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author | Lilithtreasure <62890895+Lilithtreasure@users.noreply.github.com> | 2025-05-17 03:36:06 -0400 |
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committer | (quasar) nebula <qznebula@protonmail.com> | 2025-07-31 17:44:03 -0300 |
commit | 7ae9fd376f596e50170bbfb302e3e32d62a54563 (patch) | |
tree | bfc714e48bcdffd50f614813b4f4f990bc68e362 | |
parent | 56d9d0072c8069e3f0cf3ff02f1127c2d600f3b8 (diff) |
7th gate commentary sources!!!!!!!!
[QN: we inlined some style cleanup on our part into this commit during rebase yeee]
-rw-r--r-- | album/7th-gate-project.yaml | 33 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/album/7th-gate-project.yaml b/album/7th-gate-project.yaml index 4542a8bb..e84b99f5 100644 --- a/album/7th-gate-project.yaml +++ b/album/7th-gate-project.yaml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Color: '#00fcf8' Groups: - Fandom Commentary: |- - <i>Catboss:</i> (original commentary) + <i>Catboss:</i> ([Tumblr](https://konec0.tumblr.com/post/7260287179/seventh-gate-lowas), excerpt, 7/5/2011) The "Seventh Gate Project" - as I like to call it - is something I have been planning for a while now. At least like half a month, I'd say. I started it for more or less the same reason I started this blogthing - I mentioned that I felt that my music was gaining a sort of "direction" to it, and I guess this project is basically to see where it's going, and to develop my own style. @@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ Commentary: |- Maybe I'll just do it as an on-and-off thing after I'm done with the 4 lands. - <i>Catboss:</i> (commentary redux) + Anyway. Where was I? + + *(Continued in [[track:through-the-seventh-gate-land-of-wind-and-shade]])* + + <i>Catboss:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/catbossstudio/sets/7th-gate-project)) Completed around June 2011, the 7th Gate Project was a series of remixes of songs from webcomic and internet sensation Homestuck. @@ -47,9 +51,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Warhammer of Zillyhoo - Doctor Commentary: |- - <i>Catboss:</i> (original commentary) + <i>Catboss:</i> ([Tumblr](https://konec0.tumblr.com/post/7260287179/seventh-gate-lowas), excerpt, 7/5/2011) + + *(Continued from [[album:7th-gate-project|Tumblr album commentary]])* - Through the Seventh Gate ~Land of Wind and Shade~" is a song that contains many things that I am a complete sucker for. Soaring string melodies? Check. Piano solo with lots of reverb? Check. Chorus? (I know it's synthesized eh who cares) Check. Running notes, lots of them? Check. Dramatic piano octaves? Check. Mash them all together with a bunch of windy sounds and you get this. + "Through the Seventh Gate \~Land of Wind and Shade~" is a song that contains many things that I am a complete sucker for. Soaring string melodies? Check. Piano solo with lots of reverb? Check. Chorus? (I know it's synthesized eh who cares) Check. Running notes, lots of them? Check. Dramatic piano octaves? Check. Mash them all together with a bunch of windy sounds and you get this. One odd thing though is I'm using a Battery preset meant for dance songs. I, uh @@ -65,7 +71,8 @@ Commentary: |- That's enough ramblin' from me. - <i>Catboss:</i> (commentary redux) + + <i>Catboss:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/catbossstudio/through-the-seventh-gate-lowas), excerpt) The Heir of Breath enters the Tower of the Tempest... @@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Beatdown (Strider Style) - Atomyk Ebonpyre Commentary: |- - <i>Catboss:</i> (original commentary) + <i>Catboss:</i> ([Tumblr](https://konec0.tumblr.com/post/7345321566/seventh-gate-lohac), excerpt, 7/7/2011) Sometimes songs come to me more or less fully formed - this was the case for [[track:through-the-seventh-gate-land-of-wind-and-shade|LOWAS]]; some fidelity is lost in the transition from imagination to audio, but that song is more or less how I imagine it. @@ -101,7 +108,7 @@ Commentary: |- Annnnd finally we end with a simple drum riff and a fadeout. That's all folks! I'll probably work on [[track:through-the-seventh-gate-land-of-light-and-rain|LOLAR]] next. - <i>Catboss:</i> (commentary redux) + <i>Catboss:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/catbossstudio/through-the-seventh-gate-lohac), excerpt) The Knight of Time enters the Forge of Flame... @@ -120,7 +127,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Endless Climb - Black Rose / Green Sun Commentary: |- - <i>Catboss:</i> (original commentary) + <i>Catboss:</i> ([Tumblr](https://konec0.tumblr.com/post/7561460690/seventh-gate-lolar), excerpt, 7/12/2011) Slow songs are NOT my forte. Welp. @@ -140,7 +147,7 @@ Commentary: |- Meow! - <i>Catboss:</i> (commentary redux) + <i>Catboss:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/catbossstudio/through-the-seventh-gate-lolar), excerpt) The Seer of Light enters the Sea of Silence... @@ -162,7 +169,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Dissension (Original) - Sunsetter Commentary: |- - <i>Catboss:</i> (original commentary) + <i>Catboss:</i> ([Tumblr](https://konec0.tumblr.com/post/7920295724/seventh-gate-lofaf), excerpt, 7/22/2011) Remember when I said I'd sit on LOFAF for a bit? I lied. @@ -190,8 +197,10 @@ Commentary: |- Now what to do next hmmmmmm - <i>Catboss:</i> (commentary redux) + <small>#ribbit</small> + + <i>Catboss:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/catbossstudio/through-the-seventh-gate-lofaf), excerpt) The Witch of Space enters the Glacier of Genesis... - I really enjoyed pulling the sudden switch from what was essentially house-inspired electronica to orchestral. I've used several more times since, such as in [[Vodka Mutiny]] or [Jackpot (Birthday Bash Mix)](https://soundcloud.com/konec0/jackpot-birthday-bash-mix). I'm not personally fond of the idea of pigeonholing songs into genres, so making this song was a real treat for me; I like to think of it as kind of genre-fluid, and that's interesting to me." + I really enjoyed pulling the sudden switch from what was essentially house-inspired electronica to orchestral. I've used several more times since, such as in [[Vodka Mutiny]] or [Jackpot (Birthday Bash Mix)](https://soundcloud.com/catbossstudio/jackpot-birthday-bash-mix). I'm not personally fond of the idea of pigeonholing songs into genres, so making this song was a real treat for me; I like to think of it as kind of genre-fluid, and that's interesting to me." |