Colin Barney, age 15

Hi, my name is Colin Barney. I've been composing for almost two years.
I've been playing trumpet in the school band since fifth grade, and have just recently taken up interest in the piano and the bass guitar.
I write in various genres, but have the most trouble with classical since there's too many instruments to pay attention to, and I still haven't learned very much about the saxophone.
I hope to get my songs critiqued, and learn more about composing to strenthen myself.
Here is a remixed version of one of my earliest works, and a more recent song, to give you an idea of how much I've improved.
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I suppose I should've placed this in the introduce yourself post.

Those are pretty good, Colin! The second one is more subtle than the first, with a distinguishable melody line.

How did you put these together? Do you use a sequencer or something, or notation software?

I have finale2002. I put the second one together a couple of months ago. I usually work things out on a keyboard before I start.