I just completed transferring all of my existing Squaresound arrangements to the forum side of things. In case anyone reading this is out of the loop, Tim's in the process of moving the entire archive to the forums, which makes the whole website more interactive and user-friendly. As such, he's no longer updating arrangements under the Featured Arranger sections. I'm not sure what his plans are for fully integrating this section into the forum, but I know that you won't find any new arrangements...

Don't know if anyone still reads this, but I enjoy writing in it. Clearly you do read it, if nobody else does!

I just submitted my latest work, a wind ensemble arrangement of Searching for Friends. I plan to print it out and have my community band read through it on Monday. It's fairly simple (aside from the somewhat intricate bass line), but has lots of nice chord progressions. I was inspired to write this a month or two ago, when I was playing Final Fantasy VI on the GBA pretty...

I think I first mentioned my arrangement of Slider from Super Mario 64 for brass quintet about 6 months ago. I'm finally done, and quite proud of it! I just submitted it, and hope you all enjoy during the next update.

Also, this one's pretty difficult. If anybody feels intimidated by the 1st trumpet part (and I certainly would!), let me know; I have a few tips that'll make it a little bit easier.

But hey, it's my blog, and I've posted several times about my arrangements, right? Thought I'd share a little about my personal life, in case anybody reads this.

Life has been really good lately. I'm getting closer to graduating every day, and I feel confident that I'll be getting out of here in Spring 2010. That'll have me out after 6 years, which is one year more than I originally planned (5 years for music ed. here at JSU is very common). The extra time has been due to scholarship...

That's right, I've finally completed some more arrangements! The theme this week is opening themes for wind ensemble. I just submitted "The Memory of Last War" from Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (the first arrangement to come from this game, I believe, though not the series). A few days ago, I submitted "Opening Theme #1" from Final Fantasy VI. My community band is performing the latter at our next concert, so I've had the opportunity to hear it live. It works quite well. As...