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@@ -36,21 +36,31 @@ Additional Files:
   Files:
   - volume_8_booklet_FINAL.pdf
 Commentary: |-
+    <i>Cool and New Music Team:</i>
+    (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcJpoAOPxTw">[S] It Came From Volume 8</a>)
+
+    <i>Ngame:</i>
+    (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIxsF01kAaw&t=2593">Community listening stream w/ chat</a>)
+
     <i>bobthetacocat:</i> (Artist)
-    Let me tell you a little story that starts from Volume V. The art team were having an "let's go through our art and see how much it sucks" binge, when I came across my track art for "i need an abumbalnce!!.mp3" and saw the LOWAS in the top left corner. The first thing I thought to myself was "hey, I could make that better." And so the editing of the original begins, and I end up with this. After getting a lot of positive reception and people asking me to make other planets, I decided to do this: start (and finish) LOHAC, then move on to LOLAR, then finally LOFAF. Over the course of working on LOHAC (which took too long to make the base circle of) I realized that I wasn't going to do anything with them, effectively making these for no reason. About this time is where I had the idea of arranging them in a Volume 8 cover fashion because, hey, I had the planets, I could do the thing, what's to lose?
-    After finishing LOHAC, XenoZane (sup booklet guy) asked me to do LOLAR, and as a joke, I decided to do LOLAF, Rose's CANWC planet instead. That joke was the only reason I had LOLAF handy and decided to do LODAR soon after finshing LOLAR. (and by soon after i mean the same day)
+    Let me tell you a little story that starts from [[album:cool-and-new-volume-v|Volume V]]. The art team were having an "let's go through our art and see how much it sucks" binge, when I came across my track art for "[[track:i-need-an-abumbalncemp3|i need an abumbalnce!!.mp3]]" and saw the LOWAS in the top left corner. The first thing I thought to myself was "hey, I could make that better." And so the editing of the original begins, and I end up with this. After getting a lot of positive reception and people asking me to make other planets, I decided to do this: start (and finish) LOHAC, then move on to LOLAR, then finally LOFAF. Over the course of working on LOHAC (which took too long to make the base circle of) I realized that I wasn't going to do anything with them, effectively making these for no reason. About this time is where I had the idea of arranging them in a Volume 8 cover fashion because, hey, I had the planets, I could do the thing, what's to lose?
+    After finishing LOHAC, [[artist:xenozane|XenoZane]] (sup booklet guy) asked me to do LOLAR, and as a joke, I decided to do LOLAF, Rose's CANWC planet instead. That joke was the only reason I had LOLAF handy and decided to do LODAR soon after finshing LOLAR. (and by soon after i mean the same day)
     The same day is when i decided to make a base concept for what I was going to do with these planets that would have no use otherwise. After placing the planets that I had in their positions, more people starting noticing that the art for the planets had no use at the time.
     I made a second concept art the next day.
-    On the same day, Makin noticed the art i was making and said this. Now, for some reason, my brain read that as "you can have the volume 8 spot" for some wild, bizzare, :wackyZany: reason. ((Insider info: the original Volume 8 album art was repurposed into the CaNHS3 album art.))
+    On the same day, [[artist:makin|Makin]] noticed the art i was making and said this. Now, for some reason, my brain read that as "you can have the volume 8 spot" for some wild, bizzare, :wackyZany: reason. ((Insider info: the original Volume 8 album art was repurposed into the CaNHS3 album art.))
     For some unknown reason, it took me three days to make LOFAF, and two days later I decided to make a "final plan" that never worked out, and made an 8 for the cover slightly after.
     It took me too long to do the stars, about a week or something like that, but I got them done and that's all that matters. I added the Vrasky not too long after.
     So yeah. That's the story about how a little edit to an old project stemmed into the cover for an album, and a project that I consider one of my best.
     Overall, making the Volume 8 cover was a really fun project, and helping this team (and the team helping me) has been the greatest thing I've experienced in years, maybe ever.
     I hope you have fun (or had fun, if you're reading this retroactively) with the album. Stay safe out there.
-    <img src="media/misc/v8lume-collage.jpg" width="450" height="300"/>
+    <img src="media/misc/v8lume-collage.jpg" width="450">
     
-    <i>XenoZane:</i> (Team Member)
+    <i>XenoZane:</i> (Booklet Assembler)
     fuck you bob i do not read your commentary because you put so many fucking pictures like goddamn
+
+    I wanted to contribute to the team more than just uploading youtube videos, so i jumped on the opportunity to make a commentary booklet, as i think the previous ones are really funny. problem is: i had no idea how to even make these. i wouldnt have been able to make this without the help of [[artist:interrobang|interrobang]], who sent me the template for the [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck|canh]] commentary booklets and introduced me to adobe indesign.
+---
+Section: Main album
 ---
 Track: Cool and New Music Team
 Artists:
@@ -144,7 +154,7 @@ URLs:
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     <i>TirantBacon:</i> (Composer)
     Ah, unintentional touhou. How unintentionally touhou. This unintentionally reminds me of a particular song that ends with touhou and starts with unintentional. 
-    Making this song was absurdly fun. It was the first time I've really got to make another version of someone else's song, and I enjoyed what I could do with it. It's not a huge song, and especially not a crazy song in any way shape or form. It was just a small idea that ended with me putting it on the album. And yes, it doesn't sound like a touhou song at all. I'm not a mad man, and especially not ZUN in the slightest :) 
+    Making this song was absurdly fun. It was the first time I've really got to make another version of someone else's song, and I enjoyed what I could do with it. It's not a huge song, and especially not a crazy song in any way shape or form. It was just a small idea that ended with me putting it on the album. And yes, it doesn't sound like a touhou song at all. I'm not a mad man, and especially not [[artist:zun|ZUN]] in the slightest :) 
     All I can really hope is that you like it as much as I liked making it!
 
     <i>CreatorOfJanespeak:</i> (Artist)
@@ -241,7 +251,7 @@ Lyrics: |-
     Bowstutzlogic
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Makin:</i> (Composer)
-    This is my [[track:three-in-the-morning-4-13-hours-late-remix-canwc-gh|4 1/3 hours late mix]], as a homage to the best two comedians/artists/geniuses vaguely associated to the Homestuck and Cool and New fandoms for some reason. I hope you enjoy the soothing bowtunes and stutzballades together with the electronic Daft Punk shit. The new instrumentals are actually BACK YARD vocoded, but it seems I went too far in distorting them. If you think this is repetitive, the original song is 5 minutes long and has less variety, so don't complain :jaedAngery:
+    This is my [[track:three-in-the-morning-4-13-hours-late-remix-canwc-gh|4 1/3 hours late mix]], as a homage to the best two comedians/artists/geniuses vaguely associated to the Homestuck and Cool and New fandoms for some reason. I hope you enjoy the soothing bowtunes and stutzballades together with the electronic Daft Punk shit. The new instrumentals are actually BACK YARD vocoded, but it seems I went too far in distorting them. If you think this is repetitive, the original song is 5 minutes long and has less variety, so don't complain <img src="media/misc/JaedAngery.png" width="24">
 
     <i>Saeko:</i>
     I dont even know what to type here, just throwing some bowman memes with shitty effects and done I guess.
@@ -554,7 +564,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/LcSHXutWY4U
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     <i>MrCheeze:</i> (Composer)
-    I've always felt these albums could use a bit more of an avant garde side. If it sounds like "normal music", are you even really trying? That said, this song is litterally just notes placed at random on a piano roll. It's about as good as you could expect from that, but the song "o" from volume s*x was a much better implementation of that philosophy.
+    I've always felt these albums could use a bit more of an avant garde side. If it sounds like "normal music", are you even really trying? That said, this song is litterally just notes placed at random on a piano roll. It's about as good as you could expect from that, but the song [[track:o|"o" from volume s*x]] was a much better implementation of that philosophy.
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 Track: Jhon's Lament
 Artists:
@@ -622,7 +632,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/cGD-yOP2_Tk
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     <i>BitesizeBird:</i> (Composer)
-    Not that anyone cares but it's been 3 months since I made a song, so I thought I'd make return with a song that I don't hear remixed all that often. Shoutout to Kali, Bird and Bird and Simpleflips.
+    Not that anyone cares but it's been 3 months since I made a song, so I thought I'd make return with a song that I don't hear remixed all that often. Shoutout to [[artist:kalibration|Kali]], Bird and Bird and Simpleflips.
 
     <i>BitesizeBird:</i> (Artist)
     Davesprite, but with bigger wings. That was it really. I wonder if he's compensating for his bird dick something.
@@ -683,13 +693,12 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/Nk5gEu0GhQg
 Commentary: |-
     <i>Wheals:</i> (Composer)
-    "This started as a really old project (originally planned for volume s*x!) to make a Rose song based on an original melody I had written and thought sounded pretty nice. That melody still remains, in the final section of the song.
+    "This started as a really old project (originally planned for [[album:cool-and-new-volume-sx|volume s*x]]!) to make a Rose song based on an original melody I had written and thought sounded pretty nice. That melody still remains, in the final section of the song.
     The song ended up being far more storytelling than I had anticipated, though: it pretty much follows Rose being alone, pestering the shitty trolls, and finally findind Kanaya and leaving with some hope. The title is taken from said pesterlog with Kanaya."
 
     <i>Cloudaria:</i> (Ex Artist)
-    <img src="media/misc/amidst-this-mess-beta.png" width="450" height="450"/>
+    <img src="media/misc/amidst-this-mess-beta.png" width="350">
     i was going to make good trackart but i am currently mildly worried because a test i did needs to be registered by tonight and it's not registering plus i have to go by 5:00 so just take the sketch i did. close your eyes now and imagine this is a beautiful work of art. beautiful, isn't it? i know. i may revisit it. i may not. who knows? life is brief. this art may never be finished in the history of the universe. quite tragic, no? there's probably another universe in which i do, in fact, finish this trackart, but this is not that universe. only those who have seen this trackart know how beautifully i sketch. i think. fun fact: this whole thing was done in paint.net, which is honestly a pretty bad medium for art. what if life is just a dream, and death is just usewaking up from a deep slumber of 78 years on average? also, if you're wondering, the test was a thing on how to respond to an emergency and it's needed for an exercise i'm doing tomorrow.
-
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 Track: 'pysc0roins: licord boogaloo'
 Artists:
@@ -787,7 +796,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/RGm6kbbV8ZU
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     <i>cookiefonster:</i> (Composer)
-    People liked Fighting Spirit Redux so I decided to do another song like that, this time remaking Fighting Spirit Second Form with cool and new motifs. This time I was a lot less self indulgent with picking melodies to use but I got to use some less common ones which was pretty cool and new. My favorite parts of this are Moshi Moshi? and Battle Against an Average Foe. I probably could've used Unintentional Touhou as well but for some reason that didn't occur to me.
+    People liked [[track:fighting-spirit-redux|Fighting Spirit Redux]] so I decided to do another song like that, this time remaking Fighting Spirit Second Form with cool and new motifs. This time I was a lot less self indulgent with picking melodies to use but I got to use some less common ones which was pretty cool and new. My favorite parts of this are Moshi Moshi? and Battle Against an Average Foe. I probably could've used [[track:unintentional-touhou|Unintentional Touhou]] as well but for some reason that didn't occur to me.
 
     <i>trip:</i> (Artist)
     i tried to mimic the original fighting spirit second form art but with the lodar gang. thats about it. hot artists thoughts on this piece: hecka jef looks like gary oak with a fat ass and a blue onesie but honestly im at peace with that idea. also fresh germyquensprit looks like a fucking demon which is rad. 
@@ -796,7 +805,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     I added big, beefy arms ~~for no discernable reason~~ on the advice of my art guru, and they ran with it, and for that I am forever grateful.
 
     Original art:
-    <img src="media/misc/fighting-spirit-double-ascended-form-beta.png" width="450" height="450"/>
+    <img src="media/misc/fighting-spirit-double-ascended-form-beta.png" width="350">
 ---
 Track: Aura of Colour
 Directory: aura-of-colour
@@ -812,7 +821,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/C1ieAWpteAU
 Commentary: |-
     <i>olegoleg123:</i> (Composer)
-    This song was not originally meant for CANWC and/or Homestuck, however, I decided to apply it here because of two reasons: I felt like it would fit Rose fairly well and I wanted this song to become a persistent leitmotif in CANWC(since original, serious leitmotifs is what the CANWC soundtrack is still very much lacking). Later, I made a few candidates for the ""second version"" of this song(Aura of Void(unfinished), Halloween Track(unrelated to CANWC), Dance of Colour(didn't really turn out all that good), HQ Remaster(didn't really go anywhere after the first two bars, will possibly be continued and released as and ""Alpha Version""))     
+    This song was not originally meant for CANWC and/or Homestuck, however, I decided to apply it here because of two reasons: I felt like it would fit Rose fairly well and I wanted this song to become a persistent leitmotif in CANWC(since original, serious leitmotifs is what the CANWC soundtrack is still very much lacking). Later, I made a few candidates for the ""second version"" of this song(Aura of Void(unfinished), <a href="https://soundcloud.com/olegoleg123/halloween-2016-preview">Halloween Track</a>(unrelated to CANWC), <a href="https://soundcloud.com/olegoleg123/dance-of-colour">Dance of Colour</a>(didn't really turn out all that good), HQ Remaster(didn't really go anywhere after the first two bars, will possibly be continued and released as and ""Alpha Version""))     
     This song is to be used when the comic goes from ""mostly ironically shitty and messing around"" to ""100% dark and serious"", which I'm hoping would happen at some point.
 
     <i>CreatorOfJanespeak:</i> (Artist)
@@ -943,7 +952,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Cecily Renns:</i> (Composer)
     i think we've come to a point of unacceptable self indulgence, and its all my fault
     on the Discord server, we value sleep extremely highly, and while a hierarchy based on who gets the best sleep every day sounds,,,, kind of like an awesome setting for a novel, the reality is that we trap people in a jail channel until they go to sleep when they refuse The Bed
-    something something tnx bambosh, something something :thanks: :wheals:, something something jjr is a fucking asshole, thats all the context needed
+    something something tnx [[artist:bambosh|bambosh]], something something :thanks: :[[artist:wheals|wheals]]:, something something [[artist:cecily-renns|jjr]] is a fucking asshole, thats all the context needed
 
     <i>avocado:</i> (Artist)
     do
@@ -1155,7 +1164,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>TirantBacon:</i> (Composer)
     Also ~~not~~ known as Dabe's theme (no or yes????????????????????? u decide) 
     Dabestep's melody was something I initially came up with on the piano as a concept melody, which eventually got transcribed as a proper song. It originally didn't sound this solid and full on, with it instead being more of a typical light chiptune that I didn't plan to go anywhere further with. Eventually, due to choice, I made the triangle wave louder and the drums louder still, which you can hear in the original version. 
-    Xoro heard the song, added drums plus bitcrushing at transition points, and this is the result. I got to say, he improved the song completely, as the drums go very well with the arrangement of the overall tune. He did a great job knowing what rhythm the drums would have! The original version is on the soundtest, if that interests you.
+    [[artist:kusoro|Xoro]] heard the song, added drums plus bitcrushing at transition points, and this is the result. I got to say, he improved the song completely, as the drums go very well with the arrangement of the overall tune. He did a great job knowing what rhythm the drums would have! The original version is on the soundtest, if that interests you.
 
     <i>Kusoro:</i> (Composer)
     I heard Tirant's song and added an intro and punchier drums, that's pretty much it.
@@ -1200,10 +1209,10 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/RB8gWx0jHkk
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     <i>Difarem:</i> (Composer)
-    This one has actually a long story; the first version was made back in the volume 2/ii days (if I recall correctly), but I wasn't really satisfied with it, nor with my later attempt to remake it for volume 7. Both these were titled EmeliaKLoVania, referencing the author of Conflict! and had some TTS at the start. Since the joke has worn out, I removed the TTS and changed the title, besides doing general improvements.
+    This one has actually a long story; the first version was made back in the [[album:cool-and-new-volume-2|volume 2]]/[[album:cool-and-new-volume-ii|ii]] days (if I recall correctly), but I wasn't really satisfied with it, nor with my later attempt to remake it for [[album:cool-and-new-volume-7|volume 7]]. Both these were titled EmeliaKLoVania, referencing the author of Conflict! and had some TTS at the start. Since the joke has worn out, I removed the TTS and changed the title, besides doing general improvements.
 
     <i>yazshu:</i> (Artist)
-    <span style="color: lightblue; font-family: comic sans ms, courier, courier new">shoutouts to simpleflips i have no commentary</span>
+    <span style="font-family: comic sans ms, courier, courier new">shoutouts to simpleflips i have no commentary</span>
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 Track: Willful Cryptanalysis
 Artists:
@@ -1318,7 +1327,7 @@ Lyrics: |-
     Ro-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oolla
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     <i>Pipko Fanfare:</i> (Composer)
-    Fun fact: The lyrics to this were originally going to be "Iiiiiiiiiit's Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack"
+    Fun fact: The lyrics to this were originally going to be "[[track:the-nutshack-intro|Iiiiiiiiiit's Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack]]"
 
     <i>Wights End:</i> (Artist)
     Stained Glass. That's about all I have to say on the matter tbh.
@@ -1361,9 +1370,9 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/tVtIsHClv9g
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     <i>cookiefonster:</i> (Composer)
-    One day I thought, hey I wonder how well Death by Glamour sounds combined with Conflict. This idea started as a simple high quality rip concept but it turned into this monstrosity of a song instead. Instead of transcribing the original song precisely except for melodies to replace with Conflict, I added a lot of my own doodling and interpretations of parts. Thanks to dragonChaser for helping with harmonizing that high piano part. In the later parts of the song I decided to use Tick to replace Metal Crusher which it was supposedly based on, and Snow Halation in the sax part because I don't need to explain why. I'm firmly convinced that last part is better than the original, and not even just because of DVS Sax.
-    I think this is one of the best songs I've ever made, but let's be real here, it's only because the original Death by Glamour is so good. Still, people liked Fighting Spirit Redux well enough so whose tastes am I to judge.
-    Also this song will never live up to Sbowban Glamour, sorry folks.
+    One day I thought, hey I wonder how well Death by Glamour sounds combined with Conflict. This idea started as a simple high quality rip concept but it turned into this monstrosity of a song instead. Instead of transcribing the original song precisely except for melodies to replace with Conflict, I added a lot of my own doodling and interpretations of parts. Thanks to [[artist:pipko-fanfare|dragonChaser]] for helping with harmonizing that high piano part. In the later parts of the song I decided to use Tick to replace [[track:metal-crusher|Metal Crusher]] which it was supposedly based on, and Snow Halation in the sax part because I don't need to explain why. I'm firmly convinced that last part is better than the original, and not even just because of DVS Sax.
+    I think this is one of the best songs I've ever made, but let's be real here, it's only because the original Death by Glamour is so good. Still, people liked [[track:fighting-spirit-redux|Fighting Spirit Redux]] well enough so whose tastes am I to judge.
+    Also this song will never live up to [[track:sbowban-glamour|Sbowban Glamour]], sorry folks.
     
     <i>yazshu:</i> (Artist)
     i like drawing mettaton i just put knives in his eyes also this was originally going to be a collab with me and tti but i liked the shitty wade i drew as what i wanted so much that i kept it
@@ -1519,7 +1528,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/5lzQGRA_JkI
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     <i>Wheals:</i> (Composer)
-    Unlike Anthem, this was made from the start as a Fresh Jimmy song, at least partially with the goal to use Good Grievous Bodily Harm, it being the other canon Jimmy leitmotif. Also unlike Anthem, the musical genre is intentionally very far away from FJFB. Originally this was going to be a remix of You're So Rad (an unfinished Malcolm Brown track) called You're So Fresh, but I ended up going in (or at least aiming for) a style closer to classical orchestral music than the movie-score style of You're So Rad. There are a still one or two elements borrowed from You're So Rad, but few enough that the name had to be changed. So, I decided to maximize on the silliness of the genre shift...
+    Unlike [[track:fresh-jimmy-anthem|Anthem]], this was made from the start as a Fresh Jimmy song, at least partially with the goal to use Good Grievous Bodily Harm, it being the other canon Jimmy leitmotif. Also unlike Anthem, the musical genre is intentionally very far away from FJFB. Originally this was going to be a remix of You're So Rad (an unfinished Malcolm Brown track) called You're So Fresh, but I ended up going in (or at least aiming for) a style closer to classical orchestral music than the movie-score style of You're So Rad. There are a still one or two elements borrowed from You're So Rad, but few enough that the name had to be changed. So, I decided to maximize on the silliness of the genre shift...
 
     <i>yazshu:</i> (Artist)
     i was depressed when i drew this
@@ -1577,7 +1586,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/vaZC4drhLMQ
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     <i>wiliam_:</i> (Artist)
-    because it's a trailer, i decided to whip up a cool 50s scifi horror film poster thing for the track art! it's probably much more dramatic and cool than the actual trailer is, though. (that's nights on fire in the bottom right corner :mmmBukkake:)
+    because it's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcJpoAOPxTw">trailer</a>, i decided to whip up a cool 50s scifi horror film poster thing for the track art! it's probably much more dramatic and cool than the actual trailer is, though. (that's [[artist:nights|nights]] on fire in the bottom right corner <img src="media/misc/mmmBukkake.png" width="48">)
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 Track: 'AAAAAAAAAAAAA Canon remix (not actually cannon though) cannon remix: THIT ONE IS CANON.'
 Artists:
@@ -1648,7 +1657,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/fWG4kXtGAYA
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     <i>Wights End:</i> (Composer)
-    I first started work on this song after listening to the really bass heavy section in the original at 1:20 and thinking "Hey, Waters of Nazareth would be cool here" I don't care for the intro section that uses the motif from my song Misery Loves Company. It doesn't have the grandure that I wanted to achieve, but I didn't really know how to improve it. In retrospect I would probably have referenced a different song. I tried to reference Cool and New Webcomic music motifs as much as possible, but I also included a few others for shits and giggles or because a certain part of the song reminded me of it. I also tried to use iconic soundfonts and VSTs such as DVS Sax (Used in Black), Zunpets (Touhou Trumpets), Earthbound Overdriven Guitar (Used in MeGaLoVania) And two string soundfonts from Hopes and Dreams and Upward Movement. My favorite part is the mashup of Michael Bowman Remix and a U.N. Owen Was Her acapella; and my least favorite part is the transition right after that. I really like Ska music so a lot of the parts of my song are inspired by it. All and all, I'm happy with the song, though there are some things I would have done differently in retrospect.
+    I first started work on this song after listening to the really bass heavy section in the original at 1:20 and thinking "Hey, Waters of Nazareth would be cool here" I don't care for the intro section that uses the motif from my song Misery Loves Company. It doesn't have the grandure that I wanted to achieve, but I didn't really know how to improve it. In retrospect I would probably have referenced a different song. I tried to reference Cool and New Webcomic music motifs as much as possible, but I also included a few others for shits and giggles or because a certain part of the song reminded me of it. I also tried to use iconic soundfonts and VSTs such as DVS Sax (Used in [[track:black|Black]]), Zunpets ([[artist:touhou-project|Touhou]] Trumpets), Earthbound Overdriven Guitar (Used in MeGaLoVania) And two string soundfonts from Hopes and Dreams and [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|Upward Movement]]. My favorite part is the mashup of Michael Bowman Remix and a U.N. Owen Was Her acapella; and my least favorite part is the transition right after that. I really like Ska music so a lot of the parts of my song are inspired by it. All and all, I'm happy with the song, though there are some things I would have done differently in retrospect.
 
     <i>Wights End:</i> (Artist)
     i ship it
@@ -1709,8 +1718,8 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/G4rzHIRa08Q
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     <i>Cecily Renns:</i> (Composer)
-    this was originally for the Credits video(s) of CANH, but we went with the other two instead
-    it actually syncs up with the original Credits video, because i thought Ascend didnt do enough of that, but what resulted was a more of a typical JJR mess, which im very happy with
+    this was originally for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UTMPTX45F8">Credits video(s)</a> of CANH, but we went with the [[track:revisit-rewind|other]] [[track:resend|two]] instead
+    it actually syncs up with the original Credits video, because i thought [[track:ascend|Ascend]] didnt do enough of that, but what resulted was a more of a typical [[artist:cecily-renns|JJR]] mess, which im very happy with
 
     <i>nights:</i> (Artist)
     i liked this track too much so i had to do something nice for it. of course by something nice i mean something anime as fuck
@@ -1773,7 +1782,7 @@ URLs:
 - https://youtu.be/7VFFL2IXNxc
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     <i>Difarem:</i> (Composer)
-    This track was originally going to be my take on the CANHS credits contest. It was supposed to be the introduction for it, but I ran out of ideas for the next part so I turned it into a standalone song for volume 8.
+    This track was originally going to be my take on the [[album:cool-and-new-homestuck-2|CANHS]] credits contest. It was supposed to be the introduction for it, but I ran out of ideas for the next part so I turned it into a standalone song for volume 8.
 
     <i>nights:</i> (Artist)
     i somehow forgot that i drew this until now. the violin was the hardest thing to draw here