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@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ Commentary: |-
     In 2011, some musicians got together. They had an idea, to grab together some of the many pieces of fan music floating around the MSPA forums and the internet, and compile it into an album for the fandom to download. I can remember excitedly heading to my second semester classes at university listening to the tunes that these fantastic artists had provided, and the track art to go with each song. I'm so glad to have worked with most if not all of these musicians along the course of the past 3 years.
     I got my own chacne to participate in these endeavours in 2012, with the fan musicians coming together to work on Sburb OST and LoFaM 2. And now we're here, in 2013, releasing LoFaM 3 for you all. I hope you love each and every track on this album, much like I remember loving LoFaM in 2011. Many thanks have to be extended to everyone who brings these projects together, most of all Lune, who has handled everything art for the project! I couldn't have done it without her. Thanks to Brad for making the booklet, AndrewNeo for hosting all this fan music for us, Xzaz for being incredible at picking tracks and references, as well as the brave sacrifices he has made for the album, and to Solatrus, Konec0 and Mark for helping along the way.
     Thanks for listening!
-    - Veritas Unae
+    \- Veritas Unae
     <i>Lunise:</i>
     So this sure is a thing! I did art for LOFAM2 and retconned in a nice banner for the rehosted LOFAM1, so naturally I sold my soul to the LOFAM once more to draw things and wrangle some artists for the third album! I consider this project a tribute to the creative side of the Homestuck fandom. You guys rock! I hope yoiu enjoy this album and take a look at all the cool art for it.
-    - your friendly neighborhood Lune
+    \- your friendly neighborhood Lune
     <hr>
     <i>Special Thanks:</i>
     <b>-CONCEPTION/ORGANIZATION-</b><br>Lune (Artist Wrangler)<br>Veritas Unae (Musician Wrangler)
@@ -85,11 +85,9 @@ Art Tags:
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     <i>dodostad:</i>
     I want so very badly to draw cherubs, Lord English chasing down poor Calliope.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Hi there. I am the guy doing the commentary booklet again. This is one of the few tracks where either the musician or artist didn't leave commentary. Though there aren't enough free pages for an epic tale like last time, I figure I can find something to put to fill in the blanks.
     Some cool time-reversal effects in this track. Very reminiscent of the Felt album. Cool art, too. Always like Ella's stuff.
-    <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor)
-    (per [[track:jungle-3|LoFaM 4 standard]], ive highlighted commentary from people besides the original musicians or cover artists in bold!)
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 Track: Bite the Apple
 Artists:
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ Art Tags:
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     <i>Matt Lee:</i>
     Hey there! Bite the Apple is a song about John going from being a goofy kid playing the piano to a goofy kid being launched into SBURB! For me, this was an incredibly refreshing song to write, and I still find it refreshing to listen to! You might even call it... A Breath of fresh Heir. I'm so sorry, I'll never make puns again. Thanks for listening!
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     In this piece, John is biting the apple. Clever!
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 Track: Planet Cracker
@@ -148,7 +146,7 @@ Art Tags:
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Upward Movement (Dave Owns)
 Commentary: |-
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Ok so no art OR musician commentary for this page.
     This track is a jamming remix of Upwad Movement... Pretty rocking! Also there might be a banjo in it at 2:45. Might be something else, but it certainly sounds like a banjo to me.
     The track art is Dave Strider from Homestuck. He is the one referenced in the song title. He's not a hero.
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>horizon:</i>
     As a theme for the Disciple/Signless(Sufferer) pairing, I wanted the song to be haunting, cold, and forebodying, but still beautiful and rich.
     The word <i>confinis</i> is latin for "beside" or "adjacent to" -- in astrology, it is another word for semisextile, which is an aspect of 30°. Such angles only occur when two planets are in two signs next to each other; in this case I'm referring to Cancer and Leo. The song (and image, for that matter) both follow this concept of 'togetherness', no matter what may face them -- and you'll see that The Disciple keeps her promise, as she is found in our night sky beside the prophet Cancerian.
-    <i>Brad Griffin:</i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Don't see much art or songs for the Ancestors. Both are pretty.
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 Track: Emissary of Dance
@@ -303,9 +301,9 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i>
     This song came out of strange feelings.
     I thought that a lot of remixes of this song were treading the same ground, and while they were cool I liked this song enough to try my own shot at it using what seems to be becoming my signature style. Well people enjoyed it, but I still think it could have had more... pizazz.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     sooooooo goooooood
-    <i><b>Veritas Unae:</b></i>
+    <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (musician wrangler)
     no, but really, SOO GOOOOD
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 Track: '720413'
@@ -401,7 +399,7 @@ Lyrics: |-
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Tamara Fritz:</i>
     This is a piece entirely done in a constructed language entirely created by me. Deatils can be found on <a href="https://melodystuckrosearchive.tumblr.com/post/40875330244/hymn-of-the-horrorterrors-futma-kul-shemtor-be">the original post</a> on tumblr found on the 'melodystuckrose' blog.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Pretty would be an understatement.
     I partiuclarly like the lacy border.
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@@ -421,7 +419,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Veritas Unae:</i>
     I did htis piece a while back, quite some time ago now. It was a hypothetical theme fro Sgrub in the same vein as Sburban Jungle was. I considered reworking the piece, but everywhere I turned the piece wasn't really getting better, so here it is in all its original Sibelius 6 glory! Imagine this playing as all of the trolls enter the medium for the very first time. Go imagination, go!
-    <i>Brad Griffin:</i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Karkat furiously playing the marinba ostinato.
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 Track: Medium
@@ -472,7 +470,7 @@ Art Tags:
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     <i>dodostad:</i>
     I imagined this song would fit Snowman perfectly, so I tried to squish dramatic moonlight and her into the same square and this is the end result.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     MANDELBROT "EAT FRESH" MOON
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 Track: Fool [Explicit]
@@ -536,7 +534,7 @@ Art Tags:
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     <i>David Dycus:</i>
     Written for, but not entered in, the Homestuck music contest. It would have been submitted for John. It was loosely intended to be a major-key counterpart to my song [[Checkmate]] from Colours &amp; Mayhem: Universe B.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     This art is about John because it was established earlier that Dave is not a hero (see [[track:im-not-a-hero|track 5]]).
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 Track: Oh Hi There, Lil Cal
@@ -582,7 +580,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Nitrosparxx:</i>
     Well, I certainly didn't expect this song to take off like it did! What was originally just another remix suddenly became one of my most well known and recognized songs! It all started when I saw an interesting post speculating what instruments the trolls might've played. There was harp for Aradia, there was guitar for Tavros, and for Terezi it had clarinet. As soon as I saw that, I knew I had to do a jazzed up remix of her theme. So for about two days, I transcribed the melody, worked out some chords, and did up a bassline and drumbeat. It was kind of weird working on this song, since I was using the unconventional 8/4 time rather than 4/4 time. The reason for this was to make the eight-note swing sound like sixteenth-note swing. Although I'm not as much into Homestuck any more and I feel as though I've written better songs since then, I am still pleased that a lot of people liked this song!
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     This track was actually slated to be on LOFAM 2 originally, but got pushed back for some reason or other. This art's been around since then. Very dramatic.
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 Track: Waveform
@@ -634,7 +632,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Ashley Jones:</i>
     I find that a lot of my Homestuck tracks tend to be medleys: One of my first ideas for a track was the Gamzee vs. Dave rap battle with all their motifs as a backdrop (that never really picked off because UGH, LACK OF VOCAL TALENT ON MY PART). This one follows a similar vein; Her Imperious Condescension vs. Lord English's Handmaid. I wanted the track to show how tired of life the Handmaid had become, so a lot of her motifs get cut short quite abrasively by HIC's "attacks", as it were. She puts up a little bit of a struggle sometimes, but eventually she just accepts her fate and lets herself be replaced. So ends the tragic life of the Alernian Ancestors.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     All of Scarodactyl's art was actually slightly smaller than the resolution I used for this booklet. Hopefully upscaling it didn't ruin the pixels too much.
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 Track: Sleepy Eyes of Derse
@@ -652,7 +650,7 @@ Art Tags:
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     <i>Colin Stanfill:</i>
     This song was written for the colours &amp; mayhem contest, but was never entered.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     There's no sleepy eyes,<br>Just a snoozing Roxy butt.<br>(I'm not complaining)
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 Track: Sign of the Scorpion
@@ -727,7 +725,7 @@ URLs:
 Cover Artists:
 - Scarodactyl
 Commentary: |-
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     NANANANANANANANANANNANANNANANANA<br>BATAMARI DAMACY
     The first and only Problem Sleuth song on a LoFaM album to date. Hopefully not the last!
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@@ -789,7 +787,7 @@ Lyrics: John, do the windy thing,<br>John, do the windy thing,<br>John, do the w
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Robert J! Lake:</i>
     i was drunk
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     <span style="font-size: 2em; font-family: cursive">John, do the windy thing,<br>John, do the windy thing,<br>John, do the windy thing,<br>Do the windy thing...</span>
     <div style="text-align: right"><i>end of disk 1</i></div>
     <i>Niklink:</i> (wiki editor)
@@ -825,7 +823,7 @@ Art Tags:
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Eden
 Commentary: |-
-    <i>Brad Griffin:</i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     <i>Halfway there!</i>
     I'ma get real for a sec.
     The Homestuck fanmusic albums are very dear to me. I've met many friends and colleagues through the creation of the LoFaM albums and the Sburb OST project. I am honoured by each opportunity to work alongside such great talent, and to somehow be included amongst them.
@@ -997,7 +995,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i>
     This was back when I cared about getting the first remix of at least one recently released song out for Homestuck. The result is this! I tried elaborating a bit on the material Jit gave so far, since at the time there wasn't much to go off of, and I think it fares relatively well. It's hard to feel good about old music sometimes though.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Slick strut!
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 Track: Tombs & Krypton
@@ -1060,7 +1058,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Elanor Pam:</i>
     Snowman and Spades Slick.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Ooh, complex rhythm. Jazzy.
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 Track: Sord.....
@@ -1156,7 +1154,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>dodostad:</i>
     A friend of mine made a plush squiddle so I decided to let it have a moment to shine! Also this song is the cutest thing what the heckie.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     SQUIDDLES
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 Track: timaeusAmplified
@@ -1191,7 +1189,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Yan Rodriguez:</i>
     I used to do a series of songs/arrangements lining up with stories. I didn't ever really line this one up with anything, but the basic idea was "Unsheathed in a haunted house." I played a lot of Luigi's Mansion for this one.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Pretty sure this is one of them Pisces trolls. Not sure why it is called Scabbard.
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 Track: Sketches in Black
@@ -1215,7 +1213,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Kevin Grant:</i>
     Originally supposed to be a practice project so I could learn how to sample, I added in a few piano riffs from Black and it took on a life of its own. The most obvious sample is from "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing", but other samples in there inclue the trumpet from an old 1940s big band song, and the drums from "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones. For a song that wasn't even originally a song, I think it came out pretty well. Enjoy!
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     <small><small>If another one of these commentaries ends with "Enjoy" I am going to punch everyone.</small></small>
     Great perspective work on the art.
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@@ -1236,7 +1234,7 @@ Art Tags:
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     <i>Joe Ouellet:</i>
     Together (At Last) is a theme for the Beta kids' reunion, obviously made before they reunited in canon. The beginning is supposed to be happy; the beta kids finally unite for the first time after a session gone awry and a 3 year journey through the dark abyss and a mysterious alternate dimension. They hug, cry, fist bump, push each other down a set of friendship stairs, etc. Then Rose drops a bombshell: an unbeatable demon is going around destroying dream bubbles, and in the process, the universe. Things look grave, and Jade and John are startled. But they decide to press on and not give up. Together, with the remaining trolls and the alpha kids, they can defeat, or escape, Lord English once and for all.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Due to miscommunication, we actually ended up with a couple pieces for this track. Both were pretty rad, so we didn't want either to go to waste. The other ended up being the [[track:disk2-lofam3|Disk 2]] track art.
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 Track: INFIDELS!
@@ -1346,7 +1344,7 @@ Art Tags:
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     <i>Elanor Pam:</i>
     Veritas wanted to use my Together at Last [[track:disk2-lofam3|pic]] for this track (since [[track:together-at-last|that one]] already has track art) but I thought it was too contemplative for this song. Hope Remains has something of an "ongoing chase scene" feel for me. So I offered to come up with something more active. Then my comp's power source went and burned... good thing I have a tablet at work! And that work on this day was slow to a ridiculous degree. I had but a few interruptions while drawing this one. Whew, crisis averted!
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Andre does good musics. This is no exception.
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 Track: Maid in Spades
@@ -1387,7 +1385,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Joe Ouellet:</i>
     A remix of one of my favorite Homestuck songs, Candles and Clockwork. It's more of a reimagining of the piece really. There isn't much to say about it in particular other than it was my best mastering work at the time of its completion, I think. It may have also been the first time I stayed away from using endless breakbeat loops in a Homestuck remix.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Ooh, crystalline. Very shiny!
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 Track: Cold Steel
@@ -1458,7 +1456,7 @@ Art Tags:
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     <i>Ashley Jones:</i>
     When the Homestuck Music Contest first opened well over a year ago, I'd really only just started exploring my love of creating music. This track (which is based around the Exiles years in the future) and one other are actually only the third and fourth tracks i ever composed! I've improved alot since then but I always had a little bit of love for this one. When LOFAM3 was announced I made a snap decision to spruce up my little deser themed tune and bring tumblr's attention back to it. I'm honoured that such an old track of mine is still considered worthy of LOFAM, to be honest!
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     That heavenscape is certainly sunsoaked. Neat!
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 Track: Explore [Keygen Mix]
@@ -1506,7 +1504,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>Kevin Grant:</i>
     So, this was one of my first chiptunes. People seem to like it. However, when I listen to it now, two years later, I realize how little I knew about Famitracker, and music composition in genearl. I like to think I've learned a great deal since Ohgodboss. Still, I guess it's catchy enough as it is. Enjoy!
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     <small><small>oh for the love of god!</small></small>
     <i>Kate Holden:</i>
     I actually did two pieces of potential art for this, both featuring Dave and Jade fighting Bec Noir, since it seemed appropriate for an intense boss tune featuring a theme associated with Jade. There was a duller version of this as well as a more comic bookish one. A panel of friends agreed that this one read better, but it was a little flat, so I started brightening it and tweaking it, but still wanted to convey '8-bit', so I started playing around with a square brush throwing in this Darwina-esque square noise, which I thought looked pretty cool. It has been remarked that Jade firing an assault rifle in the air in front of a volcano is metal as shit. That's probably my favourite commentary on this image.
@@ -1555,6 +1553,6 @@ Referenced Tracks:
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     <i>plaidcushion:</i>
     Starblaze is a really cool track, and I'm really pleased I got to make the art for it! I tried to stick with the same format as the art for the song it came from, but a bit more lively- It made me think of the Alpha kids hanging out together at night, lit only by the glow of their lanterns from the tower in LoCaH.
-    <i><b>Brad Griffin:</b></i>
+    <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor)
     Welp, so ends the third volume of Land of Fans and Music. This album would not be possible without your suggestions and constant support.
     Thanks for listening!