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author(quasar) nebula <qznebula@protonmail.com>2023-09-18 17:06:54 -0300
committer(quasar) nebula <qznebula@protonmail.com>2023-09-18 17:06:54 -0300
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clean up directories for homestuck-vol-1-4
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     First, thank you so much for buying this!!! I haven't been composing music for very long but I greatly enjoy doing it, so I composed these tracks as a fun way to make some money for college. I also created this album primarily to challenge my own creative limits; I'm usually known for creating hard-rocking, fast-pumping tunes with very obvious video game overtones. With this album I tried to show that I can manufacture a soundscape beyond that... that sometimes I'm capable of variety! (probably not what you'd normally expect from me! SORRY BROS)
     Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish the track for the fourteenth troll, Larry, whose track is comprised entirely of the sounds of horses neighing. It was a new genre Andrew and I invented together, and with it I would have consummated my quest to create every type of music known (and unknown) to man. The fact that I didn't finish that track is my only real regret. It keeps me in tears. But overall, aside from that one little fluke, I'm happy with the amount of stuff I was able to pull off, and the amount of improvement I made because I decided to defy the notions of my original style.
     So how did this all start, anyway?
-    The scene: Late May 2010. I was talking to Andrew Hussie (as we are soul twins) when I asked him if I could do a solo album called "Alternia." Alternia's idea was thusly: The trolls have an entire game that none of us would probably ever see in any detail. Taking free reign over this unscripted world, I would go ahead and make a soundtrack to their game session as a parallel to that of the kids, mocking the tracks found in the early Homestuck albums - [[track:harlequin|Harlequin]] would be recalled by a track called [[track:crustacean]], [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] by [[Showdown]], [[track:aggrieve]] by Aggrave, [[track:sburban-jungle]] would be [[Skaian Summoning]], and the list went on. When fully-formed this album would form an alternate "troll version" of the original Homestuck albums, revealing the similarity in the alternate worlds through song - hence the name "Alternia."
+    The scene: Late May 2010. I was talking to Andrew Hussie (as we are soul twins) when I asked him if I could do a solo album called "Alternia." Alternia's idea was thusly: The trolls have an entire game that none of us would probably ever see in any detail. Taking free reign over this unscripted world, I would go ahead and make a soundtrack to their game session as a parallel to that of the kids, mocking the tracks found in the early Homestuck albums - [[Harlequin]] would be recalled by a track called [[track:crustacean]], [[Showtime (Original Mix)|Showtime]] by [[Showdown]], [[Aggrieve]] by Aggrave, [[Sburban Jungle]] would be [[Skaian Summoning]], and the list went on. When fully-formed this album would form an alternate "troll version" of the original Homestuck albums, revealing the similarity in the alternate worlds through song - hence the name "Alternia."
     Obviously Andrew was fine with this idea. (Unless in fact you are reading this in the alternate universe where the album was canceled and replaced with the other one we were planning. The one filled with horse neighs.) In fact, he only had one thing to say against my original concept.
     I said: "We're not gonna see their game session."
     He said: "Whoops don't be so sure!"
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ MIDI Project Files:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Toby Fox:</i>
     (CG Sprite Theme)
-    [[track:harlequin|Harlequin]] (partial) was the first track of Homestuck. Therefore it only makes sense to have something similar be the first track of Alternia. It's not the craziest or intensest thing, so I hope people aren't put off by its inclusion at the very beginning. I feel like it fits the start of the album well though - the variety in noise channels and the oddness of the melody and chords give it a bit of a laid-back "alien" feeling that I feel encapsulates Hivebent. In short, it's the scenesetter track ([[Sunsetter|Sunsetter???]] NOPE).
+    [[Harlequin]] (partial) was the first track of Homestuck. Therefore it only makes sense to have something similar be the first track of Alternia. It's not the craziest or intensest thing, so I hope people aren't put off by its inclusion at the very beginning. I feel like it fits the start of the album well though - the variety in noise channels and the oddness of the melody and chords give it a bit of a laid-back "alien" feeling that I feel encapsulates Hivebent. In short, it's the scenesetter track ([[Sunsetter|Sunsetter???]] NOPE).
     In any case, hopefully Mark J. Hadley won't sue me for CREATIVE LICENSE.
     Oh yeah, Cindy (Betelgeuse) says this track reminds her of an undersea carnival, and that the ending is when all of the underwater elephants are climbing up on top of each other, about to topple down. And that's why it's the best part.
     I think that's the best way to describe this song.
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ MIDI Project Files:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Toby Fox:</i>
     (CG Battle Theme)
-    [[track:showtime-original-mix|John's battle theme]] is simple with a heroic theme. It's catchy and brilliantly written.
+    [[Showtime (Original Mix)|John's battle theme]] is simple with a heroic theme. It's catchy and brilliantly written.
     Karkat's battle theme is almost needlessly complicated with sometimes obnoxious rhythms.
     There's some contrast here. In fact, when I was paralleling the original albums, Alex Rosetti (Albatross Soup) told me that it didn't work as a parallel because it was a little bit too... all-over-the-place. But in the end I feel like this works for Karkat. After all, he's a ride, indifferent guy, and wouldn't settle for any song that he couldn't firmly rage to.
     Interestingly, the melody was created by just stringing notes together until they made an interesting rhythmic and melodic arrangement. Then I added harmony and a disturbing amount of manual vibrato. When I was making it I worried that the melody would sound too forced or forgettable (especially given the way I created it), but in the end it turned out alright.
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ MIDI Project Files:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Toby Fox:</i>
     (CG's Medium)
-    A dark sort of [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre|Atomyk Ebonpyre]]-y theme for Karkat's medium. The main melody is oddly catchy.
+    A dark sort of [[Atomyk Ebonpyre]]-y theme for Karkat's medium. The main melody is oddly catchy.
     I had a lot of trouble making this piece because the synthesizer I use to emulate the instruments that sound like they come from a Sega Genesis can only have a couple instances of itself open at once before Fruity Loops basically buckles at the knees and runs out of processing power. I ultimately had to render each part individually and stitch them together in Audacity.
     My inspiration for this track (and I think superior to it even as a theme for Karkat's medium, at least for the first few notes) is "Burn in the Dark" from Brandish 3. Fantastic track from an awesome-terrible video game with a wicked soundtrack.
     BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRN BABY BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRN.
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ Cover Artists:
 Cover Art Date: July 18, 2010
 Cover Art File Extension: jpg
 Referenced Tracks:
-- track:sburban-jungle
+- Sburban Jungle
 Sheet Music Files:
 - Title: Sheet music by Gamehunter
   Files: