I recently spontaneously composed these tunes in Anvil Studio for nothing in particular. How can I improve them? simple00.mid: 2.19 KB, 0:22.07 simple02.mid: 3.18 KB, 0:23.24

Are they that bad?

I'm new to composing as well, so take it with a grain of salt, but I can give you a few hints.

I don't know a thing about Anvil Studio, but I'm pretty sure, there are quite a few free programs to use, Madtracker or Modplug for example can give you a much better sound quality, plus the option to export to ogg vorbis (mp3). In your mid files, it's hard to even recognize the instruments. But that was the technical part.

Now, on to the music. The first one has no beginning and no real end, therefore it has no structure. The melody is not bad at all, so there's potential in that, but you should change the tempo and dynamics more often. The ear also needs a little rest sometimes, so you can use breaks, little sections of drums only for example.

The second mid has a better rithym and a better structure, although the melody itself needs a little polishing. It doesn't sound coherent enough at the moment. Keep working on these, and it will be better and better.

I hope I was able to help you somewhat.

Pelthar