Dancing Fingers

A while ago I entered a contest at CGEmpire. I had blogged about it but wasn’t able to post a link yet because the competition was in full swing. Well, now the competition is over so I can post my piece here!

The goal was to write 1 to 2 minutes of music that would be suitable for a children’s video game teaching about the alphabet. I hadn’t listened to it for a while, so as I’m figuring out what to say about it, I’m listening to it again. You know, it’s funny… when I write a piece, I find that I like it a lot more when I’m actually listening to it then when I’m remembering it. All I could remember about this piece was that I wished I had sped it up a bit. As I’m listening to it now, I’m finding all sorts of things I really dig about it!

Dancing Fingers

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First off, check out the typewriter sound. How cute is that? Especially for a game about the alphabet. Then, right around 30 seconds in, I found a way to combine the two melodies I’d created. They somehow managed to fit right overtop one another and you can hear that with the bells on one melody and the celeste on the other. How cool is that? I love it when that happens!

I’m also digging the heavy cello entrance 40 seconds in. It gives it a new feel without being to ominous. In fact, it reminds me of a big, hairy muppet wondering down the street.

One last note here, the piece was designed to loop. (That was part of the competition) That’s why it ends a tad on the abrupt side.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a listen!

Much metta,

John