Surprisingly to some, I have an interest in not only writing, but in musical composition. Back in my high school heydays, I’d sit around on hot summer afternoons and mess around with a music program I had called MusicTime. I was in band, so I knew a bit about different musical styles, instrumentation, and how different parts of music came together to make a whole tune.
I’ve got quite a few little nibbles of MIDI files I had created still archived, which I listen to occasionally. I want to expand and possibly “finish” a few tunes but the motivation seems to come and go as my attention gets constantly diverted to other interests.
What I’d ultimately love to do is finish learning a modern programming language like C#, and combine my two interests in writing and music by creating a roleplaying game (RPG). I’ve even got some old stories that might adapt well to a script. The musical score would of course be composed and arranged by myself since… well… I’d know better than anyone what music would best fit a given scene. I’d probably want to involve someone with better graphical skills to create the art for the game though. I suck at drawing.
I know a fellow who’s collecting pieces of music for a larger collaboration…. see the post at http://firefox.org/news/articles/1439/1/Concert-of-Collaboration-Making-Music-Together/Page1.html
and look up Zaki at The Fruit projects– http://zakirostom.wordpress.com/projects/fruit-projects/
Hope it works out for you!
babs
By: awalkabout on June 8, 2008
at 3:16 am