do the homestuck (demo) fixups, toby portfolio commentary

11 files changed, 91 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/album/alternia.yaml b/album/alternia.yaml
index fe05355f..d69b9c70 100644
--- a/album/alternia.yaml
+++ b/album/alternia.yaml
@@ -980,6 +980,10 @@ Commentary: |-
     Sorry.
 
     That's the end.
+
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "bonus youtube for embarrassing but educational content")
+
+    the sad story of some kids. Made when I was rather inexperienced and I didn't put too much effort into this arrangement, but is still my favorite theme I've written. arranged rather fantasically later by Beatfox as [["Alternia."]]
 ---
 Track: Walls Covered in Blood DX
 Additional Names:
diff --git a/album/alterniabound.yaml b/album/alterniabound.yaml
index 609aea5c..5377fb12 100644
--- a/album/alterniabound.yaml
+++ b/album/alterniabound.yaml
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ Commentary: |-
     - WHO THE FUCK LET THE ELEPHANTS IN HERE ARRRGH FUCKING GAMZEE
 
     I hope you like it too. And if you don't, I hope it pisses you off as much as it annoys Karkat to have this song play wherever he goes. That's all I can hope for.
+
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Finished Tracks")
+
+    Karkat is the self-appointed leader of the Trolls in Homestuck. His huge ego - combined with his paradoxically low self-esteem and incredibly short temper - make basically everything he's involved in devolve into a circus act.
 ---
 Track: Trollcops
 Artists:
@@ -683,6 +687,10 @@ Commentary: |-
     Like [[Terezi's Theme|Terezi's theme]], "Darling Kanaya" isn't a remix of her Alternia track ([[Virgin Orb]]), but it contains some similar stuff. There are heavily vibrato'd strings... wavering, luscious 7th chords... melodic piano... lots of arpeggios... and a general uplifting feeling of satisfying, calm emotion. She is one of the very few characters in Hivebent that I would categorize as "sane" by human standards, and thus actually one of my favorite trolls. And despite the semi-low quality of the instrumentation, this is one of my favorite tracks by myself.
 
     It's all kind of ghostly and heartfelt, like a sad look out the window with a romance novel in your lap, and then a knowing, welcoming smile. I think that makes sense considering she's an undead vampire now! Or not.
+
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Finished Tracks")
+
+    In a world full of angry alien trolls ([[track:karkats-theme|see: Karkat]]), Kanaya alone is caring, polite, and motherly. She lives in a tower out in the desert trying on different fashionable outfits in the normally deadly alien sunshine, which doesn't affect her for some reason. Instrumentation is kind of like a Playstation-era song.
 ---
 Track: Requiem Of Sunshine And Rainbows
 Artists:
@@ -771,10 +779,8 @@ MIDI Project Files:
 - Title: MIDI by IronInvoker47 (piano)
   Files:
   - "Eridan's Theme - IronInvoker47 (piano).mid"
-Commentary: |-
-    <i>David Ko:</i> (lyricist, booklet commentary)
-
-    (Eridan Walkabout)
+Lyrics: |-
+    <i>David Ko:</i> (booklet lyrics)
 
     O come all ye scallywags, sing along with me,<br>
     (For) we are the royal trolls, the terrors of the sea!<br>
@@ -822,12 +828,18 @@ Commentary: |-
     Soon we'll be coming to ruin your day,<br>
     Just resign to your fate.<br>
     Soon you'll be made into Gl'Bgolyb bait.
-
+Commentary: |-
     <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary)
 
+    (Eridan Walkabout)
+
     Lyrics by [[artist:david-ko]].
 
     The only thing I'd like to note is the middle section remixing Alex Rosetti's [[Catchyegrabber (Skipper Plumbthroat's Song)|Catchyegrabber]]. I mean, I'm not the voice of Eridan... and it's a bit of a parallel... but... you know all those people you saw in the flash animation? They were ONLY in the opening sequence. They left after the theme song ecause they realized Plumbthroat was about as bright as a lump of seaweed. He doesn't have any friends. Even the Squiddles refuse to love him. He is one damn lonely man.
+
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Finished Tracks")
+
+    Eridan is a genocidal alien pirate with one of the most powerful laser guns in existence. However, he also suffers from teenage angst issues and is pathetically lonely. Oops. Instrumenation is modelled after the Sega Genesis. The slower middle section is an arrangement of Alex Rosetti's [[track:catchyegrabber-skipper-plumbthroats-song|"Catchyegrabber,"]] which I had the pleasure of singing in, actually.
 ---
 Track: Nautical Nightmare
 Artists:
@@ -1318,6 +1330,10 @@ Commentary: |-
     (God-Vriska's Finest Hour)
 
     What's wrong, baby? Can't you even play guitar?
+
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Finished Tracks")
+
+    Vriska is one of those characters who is better than everyone else and knows it, but will someday bite off more than she can chew. This song wasn't used in Homestuck, but it'd be pretty fitting. It's a pretty direct representation of my default "style..." although the texture is a little thin here, and I perhaps would have written some things more clearly in certain places... oh well!
 ---
 Track: Alternia
 Artists:
@@ -1465,6 +1481,10 @@ Commentary: |-
     I really think the toms in the opening do a good job of setting a "jungle" feel to the track. Same with the roaring cymbals and the jumpy bassline. The orchestra hits have a bunch of cool effects on them, too - vibrato, echo, pan, pitch shift... all within the limitations of something a SNES could do! Although I probably went over the instrument limitations for the system, especially if sound effects are involved...
 
     Oh! The name of the level was contributed by my friend Samantha.
+
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "bonus youtube for embarrassing but educational content")
+
+    well, this certainly proves I can make Super Nintendo music, huh? in the style of Megaman X2.
 ---
 Track: Science Seahorse
 Artists:
diff --git a/album/carne-vale-fusion-collab.yaml b/album/carne-vale-fusion-collab.yaml
index 83b4e442..a5d56adb 100644
--- a/album/carne-vale-fusion-collab.yaml
+++ b/album/carne-vale-fusion-collab.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 - track:darude-sandstorm
 - Interior Crocodile Alligator
 - All Star
-- Do the Homestuck
+- Do The Homestuck (Demo)
 - Space Jam
 - U.N. Owen Was Her?
 - Snow halation
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Sampled Tracks:
 - track:darude-sandstorm
 - Interior Crocodile Alligator
 - All Star
-- Do the Homestuck
+- Do The Homestuck (Demo)
 - Space Jam
 - Snow halation
 - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml
index 3d297dab..9c388cff 100644
--- a/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml
+++ b/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml
@@ -669,3 +669,7 @@ Commentary: |-
     <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> ([MSPA news post](https://web.archive.org/web/20100521000716/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/), excerpt)
 
     Additional trivia: if you're wondering where the old-timey clip at the beginning of "Black" comes from, [check it out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbsXLDNPvNc). ([1:29](https://youtu.be/QbsXLDNPvNc?t=89)) It's from a song recorded exactly 100 years prior to Homestuck. [[artist:toby-fox|Toby]] slapped it on the beginning of his remix and I thought "cool" and rolled with it, but it wasn't until now I found out where it was from. Maybe he mentioned it to me once and I was like pfffff, not remembering THAT fact, nice try. This is a good example of how the music strongly influences how I put together the animations.
+
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Finished Tracks")
+
+    The secretary to the evil queen (who is the piano player in a gangster-jazz combo in an alternate universe in a prohibition-era dark city he built on the moon) goes crazy and ascends to power. Other crazy stuff happens. My most popular song even though it's old, but it's still pretty badass so... alright!! The voice sample is from Eddie Morton's [["I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew."]]
diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml
index 5000fe7c..df3a5f07 100644
--- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml
+++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml
@@ -1514,6 +1514,10 @@ MIDI Project Files:
 - Title: MIDI by Unknown
   Files:
   - 'Sunsetter - Unknown.mid'
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "bonus youtube for embarrassing but educational content")
+
+    mixing and composition problems, and too much reverb. Not to mention the instrumentation is pretty embarassing. But I'd like to put this here because along with [["theme"]] it's got one of the best melodies I've written, and was remixed amazingly by Beatfox later as [["Sunslammer."]]
 ---
 Track: Lotus
 Artists:
diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml
index ba288066..480be5b4 100644
--- a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml
+++ b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml
@@ -925,6 +925,10 @@ MIDI Project Files:
 - Title: MIDI by IronInvoker47 (piano)
   Files:
   - 'A Tender Moment - IronInvoker47 (piano).mid'
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Finished Tracks")
+
+    Here's a slow sweet one that kind of turns into an anime song later on. Shed some tears...
 ---
 Track: Crystalanthology
 Artists:
diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml
index afa58537..c65017d1 100644
--- a/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml
+++ b/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml
@@ -677,13 +677,17 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 - Double Midnight
 - Endless Climb
 Commentary: |-
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Finished Tracks")
+
+    A heroic battle with a collosal sea monster guarding a hoard of treasure. All the material is original except for the flute melody featured at 1:09 (from Buzinkai's [[Endless Climb]]), and where it repeats later. It has some things that could be better, but I was quite proud of it when I made it.
+
     <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 4/22/2025)
 
     The full-size artwork reveals it's the eye of the horrorterror which casts that green underglow onto Rose. Cool!
 Referencing Sources: |-
     <i>Grace Medley:</i> ([HSMusic Discord](https://discord.com/channels/749042497610842152/779895315750715422/1362590968557207553), excerpt, 4/17/2025)
 
-    ok first thing i wanted to mention: i noticed that the wiki doesnt list earthsea borealis as referencing [[double midnight]] even though [the nsnd did used to say that.](https://homestuck.net/music/references.html) heres proof that it does i pitch shifted earthsea borealis to be in the same key as the double midnight snippet from [[track:additional-mayhem-universe-a|additional mayhem]]
+    i noticed that the wiki doesnt list earthsea borealis as referencing [[double midnight]] even though [the nsnd](https://homestuck.net/music/references.html) did used to say that. heres proof that it does i pitch shifted earthsea borealis to be in the same key as the double midnight snippet from [[track:additional-mayhem-universe-a|additional mayhem]]
 
     <audio src="media/misc/Double Midnight in Earthsea Borealis.wav"></audio>
 ---
diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml
index 585c936e..92df1d36 100644
--- a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml
+++ b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml
@@ -1176,6 +1176,10 @@ Art Tags:
 Referenced Tracks:
 - track:ruins
 - track:psych0ruins
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Brief Samples")
+
+    [[media:misc/archive/JudgmentDayDemo.mp3|Judgement Day (Demo)]] - *June 2011* - I wanted to do a song in an odd meter, so I chose 13/4. Bonus points: The BPM is 413. A pretty good example of my "epic JRPG" style. The melody in the section where it fades out is from [[track:ruins|"Ruins"]] by Erik Scheele.
 ---
 Track: Lotus (Bloom)
 Artists:
diff --git a/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml b/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml
index c50f6c72..2998df8e 100644
--- a/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml
+++ b/album/more-homestuck-fandom.yaml
@@ -489,13 +489,24 @@ URLs:
 Referenced Tracks:
 - Horschestra
 ---
-Track: Do the Homestuck
+Track: Do The Homestuck (Demo)
+Additional Names:
+- DoTheHomestuck30Sec.mp3 (filename)
 Artists:
 - Toby Fox
 Duration: 0:34
 URLs:
 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvxOaaZKPOE
+- https://media.hsmusic.wiki/misc/archive/DoTheHomestuck30Sec.mp3
+Referenced Tracks:
+- Sunsetter
+- Sburban Jungle
+- track:MeGaLoVania
+Sampled Tracks:
+- Amen, Brother
 Lyrics: |-
+    <i>Makin:</i> (wiki lyrics)
+
     Get down, ge-ge-get down
     Get down, do-do-do the Homestuck
     Get down, ge-ge-get down
@@ -511,6 +522,10 @@ Lyrics: |-
     Get down, ge-ge-get down
     Get down, do-do-do the Homestuck
     Get down, ge-ge-ge--
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Brief Samples")
+
+    [[media:misc/archiveDoTheHomestuck30Sec.mp3|Do The Homestuck (Demo)]] - *August 2011* - Testing out Synth1 and seeing if I can mix vocals. Seems pretty alright to me. The xylophone line is a reference to Michael Guy Bowman's [["Sburban Jungle."]]
 ---
 Track: Double Midnight
 Artists:
@@ -956,6 +971,19 @@ Referenced Tracks:
 - Showtime (Original Mix)
 - Black Rose / Green Sun
 ---
+Track: Let's Read A Webcomic ~ You're Welcome
+Directory: lets-read-a-webcomic
+Artists:
+- Toby Fox
+Duration: 0:41
+URLs:
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IQGtkt7Grk
+- https://media.hsmusic.wiki/misc/archive/AndrewHussieTouhou.mp3
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Brief Samples")
+
+    [[media:misc/archive/AndrewHussieTouhou.mp3|Let's Read a Webcomic ~ You're Welcome]] - *August 2011* - The Touhou series of video games was one of my greatest musical influences growing up, so when I saw someone on Tumblr draw a piece of fanart of my friend [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew Hussie]] as a character from one of the games, I couldn't resist making him a theme song.
+---
 Track: '>Lexxer: Ascend'
 Artists:
 - James Roach
diff --git a/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml b/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml
index da1ace51..cc68a517 100644
--- a/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml
+++ b/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml
@@ -1384,14 +1384,6 @@ Duration: 3:48
 URLs:
 - https://spellmynamewithabang.bandcamp.com/track/laser-missile-fireball-powerclaw
 ---
-Track: Let's Read A Webcomic ~ You're Welcome
-Directory: lets-read-a-webcomic
-Artists:
-- Toby Fox
-Duration: 0:41
-URLs:
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IQGtkt7Grk
----
 Track: Luigi Puzzle 1
 Additional Names:
 - LuigisPicross2 (original filename)
diff --git a/album/the-wanderers.yaml b/album/the-wanderers.yaml
index f5d659e4..c22b5e0b 100644
--- a/album/the-wanderers.yaml
+++ b/album/the-wanderers.yaml
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ Commentary: |-
 Track: Mayor Maynot
 Artists:
 - Toby Fox
+Contributors:
+- Toby Fox (vocals)
 Duration: 3:20
 URLs:
 - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/mayor-maynot
@@ -237,6 +239,14 @@ Lyrics: |-
     MAY YER MAY YER MAYER MAY MAYER MAY<br>MAY YER MAY YER MAY YERMAY YER MAYER<br>MAY YER MAY YER MAYER MAY MAYER MAY<br>MAY YER MAY YER MAY YERMAYYERR~
     HERE'S THE MAIL IT NEVER FAILS<br>(MAY YER MAY YERMAY MAYER MAY YR-YR-Y-Y)<br>IT MAKES ME WA-AN-NA wwwWAG MY TAIL tail<br>(MAYER MAYER MAYERMAYMAYYERMAY MAYMAYYERMAY YER YER~)<br>HERE'S THE MAIL, IT NEVER EVER FAILS (boo)<br>(MAY-MAY-YER-MAY MEH-MEH-YR-ME MAY-MAY-YER-MAY M-M-MAY-YER-MAY)<br>it MAKES ME WA-AN-N-N-N-NA W-WAG MY TAIL-TAIL-TATA-T-T<br>(MAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYOMAYO YER-MAY-YER-MAY YERRRRRRRRRRR~)
     YER. MAY, YER, MAY YER. (TAIL. MAIL, MAIL, MAY TAIL.)<br>MAY, YER, MAY YERRRRR~! (MAIL, MAIL, MAY MAILLLL~.)
+Commentary: |-
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio) - "Finished Tracks")
+
+    Homestuck Summary: Sandy dudes in rags in the future fool around with electrical equipment. One of them appoints himself as mayor and another thinks she's a mailwoman and gets in a swordfight with the one who thinks he's Judge Dredd. This is that story, told through my own nasally voice clips and nostalgic children's cartoon shows.
+Crediting Sources: |-
+    <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([toby fox portfolio page 2011 wip](https://web.archive.org/web/20111107184748/http://tobyfox.net/portfolio), excerpt)
+
+    [...] This is that story, told through my own nasally voice clips and [[track:mailtime-blues-clues|nostalgic children's cartoon shows]].
 ---
 Track: We Walk
 Artists: