stlap3, on the rox, the nobles spotify urls

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@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/album/the-nobles

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbnDPwfP-ro

 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtcgklmZsk9AiC6iWWlffTGxU7aow814N

+- https://open.spotify.com/album/6zvwkqvF7QBYxyehFrJvm7

 Cover Artists:

 - animmania

 Default Track Cover Artists:

@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ Art Tags:
 - LoMaX

 - Skaia

 Cover Art File Extension: png

+Track Art File Extension: png

 Color: '#e65b56'

 Groups:

 - The Paradox Music Team

@@ -36,13 +38,13 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>The Paradox Music Team:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/album/the-nobles))

 

     From the depths of the Medium to the edge of the Furthest Ring, The Nobles tackles it all in a 14 track album based on the setting of the Alpha Session! (Also includes Commentary PDF and one whole bonus track by Pascal van den Bos)

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     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (booklet commentary)

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     <b>Foreward</b>

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     Hello whoever's reading this I'd like to personally thank you for taking the time to listen to my first solo endeavor The Nobles.

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     So yeah this album has been something I've been dreaming of doing even way before I started writing music a year and a half ago and I'm so relived to have finally made it a reality. THis was one hell of an ambitious project so much that I had to push back the release date a few times due to self doubt and a lack in creativity. In the end it was completed... right? you're reading this right now aren't you? Yeah craziness aside this project is simply about the medium of the alpha kids and any and all aspects relating to it, so expect themes for the best set of lands out there and more! Now lets thank those who helped made this possible.

 

     First off I have to got to thank my main man [[artist:pascal-van-den-bos|Pascal]] for allowing me to do this and for originally accepting my pitch back in January. Also props to him for all the great feedback, a great job on the collab, and for being an amazing friend.

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     [[artist:phos|Maria Panaiotti]]

 

     Album Mastering by: [[artist:spad3s]]

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-Track Art File Extension: png

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 Section: Side 1

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@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ Duration: '0:42'
 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/side-1

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_JNFyZR-io

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/2mOa5ck3Wakemtd3ZrRJLa

 Art Tags:

 - Jane

 - Roxy

@@ -86,9 +87,8 @@ Art Tags:
 - Jake

 Commentary: |-

     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

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-    So starting this whole thing off we have the introductory song to the first half of the album. Side 1 was well the result of me being tired as hell at 4am trying to write a song. It was originally a lot longer with a really weird intro bit but was cut down once I decided to use it for Side 1. In the end I like how this turned out and I plan to finish the original version one day to make it a full song.

 

+    So starting this whole thing off we have the introductory song to the first half of the album. Side 1 was well the result of me being tired as hell at 4am trying to write a song. It was originally a lot longer with a really weird intro bit but was cut down once I decided to use it for Side 1. In the end I like how this turned out and I plan to finish the original version one day to make it a full song.

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 Track: Miasmic Resurrection

 Artists:

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Duration: '3:07'
 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/miasmic-resurrection

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPcbJ_VZ_c

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/2oFWafO9EnxLB5VNvLt2jZ

 Art Tags:

 - LoTaK

 # - Heart (aspect)

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     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     So remember that shitty [[album:stlap2|STLaP 2]] song called [[Miasmic Decay]]? Remember how I said that I'd like to revisit it one day? Well here we have what Decay was supposed to be. Resurrection was the first song I made back when The Nobles was still a concept and initially it was gonna be a simple Lo-Fi esque remix of Decay. So it was presumably finished until waaaaay later when most of the album was done and I said "hey I wanna make that better". I went back and drastically changed the b section to be more melodic so the song didn't feel lacking when compared to everything else. This was also when I was obsessed with that custom bass I made for [[track:those-who-tread-the-furthest-ring|Those Who Tread]] so it's in here lol. In the end I feel like I made a pretty decent LoTaK song even though it was my second shot at it. I hope this song represents my favorite character Dirk and his kick ass land more than my previous attempt. Enjoy!

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 Track: Dormant Wishes

 Artists:

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ Duration: '2:34'
 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/dormant-wishes

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_2PXVmW9BY

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/1pvvKy4Aav6QLq7bDik1sy

 Art Tags:

 - LoCaH

 # - Life (aspect)

@@ -124,7 +125,6 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     So this was originally made for the [[album:moons-of-theseus|MTaHK Tribute album]] that [[group:unofficial-mspa-fans|UMSPAF]] was doing until I pussied out for whatever reason which is why it references [[track:sburban-jungle]]. Now with that idea scrapped I looked at the song again and was like "yeah I can make this into a LoCaH song" so I did... The End. Ok but seriously I repurposed what I liked about the original draft which was the vaguely Sburban Jungle lead and built everything around it. With help from [[artist:spad3s]] I made the song very open to capture a feel of endless exploration and I think it works well especially with the panned synth. This is also where \#I first experimented with the Cave Story Plus soundfont which shows up pretty much everywhere in the album in some shape or form kinda like how the ChronoTrigger soundfont was all over my BeforusBound stuff. In the end I think this quaint little song fits Janes land well even though in retrospect its a bit simplistic.

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 Track: Perxenic Highlands

 Artists:

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Duration: '2:59'
 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/perxenic-highlands

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rX5CRTVXCE

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/3PoestLj4Ro99sJe4nETTQ

 Art Tags:

 - LoMaX

 # - Hope (aspect)

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     <i>Pascal van den Bos:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     Uh yeah so [[artist:rowyn-berlan|Rowyn]] texted me at 3am asking if I wanted to help them on a song that they got stuck on for their solo album, clearly i dont sleep so i replied with a cheerful "HELL YEA". They sent me a pretty cool piano sketch that already had some of that signature "Timeless Sauce" on it, so I started having ideas for it pretty quickly. Prior to making this i had been listening to a lot of 16-bit fast paced stuff, specifically a lot of the Gadobadorrer soundtrack so i used a lot of SC-55 (labeled as the Gadobadorrer soundfont) in this. I also incorporated an old piano sketch called "Driven Factor" which was a [[track:penumbra-phantasm]] ish remix of [[track:fate-of-the-heir|"Fate of the Heir"]] at the start of the song but in a more [[track:savior-of-the-waking-world|SotWW]] kinda style with the layered flutes, wind sound effect, strings, piano tuned to C6 etc (there will never be enough Fate of the Heir remixes, they will never stop).  Then things start heating up with SC-55 drums, bass and an organ and Rowyn's signature usage of the ChronoTrigger soundfont. I also really wanted to add a bitcrush transition into chiptune breakdown since i had only recently gotten the magical8bitplug and dBlue Crusher (i really love dBlue Crusher holy shit) and i really love how they were used in [[Umbral Ultimatum]]. The tempo changes were inspired by me trying to recreate [[track:eridans-theme|Eridan's theme]] lol, i just thought they were really cool so i wanted to incorporate that myself, and a kid from my class complimented me on it so CHECKMATE CRITICS B). Then some brass in the final section because Rowyn wanted some epic "Jake brass" in there followed up by a final chiptune solo thing with 3 magical8bitplugs playing at once and then to a slow section with the detuned EP and strings again, also a samplepack called "Angstrom Glockenspiel" cause i had also just gotten that and it just sounds perfect for the song imo (really good glockenspiel pack, would use again). In the end this is probably one of my favorite songs that i ever made and it was a lot of fun to work on with Rowyn, overall experience:\ 69 unannounced secret of mana drum soundfont swaps out of 10. Epic job on the album Rowyn B)

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     P.S. - To anyone reading this, don't open multiple instances of Edirol Orchestral at once in your DAW, i did do that and I also forced Rowyn to do it not knowing it would stab FL 3 times in the neck resulting in this project file crashing at least 12 times in total. Appreciate midi routing kids.

 

     P.P.S - I just realized P.S. also stands for plasticSaturnia HA HA, how humorous

 

     P.P.P.S - Perxenic Highlands sounds like a type of weed, lmao

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 Track: Radiant Dunes

 Duration: '3:04'

 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/radiant-dunes

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zSlc9FGqnM

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/0uuRkqSP98DIQpR6bgXJ5O

 Art Tags:

 - LoPaN

 # - Perfectly Generic Object

@@ -169,13 +170,13 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     So this was by far the hardest of the land themes to write in my opinion but I did it... I think? Radiant Dunes was quite the task to write mainly because I had gone through so many shitty drafts and was really cutting it so close on time but one night inspiration struck. I had listened to [[Cleopatra's Cocktail Party]] and [[track:dominion-lofam3]] from [[album:lofam4|LoFaMs 4]] and [[album:lofam3|3]] respectively and had started transcribing the latter song which I think is pretty apparent. So the following morning I knocked out Radiant Dunes in one sitting, making one of my personal favorite songs. Now I started out the song by writing some chords as you do and built everything off of them at first. Then with the lead I really wanted to focus on harmony which I ended up doing later in the song with the double squares. I'm also a big fan of the appreggiation at the end that I added at the last minute. I think I did LoPaN and the Rox herself justice with the song and well if you want more Roxy tunes then stick around for [[artist:rainy]]'s [solo!](https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-rox)

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 Track: The Nobles

 Duration: '2:34'

 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/the-nobles

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu1YSuTFFkc

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/6omJickT0FqgHYdT1TSnNW

 Art Tags:

 - Jane

 - Roxy

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     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     The Nobles from [[album:the-nobles]] totally won't be confusing right? Let's hope not. Now The Nobles is supposed to serve as the main theme of sorts of the album and as kind of a culmination of all the land themes before it. I started writing this song when I had the Viridian Forest theme from Pokemon Gold and Silver stuck in my head and I think the chords and bass piano reflect that lol. Anyway I initially wanted to have the song just be full piano but I got feedback from [[artist:rainy]] and [[artist:pascal-van-den-bos|Pascal]] telling me to add more instruments so I did. Pascal in particular wanted me to make a more distinct b section so I did after struggling for a while. He also suggested that I add some strings and woodwind which I'm not too used to writing yet so the [[track:radiant-dunes]] section of the song may be a bit off and I apologize for that. In the end I think this song does what it needs and if it's a bit lacking that's where [[track:the-nobles-reprise|the reprise]] comes in handy. Enjoy!

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 Section: Side 2

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@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ Duration: '0:36'
 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/side-2

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7w_0plrbsc

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/47MGf9Aq69GP3I7pnenwSt

 Art Tags:

 - Jake

 - Dirk

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     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     This was a quick little song I made right after the original [[Miasmic Resurrection]] and it shows. I don't remember much about making this song but it was a fairly smooth process and I messed with panning a bit which is cool lol. In the end it does its job so let's hop into Side 2!!!

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 Track: Voids Edge

 Duration: '4:28'

 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/voids-edge

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SfwniXWhhg

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/4dElVT3zYRoAK6PUX6kcAr

 Art Tags:

 - Roxy

 - Dirk

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     <i>Rainy:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     [[artist:rowyn-berlan|Timeless]] originally wanted me to use my guitar sample library for the original version of this track. I'm not sure what happened but they decided to scrap that original version. I thought the original demo had promise so I asked them for a midi of the track. Eventually they offered to let me collab with them in order to finish the track. A lot of the elements from that original demo are still present in the finishing version albeit heavily modified and extended. I took the original melody and chords timeless wrote and messed around until I got this fun sounding progression and from there it all came together pretty naturally. Unfortunately, there came a point where timeless could no longer use the project file and so he wasn't able to have as much input as i would have liked. Despite that collabing on this was a pretty fun experience and I wouldn't mind doing it again.

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 Track: Broken Dreams

 Directory: broken-dreams-the-nobles

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 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/broken-dreams

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_TA9HnLhrI

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/2LTnFsm2EDRoBJ9BG8wmK2

 Art Tags:

 - Jane

 - Jake

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     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     So this song was the result of by far one of the smoothest writing processes I've had and boy do I love how this turned out. I went into making Broken Dreams with a bassline in mind and had a little trouble getting it to sound good since it was originally in a different time signature than everything else. From there I wrote the right panned square and doubled it up for harmony cause I be like that. Then I wanted to add the [[track:ruins]] bit from [[Skaian Shrapnel]], so I carefully transcribed it into a different key while testing out like 100 different square sounds just because. Now writing the other half of this song was so fun especially since I found ways to fit in some more motifs and then messed around with manual delay which brings us to it's completion... oh yeah I should talk about the songs thematic purpose shouldn't I... So Broken Dreams is simply just a song about Alpha Jack wrecking shit up on Prospit and the name is pretty self explanatory.

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 Track: Those Who Tread the Furthest Ring

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 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/those-who-tread-the-furthest-ring

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZNiqmHED8I

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZylzkSva6devgPF4rSSsg

 Art Tags:

 - Dirk

 - Horrorterrors

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     <i>Beau Brian:</i> (composer, booklet commentary, quirk-free)

 

     It was a really fun albeit rather shortlived experience helping [[artist:rowyn-berlan|Rowyn]] with this collab. Simply put, they said they didn't know what to do with it past a certain point and we discussed a collaboration. After a bit, they tossed over a copy of the project file and the things it used, and I did my best to go to town on it. I only got the smallest bit added - A piano medley, a little bloopity part, a half a bass break - before I got p tired and hit the hay. I didn't have time to work on it the next morning, so I sent it back to Rowyn knowing I'd be spending all my spare time the next few days at work. By the time I *could* get around to opening the file again, my computer had practically bricked itself..? I couldn't work on the project at all, but Rowyn did an amazing job completing. They'll probably say they were stuck, but in reality when they was given just the slightest push they jet right into it, and did a hell of a good job along the way.

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 Track: Terminus

 Directory: terminus-the-nobles

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 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/terminus

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDp5lVhO12Y

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/1SUSTTWCbJ7QU4SSAyDyTQ

 Art Tags:

 - Jane

 - Jake

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     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (booklet commentary)

 

     We're not done with young [[artist:beau-brian|Beau]] just yet because forever ago he made a song called Death on a Dying Planet. While I did not directly reference that song, I did however base my composition off of it. Without Death on a Dying Planet I don't think Terminus would exist so thanks Beau. Now when writing the song I logically started with a rhodes and then wrote a bassline? with the cello. At the last minute I decided to add the ChronoTrigger soundfont to back up the main rhodes melody in the latter half of the song. I think I did an ok job at writing a Game Over theme and would consider this among my strongest compositions. I hope you're ready for some sad times and enjoy!

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 Track: Stardust Glitches

 Duration: '2:46'

 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/stardust-glitches

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srwnfzWuupE

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/3viI2VJCTaSnOxO1XrFhWc

 Art Tags:

 - John

 - Jade

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     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     Stardust Glitches was made right after I made [[Fate of the Heir]] which is probably why it's a remix of it. Yeah I also don't remember much about the creation of this song... sorry. What I do know is that I also added a [[track:gold-pilot|gold pilot]] reference cause of the [[flash:6278|stardust glitch edit in the comic]] which is cool. OH! and there's a lot of grossbeat and I have many regrets lol. In retrospect this song is probably the weakest on [[album:the-nobles|the album]] mainly because it's one of the older songs and it was mostly experimental. Anyway I hope you enjoy glitch hell!!!

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 Track: All's Well

 Duration: '2:39'

 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/alls-well

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fb6-Sm6mOI

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/7DOrrNcyXp2RZguO4w5Fc9

 Art Tags:

 - John

 - Jane

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     <i>Rowyn Berlan:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)

 

     You like slides? you like Earthbound? well boy oh boy do I have the song for you. So All's Well was made shortly after [the Earthbound tribute album](https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/album/whats-your-favorite-song-earthbound-2019) came out with a combination of the Earthbound and Cave Story Plus soundfonts. I started off by writing the opening arpeggio which I later went back and changed and the synth pad. From there I really wanted to focus on writing a good bassline and luckily for me the EB fingered bass is a heavenly instrument so let's just say mission accomplished.The lead on All's Well is one of my favorite melodies that I've ever written and yes I did cram in the ChronoTrigger soundfont for the second lead B). Now you might be asking yourself what's well? well all's well silly... for the alpha kids... [[flash:8127|at the end of homestuck...]] yeah lets go with that. Anyway I hope you feel well and enjoy All's Well!

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 Track: The Nobles (Reprise)

 Additional Names:

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 URLs:

 - https://pascalpotatovandenbos.bandcamp.com/track/the-nobles-reprise

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8BMbdanV_8

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/4oKScvMRuJa10pGNPjEhvC

 Art Tags:

 - John

 - Jane

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     So we finally did it... we're at the end. To close out this passion project we have the reprise of the albums main theme. I decided that a somber take on [[track:the-nobles|the nobles]] would be a fitting end to our journey throughout the alpha session so I wrote just that. So lets keep this short... thanks so much for listening and giving my music a chance and for the last time I hope you enjoy!<br>

     (Alternate Title: Goodnight)

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 Section: Bonus tracks

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 Duration: '2:01'

 URLs:

 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8kUq6XzA-E

+- https://open.spotify.com/track/3JNUVj2MbK9TRcyRiD1AWg

 Cover Artists:

 - Phos

 Art Tags: