	Classical	Mar 20, 2012	218
Lost	Classical	Mar 3, 2012	153
Hymn	Classical	Feb 17, 2012	216
Chase	Classical	Feb 9, 2012	203
Prairie II	Ambient	Feb 8, 2012	162
Prairie	Classical	Jan 28, 2012	163
Village Coronation	Classical	Jan 19, 2012	185
Condor	Classical	Jan 9, 2012	193
Tuolomne	Classical	Dec 20, 2011	171
Casablanca	Classical	Dec 11, 2011	213
Awake	Classical	Dec 2, 2011	185
Christmas Song	Holiday	Nov 21, 2011	182
Inch	Classical	Nov 12, 2011	172
Noodle	Classical	Nov 5, 2011	186
Unknown	Classical	Nov 1, 2011	161
River	Classical	Oct 25, 2011	198
Marimba	Classical	Oct 19, 2011	257
Ache	Classical	Oct 17, 2011	203
New Orleans	Classical	Oct 8, 2011	199
Riff	Jazz	Oct 5, 2011	229
Danse	Classical	Oct 3, 2011	261

Title	Artist	Genre	Plays
Drawing Board Nocturne	ScottHorwath	Classical	222
The Diamond	ScottHorwath	Folk	212
The Lament Concerto	TheTiler	Other	123
Elegant Elephant	ZipZipper	Classical	406
Themes In F Minor	AtlanticSun	World	203
Seven Blue Days	KennethLavrsen	Jazz	604
Shadow Tango	dcoscina	Classical	254
Gitchigumi	ScottHorwath	Folk	683
The Spirit	olympus	Classical	308
Coming in a rush.	alan	Classical	296
Undercover Blown - TV/Film Cue	PaulWilkins	New Age	442
Magic Box	ScottHorwath	Classical	489
New Orleans Prelude	MidiOrleans	Classical	294
Marimba Duo	Unreasoning	Classical	513
Once upon a time	ihussain	Classical	385
For The Kids	tmcarlee	Other	244
Finding The Muse	soulima	Classical	908
Time Brutal and Tender	georgeptingley	Classical	2171
Gently July	georgeptingley	New Age	624
Wonderment- featuring Hollywood Strings	dcoscina	Classical	598
A Tour Through Hell	ZipZipper	Classical	1002
Fractals	soulima	Classical	726
Vita Luna	JoelGoffin	Classical	674
Power v4	Unreasoning	Classical	809
Where Our Story Begins	JoelGoffin	Classical	540
In the Doldrums	soulima	Classical	987
Tuesday Dance	soulima	Classical	1304
Festive Overture	soulima	Classical	2012
Sacred Dance	hutchk	World	1209
Cygnus X-1	hutchk	World	2035
Wandering Wonders	SlickNick	Classical	744
"War Game Suite" Op. 17	zeroAcademy	Classical	2316