misc #issuefication-zone

1 files changed, 45 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml
index b9f24d7..908d3f2 100644
--- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml
+++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ Commentary: |-
 Track: Blue Atom
 Additional Names:
 - The Middle of Something Truly Wonderful (contest-submitted name)
+- Jack and Jade's fantastic corpseparty (working title)
 Artists:
 - David Ellis
 Contributors:
@@ -220,9 +221,35 @@ MIDI Project Files:
   Files:
   - 'Blue Atom - Unknown (piano).mid'
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>David Ellis:</i>
-    When I started writing the pieces for the contest I knew I wanted one of them to be based around a theme that already existed. Running through a few ideas I landed on doing a kind of jazzy shuffle piece around the main theme from 'The Beginning of Something Really Excellent'. As soon as I hit the first chord with the Rhodes piano it became smooth. The writing process was really quick and the piece was almost completely sketched out on the keyboard in one go. As the piece was intended for Jade - given the use of the earlier theme - I added in a little bass solo.
+    <i>David Ellis:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/21739915695/cyan-beastblue-atom-commentary), excerpt)
+
+    First off, people seem to have been saying a lot of nice stuff about the two tunes I wrote and I’d just like to say thanks!
+
+    I wrote some track commentary for my tunes, thought I’d post it here as I don’t know when/if all the submitted commentary will be posted. Feel free to ask me stuff if there are things about the songs I don’t cover that you want to know about or if you have any recording questions.
+
+    When I started writing the pieces for the contest I knew I wanted one of them to be based around a theme that already existed. Running through a few ideas I landed on doing a kind of jazzy shuffle piece around the main theme from '[track:the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent]'. As soon as I hit the first chord with the Rhodes piano it became smooth. The writing process was really quick and the piece was almost completely sketched out on the keyboard in one go. As the piece was intended for Jade - given the use of the earlier theme - I added in a little bass solo.
+
     Technical note: Sometimes when I think I've finished writing something I'll find that it's a bit too long and something needs to change, this was one of those times. The sound you hear at 3:53 is the sound of me finding a way to avoid playing an extra intro/verse and tightening up the song a bit. Using almost the same build up heard earlier in the piece and changing the resolution at the end has the added advantage of (hopefully) making you think it's heading back towards the intro riff until the key shifts in the last bar and the song jumps straight to the final chorus.
+
+    <i>David Ellis:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/21030369047/heh-didnt-expect-radiation-to-actually-put-that), excerpt)
+
+    <b>Heh. Didn’t expect Radiation to actually put that in.</b>
+
+    “! - Blue Atom was, at one point, called ‘Jack and Jade’s fantastic corpseparty.’”
+
+    Only for a little while. I was trying to think when it could possibly happen and I thought the most <s>amusing</s> inappropriate time for the Jam would be for Jade to be jamming with Jack Noir just after Dave got all shot up and before he was revived.
+
+    <i>Petra K.:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://sigimigi.tumblr.com/post/18631349704/i-havent-done-a-decent-watercolor-painting-in))
+
+    I haven’t done a decent watercolor painting in years. THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN YOU HAVE NO IDEA!
+
+    it could have been better but unfortunately my watercolor skills deteriorated and then my scanner killed the colors.
+
+    <i>Petra K.:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](http://sigimigi.tumblr.com/post/21017691585/http-homestuck-bandcamp-com-track-blue-atom-i))
+
+    I am so proud my watercolor Jade was picked as track art for her song in the new fan album :’)
+
+    sigh, the song is really nice with its retro theme.
 ---
 Section: Side 2
 ---
@@ -240,6 +267,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 Track: Cyan Beast
 Additional Names:
 - The Windy Thing (contest-submitted name)
+- Heir of the Dog (working title)
 Artists:
 - David Ellis
 Duration: '3:44'
@@ -255,10 +283,23 @@ Art Tags:
 - God Cat
 - Rabbit
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>David Ellis:</i>
+    <i>David Ellis:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://ducksual.tumblr.com/post/21739915695/cyan-beastblue-atom-commentary), excerpt)
+
+    First off, people seem to have been saying a lot of nice stuff about the two tunes I wrote and I’d just like to say thanks!
+
+    I wrote some track commentary for my tunes, thought I’d post it here as I don’t know when/if all the submitted commentary will be posted. Feel free to ask me stuff if there are things about the songs I don’t cover that you want to know about or if you have any recording questions.
+
     This piece started as an offshoot of a song that was very loosely based on John and Jade's three year voyage between the two windows. I felt that the theme that became the chorus to this piece needed to be at a higher tempo than the rest of that song so I took it out and based this tune around it instead. It was originally titled 'Heir of the Dog' as I was still thinking it could be either a Jade or a John piece at the time and wasn't certain who I'd end up submitting it for (also because terrible puns).
+
     Technical note: Although the piece features keyboard and guitar solos the bass was actually the hardest part to play, in particular during the chorus and the part behind the guitar solo.
-    Extra: This is no longer true since I recorded [the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGLUBAgOS7E). For the original recording the two handed parts in the verses and the outro were originally done as 2 separate takes for each one. It wasn't until I started the video that I thought 'I could turn these into single parts' and made things really difficult for myself.
+
+    <i>Extra: This is no longer true since I recorded [the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGLUBAgOS7E). For the original recording the two handed parts in the verses and the outro were originally done as 2 separate takes for each one. It wasn't until I started the video that I thought 'I could turn these into single parts' and made things really difficult for myself.</i>
+
+    <i>PaperArtichokes:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](http://paperartichokes.tumblr.com/post/17340229037/your-name-is-jane-crocker-and-youre-pretty-sure))
+
+    Your name is Jane Crocker
+
+    and you’re pretty sure you’re not the BATTERWITCH
 ---
 Track: Pink Cat
 Additional Names: