This is my first post here on Newgrounds, so it is necessary to get all of the preliminary junk out of the way. Thus, a slew of random facts. My name is Ben, I enjoy games playing games and writing music, I go to Spring Arbor University, and I am a drumline instructor as well as a private instructor for percussion and music composition.

Now that that is out of the way, an update. Or rather, since there is no previous information to update, would it just be a... date? A cross-date? A downdate? Whatever. What I intend to be using Newgrounds for is music. I write music to be used by teachers, conductors, and directors as material for shows, performances, projects, clinics, and whatever else. So far the bulk of my writing goes to the drumlines I teach and the percussion and composition students I tutor. I'm hoping to get more ideas and criticism form the community here at Newgrounds, as well as to bring more material in the classical/education genre to the Newgrounds pool. I just hope it is received well.

Since the majority of my music writing is for classroom purposes, I have started a few CD projects that I hope to complete within the next few years. ---[Specifically speaking, each of these CD projects will be a collection of 8-10 songs written for a specific orchestration, sold along with (or separate from) a full score and separate parts for classroom and professional use.]--- Since I will be selling these to schools, conductors, and directors professionally, I will only have demos of the music here, while full CD versions can be bought from multiple sites that I will have listed somewhere on my profile.

Here is a running list of the projects I had in mind along with their completion level. With every update I'll post a list just like it.

-----CD I: Ten Contemplations for String Orchestra

-----CD II: Ten Contemplations for Recorder Choir

-----CD III: Challenging Piano Solos

-----CD IV: Collections of Intermediate to Advanced level Etudes for Snare, Timpani, and Marimba

As production furthers I will post the actual names of the CDs as well as a track listing for each and how far along they are. CD project updates will probably only come once every few weeks or once a month, but I'll try to update other things and post blogs thingies at least once a week. Not that you guys care. You don't even know me. All six of you.

Anyway. Stay tuned for further progress and coming updates.