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    <i>Raid:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://rudecustard.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-raid-remix))
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    This is a remix of [[track:beatdown-strider-style|"Beatdown,"]] composed by [[artist:curt-blakeslee]] for Homestuck. I loooove Beatdown. It fills me a fierce, fiery energy every time I hear it. I intended to channel that intensity with this remix here. I rushed it out just in time for 4/13 so it's a little rough around the edges, but like all of my music, it is my child, and so I still love it dearly. Hope you enjoy.
 
-   <i>Raid:</i> ([extended description](https://pastebin.com/GaFE0ekU))
-   On this date 12 years ago, a stupid webcomic that's far too long and weird and hilarious and all sorts of fucked up went online. Of course, I'm talking about Homestuck. It crashed [[flash:4109|Newgrounds]], broke metafictional barriers, ruined a lot of lives (not mine, miss me with that shit), and caused a big ruckus in its heyday. But I was along for the ride as a young tween/teen, and I quite enjoyed it.
+   <i>Raid:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJIX37ZhUbk), excerpt)
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+   I almost forgot that it was April 13th. Still though. I must pay my respects to Homestuck, on this 13th of April in the year two thousand and twenty one, with a piece of hard work as tribute. I don't make the rules. I just observe them.
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+   I really rushed this one out. It's my fault; I lost track of time. I did the intro and buildup (everything up until the 1:11 mark) over the course of several months, then lost my shit when I noticed it was April 11th and did EVERYTHING ELSE AFTER THAT over the span of eighteen hours. I would've liked to spend more time adjusting levels, doing a proper mixdown, and polishing up the many rough patches, but like I said, I lost track of time. Regardless, I'm pretty proud of how the track turned out. It feels like it could be a boss battle theme for a Homestuck video game. This is what plays when you, Dave, ascend to the rooftop and get your ass kicked by your older brother, or something like that.
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+   Credit for the .gif goes to [[artist:andrew-hussie]], as always. I ripped it straight from one of Homestuck's earlier pages. I'm sure nobody will mind.
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+   By the way, doing these music uploads on Homestuck meme dates has made the relentless passage of time very apparent to me. My older sis introduced me to Homestuck when I was 12. TWELVE. I was a tiny fucking baby. Then I uploaded my first Homestuck piano video to YouTube when I was in high school, at age 16. Now it's 2021. I'm going to turn 21 this summer. How crazy is that? I should get a job or something
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+   For more info about my inspiration for this track and the sound design, check out the extended description.
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+   <i>Raid:</i> (extended description, ["beatdown remix notes"](https://pastebin.com/GaFE0ekU))
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+   On this date 12 years ago, a stupid webcomic that's far too long and weird and hilarious and all sorts of fucked up went online. Of course, I'm talking about Homestuck. It [[flash:4109|crashed Newgrounds]], broke metafictional barriers, ruined a lot of lives (not mine, miss me with that shit), and caused a big ruckus in its heyday. But I was along for the ride as a young tween/teen, and I quite enjoyed it.
 
    Some of the tunes from the webcomic's discography remain among my favorite tracks of all time because they evoke emotionally-rich memories of the past. [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]] by [[artist:curt-blakeslee]] is one of those tunes. I still remember being 12 years old, coming home from school and throwing all my homework aside to read Homestuck for hours, skipping every single pesterlog like a dumb little kid, just trying as hard as I could to blast through the thousands of pages that were out already and catch up to the comic's present. I think I caught up around the time when Andrew Hussie put the comic on pause for a long time. I don't remember exactly, though.
 
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 - track:beatdown-strider-style
 - Killbot
 - Arcturus
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