AFL's Music -- 12-1-12 Theme and Variations for WW Quintet and air songs

[A Forgotten Legend]

So, I know this isn't something that will interest most of you, but I'd like to share something that I actually get paid to write.  This is my high school's marching band show so far.  Enjoy.

The theme is letters from World War II starting with Pearl Harbor, then a scene when they are sent to war, and then there is a silence because I started writing the ending a little bit when I still need to put some filler in.  The ending kinda is supposed to represent Hiroshima. 

http://bando.posterous.com/private/dahghdwCrp

[A Forgotten Legend]

Here's something new.  Its instrumentation is Triangle, Harp, Violin, Cello, Acoustic Guitar, and Djembe.  Enjoy!

http://bando.posterous.com/mystic-journey

I recorded the audio as if it looped because I've considered trying to use it in RPG Maker.

[elementalhero76]

Yeah I'm mostly looking for dungeon/town/other area themes. I refuse to use too many ripped songs from other games and just original stuff here. I will see what the great talented musical artists such as yourself and others here have to offer.

Because, this fall and next year I'll be self teaching me game coding and get to work on what I love.

[fruckert]

Self teaching is really goddamn hard.
I highly recommend reading a ton of books on the subject.
Also, XNA is really easy to learn, and very powerful.
I highly recommend it.

[elementalhero76]

I learned C# in a course I taken, but then I forgot almost all of it after half a year from lack of use practice. But I think I am more than capable of relearning it.

I do want to try XNA, but its expensive if you do not have access to MSDNAA to get it for free.

[fruckert]

It's not expensive.
The SDK is completely free...the only thing that costs money is membership for Xbox Live publishing. Which isn't worth it, in my opinion. The Indie section is kind of a dead zone.
You can do PC stuff for completely free, though.

I recommend O'Reilly's "Programming C#" book, it's very thorough.

Probably not the place to talk about this, though!
's for AFL's music, not prog advice.

[elementalhero76]

Yeah we should be talking about how awesome his music is instead... and that is a good book, I was considering buying it.

[A Forgotten Legend]

Its been a while so I guess I will share what I've been working on!  I started my composition lessons with the comp professor here this semester and my project was to write a Theme and Variations.  So I wrote one for Woodwind Quintet. (Flute-Piccolo, Oboe-English Horn, Bb Clarinet, French Horn, and Bassoon)
http://bando.posterous.com/theme-and-variations-for-woodwind-quintet

I finished that and it was premiered this past week, so I started a solo for English horn but its now for alto saxophone.  So here is the other piece I've worked on this semester.  (Only about 3 weeks versus the almost 10 or so on the other piece)
http://bando.posterous.com/air-songs-for-alto-saxophone-or-english-horn