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@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ Album: Homestuck Vol. 5
 Date: June 13, 2010
 Date Added: November 15, 2019
 Track Art Date: April 13, 2017
-Cover Art: Lexxy
-Wallpaper Art: Lexxy, Niklink (edits for wiki)
-Banner Art: Lexxy, Niklink (edits for wiki)
+Banner Art:
+- Lexxy
+- Niklink (edits for wiki)
 Banner Dimensions: 1100x203
 Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.6;'
 Color: '#00aaff'
-Groups: Official
+Groups:
+- Official
 Art Tags:
 - John
 - Rose
@@ -23,10 +24,14 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Quasar Nebula:</i>
     track art on these tracks has been uploaded from the <a href="https://sollay-b.tumblr.com/post/188094230423/hello-a-couple-of-years-ago-allyssinian">Homestuck Vol. 5 Anthology</a>! the official release of Vol. 5 didn't come with track art; this collaborative project organized artists to submit their own original art for the album. the art was originally shared in a huge colection on tumblr on 4/13/17 and has now been collected here for viewing convenience and discoverability!
     also check out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyxgBfhPEG8">fanmade Vol. 5 Anthology Presentation</a> for an awesome animated showing of the anthology art and original tracks!
+Cover Artists:
+- Lexxy
+Wallpaper Artists:
+- Lexxy
+- Niklink (edits for wiki)
 ---
 Track: Homestuck Anthem
 Artist: Clark Powell
-Track Art: linde-enge
 Duration: '3:14'
 Art Tags:
 - John
@@ -36,10 +41,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-anthem-2
 - https://youtu.be/C-tawUqS2rc
+Cover Artists:
+- linde-enge
 ---
 Track: Skaian Skirmish
 Artist: Andrew Huo, Toby Fox
-Track Art: seiii-tan
 Duration: '2:09'
 References:
 - Skaian Skuffle
@@ -50,10 +56,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-skirmish-2
 - https://youtu.be/_EB_Y3biviY
+Cover Artists:
+- seiii-tan
 ---
 Track: Savior of the Waking World
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: cityinthesea
 Duration: '2:26'
 References:
 - track:doctor
@@ -63,10 +70,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/savior-of-the-waking-world-2
 - https://youtu.be/juQcAEkvzdQ
+Cover Artists:
+- cityinthesea
 ---
 Track: Clockwork Melody
 Artist: Clark Powell
-Track Art: fizzmouth
 Duration: 0:35
 References:
 - track:endless-climb
@@ -77,10 +85,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-melody-2
 - https://youtu.be/0s4JjBz-pr4
+Cover Artists:
+- fizzmouth
 ---
 Track: Heirfare
 Artist: Alex Rosetti
-Track Art: Sollay
 Duration: '2:42'
 References:
 - track:showtime-original-mix
@@ -97,10 +106,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Alex Rosetti:</i>
     This piece is one of the strongest examples of how much better my old music could have been if I had used better samples. But I had nothing but cheap stuff at the time, so I think this one suffers a lot. Personal regret aside, I composed this as an ode to John, so it features the themes from Showtime and Harlequin. I wanted something big and dramatic, so I went the semi-orchestral route, and completely transformed the context of the two melodies I used to suit the mood of the piece. In particular, Harlequin seems almost unrecognizable unless you're paying attention or have a good ear. I think its attempt to come off as big and noble is a little heavy-handed at times, but it would definitely be a fun one to come back to and update.
+Cover Artists:
+- Sollay
 ---
 Track: Jade's Lullaby
 Artist: David Ko
-Track Art: Kibbynbits
 Duration: 0:48
 Art Tags:
 - Jade
@@ -108,10 +118,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jades-lullaby-2
 - https://youtu.be/7gD-IPfN6FU
+Cover Artists:
+- Kibbynbits
 ---
 Track: Aggrievance
 Artist: Mark Hadley
-Track Art: rose-ebottles
 Duration: '3:01'
 References:
 - track:aggrieve
@@ -123,10 +134,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Mark Hadley:</i>
     Since Aggrieve was the first song I wrote for Homestuck, I also imagined it would be the first thing I would remix. That turned out not to be the case (I remixed Harlequin first), but I went ahead with it anyway. I also figured it might come in handy in case there was ever another strife scene with Rose post-entry, but those became rare after a while, except for special situations.
+Cover Artists:
+- rose-ebottles
 ---
 Track: Happy Cat Song!
 Artist: Michael Guy Bowman, Toby Fox
-Track Art: strife-kind
 Duration: 0:34
 References:
 - track:chorale-for-jaspers
@@ -136,11 +148,13 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/happy-cat-song-2
 - https://youtu.be/oLxeExkmGWs
+Cover Artists:
+- strife-kind
 ---
 Track: Hardchorale
 Artist: Alex Rosetti, Toby Fox
-Contributors: Michael Guy Bowman (meows)
-Track Art: floralmarsupial
+Contributors:
+- Michael Guy Bowman (meows)
 Duration: '2:54'
 References:
 - track:chorale-for-jaspers
@@ -153,10 +167,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Alex Rosetti:</i>
     I've always considered the creation of this song a "classic story". It came about in a strange, almost fateful way, and I think the final product reflects that. It was the first thing that Radiation and I worked on together, and it was through Hardchorale that our friendship started. He approached me with a MIDI file he had made, intending it to be a sort of "boss battle" arrangement of Chorale for Jaspers in the style of Harleboss. He asked if I would be interested in producing it, since at the time he was just starting out and had no means to do so. I agreed, Chorale being one of my favorite Homestuck tunes. So I produced it in a DAW to make it sound "good", and relative to the MIDI file it sounded great, and we were both really happy with it. Radiation got Bowman to record some heavy metal meows, which he apparently almost got kicked out of his apartment for recording and claims to have video of, though I have yet to see it. Once I found out it was going to be on Vol. 5, I added a section to it (roughly the last third of the piece) and at the very end sneaked the Squiddles theme just because I could. I realize that was more of a narrative than a commentary, but it's the history behind this piece that I find fun to talk about more than the piece itself.
+Cover Artists:
+- floralmarsupial
 ---
 Track: An Unbreakable Union
 Artist: Kalibration
-Track Art: cityinthesea
 Duration: '2:30'
 Art Tags:
 - Jade
@@ -164,10 +179,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/an-unbreakable-union-2
 - https://youtu.be/jc_q5lCjw0Q
+Cover Artists:
+- cityinthesea
 ---
 Track: Skaian Ride
 Artist: Seth Peelle, Andrew Huo
-Track Art: awildcale
 Duration: '3:04'
 References:
 - track:aggrieve
@@ -180,10 +196,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride-2
 - https://youtu.be/tD_AfVeEyu4
+Cover Artists:
+- awildcale
 ---
 Track: White
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: RainbowCookiz
 Duration: '1:25'
 References:
 - Liquid Negrocity
@@ -192,10 +209,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/white-2
 - https://youtu.be/AmsR9n_5xKk
+Cover Artists:
+- RainbowCookiz
 ---
 Track: Octoroon Rangoon
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: enjistier
 Duration: '2:11'
 References:
 - Liquid Negrocity
@@ -210,10 +228,11 @@ URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/octoroon-rangoon-2
 - https://youtu.be/mkCprHAqw8w
 Lyrics: Make her a member of the Midnight Crew!
+Cover Artists:
+- enjistier
 ---
 Track: Pumpkin Cravings
 Artist: Seth Peelle
-Track Art: freckledOctopus
 Duration: '3:57'
 Art Tags:
 - John
@@ -224,10 +243,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pumpkin-cravings-2
 - https://youtu.be/jnq_L-yTdxs
+Cover Artists:
+- freckledOctopus
 ---
 Track: Welcome to the New Extreme
 Artist: Robert J! Lake
-Track Art: Xagave
 Duration: '3:18'
 References:
 - track:sburban-jungle
@@ -238,11 +258,12 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-to-the-new-extreme-2
 - https://youtu.be/kWVQH0Z5u08
+Cover Artists:
+- Xagave
 ---
 Track: Crystalanthemums
 Artist: Alex Rosetti
 Duration: '1:27'
-Track Art: Chumi
 Art Tags:
 - Jade
 URLs:
@@ -251,10 +272,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Alex Rosetti:</i>
     I composed this one intending it to be the theme of Jade's land. This is the reason Jit has gone on the record as saying Crystamenthequins was intended to accompany Jade's island being destroyed/her entering her land (I'm pretty sure that's how he described it) was because of this song. It's actually a really simple tune, and I've wanted to expand on it for ages but never got around to it. The entire piece consists of the same simple chord progression, but it's a good, if played out, progression. That and the beautiful harmonies one is guaranteed to find with it is why I think this is one of my more popular songs. It's not as well-composed as I'd like it to be, but it is definitely catchy. And Radiation was responsible for the name, jokingly calling it "crystalanthemums" after I described it sound like a crystalline flower. I decided that was as good a name as any, and I've had the pleasure of infecting its two remixes with such silly-sounding titles.
+Cover Artists:
+- Chumi
 ---
 Track: Skaia (Incipisphere Mix)
 Artist: Solatrus
-Track Art: razzberrysheep
 Duration: '5:06'
 References:
 - track:skies-of-skaia
@@ -281,10 +303,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     Now, I’m sure people are wondering why I went with doing a remix of Skies of Skaia. Well, simply put, I really liked the chord progression, and I really enjoyed one of the remixes that was formerly in the discography. Because of both, I decided I wanted to do something with a bit of a heavier sound to it, but keeping consistent with the light and vibrant tone qualities.
     The bassline and drums definitely helped give the song a much heavier feel than the original, showing an earlier example of what I feel has become my typical contrast in music. I very much enjoy contrasts in all art forms. Unexpected contrasts that are executed well just really made me happy. I can’t say I’m particularly happy with the bassline now, but back then that was pretty appropriate for my skill level, plus having an arpeggiating sound that I really used to do too much.
     Of course, the comments I see the most on this song are on the improvised piano part. Before I was on the team I started doing a regular broadcast on the skaia.net internet radio, and I’d improvise over this song pretty often back then. I eventually figured out a few parts that I wanted to keep consistent, and I did a bunch of takes to finally get to what you hear in the final song. Of course, MIDI never seems to record very accurately, and I’m not actually the greatest at piano (!!!), so I had to do some fine-tuning on the note timings to make them actually sound precise. But those really fast runs were definitely real, and, no, don’t ask me to play it again. I won’t be able to. It was a really good day for me.
+Cover Artists:
+- razzberrysheep
 ---
 Track: Sarabande
 Artist: Erik Scheele
-Track Art: Sollay
 Duration: '2:18'
 Directory: sarabande-vol5
 Art Tags:
@@ -298,10 +321,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     What I mean is, I used to do a lot of improvisation after theater classes, instead of practicing, while my mother would clean up the various classrooms that were used. There was never really any inspiration for things that I can remember, and they were just a lot of off-the-cuff experiments of a sort, I guess. Some probably turned out great, and there were probably more than a couple days where nothing happened. I can remember trying to emulate different video game soundtracks or bits from them, but that was never really a norm. The only thing I’d ever think regularly was how no one would ever actually hear the improvisation I was playing, and I was okay with that. This was before college, anyway.
     My point is, improvisation rarely had a point, so it’s really impossible to nail down if there was any reason for playing Sarabande that night. The way it went about, I just played the piece, exactly how it was recorded, aside from one little mistake. Then I stopped, went “Okay yeah, that was good”, packed up, and left. A while later, I needed to play things for the composer concert, so I performed it from memory, and that’s where the recording came from.
     It’s kind of gained a status among the fandom for being music for when John reads Jade’s letter, which I think is a rather good place for it to go. Although, I think I actually called it “Rooftop Waltz” at one point, for Rose/Dave shipping stuff, buuuuut I’m rather glad that the “purpose” and title is changed now. “Rooftop Waltz”, that’s such an awful cheesy love title, plus, the piece really is a sarabande. I mean literally, it fits the genre fairly well, plus my composition prof called it “a perfect sarabande”, so there we go.
+Cover Artists:
+- Sollay
 ---
 Track: Clockwork Sorrow
 Artist: David Ko
-Track Art: Prince
 Duration: '1:04'
 References:
 - Clockwork Melody
@@ -310,10 +334,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-sorrow-2
 - https://youtu.be/fMn4Iehh2A4
+Cover Artists:
+- Prince
 ---
 Track: Phantasmagoric Waltz
 Artist: Alex Rosetti
-Track Art: Dzu
 Duration: '1:43'
 Art Tags:
 - John
@@ -330,10 +355,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     For some reason waltzes, Lydian mode, harps, and bell-like timbres seemed like the most appropriate ways to evoke dreams for me. I was inspired to make it ever since seeing Jade’s dream self, and how appropriate that it was included in Dave’s dream in Derse!
     For those not around since the beginning of that page or who don’t know the history, it was originally full of Bill Bolin tunes (a former music team member who left on very bad terms) and we had to replace them with existing material. One of the things Andrew put in there was Phantasmagoric Waltz, and now that page has the additional comedy of Dave and Rose jamming out to...a sweet, slow-paced romantic dance? I can dig it.
     For the record, that’s not a cell phone vibration, whatever you are hearing is there just by chance.
+Cover Artists:
+- Dzu
 ---
 Track: Sunslammer
 Artist: Seth Peelle
-Track Art: Aeritus
 Duration: '3:05'
 References:
 - Sunsetter
@@ -343,10 +369,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sunslammer-2
 - https://youtu.be/DJ5crJDYtDg
+Cover Artists:
+- Aeritus
 ---
 Track: Lotus Land Story
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: fenkko
 Duration: '1:52'
 References:
 - Lotus
@@ -356,10 +383,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-land-story-2
 - https://youtu.be/O7qf5KhmM-I
+Cover Artists:
+- fenkko
 ---
 Track: Chorale for War
 Artist: Steve Everson
-Track Art: appulsprite
 Duration: '1:37'
 References:
 - track:chorale-for-jaspers
@@ -373,10 +401,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Steve Everson:</i>
     This one predates my time on the music team! It started life as a midi called Battle Chorale (obviously, a pun on "battle royale"). It was pretty popular, if I recall correctly, though there wasn’t a lot of fan music around in those days to compare to. Some time after joining the team, one of the other musicians created their own hard rock Chorale remix by that same name! So I updated my old one under a new name, and Albatross and Rad created their Hardchorale remix too. Battle Chorale never made it to publication but these two survived.
+Cover Artists:
+- appulsprite
 ---
 Track: Unsheath'd
 Artist: Alex Rosetti
-Track Art: Egossweetart
 Duration: 0:56
 Art Tags:
 - Dave
@@ -386,10 +415,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Alex Rosetti:</i>
     I based this off a short tune I wrote as a composition exercise. It turns out the tune was really short, since this song clocked in at a little under a minute. I had intended it to be associated with Dave, hence the style and Hip-Hop sounding lead. Not much to say about this one either other than I should definitely use this theme in the future for something more worthwhile.
+Cover Artists:
+- Egossweetart
 ---
 Track: Versus
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: demfury
 Duration: '2:03'
 Art Tags:
 - Dave
@@ -398,11 +428,14 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/versus-2
 - https://youtu.be/d3JKaZpfJjE
+Cover Artists:
+- demfury
 ---
 Track: Planet Healer
 Artist: Seth Peelle
-Track Art: Meruz
-Contributors: Toby Fox (various material), Erik Scheele (various material)
+Contributors:
+- Toby Fox (various material)
+- Erik Scheele (various material)
 Duration: '1:39'
 References:
 - track:doctor
@@ -412,10 +445,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/planet-healer-2
 - https://youtu.be/VQjHlYSM_jo
+Cover Artists:
+- Meruz
 ---
 Track: Bed of Rose's / Dreams of Derse
 Artist: Mark Hadley
-Track Art: Seagrot
 Duration: '1:43'
 References:
 - track:aggrieve
@@ -428,10 +462,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Mark Hadley:</i>
     John had a "sleep and recover hp/mp" type theme, so I wrote one for Rose as well. Naturally it uses part of the theme from Aggrieve. When it came time to put it on the album, I didn't really want to leave it as short as it was, so I added the Dreams of Derse section to lengthen it, imagining what the cold, far orbit of Derse might be like.
+Cover Artists:
+- Seagrot
 ---
 Track: Skaian Flight
 Artist: Kalibration
-Track Art: Aryll
 Duration: '1:30'
 References:
 - Skaian Ride
@@ -440,11 +475,13 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-flight-2
 - https://youtu.be/1pXdGOSIvEs
+Cover Artists:
+- Aryll
 ---
 Track: How Do I Live (Bunny Back in the Box Version)
 Artist: Michael Guy Bowman
-Track Art: copiko-art
-Contributors: Nick Smalley (guitar solo)
+Contributors:
+- Nick Smalley (guitar solo)
 Duration: '3:43'
 References:
 - How Do I Live
@@ -467,10 +504,11 @@ Lyrics: |-
     Alright now, let's bring it back here, now<br>I need somethin' with a little soul<br>Casey, take us there, bring it back!<br>Alright, come on now!
     And tell me now<br>How do I live without you?<br>I wanna know<br>How do I breathe without you?<br>If you ever go<br>How will I ever, ever survive?
     (Oh, it's- it's done. Oh.)
+Cover Artists:
+- copiko-art
 ---
 Track: Dupliblaze COMAGMA
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: Shoutloaf
 Duration: '2:24'
 References:
 - track:atomyk-ebonpyre
@@ -487,10 +525,11 @@ Lyrics: |-
     Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot
     Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot
     Drop it like it's hot<br>Drop it like it's hot
+Cover Artists:
+- Shoutloaf
 ---
 Track: Moonshatter
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: madragingven
 Duration: '1:17'
 References:
 - track:harlequin
@@ -499,10 +538,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/moonshatter-2
 - https://youtu.be/pGgEeNu-WpY
+Cover Artists:
+- madragingven
 ---
 Track: Sunsetter
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: Raddical
 Duration: '1:32'
 References:
 - Hawkeye
@@ -512,20 +552,22 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sunsetter-2
 - https://youtu.be/DooIE-BKSGo
+Cover Artists:
+- Raddical
 ---
 Track: Lotus
 Artist: Seth Peelle
-Track Art: tea-rezi
 Duration: '1:39'
 Art Tags:
 - Carapacians
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lotus-2
 - https://youtu.be/yc32rRerfgc
+Cover Artists:
+- tea-rezi
 ---
 Track: Ruins (With Strings)
 Artist: Erik Scheele, Michael Guy Bowman
-Track Art: ghostpressure
 Duration: '3:09'
 References:
 - track:ruins
@@ -546,10 +588,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     By applying an incredibly enormous amount of reverb to the piano part, I hid the low fidelity of the original recording and made it sound as though it was hauntingly played to the listener from the other end of a cave. Given my lack of any truly convincing string samples, I chose instead to use deliberately mechanical strings, gently de-tuning them to sound a bit reminiscent of early string synthesizers, somewhat inspired by “Crystal Japan”, a creepy instrumental by David Bowie.
     Some of the other elements of the ambiance (the wind, the really high notes that echo for a long time) I drew from the soundtrack to World of Goo, specifically the track “Jelly” which I noticed bore a strong resemblance tonally to Jit’s composition. To seal the melancholy, I doubled the piano melody on guitar using a very cool, muted sound with a lot of echoes and pitch bends. I signed the tune by adding a cadence from “Sburban Jungle” at the very end.
     Really, the track should probably be listed simply as “Ruins” if not for the fact that there is not official piano rendition of the piece. I think it would be really cool to hear such a version of the tune if Jit ever found himself recording material in a studio again (as he did for James’s piano suite Sburb).
+Cover Artists:
+- ghostpressure
 ---
 Track: Ectobiology
 Artist: David Ko
-Track Art: Kirvia
 Duration: '1:39'
 Art Tags:
 - John
@@ -564,10 +607,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ectobiology-2
 - https://youtu.be/3dS73kM5EIE
+Cover Artists:
+- Kirvia
 ---
 Track: Upholding the Law
 Artist: Alex Rosetti
-Track Art: vorpos
 Duration: '1:44'
 Art Tags:
 - AR
@@ -577,10 +621,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Alex Rosetti:</i>
     I consider this an important piece to myself, but not to Homestuck music in general. Actually, it's probably the lowest quality thing I have ever released as Homestuck music. It's just sloppy. But there's a bit more to it than that, and that lies in its instrumentation. This was the first piece I ever composed where I explored colorful and playful orchestration. The xylophone and pizzicato strings that I was playing around with would become my bread and butter a couple years later. I'm not currently known among the Homestuck musicians as being an orchestral composer, but I've reached the point where there's nothing I like composing more than fully orchestrated pieces. At least as far as soundtrack music goes. And not just fully orchestrated either, there's a certain sense of color I love exploring and I like making lighter sounds despite using a bigger and more imposing ensemble. I haven't released anything that showcases that yet, but I definitely will be in the future, so I think that's something to be excited about.
+Cover Artists:
+- vorpos
 ---
 Track: Underworld
 Artist: Steve Everson
-Track Art: Koukouvayia
 Duration: '2:25'
 Art Tags:
 - John
@@ -590,10 +635,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Steve Everson:</i>
     My other favourite from Volume 5. It started life as a theme for the Aimless Renegade, inspired by a “Desperado” theme which I believe was written by Bolin back when he was still part of the team. I wasn’t really running on any particular goal of contributing so much as liking the style and wanting to make something similar. Imagine the piece as it is now played by some sort of mariachi band and you might have the right idea of what it originally sounded like. Naturally, it didn’t quite fit. I liked the melody but it just wasn’t working for the whole desert hero thing. So I flipped through my library of voices (small though it was back then) and came across the more electronic one that plays the melody now. I re-tooled the accompaniment to fit, and it became a piece that I always considered a theme for Derse. Hence its title.
+Cover Artists:
+- Koukouvayia
 ---
 Track: Crystamanthequins
 Artist: Erik Scheele
-Track Art: Jenny
 References:
 - Crystalanthemums
 - Mannequin
@@ -612,10 +658,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     (The mental images of one of the kid’s planets getting broken/torn apart like I’d imagined still give me the shivers. I still love Hussie so much for creating a villain that actually did something upon gaining obscene amounts of power; rather than just retreating and launching some master plan, he actually went around and started doing shit with his powers. Not something you even really see in Hollywood villains nowadays, far as I know. The protagonists and antagonists are always very separated, no interaction between one or the other, nothing like what Noir does. At least, that was my experience at the time.)
     As for the second bit, well, I’d wanted to make an “industrial, heavy action, stuff going to shit” remix of Perrybob’s Mannequin for quite some time, and it seemed to fit to transition over to that. In my head, the action was going to shift from Jade’s planet to LOHAC, where unspecific action was going to take place. I really don’t think I gave the Mannequin section enough time to develop, or really do much, but time constraints dictated I give the music over to the volume 5 collaborative -right then and there-, so it had to be cut off. Mannequin’s really great, though, you should give it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAyPFa3nEK4&feature=youtu.be">a listen</a>.
     Also, as a sidenote, my like for Beck is rather shown in this piece, as is evidenced by my direct attempt to semi-recreate main beat in Replica to transition between the two sections. #MUSICSECRETSSSSSSSS
+Cover Artists:
+- Jenny
 ---
 Track: Endless Climbing
 Artist: Perry Sullivan
-Track Art: allyssinian
 Duration: '2:12'
 References:
 - track:endless-climb
@@ -624,10 +671,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/endless-climbing-2
 - https://youtu.be/zBh8V5EonSs
+Cover Artists:
+- allyssinian
 ---
 Track: Land of the Salamanders
 Artist: David Ko
-Track Art: Kisbys
 Duration: '1:44'
 References:
 - track:doctor
@@ -642,10 +690,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-the-salamanders-2
 - https://youtu.be/bfKXw-kSnq8
+Cover Artists:
+- Kisbys
 ---
 Track: Medical Emergency
 Artist: Alex Rosetti
-Track Art: Nolvini
 Duration: '2:08'
 References:
 - Savior of the Waking World
@@ -658,10 +707,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Alex Rosetti:</i>
     Radiation gave me a MIDI of Savior of the Waking World to remix shortly before he figured out how to do it himself. It's based on a prototype of that song and goes in a completely different direction, complete with a cheesy electric guitar synth. I think the opening ended up sounding really cool, but the rest of it just sounds kind of dumb in its execution, not that the material itself isn't good.
+Cover Artists:
+- Nolvini
 ---
 Track: Clockwork Contrivance
 Artist: Clark Powell
-Track Art: Ghostcrebs
 Duration: '4:33'
 References:
 - Clockwork Melody
@@ -670,10 +720,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/clockwork-contrivance-2
 - https://youtu.be/b3VZo6aQyoc
+Cover Artists:
+- Ghostcrebs
 ---
 Track: Get Up
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: reinardfox
 Duration: '1:18'
 References:
 - Penumbra Phantasm
@@ -683,10 +734,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/get-up-2
 - https://youtu.be/RG-gwMm7vcg
+Cover Artists:
+- reinardfox
 ---
 Track: Vertical Motion
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: inariijane
 Duration: '1:32'
 References:
 - track:endless-climb
@@ -695,20 +747,22 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/vertical-motion-2
 - https://youtu.be/RCMpwY8pirw
+Cover Artists:
+- inariijane
 ---
 Track: The Beginning of Something Really Excellent
 Artist: Robert J! Lake
-Track Art: a-vodka-mutini
 Duration: '5:27'
 Art Tags:
 - Jade
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent-2
 - https://youtu.be/h23WFhv2Sms
+Cover Artists:
+- a-vodka-mutini
 ---
 Track: Pyrocumulus (Kickstart)
 Artist: Robert J! Lake
-Track Art: thespacemaid
 References:
 - Skaian Skuffle
 Duration: '3:02'
@@ -717,10 +771,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/pyrocumulus-kickstart-2
 - https://youtu.be/KYc4reXiKfE
+Cover Artists:
+- thespacemaid
 ---
 Track: Skaian Skuffle
 Artist: Andrew Huo
-Track Art: innocoussketches
 Duration: '2:11'
 References:
 - track:skies-of-skaia
@@ -734,10 +789,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Andrew Huo:</i>
     Skaian Skuffle was made with the intent of turning Skies of Skaia into a battle theme. The bass progression matches Skies of Skaia's, with more bounce to it, and the melody of Skies of Skaia was quantified/simplified into a repeating motif. It was mostly composed by feel the rest of the way. I actually had writer's block for a while after I reached about 1:02, and it never really got resolved, which is why 1:21 onwards feels kinda awkward and not so great. I kinda wish I could go back and redo it so it sounds better. But what Radiation did with it turning it into Skaian Skirmish worked really well. There was some vague artistic direction from the Big Man that helped with this a little bit. If I remember correctly, it was something along the lines of "okay, maybe you can bring it down a bit in the middle, then ramp it up for the big finish." So I tried to do that using a new bassline, using wandering skips of third and fourth rather than downwise step in an attempt to mirror Skies of Skaia's original melody, as well as scrambling the repeating sixteenth note motif based on the original melody. Like I said, though, I would say it worked out awkwardly rather than well. It does create a certain mood, which, like I said, Radiation capitalized on. Whoops, I just repeated myself, but in more detail the second time. What's that called in literary device terms? Amplification? Yeah, let's go with that.
+Cover Artists:
+- innocoussketches
 ---
 Track: Throwdown
 Artist: Steve Everson
-Track Art: Gene
 Duration: '1:36'
 Art Tags:
 - John
@@ -751,10 +807,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Steve Everson:</i>
     Man, this track goes way back. I’m talking years. One of my really early midi compositions. It sounded like the coolest shit when I was 14. It’s practically unchanged besides being synthesised with non-midi voices. Same instruments and all.
     It’s got a bit more of an... ironic appeal to it now. Still sounds pretty cool though
+Cover Artists:
+- Gene
 ---
 Track: Valhalla
 Artist: Kalibration
-Track Art: Alina James
 Duration: '3:06'
 Art Tags:
 - Jack Noir
@@ -763,20 +820,22 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/valhalla-2
 - https://youtu.be/fPKk7ZAvbbk
+Cover Artists:
+- Alina James
 ---
 Track: Amphibious Subterrain
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: dazed-squid
 Duration: '1:40'
 Art Tags:
 - Consorts
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/amphibious-subterrain-2
 - https://youtu.be/b1fKvjP5ego
+Cover Artists:
+- dazed-squid
 ---
 Track: Light
 Artist: Erik Scheele
-Track Art: allyssinian
 Duration: '4:27'
 References:
 - track:showtime-piano-refrain
@@ -794,10 +853,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     This one, man. Not really as well-known as the other three, I don’t think, but I’m still happy with various aspects of it. Not really any specific inspiration, I just started out with the thought of wanting to make a contrasting piece to Black. Especially with the opening piano line, but overall, something more pure and light. Of course, by the time I got around to finishing it, Radiation had already stolen the title “White”, so I called mine “Light” instead.
     About the middle section, I think that needs a bit of talk about it. I’d just been talking with a friend about Homestuck, telling him about the numerical motif 413, and telling him various examples, and he went and said “Yeah, that could be a chord progression too”, and I was like “whooooooooooooooooah”. So I used it as a chord progression. For the first while, though, I had this dual guitar line instead of Showtime, and it was sorta eeeeenh and I didn’t know where to go from there. It sat for a while, then suddenly one day in church I was like “oh holy shit showtime would work so well in there”. It was like suddenly remembering you left a cake in the oven on 500 degrees for the last two nights, that sort of realization. So it went in, and it worked much better than the stupid two-guitar thing.
     413 as a motif, I’ve used it in various ways. Not saying anything, though, not even sure about spoiling its use in Light. If you ever analyze various bits of music, though, you might notice it popping up, or other little fun bits. That’s all I’ve got to say about that.
+Cover Artists:
+- allyssinian
 ---
 Track: Softly
 Artist: Robert J! Lake
-Track Art: Mika B., Rune
 Duration: '3:04'
 Art Tags:
 - Jade
@@ -805,10 +865,12 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/softly-2
 - https://youtu.be/h8AOosBD-fA
+Cover Artists:
+- Mika B.
+- Rune
 ---
 Track: Greenhouse
 Artist: Michael Guy Bowman
-Track Art: creepyknees
 Duration: '2:50'
 Art Tags:
 - Jade
@@ -816,20 +878,22 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/greenhouse-2
 - https://youtu.be/QZlsdtFRPWc
+Cover Artists:
+- creepyknees
 ---
 Track: Space Prankster
 Artist: David Ko
-Track Art: kindergraph
 Duration: 0:50
 Art Tags:
 - John
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/space-prankster-2
 - https://youtu.be/Vho9Rgk2kHQ
+Cover Artists:
+- kindergraph
 ---
 Track: Ecstasy
 Artist: Steve Everson
-Track Art: aranciart
 Duration: '2:48'
 Art Tags:
 - John
@@ -843,10 +907,11 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Steve Everson:</i>
     Probably remains my favourite of my pieces, while also being one of the ones with the least real thought put into it. The whole thing was written more or less on the fly. The chord pattern is one that I’d liked for several months, possibly even a year or two, without ever having come up with something good enough to write to it. Then, one evening while I was in the shower (all of my best ideas come from the shower) my mind pulled together a half-remembered bassline from an obscure-ish Sonic the Hedgehog game and a brief snippet from an old quiz show called Catchphrase, and strung them into the main harmonies of the piece. From there I just lay an improvised piano melody on top.
     When I presented it to the music team it was pretty well-received, and with some of their guidance the whole piece ended up pretty polished.
+Cover Artists:
+- aranciart
 ---
 Track: Snow Pollen
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: Rozenn-blog
 Duration: '2:10'
 References:
 - Lotus
@@ -855,10 +920,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/snow-pollen-2
 - https://youtu.be/xFTuVM3nACY
+Cover Artists:
+- Rozenn-blog
 ---
 Track: Candles and Clockwork
 Artist: James Dever
-Track Art: Quibbs
 Duration: '2:34'
 Art Tags:
 - Dave
@@ -866,20 +932,22 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/candles-and-clockwork-2
 - https://youtu.be/gTNWsk3dKqc
+Cover Artists:
+- Quibbs
 ---
 Track: Can Town
 Artist: Alex Rosetti
-Track Art: taqibun
 Duration: '1:40'
 Art Tags:
 - WV
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/can-town-2
 - https://youtu.be/-BP2X5opz4M
+Cover Artists:
+- taqibun
 ---
 Track: Plague Doctor
 Artist: Steve Everson
-Track Art: ghostecutioner
 Duration: '1:13'
 References:
 - track:doctor
@@ -891,10 +959,11 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Steve Everson:</i>
     I’m sure you all know the story behind the Doctor remixes. During the Intermission Andrew wanted a remix of that to use for LOWAS and everyone jumped at the chance. This was my contribution. It’s a pretty straight transcription to different instruments. Nowadays I find that a little disappointing. I started writing a new version not long ago; maybe one day I’ll finish it and post it here.
+Cover Artists:
+- ghostecutioner
 ---
 Track: Enlightenment
 Artist: Steve Everson
-Track Art: Sigourney Martin
 Duration: '1:15'
 References:
 - track:aggrieve
@@ -904,10 +973,11 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/enlightenment-2
 - https://youtu.be/h0UVwLDYneI
+Cover Artists:
+- Sigourney Martin
 ---
 Track: Doctor Remix
 Artist: Gabe Nezovic
-Track Art: microwavedsoap
 Duration: 0:58
 References:
 - track:doctor
@@ -919,30 +989,33 @@ Art Tags:
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-remix-2
 - https://youtu.be/EhVwra6X4B0
+Cover Artists:
+- microwavedsoap
 ---
 Track: Biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence
 Artist: Robert J! Lake
-Track Art: the-nothing-maker
 Duration: '3:39'
 Art Tags:
 - Jade
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/biophosphoradelecrystalluminescence-2
 - https://youtu.be/R6H0bLgRNpo
+Cover Artists:
+- the-nothing-maker
 ---
 Track: Song of Life
 Artist: Steve Everson
-Track Art: arosoup
 Duration: '2:09'
 Art Tags:
 - Jade
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-life-2
 - https://youtu.be/L6IjePPeB0E
+Cover Artists:
+- arosoup
 ---
 Track: Descend
 Artist: Toby Fox
-Track Art: queenoftheantz
 Duration: '4:25'
 Art Tags:
 - John
@@ -979,10 +1052,11 @@ References:
 - track:problem-sleuth-theme
 - track:dirgeish
 - track:fear-of-the-heavens
+Cover Artists:
+- queenoftheantz
 ---
 Track: Homestuck
 Artist: Mark Hadley
-Track Art: Snilm
 Duration: '2:27'
 References:
 - Homestuck Anthem
@@ -998,3 +1072,5 @@ URLs:
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Mark Hadley:</i>
     Plazmataz came up with a melody to use as an anthem for Homestuck, which they then used in Homestuck Anthem. While that was a very driving melody, I opted to come up with something that might be more suitable for credits (opening or end) or a title screen. I really like how this came out; it sounds a bit moody, but still optimistic, which is what I was aiming for.
+Cover Artists:
+- Snilm