Howdy --

I was asked a while back to put together a collection of the best MIDI
tunes from my collection and to post it to alt.binaries.sounds.music and
a couple of other places.  Well, to those of you who have been waiting,
sorry about the delay in getting everything packaged up and ready to go.
It took longer than I thought it would to write each song up and export
MIDI files from the original Vision sequences.  But now I'm all set to
go, and you should see all of the files coming shortly.

I should also mention that these files will shortly be appearing on one
or two FTP sites within the next couple of weeks.  I will identify the
sites via follow-up when the files are posted.

All of these songs are freely distributable, but they're 'guiltware'.
That is, you can use and distribute them as you see fit, but it *did*
take an enormous amount of time to prepare them and sift through
hundreds of MIDI sequences on the net to find these 'gems', so I wouldn't
mind seeing a few bucks appear in my mailbox from time to time  (I can be
reached at Tempered MicroDesigns / P.O. Box 170638 / San Francisco, CA 94117).

There -- that business out of the way, here's a catalog of the songs
you'll find in Bert's Greatest Hits collection (Volume 1), which will
be individually posted to alt.binaries.sounds.music.  I've rating the
good tunes (*) and the really hot tunes (**) that you might want to
check out first.


CLASSICAL
=========
**  Beet5m*.mid   -- Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, all four movements!
 *  Brand3.mid    -- Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3.
    CarolBel.mid  -- Carl Orff's "Carol of the Bells".
**  ClarDLun.mid  -- Debussy's "Claire De Lune" for solo piano.
 *  MoonLte*.mid  -- Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" for solo piano.
                     (three movements).
 *  Rach33n6.mid  -- Serge Rachmaninoff's "Etude-Tableau" in E-flat Major,
                     opus 33 number 6.
 *  SonataC.mid   -- Beethoven's "Sonata in C" for solo piano.
**  TocFugDm.mid  -- Bach's "Tocatta and Fugue in Dm".


CONTEMPORARY
============
 *  Axel-f.mid    -- "Axel Foley", the theme from "Beverly Hills Cop".
    Bad.mid       -- Michael Jackson's "Bad".
**  Careless.mid  -- "Careless Whisper".  Unknown origins.
**  Conga-2.mid   -- Gloria Estefan's "Conga Conga Conga".
**  EnyaSong.mid  -- First song of Enya's first album.  Title unknown.
    Jajau-20.mid  -- Someone else's original piece.
 *  JonBGood.mid  -- Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Good" for rock 'n roll band.
**  Satriani.mid  -- A song in 5/4 by Joe Satriani.  Title unknown.
    UDontKnw.mid  -- "You Don't Know".  Unknown origins.


JAZZ
====
 *  BlueMoon.mid  -- Art Tatum's "Blue Moon" for jazz piano.


NOSTALGIA
=========
**  DizzFing.mid  -- Zez Confrey's ragtime classic "Dizzy Fingers".
    Sentim.mid    -- "Sentimental".  Unknown origins.
 *  StarDust.mid  -- "Stardust" for big-band orchestra.  Unknown origins.
 *  TwelvRag.mid  -- "Twelfth Street Rag" for ragtime piano.


ORIGINAL SONGS
==============
[All songs are Copyright (c) 1992 Roberto Sierra with rights reserved
 by the author.  However, the MIDI files may be freely distributed.]
 *  DevilWed.mid  -- "Devil's Wedding", sort of a jazz/fusion tune.
    Flight.mid    -- "Flight of Fancy", a simple piano/flute tune.
**  SnowFlks.mid  -- "Snowflakes", very pretty tune.  Defies categorization.


MISCELLANY
==========
**  Being1st.mid  -- First theme from the movie "Being There".
 *  Being2nd.mid  -- Second theme from the movie "Being There".
    OverYou.mid   -- "Over You", a sentimental pop tune.
 *  Volte.mid     -- "Volte" - sounds Celtic in nature.  Unknown origin.


There you have it!!  Hope you have fun downloading and playing these
tunes.  Let me know if you have any trouble or general suggestions.
Check out the HOT tunes first, these really are my favorites.


Yours,

    Roberto Sierra
    bert@netcom.com

    Tempered MicroDesigns
    P.O. Box 170638
    San Francisco, CA  94117