michael guy bowmantary

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diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml
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--- a/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml
+++ b/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml
@@ -184,7 +184,12 @@ MIDI Project Files:
   - 'Ohgodwhat Remix - Unknown.mid'
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i>
-    The remix of Nick's "Ohgodwhat" is a terrifying little affair - that I even made it mystifies me.
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+    The remix of Nick's [[track:ohgodwhat|"Ohgodwhat"]] is a terrifying little affair - that I even made it mystifies me.
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+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=751), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
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+    [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] did us a little favor around that time, by creating interactive elements that he could use to include otherwise unused music. So first, there was [[flash:338|Dave's beat maker]], and then later [[flash:830|the FreshJamz player]], where I had mixed [[Ohgodwhat]] done as a remix with all kinds of goofy stuff added on.
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 Track: Rediscover Fusion
 Bandcamp Track ID: 2051130741
@@ -246,9 +251,16 @@ Sheet Music Files:
   - 'Chorale for Jaspers - Zephyr.pdf'
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i>
-    My signature efforts from this album, of course, are "Chorale for Jaspers" and its corollary (or chorale-ary?) "Pony Chorale". They were the first two Homestuck tracks to feature vocals with me as the cat and Tavia as Maplehoof - for this I am proud.
-    ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/mguybowman/status/1669411378359328771))
-    Got a message asking if "Chorale for Jaspers" is based on "[Time Is Running Out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URYhXY5R0rQ)" by Muse and now I cannot unhear it.
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+    My signature efforts from this album, of course, are "Chorale for Jaspers" and its corollary (or chorale-ary?) [[track:pony-chorale|"Pony Chorale"]]. They were the first two Homestuck tracks to feature vocals with me as the cat and Tavia as Maplehoof - for this I am proud.
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+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/mguybowman/status/1669411378359328771), 6/15/2023)
+
+    Got a message asking if "Chorale for Jaspers" is based on ["Time Is Running Out"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URYhXY5R0rQ) by Muse and now I cannot unhear it.
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+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=770), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
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+    Oh, the Chorale for Jaspers - I don't know if it's a perfect chorale, but I did draw a little bit from basic music theory classes I took in high school, to make something that's, you know, got a little bit of a shared four-part thing, in like a pseudo-Bach kind of style. I think I might have broken the harmony a little bit with the descending meows on that. I did break one taboo that we had established, real early on, which was that there were going to be no voices in the comic. There was going to be no person doing any of the character voices, there was going to be no singing, and - right away - I managed to just do something stupid enough that [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] took it and ran with it and made a big exception for me.
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 Track: Pony Chorale
 Bandcamp Track ID: 1771864197
@@ -277,4 +289,11 @@ MIDI Project Files:
   - 'Pony Chorale - Twix Stix.mid'
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i>
-    My signature efforts from this album, of course, are "Chorale for Jaspers" and its corollary (or chorale-ary?) "Pony Chorale". They were the first two Homestuck tracks to feature vocals with me as the cat and Tavia as Maplehoof - for this I am proud.
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+    My signature efforts from this album, of course, are [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|"Chorale for Jaspers"]] and its corollary (or chorale-ary?) "Pony Chorale". They were the first two Homestuck tracks to feature vocals with me as the cat and Tavia as Maplehoof - for this I am proud.
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+    <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=770), adapted to text, 7/20/2024)
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+    And of course, on Pony Chorale, the little [[flash:pony|secret page]] where Rose is riding on Maplehoof I guess, we snuck in a little "neigh" in there as well.
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+    I was a big fan of KC Green and [Gunshow](https://gunshowcomic.com), that was another webcomic that was going at the time, and I remember going to an independent press expo in Austin that was called "Staple!". KC Green happened to be there; I don't know if he was promoting anything, or if he was just hanging out. I touched base with him briefly and he said that was his *favorite* thing from Homestuck, which, uh, I'll feel free to brag about, because... y'know. I loved that comic when it came out, and I can't believe he was, like, that into the pony music. (laugh)