This page contains every midi file/composition I have completed, in chronological order. As a result, the crap is at the beginning of this list, and the good stuff at the end. At the end of each entry, I rate my work out of 4 stars. * = awful, ** = complexity similar to video game music, *** = amateur, **** = passable.

So essentially, you get to hear how my music has improved over time - so none of the stuff with three stars or less should be taken seriously. Enjoy.

Backarango (MIDI) (Completed: around April 29, 2004)
Very first midi I produced using Anvil Studio with the intention of sounding good. Percussion and single melodic line present. *

Random Crap (ZIP) (Completed: April - July 2004)
The rest of the MIDIs I sequenced before I was even close to knowing what triad/WWHWWWH/circle of fifths meant. The zip file contains:
song.mid (Completed early May 2004) *
song2.mid (Completed early May 2004) *
song3.mid - Probably the best sounding, even though it still deserves one star. The world premiere of this 'work' occured in my grade 8 band class. (Completed May 11, 2004) *
song4.mid - First MIDI with a theme, something to contrast that, and recapitulation of the theme all in 1:52. I came up with the main melody just an hour before my grade 8 summer band concert. Maybe that signifies something? (Completed early June 2004) *
song5.mid - Exploring the minor key. (Completed late June 2004) *
song6.mid - Last MIDI created before realizing that all I was producing was crap. A month later, U of M Jazz Camp occured. I had learned enough to get my confidence up, resulting in yo5.mid. (Completed early July 2004) *

yo5.mid (MIDI) (Completed early March 2005) **
I was walking home and had an epiphany: chords are made from the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of a scale. Well, not quite an epiphany, but pretty damn close. I was thinking about how to make melodies, considering I was forced to do it on the spot during '04 Jazz Camp, and realized that I could 'stick to a scale' and use a chording instrument to accompany it. After getting all excited, I increased my pace and promptly went to my computer after arriving home, and came up with yo5.mid.

New Synth (ZeD profile page, contains MP3 download, MIDI) (Completed: around March 11, 2005)
First midi I did that has a deliberate chord progression (OMG!). VI-V-VI-IV for the win!! **

Four Years (ZeD profile page, contains mp3 download, MIDI) (Completed: around April 4, 2005)
I-VI-II-V. All four year olds like that chord progression, right? **

Beat (MIDI) (Completed: around May 7, 2005)
First MIDI sequenced from an idea that I came up with on a piano. **

HT-1 (MIDI) (Completed: July 2005)
Sequenced for a Game Maker created game by Happy Trash Games. Not sure if it was used in the final product. **

huh/uh-huh (MIDI, MP3) (Completed: November 1, 2005)
First time I ever used seventh chords. Not much direction and no transitions. There's isn't an official title for this one, so it's named after the filenames that I first saved it in. This MIDI was a result of the knowledge I gained from '05 Jazz Camp. Precursor to MJB. ***

MJB (MIDI) (Completed: within December 2005, slightly changed version around January 11, 2006)
Originally composed after the guy who wrote this page said I should try to do something for jazz band. I got really excited and spent 40 hours in total sequencing the midi, because I was a afraid I'd come up with something too simple. However, it came out the opposite. In the end I never got around to arranging it to big band instrumentation, and thus it was never performed. There are two versions of this floating around, each with the same filename. The only difference is a few drum fills are changed, and a bari sax riff is added at the C section. ****

Popular Spirit (MIDI) (Completed: around January 30, 2006)
Thought I'd try reproducing the stereotypical pop sound. Without lyrics, of course, since it's only available in midi format. ***

TTY (MIDI) (Completed: around early-mid February 2006)
This is one I almost forgot about. It's interesting since it's kind of a bridge between the beginning style of huh/uh-huh and the rudimentary funky II-Vs of Red Lizard. This MIDI was originally created with the intent of arranging it for Jazz Band, but my band teacher said he didn't really like it. And to tell you the truth, it doesn't tickle my ears to well, either. **

Red Lizard (MIDI, MP3) (Completed: February 25, 2006)
Straight up, 3 against 4, II-V funk. In the spirit of Herbie Hancock's "Chameleon", totalling in at 2 minutes and 42 seconds. ****

Red Lizard Live (MP3) (Completed: May 2006, Performed June 2006)
Red Lizard arranged to big band instrumentation, performed and recorded at Kelvin High School's Summer Band Concert. I played in this - can you hear the euphonium? ****

Too Dramatic (MIDI, MP3) (Completed: January 29, 2007)
A comparison between pop music / jazz / colour based music (note the transitional genre in the middle). The piano solo (after the deliberately bad flute solo) is in a key a tritone away from the accompaniment. During the last two measures of this, it starts sounding good. This isn't because the harmony moved closer to the melody, it's because your brain got used to the tension, making otherwise 'bad' music (in a pop sense) sound good. Basically it is kind of a gateway drug to more colour based music. ****

Dash of Klezmer March (MIDI, MP3, Video) (Completed: September 4th, 2007)
After a few years of relying on Anvil Studio's "Piano Roll Editor" (aka tracker editing) to input notes and rhythms, I worked on my theory and, most importantly, got to know the basic clefs, markings, intervals, and keys well enough that I could write music that another musician could readily read. (That really helps when you want your composition performed :P). I got a scorewriting program called Sibelius, and forced myself to compose without the tracker editor.
After at least 100 hours of working on this project, I present an original concert band composition in one movement, which is a mix between British March and Klezmer styles of music. At five and a half minutes, this is my longest composition to date. ****