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Xenogears? Never heard of it.

Besides, I had nothing to do with the creation of the melody. All I did is modify the rhythm and spice it up with some flute/recorder articulation.

Sounds sort of like a Yellowjackets song now.

Tai hao le!

I think because Arnold wasn't born in America, and can't run for president is why he is going to be a better governor over California. Sure, he's probably not the right man for the job, but he's definitely better than Davis or McClintock.

Oh well, I don't want to argue with you guys. It just makes me mad when you talk about how wonderful Clinton was and our "8 years of peace". Do you know how many wars we fought while he was in office? Well over 8!

You call that peace?

Oh well, too late -- I already did it. Here's my version of Mig's catchy song. So, what's the title?

http://www.sonic.net/~schlae/herculeaneffort/jazz3fixed.mid

Great, now you've got it stuck in my head!

There's a lot of potential for that melody, migs. Mind if I fix it up?

Well they left out Apprentice. Dang. So much for the publicity.

You passed the quiz? Really?

Boy was that one hard for me. Had to take it at least ten times.

Congratulations!

Yuck. And I designed that site, too.

Are you inferring that it's just sitting there rotting away?

Yeah, right. Check the site -- there's a new download on it!

Eek oop gah eep! Oop goo gak.

Oh, I'm sorry! For all of you who aren't fluent in Monkey-Speak, I said that the game looks great and I can't wait for the full game.

EDIT: I speak baby-language fluently, too, so if you need the game translated...

Actually, Ben, I find that I do my best composing music in front of a piano -- not in front of the computer.

The best way to compose a song for a game (for me, at least) is to write out the sheet music first, and then play it into the computer.

I haven't heard any of your music, Raggit, but my advice is to stick with composing. Just because you are self-taught has nothing to do with it. In fact, in my experience, being self-taught is better because you use your ears more. The downside is that you can't read music and have little theory training.

Here are several good ways to kick writer's block:

1. Keep composing songs, even when they are stupid, easy, and cliched. Then you can pick out the best of those songs and reuse ideas, etc.

2. Sometimes waiting for inspiration isn't the key. You just have to sit down and compose. A good example of this is Russ Ferante, the keyboardist for the Yellowjackets. I heard from my piano teacher (who knew him in college) that he would compose with the "Edison" attitude. Something like 90% sweat and 10% inspiration. I forget how it goes.

3. Listen to other people's music -- especially GOOD music.

4. You can also take a little vacation (like a week or so) and then start composing again. I didn't compose anything on the computer last summer, and now when I started again, it's sounding a lot better!

Although the music itself is not copyrighted, the book from which you use the music is copyrighted. For example, if you're using a Beethoven Sonata from the Peter's Edition, you will have to pay royaltees to the company that makes the Peter's Edition.

You can get by this, however, by modifying a few notes to make the music untraceable.

Woohoo! Guess who gets to play the crystal ball voice?

Arrrrrr...

That's mighty weird, ye squiffy, because when I posted this thread, I checked to make sure none of the other swabs on this forum had already posted a message alike.

Aye, me hearties, today (Friday, Sept. 19) be Talk Like A Pirate Day! So you scalawags smartly head over to this website to see the information:

http://talklikeapirate.com/

Oh yes, I will fix those bugs for the voice version.

And speaking about the voice version, remind me to contact Elijah sometime when I'm not so busy...

Try AXS v3.00. It's a free tracker/sampler/synthesizer. Heck, it can do anything!

You know, Finale is great, but it's meant for music notation and printing.

I used to use Fasttracker like six years ago. I recently tried to get it working again, and it is incompatible. A good, free windows-friendly tracker is MadTracker.

Must... change... email. Must... audition for Pib.

A word of advice: stay away from anything Cubase. The interface is terrible.

A very good sequencer is Winjammer Pro. It's a couple of years old, but still very good.

Personally, I use Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.