I have a little work in progress here that I'm very fond of. Paul - my fanboy as he's quickly becoming - is quite enamoured with this, I think.

I can set a mood, I can layer instruments nicely, I can even program some decent drums. I'm starting to get somewhere these days. But Paul's calls of, "You should go pro" are definitely misplaced for now...

It's still a little rough the edges, of course. There's some hiss in the guitar recording at the beginning that's the result of an unideal recording environment (i.e. my computer's whirring away in the background). Hmm - I'm also suspicious of this 192kbps rendering, because there are some irritating dissonant artifacts following the lead instrument around sometimes that aren't there when I play it in FruityLoops. I should start making VBR encodings with LAME. You might not notice them though, because you don't have a reference point.

I need to add lyrics. I'd also love to have some brass in this. If you play a brass instrument or know someone who does, let me know. This could be a beautiful track with some horns, even a trumpet. Something not quite as piercing might be best though.

Listen and be happy.