Blues - This was going to be something once. Then again, so was Rick Ankiel.
Cool String Piece - The ostenato was taken from the Stavesacre song "Night Town," but little else resembles it. Not a finished product, but it sounds cool.
Jingle - Short, catchy, annoying if heard many times over. Basically, like a jingle. I was trying to write something out I heard once and was failing miserably, so I sped it up to see what would happen before deleting it, and it was catchy enough to survive.
Magic Number 5 - Inspired by "Car" by Five Iron Frenzy, it is in 5/8 with 5-bar phrases. It has a lot of cool rhythmical tricks, and honestly I don't know how I wrote this. I hit a wall with melodic ideas, so then just messed around with 5/8 drum grooves, which are in 4-bar phrases, for the record. I want to do something with this, but how?
Midnight - The other piece I wrote for IB music. It was supposed to "contrast" the other one, so I took some good ideas I had and screwed them up with dissonance literally at random to make it sound "20th Century." I hated every minute of doing this.
Orange Blossom March - This is the first thing I ever wrote. The melodies date back to middle school, and it was orchestrated out sometime over 2 years ago. Not a great title, but better than the original: "Introductory March."
Sean's Jazz - A friend once asked if I could write him some jazz to go in the background of a video project of his. Not thinking, I said yes. I got this far before realizing I'd never have time to write one piece, much less three.
Stands Tune Concept - I got it in my head one night in high school that I was going to write a stands tune. This was the first attempt. It is high on the cheese factor, very repetitious, and the bridge sounds like something out of Lemmings.
The Jolly Peasant - The piece was the first solo I ever played. This was arranged May 2003 when I thought that two friends and I were going to do a clarinet-euphonium-tuba trio. It didn't work out, but I'm proud of this.
The Sound Hound - My second attempt at writing a stands tune, with the title hijacked from someone's name I once saw on a message board somewhere. This one is a whole lot better, but is just a fragment. I may go back and add to it. As an added bonus, this is actually written out for a full band, not a piano score.