http://www4.ncsu.edu/~bajackso/firstsong.mp3 As you can tell by the song name, it's a working title, this is my first song. As everyone else does, here is some background info: Piano lessons for about 9 years Gave piano lessons for a while Taught myself the guitar Have a drum set, though I don't play it that often This was my first song on the computer. Used Reason, wrote notes in by hand cause I don't have a keyboard yet and nobody, that I know of, has an adapter for an upright acoustic grand to midi connection :(. Computer Science major and NC State, intersted in game development. The song is nowhere near complete, in fact, in kinda just ends abrubtly. I think it could be better, alot better, but first song I wrote on the computer while trying to learn how to use reason, and not to meantion I don't have a midi keyboard which I'm assuming would make this about 1000x easier. Anyways, go gentle :)

Well, I kinda liked it. At first it reminded me of the score to "Escape from New York", but maybe that's because of the slightly synthesized feel at the start. It would work OK as general baackground music but I couldn't imagine it being a main theme cos it doesn't seem to have much of a range to it. Didn't build up to anything, but then you say it cuts off and isn't finished so it is hard to judge.

Thanks man. I just wanted an opinion on it so far, didn't want to keep working on something that sucked. About it building up, I had a couple of ideas early on about it building up to something, but it never sounded right. I think it was more of my lack of ability in Reason, than it not sounding good, or maybe the samples and stuff I was working with. I'll finish this one, and hopefully by then I'll have gotten good enough at Reason to make something better. Thanks :)