We have a special experiment running here at the Cadenza MIDI Diary. Dan Rowe has written a special theme called Design and we're inviting you to make MIDI variations on this theme.
Dan's piece appeared here first on August 18th 1998, and there have been several variations posted since then. See below.
To take part, download the Design theme (or any of the variations on Design) and then make alterations to the file to produce a new variation.
Submit your new file in the usual way, remembering to say (in case we don't notice :) that this is a Design variation and telling us which file you've made the variation on. This is important as we want to track the progress of variations on variations etc.
Good luck - please join the experiment!
Here are the Design theme and some of the variations ...
Dan's original Design Theme, copyright © 1998 Dan Rowe, and posted 18 August 1998.
Design 3, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 23 August 1998.
Design 4, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 25 August 1998.
Design 5, copyright © 1999 Dan Rowe, and posted 27 August 1998.
Design 6, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 28 August 1998.
Design 7, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 30 August 1998.
Honky Tonk Nursery, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 1 September 1998.
Design 8, copyright © 1999 Dan Rowe, and posted 3 September 1998.
Design 10, a fun, reggae variation, copyright © 1999 Dan Rowe, and posted 5 September 1998.
A touch of design, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 8 September 1998.
Designer Bass, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 11 September 1998.
Reedesign, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 13 September 1998.
New Age Design, copyright © 1998 Bob Kusiolek, and posted 18 September 1998.
Pieces, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 22 September 1998.
Bus Stop, copyright © 1998 Keith Bramich, and posted 30 September 1998.
Design 11, copyright © 1999 Dan Rowe, and posted 2 February 1999.
Bad Design, copyright © 1999 James Fournie, and posted 23 March 1999.
Design variation, copyright © 1999 Robert W Thompson, and posted 14 July 1999.
Design variation, copyright © 1999 'dshostakovich', and posted 18 September 1999.
Reflection on Design, copyright © 1999 Keith Bramich, and posted 26 September 1999.
Design dreamer, copyright © 1999 Keith Bramich, and posted 30 September 1999.
Sailboat, copyright © 1999 Dan Rowe, and posted 4 October 1999.
Design variation, copyright © 2000 Fernando Rauber, and posted 7 March 2000.
Designer 2, copyright © 2000 Richard Logan, and posted 4 October 2000.
Design variation, copyright © 2001 Sean Dickson, and posted 24 January 2001.
12 Cents Percussion, copyright © 2001 Timothy Ponce, and posted 13 March 2001.
Design in G Nearing, copyright © 2001 Ron Roos, and posted 2 June 2001.
JT_DESIGN, copyright © 2001 James K Taylor, and posted 3 June 2001.
The Design Project - version 03 from 02, copyright © 2002 Mike Sekuloff, and posted 21 January 2002.
Rowe, Rowe, Rowe your melody, copyright © 2002 James K Taylor, and posted 24 February 2002.
Design remake, copyright © 2002 Troy S Carlson, and posted 25 July 2002.
Oskar Schuster's Design variation, copyright © 2002 Oskar Schuster, and posted 17 November 2002.
Will Crain's Design variation, copyright © 2003 Will Crain, and posted 19 November 2003.
FNALDSGN, copyright © 2004 Charles Copp, and posted 18 November 2004.