Thank you^^ "this hypothetical piano player was slowly panicking trying to hit the keys on the right beats and just barely hanging on" You pretty much described how I usually play the piano XD
You are too kind~ And I'm flattered you think it sounds like a full track (or, well, part of it)~ To be completely honest, I mostly barely come up with a general idea in the piano, then translate it into a sibelius score... and then procede to try hide all the things that sound "wrong"/mechanical about it, by adding a butload of notative expression XD (Arco, treble, pedal, that kind of thing.)
This one had three piano tracks with the same thing at different octaves just to try to make it sounds powerful enough. Plus, it has four strings tracks and, like, five percussion tracks. Maybe that's why it sounds like a "full" track. Just so you know, that was mostly to add volume.... and then I had a whole new problem altogether... *sigh* I just wished it read clearer -_-' Maybe that's why you mistook the chair squeak as part of the song X'''D *laugh-cries* (Also it might be that you were tense throughout the whole thing, always relaxed at the end hence the squeak? Either way, probably an indication the sound might be "too much". Mmh... I mean, maybe not what you were going for, but let me know if you agree; regardless of my... multiple expressions of anxiety, it's actually useful information v__v)