souns good already. 
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It may sound crazyā¦butā¦well I have another pieceā¦
So spurred on by the positive encouragement of yesterday and the relief of getting my piano exam out of the way, I came up with this little jig.
https://soundcloud.com/pattonator14/the-pipers-feast
Very short, though more situational (to be played at festivals). Takes the pepper for my least favourite piece of music Iāve made, though the piccolo is such a hard instrument to love. Sibelius why you no have pipes or anything better? The recorder just didnāt cut the mustard and the harmonica was never going to be for more than my amusementā¦I guess piccolo it is. You see my pain.
Again, thoughts and feedback. As I said Iām not a huge fan of this piece, so critique is positively encouraged! 
Edit: Also a thanks to @TobiasSabathius for the name suggestions on the first piece, and I have now changed the name to Evening Glow, along with deleting the initial rendition of it, leaving just the previously named HQ version. Boy namingās hard. The Piperās Feast was the product of a good 10 minute inner-debate, and Iām still on the fence about it. Partially because thereās no pipes.
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I see a musician at a festival playing thisā¦ 
Nice work!
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very aptly named and i would agreeā¦ sounds very festiveā¦ 
i do think this needs some sort of accompaniment though, but being as musically āchallengedā as i am, iām not sure what instrument that might beā¦ perhaps some sort of ārenaissance drumā or additional wind instrument?
wowā¦ the internet is just fabulousā¦ you can find all sorts of things! 
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I would agree on the accompaniment and there was initially a drum to go with the piccolo and flute, however I just couldnāt get it to stop feeling so out of placeā¦so I scrapped it. I will probably try and give it a go later on and see if I canāt get something to work for me. Unfortunately as wonderful as the internet is, I am limited to the instruments Sibelius contains, which for some bizarre reason seems to include no bells of any sorts other than the tubular ones. There is also fair limitation on my options of simple drums it seems, though Iāve discovered that the search function is not particularly good when finding instruments.
Also, possible new piece on the way. Another festival piece, however Iāve got to decide what I actually want it to be like before I can develop it much further.
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Iām baaaaaaack!
Expect updates hopefully fairly soon, still got 2 exams to go, but theyāre in maths so I have a load of free time
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prepares comfy chair
w00t! 
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Well, I said I was back and then what did I do? Absolutely nothing. 
So, my apologies, I canāt even say that Iāve been busy other than obsessively watching every match of the world cupā¦
The problem sort of is that Iām still learning music theory (flying through Grade 4 with Grade 5 books ready to go for when Iām done) and that means that I donāt really know fully what Iām doing. Or I kind of do. Iāve finally learnt about chord sequences and stuff, but my knowledge of instruments outside of piano are so very very limited. So I kind of feel like āwhy compose when I could just go learn more theory and my compositions would take less time and likely be better?ā
Anyway, Iād felt like that up until now, but this evening (tbh in England itās really the early morning) I got bored and started playing away on the piano, and quite liked it.
TL;DR: whinge whinge procrastinate - new piece on its way!