don't rush
Without having heard your 3/4 finished composition, I cannot say with certainty what to think, but .... BUT...
I suggest NOT thinking it needs to be simple.
We all hear and read, everyday, how "they don't make music like they used to", and this has much to do with trying to make it simple - a formula that seems to be taught by those who are simple-minded.
The issue really is not about being simple or complicated, but (please, please, please take this to heart) about being excellent!
Excellence should be your standard.
Most think of success in so many varied ways, i.e. simple, short, catchy, cute, loud?, political, a-political, current, futuristic, etc.
Excellence is its own reward.
Simple, is..... SIMPLE. Who wants that?
Granted, most of the current songs people love are "simple", but what does that say or mean aside from the obvious? Most people's music education is non-existant, and their attention span is short (having been raised on 20 second snippets of Sesame Street?).
Anyway, sorry for the soapbox approach, but I would personally appreciate your music more if I knew you were striving for something superb, pain-staking, and worthy of getting my ear.
One last thing about Complex, because most so-called critics, i.e. Billboard and Rolling Stone Magazine, don't have a clue as to what they think they know. Complexities in music really means lots of neat "in and of themselves, simple" parts put together. Anything complicated can be broken down into basic (simple) parts.
Complex, Complicated music (many parts).... means, at the very least - INTERESTING.
Now, the real ART is to make music that also moves you.
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Heck, why stop....
To most, Ludwig Beethoven was the grand master daddy of them all. And there's good reason for this:
He bridged the Intellectual era AND the Romantic era of music. His music was brilliant (intellectually), and Fantastic sounding (feeling wise). He satisfied all the elements that might be possible, as an artist - intellect and feeling.
I won't talk about the spirit. <wink>