Creation

I love the new Sibelius (music writing) software I got for Christmas. Maybe even more than Matlab, if such levels of intimacy are possible between a pile of code and a human being.

So far the only thing I've finished is a ten bar chord progression for tenor brass instruments. It's mostly just a combination of major chords and inversions, but I like how it sounds. Very drum-corps-warm-up-esque.

As for a longer piece ... such is a work in progress. I have the idea ... I have the inspiration ... I just have to hear it. As mathematically oriented as music is, there are some things you can't just sit there and plug through with brute force. You've gotta hear the melody before you can write it sometimes.

Happy 2008.