Rollin'

My 'complete every song I've started' project is making slow but steady progress. I've actually completed one of the songs I've been working on. It didn't turn out very good - partially because what I had to start out with wasn't very good either, seeing as how it's from a long time ago and I wasn't so great with the composing thing back then. Plus, I tossed a random bit of fugueishness in there towards the end because I've been working on learning basic fugue composition skills and wanted to try applying it in something that wasn't too important.

Here it is regardless: http://media.putfile.com/1-33-9

You can tell where I started working on my project and picked the song back up - after the initial generic rock thing, when the organ comes in. It's not bad from that point on, but eh, not too amazing. Still, it's a completed song, and that's what the point of all this is. Some will be good, some won't, but at least I'll be tying up all the loose ends. Besides, the occasional gems that pop out will make it all worthwhile.

On another note, I've been practicing my 13/16 timekeeping/general playing on the drum set lately. It's a bit tricky, although I'm starting to get a feel for it. I can do one-measure fills pretty well without having to worry about falling apart now, but whenever I try to syncopate over two or more bars I quickly lose track of where the beat is. Oh well, that's what more practice is for, I suppose. I'll probably try to get a post up at some point on how to tackle tricky time signatures, since that seems to be a commonly problematic area for a lot of drummers - especially when it comes to making that first step away from the 3/4 and 4/4 time that they've been doing all their lives.

Anyway, that's about all I've got for right now. Adios.