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I truly appreciate the kind words. Now that the holiday (Thanksgiving) has settled down, I hope to have more music to post very soon.

The general consensus seems to be that the name, in a word, sucks. That's valuable input, I believe. Let me pose another question, then - any idea on how to best classify the sort of piece I've presented? I don't know that it's appropriate under "Chamber Music," but it's not exactly a full-blown orhcestration, either. Also, since many of our heroes' pieces either don't have proper titles or are, at least, better known simply as their numerical designations, is it acceptable today to simply name your work something like, "Symphony No. 13"? Forgive me if I seem naive. I suppose that I am...

That's a very interesting bit of advice - something to which I've never given much thought - and I will certainly take it very seriously.

...well, I've never been much for naming things, either. Usually, a working title is all something gets.

...I'm assuming that you're referring to the "Unfinished Symphony?" ...or are you threatening to poison me?

Glad to get input of any kind. As for the length of the piece, yes, it's quite short, and is not intended to present itself as anything more than a quick little snippet of a larger work - currently in progress, of course. Just wanted to get opinions from ears outside of my usual circle. I should like to post more of it for purposes of criticism, just as soon as I get some linear duration of (uninterrupted... yeah, right!) time to finesse its brethren into listenable shape. Where the PDF output is concerned... doh! I should have thought of that; thanks for the suggestion. NTN files, by the way, are simply Notion's native format. You can expect to hear more from me in the near future. Meanwhile, I truly appreciate anything that anyone has to say. Another note - not an excuse, really, but a little explanation... I have a very bad habit of never finishing a piece. My general manner is to get so enthralled by and wrapped up in composing that I don't know when to stop. Then, at some point, I get bored and start a new piece. Very bad, and is the single biggest complaint I get from my regular circle of test subjects. My new goal is to actually provide some semblance of start-to-finish. On top of that, I've spent the last 20+ years at the piano not really being very good with reading or writing notation, and 14 of those years inside of various sequencers. I feel it's bloody well time to learn the science behind the whole thing - it's like I've been functionally illiterate all this time; thus the move to notation software. One thing I have discovered - it turns out I've got a fairly intuitive understanding of how things should be presented on the page, and it's very inspiring.

Hello, everyone! I've posted a short (about a minute or so) movement for strings. It's titled "The Laugh," as I think some of the runs sound like giggling, some like moderately animated laughing, and others like outright guffaws. I just recently bought Notion, and it's absolutely enjoyable to work with (with the exception of the occasional lockup, but...) Anyways - I've always loved pieces for strings, and I'd love to get any feedback I can. I've included an mp3 only. Anybody know of a convenient way to get NTN files rendered as PDF's...? Thanks for your time. MP3 = click here to play it