This volume should contain the following files:

  EDAN1.MID    - A HEAVY CLASSICAL PIECE
                 Written during exam time (as you should be able to hear).
                 The string section and picollo was only added about 6
                 months after the original piece was composed.

  EDAN2.MID    - AN UPBEAT THEME (PERHAPS AS AN INTRODUCTION TO A TV PROGRAM)
                 This composition slowly built up. I listened to the piece many
                 times to hear where it was boring. At these boring parts I
                 enriched the song with other instruments. I continued
                 doing this until I became all-together bored.

  QUEEN.MID    - ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST, BY QUEEN
                 The entire drum, bass, and muted/jazz guitar backing for
                 this song. Every drum and bass note is almost exactly the same
                 as the original. The tempo is also identical.

  RAINMAN.MID  - RAINMAN, THE THEME TUNE TO THE MOVIE
                 This, in fact, was the very first piece that I had ever
                 sequenced on a multi-timbral module (MT-32). I must say
                 that it still remains as one of my favourites.

  SHAKEHEA.MID - SHAKE YOUR HEAD, BY WAS NOT WAS (PRONOUNCE IT AS YOU WISH)
                 I enjoyed doing this backing. It is fairly close to the
                 original except for the unusual drum set that they use.

  TINA.MID     - WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT, BY TINA TURNER
                 I've always thought that this was one of Tina Turners
                 greats. I particularly enjoy the simple guitar strumming
                 in this sequence.

  VOGUE.MID    - VOGUE, BY MADONNA
                 Let me firstly apologise for the exceptionally poor ending
                 that I have "stuck" on the tail of this song. Otherwise
                 not such a bad backing of the erotic to sometimes liberally
                 vulgar Madonna.

I would be most appreciative if you could mail me to give me your opinion
of the above compositions. Any recommendations would also be welcome. I would
love to know how they sound on the Gravis Ultrasound or any other general
midi module or sound card.

I do realise that many of the above songs have many instruments on one
track which makes modifications that much more difficult. I was forced to
do this as I used a sequencing program which only provided ten tracks. Also
some music data go mangled during the conversion of the file into midi
format - so you may hear an odd note here or there.

You may also notice that some of the songs come to a dead halt as an
ending. I must confess that it was sheer laziness on my part. Finishing off
the songs can be done merely by a copy and paste command. A good example of
this is "shakehea". A few minutes could be added to the song without having to
play a single note.

I originally arranged "rainman", "queen", "hazard", "tina" and "vogue" on the
Roland LAPC-1. Please mail me if you want the original versions (with the
instrument reprogramming).

Edan Topolansky                                                   7 August 1993
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