Nieb: Original Composition

[Rocco]

Thanks for the replies, very motivating.

It generally doesn't sound "good" when two notes that are a fourth or fifth apart move the same distance in the same direction.

Are you referring to the part in the attached clips (clip-a)? Perhaps the B can stay stationary (clip-b).

Yes, that was the part. And yes, leaving the bottom note stationary creates a much more pleasing phrase, in my opinion.

I can help with soundfonts, as can several others here I'm sure. I don't have a very extensive collection, but it is at least well-organized, and has a few decent GM banks (including Titanic, which is almost impossible to find without waiting weeks for someone to seed it through Bittorrent)
EDIT: Cancel that. It can be downloaded in 4 parts using these links:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Some other resources:
Hammersound.net is still up and running last time I checked, though many of the links are broken.
sf2midi.com/soundfonts
soundfonts.homemusician.net
personalcopy.com
soundfonts.it
...and lots more free sources ripe for the Googling.

EDIT: I can't type a proper url tag to save my life. Should be fixed now.

[Nieb]

Much thanks, the Titanic soundfont is quite nice. Thanks for the links aswell, didn't come across the "personalcopy.com" site in my previous searches, they have some nice ones there.

[Nieb]

Came to this tune while tuning the piano this week. It's a bit amateur-ish but fun to play nevertheless.

MP3: http://www.snieb.com/music/nm2010-06-10.mp3

[Nieb]

Hello all, I'd like to share two new ideas I came across today.

http://www.snieb.com/music/nm2010-09-06a.mp3
http://www.snieb.com/music/nm2010-09-06b.mp3

[JonahB]

I like these pieces. They're short and simple, but they work really well. I think you have a bit of a knack for coming up with nice flowing melodies.