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author | (quasar) nebula <qznebula@protonmail.com> | 2024-12-20 23:13:10 -0400 |
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committer | (quasar) nebula <qznebula@protonmail.com> | 2024-12-20 23:13:10 -0400 |
commit | a1f2184c7ab37e9a3634a92fb2e9e4a5b5752561 (patch) | |
tree | 7af41912917268838b7c5b398cc8767504abb3cf /album | |
parent | 3bc7b76560631e58420f964a5890285d0fcede7f (diff) |
general commentary citation + dates review for official disco
Diffstat (limited to 'album')
-rw-r--r-- | album/alterniabound.yaml | 88 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/cherubim.yaml | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml | 40 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml | 20 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/genesis-frog.yaml | 44 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml | 84 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml | 96 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml | 51 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml | 110 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml | 16 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml | 34 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/one-year-older.yaml | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/prospit-and-derse.yaml | 50 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/s-collide.yaml | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/sburb.yaml | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/squiddles.yaml | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/the-felt.yaml | 28 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | album/the-wanderers.yaml | 12 |
24 files changed, 454 insertions, 342 deletions
diff --git a/album/alterniabound.yaml b/album/alterniabound.yaml index 3322c74e..d99c5d27 100644 --- a/album/alterniabound.yaml +++ b/album/alterniabound.yaml @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Art Tags: - Terezi - Meteor Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) Bad news for everyone. @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa Toki no hime wa inu wo tometa Commentary: |- - <i>Tensei:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Tensei:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Aradia's Homecoming) @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Commentary: |- Coincidentally, the album version of this song is actually a version that was remastered at a lower volume level to fit in better with the album. The original versions (i.e. the versions that I mastered myself) of "Arisen Anew" and "She's a Sp8der" will be available for free in 192 kbps mp3 format on my tindeck account. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) So why start with this track? [[album:strife|Tensei's album]] was last, so starting with another solid track by him starts us off with a good impression and holds the listener up from where they were. It's almost like an unofficial continuation of his album's narrative this way... sorta like musical fanfiction, I guess. @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - "Karkat's Theme - Unknown.mid" Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Karkat Walkabout) @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Trollcops - Zelthra.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Alternate Universe Intermission) @@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ Commentary: |- Besides that, I dunno, just enjoy it. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) Don't tell anyone, but this is actually a remix of one of Jit's old fansongs called [[track:under-the-hat-lofam|'Under the Hat,']] which was a battle theme for Dad. So if your heart still pines for him... his soul and pipe are contained deep within this track. @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'BL1ND JUST1C3 - 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !! - Sky Island.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Terezi Investigates) @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Commentary: |- <code style="color: #008b8b">HOP3 YOU L1K3 1T, 1T W4S 4 PL34SUR3 TO M4K3!</code> - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) People kept asking me for a Phoenix Wright remix of [[The Lemonsnout Turnabout|Lemonsnout Turnabout]], so Malcolm creating this was essentially a miracle, especially considering he hadn't been around [[Squiddidle!|since Squiddles]]. @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - "Terezi's Theme - Moondelev (piano).mid" Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Terezi Walkabout) @@ -386,13 +386,13 @@ Sheet Music Files: Files: - Dreamers and The Dead - Thomas Ferkol.pdf Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (World of the Afterlife) A piece for the characters in the afterlife, mainly Feferi, and the general ambience of the dream bubbles. Originally, I tried a mix of various brass instruments, percussion, string orchestra, koto, and an electric bass. It didn't feel right. So I pushed that piece aside altogether and restarted with an instrumentation more reminiscent of that used in [[Cuddlefish|"Cuddlefish,"]] the troll theme I made for Feferi right before I joined the music team. The intro piano was meant to feel spacey, reminiscent of [[Eldritch|"Eldritch"]] and [[English|"English,"]] sort of bringing the listener into the afterlife. When the flute enters, I feel that this was as Feferi communicated with the Elder Gods of setting up her dream bubble. The orchestral crescendo brings us to the area deep in space where the bubbles float. From then on, we travel past several bubbles, just absorbing the scenery. The rest of the piece contains glimpses of other events within the bubbles, such as Feferi and Jade's dream chats and the shocking developments concerning the troll session's guardian code. And, of course, a major key ending for all the happy folks floating around in the afterlife. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) Thomas is continually on point with his orchestral stuff. He actually made a bunch of awesome troll-related tracks that are on his tindeck. @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - "Vriska's Theme - Unknown (piano, partial).mid" Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Vriska Walkabout) @@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Eridan's Theme - Crustacean Commentary: |- - <i>Tensei:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Tensei:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Adventure on the High Seas) @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ Commentary: |- When writing this song, I kinda envisioned a big ship to ship battle between Vriska and Eridan, with a bumbling Karkat acting as comic relief at the very end. It's actually quite remarkable how well the song translates to a Mindfang/Dualscar theme song, even though it wasn't really intended as such when I wrote it. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) I love this track. The end is some serious Skipper Plumbthroat shit. Cue Karkat the Angry Crab pinches him on the nose. Tee hee. @@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'FIDUSPAWN, GO! - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>David Ko:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>David Ko:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Tavros' Battle Theme) @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ Commentary: |- Listen closely and you can hear snippets of other Homestuck pieces! I absolutely love doing this. (Most of my other songs feature the opening notes of [[Vagabounce]] somewhere. [[artist:david-ko|Ooh, go find them!]] It's like a treasure hunt!) - <i>Toby Fox:</i> + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (arranger, booklet commentary) This track was awesome to work on. David's songs are always really darn fun, and while fiddling around with it I was barely cognizant of the irony that I was arranging someone else's remix of my own track. Hope you all enjoy the little touches I did with the drums and the weird guitar-ish NES synth. @@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Darling Kanaya - Unknown (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Kanaya Walkabout) @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Requiem of Sunshine and Rainbows - Unknown (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Paige Turner:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Paige Turner:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Rainbow Drinker Kanaya) @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ Commentary: |- All the song titles from the SotN soundtrack have appropriately gloomy and foreboding names like ["Moonlight Nocturne"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-pi8c6Ese8), ["Requiuem for the Gods"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIlXbaYudXY), ["Land of Benediction"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao7ATGYquBU) and ["Death Ballad"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I9je7sc-wI). Kanaya is basically the Alternian equivalent of a goth, and I've always found it hilarious how goths and vampire-fans on her world are all about sunshine and rainbows, so I thought it would be funny to incorporate that weird dichotomy into the title. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) I like the idea of having two diametrically opposed Kanaya tracks one right after the other. Saves me the trouble of pointlessly bifurcating Kanaya's song like the other ones. @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - "Eridan's Theme - IronInvoker47 (piano).mid" Commentary: |- - <i>David Ko:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>David Ko:</i> (lyricist, booklet commentary) (Eridan Walkabout) @@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ Commentary: |- Just resign to your fate.<br> Soon you'll be made into Gl'Bgolyb bait. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) Lyrics by [[artist:david-ko]]. @@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ Art Tags: - Sollux - Eridan Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Eridan Boss Battle) @@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Walls Covered In Blood Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Nepeta Walkabout) @@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Horschestra - Walls Covered In Blood Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Equius Walkabout) @@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ Commentary: |- Neigh neigh neigh neigh. Neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh neigh. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) Neigh neigh neigh, neigh neigh. @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ Lyrics: |- (Miracles) Miracles Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (honk provider, booklet commentary) (Prelude to a Killer Clown) @@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ Art Tags: - Gamzee - Meteor Commentary: |- - <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Gamzee the Killer) @@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ Commentary: |- On a side note, I think I enjoy writing creepy music more than any other kind of music. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) Soundtrack-wise... I think this was one of the greatest moments of Homestuck. This track makes my hair stand on end. @@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go! Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) HOW TO WRITE MUSIC<br> STEP 1: WRITE STRONG GUITAR<br> @@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ Commentary: |- (Samples from "Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden and "The Riddle Wants to Be" by Madder Mortem.) - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) Thomas composed this right after [[flash:3438|the flash]] between Gamzee and Equius... if you can, just imagine the beginning of the song playing as Gamzee stares into Equius's face... and then the "YEAHHHHHH!!!!" just as Equius breaks the string around his neck with a manly flex. @@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ Art Tags: - Lil Cal - 'cw: blood' Commentary: |- - <i>Tensei:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Tensei:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Triple Showdown Combo) @@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ Commentary: |- Stylistically I basically just tried to make it soun as spaghetti western-ish as possible, but I combined it with a bunch of horror movie style ambient sounds (and honks, obviously). - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) An awesome track that sets up really well... [[Rex Duodecim Angelus|for the next one.]] @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Rex Duodecim Angelus - Doowhacker.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Final Battle Against the Black King) @@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ Commentary: |- 5:39 - Vriska steps up, and finishes it. With one impossi8ly lucky roll. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) I'm incredibly flattered to have such an awesome track feature so many pieces of music by myself... another miracle from the guy who brought you [[Showtime (Original Mix)|Showtime]], folks. @@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Spider's Claw Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (God-Vriska's Finest Hour) @@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Alternia - Geekthras (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Seth Peelle:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Seth Peelle:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Hivebent) @@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ Commentary: |- It is, in essence, the Trolls' lingering and bittersweet memory of Hope. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (album organizer, booklet commentary) Beatfox, it is a great honor. @@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ Art Tags: - Nepeta - 'cw: blood (abstract)' Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (I KILL ANIMALS!!!) @@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ Art Tags: - Eridan - Meteor Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (PISCES PRINCESS) @@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ Art Tags: - Underlings - Alternia Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) (Kanaya Battle Theme?) @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'The Blind Prophet - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) my thoughts: @@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ Cover Art File Extension: jpg Referenced Tracks: - Theme Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) These aren't "true" pieces... just jingles based off of [[Theme|"Theme"]]. But I hope that for all their insignificance, they really instill the idea of a game inside of you. @@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Theme Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) When you win a battle on Alternia, this song plays. No one knows who's singing. @@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Theme Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) And with that.... good night. diff --git a/album/cherubim.yaml b/album/cherubim.yaml index 64c818fa..a986c260 100644 --- a/album/cherubim.yaml +++ b/album/cherubim.yaml @@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Reverie, Power Fantasy - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + i made this song its abou tcallpope shes the girl troll on the web cartonn 'homsockers' an she lives on the moon with her brother cazzbiborn baggin of rivendale were they play chess she isnt as good as it as cazbio l and he beats her this song is about when she was before he bit her le g fof he is such a good goadlie and im tryhing to anticipate where hes going next i'm perfectly fine where i am im like where where wheere s your move tell me why im wrong --- @@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Carne Vale - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> ([Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/45686990686/carne-vale-a-commentary), 03/18/2013) + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/45686990686/carne-vale-a-commentary), 03/18/2013) <u>Carne Vale</u> @@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ Commentary: |- What really sealed in the atmosphere of this track was the huge slather of pads that adorned the track, most of which were created using analog equipment. I fed the signal from an old Radio Shack keyboard with basic midi patches through a pawn shop guitar pedal to create the many layers of sound that fill the background. Some of the most excellent sounds on the track (especially that snarling synth at 2:57) were created by hammering the mod knobs and wah-wah pedal while playing atonal pitches. The result is distorted synth excellence. - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1965), adapted to text, 7/20/2024) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1965), adapted to text, 7/20/2024) And then in the later years of the comic... 2013 was my final actual production that was a contribution to it. I did Constant Conquest, another piece of work with Erik. I took the Caliborn side of it and Erik took the Calliope side of it. Erik wrote the Calliope theme first, Constant Confinement, and I took the theme from that and decided to just go... real crazy industrial with it. @@ -414,7 +415,7 @@ Commentary: |- Another piece by [[artist:malcolm-brown|M. Brown]]. I told you we had entered [[track:unite-synchronization|the Brown Zone]], but you didn't listen. It's not in an album yet, and won't be for a little while. Not until some time after Solo Album Month, which according to my calendar is happening [[album:symphony-impossible-to-play|REALLY SOON]]. - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) First off, a thanks to the folk who enjoyed EsC. @@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ Commentary: |- Hope that answers ya'lls questions :) - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/28573051810/eternitys-shylock-a-short-commentary), 08/02/2012) + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> ([Tumblr](https://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/post/28573051810/eternitys-shylock-a-short-commentary), 08/02/2012) <img src="media/misc/04681.gif" width="300" warning="motion warning"> diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml index 943bbadf..6f82d943 100644 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml +++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a.yaml @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Commentary: |- *Please don't lick your screen.* - <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20120118111151/https://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/15222891959/the-next-album-a-contest), excerpt) + <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20120118111151/https://mspandrew.tumblr.com/post/15222891959/the-next-album-a-contest), excerpt, 1/2/2012) <b>The Next Album: A Contest</b> @@ -375,12 +375,10 @@ Commentary: |- Stay tuned for [[Rust Servant]] commentary on Friday! - <i>Myotishi:</i> (full-size artwork) + <i>Myotishi:</i> (full-size artwork, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/myotishi/art/Redglare-217647950), 7/10/2011) <img src="media/misc/teal-hunter-full.png" width="480" warning="hanging (abstract)"> - <i>Myotishi:</i> (track artist, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/myotishi/art/Redglare-217647950), 7/10/2011) - my favorite ancestor --- Track: Cobalt Corsair @@ -457,11 +455,11 @@ Commentary: |- Moreover, by [[artist:rachel-rose-mitchell|Rachel Rose Mitchell's]] own request, around December 22, 2021, the *new* version of this track, as well as [[track:temporal-shenanigans]], were both removed from Bandcamp (the only platform where Homestuck's discography was officially published). This was in light of Sarah Z's video [Homestuck Sent Me A Legal Threat, And Then It Got Worse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsM9bQvpt_c); on YouTube, Rachel updated the thumbnails, titles, and descriptions of Indigo Archer and Temporal Shenanigans to direct visitors to Sarah Z's video. - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0S20HUuNA)) + <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0S20HUuNA), 6/30/2021) - hey please watch sarah's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsM9bQvpt_c + hey please watch sarah's video: [(YouTube link)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsM9bQvpt_c) - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0S20HUuNA&lc=UgxZ97RH4TQIqMphFAd4AaABAg)) + <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0S20HUuNA&lc=UgxZ97RH4TQIqMphFAd4AaABAg), around 7/5/2021) > Bro, no one cares about the legal shit with Homestuck. I just want the music. @@ -471,13 +469,13 @@ Commentary: |- many people do care, and i'm entitled to use my own content how i see fit lol. not everyone's mindset mirrors your own - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0S20HUuNA&lc=UgyOBuJP7sB3WWgK04t4AaABAg)) + <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0S20HUuNA&lc=UgyOBuJP7sB3WWgK04t4AaABAg), 10/2/2018) > Weren't this and Purple Tyrant like, stolen or something? They're still listed as free on the Homestuck Bandcamp page of coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A. This and the version of [[Purple Tyrant]] that's currently available are replacements for the plagiarised tracks. - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0S20HUuNA&lc=UgyOBuJP7sB3WWgK04t4AaABAg)) + <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F0S20HUuNA&lc=UgyOBuJP7sB3WWgK04t4AaABAg), 12/22/2021) > Where did those "replacements" go? They're no longer on the Bandcamp album ["coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A & B"](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a-b). @@ -519,7 +517,7 @@ Commentary: |- As included in <code>LYRICS_ETC_A.txt</code> before the plagiarized tracks were removed and replaced, for Indigo Archer and Purple Tyrant respectively, the contest-submitted names were "Mechani% of the Void" and "An Invincible Demon". Indigo Archer was "written" for Equius, and Purple Tyrant was "written" for Lord English. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (contest management, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20150114103237/http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/20394523143/frozen-synapse-and-indigo-archer)) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (contest management, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20150114103237/http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/20394523143/frozen-synapse-and-indigo-archer), 4/3/2012) <b>Frozen Synapse and Indigo Archer</b> @@ -533,13 +531,13 @@ Commentary: |- For those wondering, the legal holdups we were having <em>weren’t</em> about sampling or song sources. - <i>phonebox:</i> ([MusicBrainz album annotation](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/54390001), excerpt) + <i>phonebox:</i> ([MusicBrainz album annotation](https://musicbrainz.org/edit/54390001), excerpt, 7/12/2018) The original tracks 10 and 11 were almost identical copies of tracks on Frozen Synapse Original Soundtrack. Indigo Archer sounds like ["Switch"](https://nervoustestpilot.bandcamp.com/track/switch) and Purple Tyrant sounds like ["A Functioning God"](https://nervoustestpilot.bandcamp.com/track/a-functioning-god). <b>How similar are the tracks exactly?</b> They are the same length and sound identical. Audacity or a similar program can be used to invert one of the Frozen Synapse tracks and to try to find out how a copied track was edited. The parts which are exactly the same will turn into silence. Using this method and adding an amplify effect with a value of -1.363 dB to the original Frozen Synapse tracks (or +1.363 dB to the copies), the end result is as follows: in both Indigo Archer and Purple Tyrant the only sounds which were left are electric cracks and creaks. They appear mostly rhythmically with the bassline of the beats. Probably the only part where the added creaking can be clearly heard without having to do editing is in the Purple Tyrant track at 2:30. Elsewhere the the cracks are lost in the beats. - <i>Toby Fox:</i> (contest management, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20150114103238/http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/20395391831/source-of-what-was-once-purple-tyrant-by-paul)) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> (contest management, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20150114103238/http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/20395391831/source-of-what-was-once-purple-tyrant-by-paul), 4/3/2012) Source of what was once “Purple Tyrant” by [Paul Taylor, aka nervous_testpilot](https://nervoustestpilot.bandcamp.com). @@ -702,7 +700,7 @@ Art Tags: - Sollux - 'cw: body horror' Commentary: |- - <i>Decon Theed, repeatedScales|[[artist:repeatedscales]]:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/103_records/repeatedscales-gold-mage-2011)) + <i>Decon Theed, repeatedScales|[[artist:repeatedscales]]:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/103_records/repeatedscales-gold-mage-2011), 6/27/2017) Yes, I'm still amused by the fact that the comments on the most popular YouTube upload of this song essentially consist of nothing but "THIS REMINDS ME OF X GAME". @@ -1107,17 +1105,23 @@ Commentary: |- By [[artist:rachel-rose-mitchell|Rachel Rose Mitchell's]] own request, this track and [[track:indigo-archer]] were both removed from Bandcamp around December 22, 2021. [[track:indigo-archer|See Indigo Archer for details.]] - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2SMV0lY3U)) + <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2SMV0lY3U), 6/30/2021) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsM9bQvpt_c<br> + [(YouTube link)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsM9bQvpt_c)<br> please watch sarah z's video about what pumpkin's reaction to her initial homestuck video - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2SMV0lY3U&lc=UgzHhe2tcgRHmPrl5XF4AaABAg)) + <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2SMV0lY3U&lc=UgxJEu8AI4-6TdTV1xd4AaABAg.9PEeNhlxpbf9PEpRkQhFUn), 6/30/2021) + + > THE THUMBNAIL + + wow that was fast + + <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2SMV0lY3U&lc=UgzHhe2tcgRHmPrl5XF4AaABAg), 6/30/2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsM9bQvpt_c<br> hey please watch sarah z's video about the homestuck situation! - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2SMV0lY3U&lc=UgzZ9GoJJb2l4sSPX094AaABAg)) + <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2SMV0lY3U&lc=UgzZ9GoJJb2l4sSPX094AaABAg), 7/1/2021) > Hey hey hey, after the end of all this controversy the Thumbnail will go back to normal, right? @@ -1127,7 +1131,7 @@ Commentary: |- nah you're good, you didn't seem mean at all! have a good one - <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2SMV0lY3U&lc=UgyvWjnecqgUtnxwxEl4AaABAg)) + <i>Rachel Rose Mitchell:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO2SMV0lY3U&lc=UgyvWjnecqgUtnxwxEl4AaABAg), 7/3/2021) > I know you feel it is important but please do not retrofit older videos into vehicles to spread a message. At best its annoying and more likely to make me blacklist the video you're trying to get me to watch so I never watch it diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml index 43247b5f..14db9881 100644 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml +++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ Commentary: |- *(Continued in [[track:cyan-beast]])* - <i>Petra K.:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://sigimigi.tumblr.com/post/18631349704/i-havent-done-a-decent-watercolor-painting-in)) + <i>Petra K.:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://sigimigi.tumblr.com/post/18631349704/i-havent-done-a-decent-watercolor-painting-in), 3/2/2012) <img src="media/misc/blue-atom-full.jpg" width="450"> @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Commentary: |- it could have been better but unfortunately my watercolor skills deteriorated and then my scanner killed the colors. - <i>Petra K.:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](http://sigimigi.tumblr.com/post/21017691585/http-homestuck-bandcamp-com-track-blue-atom-i)) + <i>Petra K.:</i> ([Tumblr](http://sigimigi.tumblr.com/post/21017691585/http-homestuck-bandcamp-com-track-blue-atom-i), 4/13/2012) I am so proud my watercolor Jade was picked as track art for her song in the new fan album :’) @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Extra: This is no longer true since I recorded [the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGLUBAgOS7E). For the original recording the two handed parts in the verses and the outro were originally done as 2 separate takes for each one. It wasn't until I started the video that I thought 'I could turn these into single parts' and made things really difficult for myself.</i> - <i>PaperArtichokes:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](http://paperartichokes.tumblr.com/post/17340229037/your-name-is-jane-crocker-and-youre-pretty-sure)) + <i>PaperArtichokes:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](http://paperartichokes.tumblr.com/post/17340229037/your-name-is-jane-crocker-and-youre-pretty-sure), 2/9/2012) Your name is Jane Crocker @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ Commentary: |- YEA! I wrote a tune under the name Solarbear for that album! - <i>Derples:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://melongifts.tumblr.com/post/21013986036/hey-guys)) + <i>Derples:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://melongifts.tumblr.com/post/21013986036/hey-guys), 4/13/2012) <img src="media/misc/wv-become-the-mayor-of-cans-bonus.jpg" width="171" height="103" pixelate inline alt="Fuck you radiation.png"> @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Clockstopper - pixelseph.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>paradiddlesjosh:</i> (co-composer, [Newgrounds description](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/466582), excerpt) + <i>paradiddlesjosh:</i> (co-composer, [Newgrounds description](https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/466582), excerpt, 1/17/2012) Here we are, NG. This is the twenty-sixth and final entry of Project 26. A combined 40 hours between me and [[artist:pixelseph]] went into this ending track, between the writing, recording, mixing, remixing and mastering processes (not to mention the software crashes, OH SHIT UNDO actions and other time wasters), but it's finally done. @@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ Commentary: |- P.S.: There will be more Homestuck works to come. It is a thing that is definitely happening. - <i>Kurimja:</i> (uncropped artwork, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/kurimja/art/HS-Land-of-Heat-and-Clockwork-270993514), excerpt) + <i>Kurimja:</i> (full-size artwork, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/kurimja/art/HS-Land-of-Heat-and-Clockwork-270993514), excerpt, 11/26/2011) Alpha Dave in LoHaC ftw~ @@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ Commentary: |- <img src="media/misc/clockstopper-full.jpg" width="275"> - <i>Kurimja:</i> (full-size artwork crops, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/kurimja/art/Details-of-Land-of-Heat-and-Clockwork-270994754)) + <i>Kurimja:</i> (full-size artwork crops, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/kurimja/art/Details-of-Land-of-Heat-and-Clockwork-270994754), 11/26/2011) Just a few sections from this piece, scaled at 100%. I'm quite fond of that eye; @@ -948,13 +948,13 @@ Art Tags: - Jack Noir - Derse Commentary: |- - <i>Shad Andrews:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/8585938298)) + <i>Shad Andrews:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/8585938298), 8/7/2011) <img src="media/misc/checkmate-alt.jpg" width="275"> *Long Live the Queen.* - <i>Shad Andrews:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/21014212039), re: final artwork) + <i>Shad Andrews:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/21014212039) re: final artwork, 4/13/2012) (◡‿◡★) this was the album art, with a few edits colorwise and I think I fixed up some bits on Jack i don’t recall. And wow the background a good deal --- @@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ Art Tags: - Cats - 'cw: alcohol' Commentary: |- - <i>Catboss:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/catbossstudio/vodka-mutiny)) + <i>Catboss:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/catbossstudio/vodka-mutiny), 4/21/2012) > Roxy: Succumb to unfathomable booze snooze. diff --git a/album/genesis-frog.yaml b/album/genesis-frog.yaml index 042556ca..59fd5b90 100644 --- a/album/genesis-frog.yaml +++ b/album/genesis-frog.yaml @@ -41,9 +41,11 @@ Commentary: |- [[track:pondsquatter-live-chamber-version|[BONUS] Pondsquatter (Live Chamber Version)]] performed by [[artist:talea-ensemble]] - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://rosettimusic.tumblr.com/post/34257105176/genesis-frog-commentary-part-1), 10/24/2012) + I'm uploading the commentary for Genesis Frog as text for those of you who could not buy my album but were interested in a composer's thoughts and detailed descriptions on its concept and execution. This is Part 1 of 4. If you like the album I encourage you to purchase it if you are able, as it helps support me and it will be that much easier to bring you more music in the future! - <hr> + + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) I, Alex Rosetti, intend to make this a pleasurable experience for those of you looking for additional insight on the long-winded and self-absorbed music of this album. I assure you the commentary will encapsulate those qualities as well, perhaps even more so! So, what's this all about? Genesis Frog is an album about the eponymous amphibian's journey from paradox slime to universe. Specifically, it is about the frog Jade Harley attempts to breed and grow so that He may reach His pond in Skaia and fulfill His role as the next universe created by SBURB. Some themes of the album also address the Genesis Frog that Earth already inhabits, while still other themes could be applied to any Genesis Frog in paradox space. In more general terms, it is an album about Sburb's mythology, which is both and remarkable and hilariously ridiculous in its ability to tailor fit itself into each unique session it is in. @@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) This is an album about growth, so I wanted it to start very quiet and exposed. The piece opens with a quartal chord in the harp, and after the atmosphere is established a solo clarinet introduces the main theme of the album. A portion of the orchestra comes in after that and there's a small swell before tapering off into a cello solo. The ensemble is pretty scarce in this one due to its subdued nature. There's not a lot going on in this track overall, but it does its job both as the prelude to Pondsquatter and the album as a whole. --- Track: Pondsquatter @@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ Art Tags: - LoFaF - Battlefield Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) If Genesis Frog were a game, this would play at the title screen. It is a full realization of the album's main theme, this time with the entire orchestra in tow and plenty of thematic development. I sort of have a love-hate relationship with this track. For one thing, it is the first piece I composed for the album and its melodic material served as its main groundwork, so it's really important in that respect. But at the same time I had the least experience while initially composing it as compared the album's other tracks, so I had to spend a lot of extra time fine-tuning it and developing it more (the original was barely under two minutes long). Still, considering the amount of work I had to put into it, it was one of the more rewarding tracks to work on. The combination of Prelude and Pondsquatter to open the album with is something I thought about a lot, and in many ways they are one piece split into two parts. Consider this Movement II. Pondsquatter flows right out of Prelude and gradually adds to the orchestration. After a brief celesta interlude, the theme gets going in full. This piece has a sense of emerging, particularly out of the empty space of Prelude. There are plenty of woodwind trills and harp runs; I wanted them to feel like they were bursting out of the texture, and the openness of the quartal harmonies was eventually replaced by more triadic chords. Quartal chords retain some significance through the album, however, though they are certainly not prominent. I aimed to make the climax of this piece very satisfying, with the gong practically screaming "we've arrived!" but I was afraid of having too much of a sense of finality so I didn't give the piece a proper ending. Instead it goes straight into the next track without only a hint at a cadence. --- @@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter - Sarabande Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) Much like Pondsquatter, the concept for this piece was conceived very early on in the album's life before it became Genesis Frog. It was supposed to be a theme for the Prospitians, and it still mostly is, but now the piece focuses more on their devotion to the Speaker than the citizens themselves. The chess-people of Prospit are referenced a few times in Homestuck as worshipping the Genesis Frog, and it is through perusing their lore in various updates (mostly Seer: Descend) that I got inspiration for several tracks on the album, including this one. The music was representing devotion, so I wanted it to have the warmest, most tranquil tone it could. There are two chorale-like sections, the first being the passage the strings play in the beginning, and then later in the brass when the rest of the orchestra drops out for a while. The style of this piece was inspired by Taku Iwasaki's scores, which often feature very beautiful and lush string textures. I actually don't think I captured that very well, and in fact strayed from that idea as the piece went on. But the core of the inspiration remains and I think one can tell if they are familiar with his style. Of note is the last third of the piece which is a self-indulgent, overly-romanticized arrangement of Erik Scheele's Sarabande. It's such a beautiful piece and I knew from the day I started working on this that I wanted to include it, no matter how schmaltzy I made it sound. Give me a break, it was fun, okay? --- @@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) "Though we adore Him we shall never enjoy His beauteous Croak. We spill our blood on acres of black and white so they may cross the yellow yard. At last in Skaia's reflection through broken glass He may find the pond in which He's meant to squat." – Book in Prospit Library (from Seer: Descend) This piece is a musical retelling of the above passage. If you read it while listening to the music, the tone should match for the most part (as long as you are reading very, very slowly). This track's melody appears several more times throughout the album, and represents the "folk tale" and more legendary aspects of the Genesis Frog as seen through His followers. Because of this I tried to make it sound like a genuine folk tune, and ended up with something vaguely resembling a tune out of Eastern Europe. It's a melancholic sort of melody, which suits the grim tone of the text it is based on. It is passed through several instruments: first a solo oboe, then the violins, a soprano recorder, and a trumpet. After the main section is over, the piece shifts into a short woodwind chorale, and then into what I can only call a cadenza made up of tense suspended figures in the strings with an out-of-meter pulse underneath. I kind of wrote this last section accidentally, since it somehow started flowing out of the chorale and I just went with it. It seemed to have an air of urgency and importance to me, so I kept it in to represent "Skaia's reflection through broken glass", which is such a fascinating image. Broken glass has been a recurring motif in Homestuck and seems to hold important consequences every time it occurs, and the text implies it will be significant in the Genesis Frog's final destination. So the atmosphere of this final section felt significant and fitting to me. @@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Entrance of the Salamanders - Thip of the Tongue Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) Part 2 covers all the Consort themes! <hr> After the introductory tracks are over, the album shifts gear and an intermission of sorts is instigated by the Consorts, who love the Genesis Frog very much and worship Him the same as the Prospitians do. I decided it would both be fun and shake things up if I composed a theme for each group of Consorts we meet on the kids' four planets during their Sburb session. Represented are the Crocodiles of LOHAC, the Turtles of LOLAR, the Salamanders of LOWAS, and the Iguanas of LOFAF. Some are more characterized than others, but I made do and crafted a unique theme for each of them. @@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Atomyk Ebonpyre Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) Where do I even start? This is one of my favorite tracks that I've made, and by that I mean to say I'm really amused I was able to come up with this in the first place. It originally wasn't part of this album at all—it was supposed to be a short jingle for the LOHAC Stock Exchange! But it was too much fun to let go of and soon it morphed into a full-fledged character theme for everyone's beloved, excitable consorts. The general idea behind the music was this: Jit may have made a silly arrangement of Atomyk Ebonpyre, but what could I do to put it in an even more ridiculous context? And so it was that it became the manic violin and xylophone old-timey television music-inspired (this was my only frame of reference for what I thought stock exchange music should sound like) tune that it is now. And wouldn't you know it, this type of music turned out to fit the personality of the Crocodiles like a crocodile-fitted glove. In terms of pacing, I thought it was crucial to place this as the first Consort track. The first four tracks of the album all range from relatively slow to moderately less slow, so I really needed something to break out. This is the most energetic and fast-paced of the four Consort themes, so for my money it was the best choice to introduce this section of the album and keep interest instead of having too many low-energy tracks in a row. However, this isn't to say I was able to resist the temptation to put a slow middle section into this piece, which provides a little break from all the pandemonium. But more importantly, it set the stage for an incredibly silly idea I had to record a bunch of people nakking like maniacs to sound like the Crocodiles, and then have that gradually crescendo into the last section of the piece. In what is of some note, I tried to feature each of the Kids' instruments in their respective Consort theme. Dave's usual turntable affair was impossible for me to consider for this style of music, though I'm sure some incredibly talented person could have pulled it off. Instead, the piece uses xylophone heavily, since I was operating under the logic that both turntables and xylophones sort of fall under the percussion category? I will admit it's a bit of a stretch. @@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) This was a difficult one to compose. The Turtles in Homestuck haven't been given much characterization other than the ones quaking in fear of Rose, and even then that characteristic is basically the extent of it. I wondered if it was even worth writing a theme for them, since their importance to the story is minimal; what kind of music would I compose for them, anyway? But in the end I decided if I was going to do a set of Consort pieces I was going to do it right and that meant composing the whole package. There was going to be a cycle of fun, lighthearted pieces on this album regardless of characterization or story relevance. Unfortunately, by the time I decided this I had absolutely no musical ideas. I knew I wanted to give the piece a sort of awkward, wooden sound, so I had a pretty good idea of what timbres I needed (wood blocks, marimba, bassoons, etc.). Then I decided to just outright make it as quirky as possible and added a contrabassoon, even giving it the melody at one point, because hey, I might as well have fun with a track where I'm making up 90% of a character interpretation. Violin was included to fit the theme of the Consorts' music matching their kids' instruments. I eventually settled on a tired-sounding little melody, and while it is appropriate it's the not my favorite one I've ever written. You can probably tell too, since it never seems to go anywhere, and when it finally sounds like it is it drops out and a different variation starts playing. The middle section is a very loosely based on the Pondsquatter theme, and the high register marimba interjection makes it obvious in case you didn't pick up on it in the first five notes. This eventually leads back into the main melody of the piece, and a couple sequences later it ends. I wonder how much it shows that I was really short on ideas for this piece. Any time it was playing up the comedy in timing or shifting feel, it felt more like I had no idea what to do and desperately stuck something in so the piece could move on. Maybe I'm being hard on it; I still think it is enjoyable to listen to. But from a compositional standpoint, it is probably the weakest on the album. @@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Our Glorious Speaker Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) This piece picks up where Buy NAK Sell DOOF left off, meaning it goes right back into a silly, dimwitted march. This time however, we are joined by John's signature instrument, the electric organ! I also put some piano in there I guess, but baby, it is all about that organ. Maybe it gives it a bit too much of a "baseball flavor" but that's okay, the Salamanders are sporting folks. Right off the "bat", you will notice the opening ostinato bears a strong resemblance to Danny Elfman tomfoolery, which is entirely coincidental; not that I have any problems with Danny Elfman tomfoolery, in fact I enjoy it very much. Like the Crocodiles, the Salamanders have gotten plenty of characterization in Homestuck, so it was pretty easy to write their theme. They actually have a lot in common with the Crocodiles (mostly that they are enthusiastically unintelligent), which is why I decided to give them the same kind of style. There is a primary theme and a secondary theme, and they are both developed throughout the course of the piece. I realize this is an incredibly simple and non-specific description, but it is a very straightforward piece in that regard, and I don't know what else to say about it. The first theme is a bouncy little tune, and the second theme is more legato and chromatic, and they fit together in various ways when they interact with each other. I sort of envisioned this composition as a dual piano/organ concerto in terms of how I treated the instruments. Both are featured over the orchestra, and play off it with plenty of silly textures and orchestrations. Stylistically, the oom-pah marching characteristics combined with the instrumentation may call to mind images of a circus, which is in fact how the piece got its name. It's kind of a veiled reference, but if you know what the title is referring to then it's easy to figure out why it resembles circus music. And of course in the spirit of things, for one last antic I finished it off with a slide whistle; an instrument I thought represented the salamanders' bubbles pretty well. @@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Stoke the Forge Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) If you asked me what title on this album I am most proud of coming up with, it would be this one. Ever since the Iguanas were introduced I was terrified someone was going to use this pun before I had a chance to put it out in an official capacity. I wanted to be the thip king, and despite being nervous about it for almost two years no one usurped my throne. Even as of this writing, searching for that exact phrase on the internet will yield no results. Obviously if you are reading this, that is no longer true. But I digress. As for the piece itself, I decided to separate it into two very distinct sections. The first depicts the Iguanas' life in the Land of Frost and Frogs before Jade stokes the Forge (which, incidentally, is the name of a later track which takes this concept even further); the second part depicts their life after the frost has melted away. Due to this structure, the first third of the piece is subdued and establishes a calm atmosphere with the strings and woodwinds, with not a single brass instrument to be found. The opening motive that continues to be used throughout the piece is an almost exact repetition of the Salamanders' main motive. All the Consort tracks are connected, but these two take it to the next level by building this piece's base off the main material of the last. The second part is where things get interesting. It is the only section of the album where I drop the orchestra shtick completely and use an ensemble of recorders, crumhorns, pipes, and an unconventional rhythm section featuring a dulcimer. I thought about what kind of music the Iguanas would make if given the opportunity. I figured they would have a lot of primitive instruments at hand and would produce simple, joyous music. This whole section is unabashedly a tribute to Kumi Tanioka's work in Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. It's a sort of re-imagining of this world of ancient instruments that she created, and it was one of my earliest influences. There are also seeds of Yasunori Mitsuda in here; it is such a fun piece that I don't mind citing very strong influences here if people want to hear similar music to this. @@ -306,7 +308,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) This covers the Frog act of the album. One more Part to go after this! <hr> After a lovely intermission from the Consorts, our story continues. The sequence of tracks was very carefully chosen for this album, and it is especially true here. Every track from here on out details the journey undertaken to create the Genesis Frog, as well as its ultimate fate. From the ectobiological breeding (Breeding Duties), to the unfreezing of the Land of Frost and Frogs (Stoke the Forge), to the hunt for frogs (Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009), to the mysteries and certain doom hiding in the frog temple (The Temple's Withered Bloom), and finally to the destruction of the universe (Bilious), a story is told through music. As a conclusion, we bear witness to the fate the Genesis Frog is meant to fulfill: finding His pond in Skaia (Speaker), and signifying the creation of a new universe (The Vast Croak). @@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter - Prospitian Folklore Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) <code style="color: #008141">GA: But Regardless I Think Our Roles Are Approximately The Same Since We Are Both Stokers Of The Forge<br>GA: As Well As Holders Of Breeding Duties<br>GA: However I Should Clarify That My Earlier Counsel Was Mostly Academic<br>GA: It Takes Weeks To Do All Of It Properly<br>GA: You Wont Have Time</code><br><code style="color: #4ac925">GG: breeding duties?????</code> This entire piece was inspired by Kanaya's awkward phrasing. It's a great line, and Jade's dumbfounded reaction is even better. Naturally I wanted this to be an awkward-sounding piece, so in the beginning there is plenty of pizzicato strings, strange pauses and the like. Of course, more thought went into the mood than that; Jade has a small association with witches, even if it is only in title and costume. The idea that she is the Witch of Space and is dabbling in ectobiology with frogs put a lot of images in my mind, the most obvious connection being a witch's cauldron. How would this type of music sound, exactly? Eventually I settled on the sort of faux-baroque feel mixed in with plenty of silliness, since this is a piece about Jade and frogs, after all. The orchestration is full of fast-decaying timbres like the aforementioned pizzicato and liberal use of harpsichord. I also included celesta since it adds a sort of whimsy to the piece, and it has the added bonus of calling back to the beginning of the album. The main motive is a very baroque sort of device, and I used it that way a little, though I mostly put it in ridiculous contexts. The opening is very stately and lively; what a way to open the last third of the album! But after the first phrase it immediately drops out into a very spacious world, and it is during this section that I explore a variety of colors while playing with the motivic material. Then I prove how short my attention span is because the music goes a lot of places fast after that. First it takes a sweet tone with a celesta melody, and then feels majestic with a lyrical cello line and a call in the horns. If you were to think about this piece programmatically, then that might be the moment when Jade finally successfully breeds the frog with the right genes. In which case the rest of the piece is about hundreds of frogs hopping around or something, which is an explanation I like, but will not officially state since I wasn't actually thinking much about a story when composing this. @@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Prospitian Folklore Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) Why did I compose this piece? Well, mainly because I wanted something bombastic to use an anvil as percussion in. But I also wrote it because of its importance in the role of each Space player's planet and their frog breeding duties. Not only that, but it acts as a transition from the darker Breeding Duties to the lighter, more energetic Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009. More specifically, it extends the idea behind Thip of the Tongue to three tracks instead of one; it is a progression from the planet's frosty beginnings to a sudden and beautiful spring, and this piece heralds that moment. In any case, I ended up with a pretty fun piece that may not be the most impressive on the album, but it definitely serves a purpose and keeps the flow intact. The piece opens with a brass fanfare based off the Folklore theme interspersed with anvil and bass drum hits. The decision to feature the anvil came from Dave's denizen, Hephaestus, who is referred to as "Lord of the Forge" with little explanation other than he desired access to Jade's Forge to repair the Caledfwlch. In fact, the entire piece has the feeling of hammering, since harsh gestures in the brass and strings are common in combination with liberal usage of timpani and bass drum. The entire piece is in Dorian, which is a mode I can rarely resist composing in, and it lends a big sense of adventure to it. Formally there is not a lot going on, other than a melody being repeated several times with different orchestration and transposition. An interesting moment occurs when the entire ensemble drops out and a flute solo comes in playing a lighter, more humorous version of the tune before heading towards the climax. All in all, it is a pretty standard theme with a solid tune despite the fact that nothing extraordinary happens for its duration. But hey, we wouldn't want overkill would we? I was saving that for the next track. --- @@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter - Our Glorious Speaker Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) Ah, frog-hunting music. I had the idea for this track brewing long before Homestuck Volume 8 was in the works, so you can imagine my horror when not one, but two tracks with this subject were on it. I have to give props to Jit and Bowman, those are a couple of great pieces and they both explore the idea in unique ways. I lamented however, worrying my track would be extraneous. How many times could we repeat the same, specific idea, after all? So I had to think outside the box a little bit. I would try to capture the entire experience of not just the hunt, but exploring LOFAF after the Forge had been stoked. This piece is programmatic in the same sense Breeding Duties is—it is meant to be a collection of musical ideas depicting any number of scenes the listener might imagine. Which isn't to say the music isn't thematically grounded; it is essentially based on one theme in addition to the Pondsquatter theme, which also has a large presence. Earlier in the commentary for Breeding Duties, I referred to that and this track as being the heart of this album. It may sound hokey, but when I think of Genesis Frog I think of these two tracks. I think they exemplify the kind of music I've had in my head for two years and wanted to compose most. When I first thought of them, I knew Genesis Frog as an album would work, this was the kind of music I had always wanted to listen to but no one had quite made yet. This isn't to say it's anything new or innovative; merely that it is a specific sound I love that I wanted to hear. I think the album experience is purest during these two tracks, as ridiculous or pretentious as that may sound, but I don't know how else to say it. Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 is made up of so many of my favorite things to do in orchestral music, so for better or worse you can use this as a roadmap for my compositional output and ridicule me as I become more and more of a slave to my own style. It opens with a solo horn call to signify the beginning of the hunt. Normally these sorts of calls are based around perfect fifths, but I totally broke the rules like the rebel I am and used it as a way to introduce the main theme. After that, the piece is split into three sections, the first being a march featuring a piccolo playing a variation on the Pondsquatter theme. The orchestration gradually fills in, and an ostinato is introduced in the xylophone and santoor (a string instrument native to India) that is used throughout the piece. After the march, we dive into the undergrowth, represented by the next section. @@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ Art Tags: - Lotus - Frog Temple Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) This is an interesting one, since it has probably undergone the most change in terms of concept and musical ideas before I finally composed it in earnest. It started out as a general Frog Temple theme, and all along I had the idea to explore sweeping chords in the strings and choir, which I did end up doing, albeit in a very different fashion than I expected. I tossed around the idea of including material from Jit's Ruins, then I thought about adapting an old wind ensemble piece of mine. Conceptually I switched from the idea of the Frog Temple to the hieroglyphics inside, tentatively naming it "Temple Walls", then "Glyphs". What ended up happening was that I ended up composing this and the next track as one whole, and then split them into two, so in a lot of ways the two of them combined could be considered a single piece. In fact, I would venture to say the last four tracks on the album could be considered four connected movements among the greater whole, since I added more continuity between them than any previous tracks on the album. Because of the connection to the last track, which is heavily about Jack Noir, I decided to have this music represent the Lotus Time Capsule he went through during Cascade. The lotus being in the frog temple was very convenient for me since I got to keep that idea without straying too much from the theme of the album. So this track ended up being the calm before the storm as it were, representing the menace hiding inside the temple for centuries before coming out to wreak havoc. The piece opens with a major chord in the strings, as if to continue the train of thought left behind by the previous track's end. However, the chord quickly changes into something more dissonant, and the tone shifts from light to dark. The choir answers the strings, and the piece progresses in this manner with the two sections being featured the most. A gamelan ensemble plays in the background, very out of tune with the rest of the ensemble, lending to the sense of foreboding. There is a musical device in here that represents Jack, a descending line that implies a tritone. It comes in quietly and at irregular intervals, indicative of the murderous asshole lying in wait among the confines of the temple. As the music progresses, this motive comes in more and more until it is an ostinato under the chordal strings and choir. Eventually the piece crescendos and leads into the next track, where Jack is finally the star of the show. @@ -409,7 +411,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity - The Temple's Withered Bloom Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) Poor Bilious Slick. Every iteration of Him we've seen in Homestuck has been brutally murdered in one way or another. As if that wasn't enough, He is primarily known by the spiteful nickname Dersites have given Him. In composing this album, I would have missed a big opportunity if I didn't take material from those in Derse that oppose creation, most specifically Jack Noir. The title of course came from the name Bilious Slick, but it also has the benefit of adding grotesque imagery to a piece of music about Jack slaughtering a giant universe frog. It is a continuation of The Temple's Withered Bloom, and it picks up where it left off with Jack exiting the Lotus Capsule, escaping the session and eventually going on to destroy the universe he emerged from. The piece opens right away in 10/8, and an electric guitar, bass, and drum set are added to the ensemble. I decided that among the pastoral and bouncy, lighthearted pieces in this album, there was no single track that felt like a hook to me. I wanted to attempt to compose something that just plain kicks ass, some climactic piece that could act as a reward for listening through the relatively calm album. Naturally I came to the decision to include guitar and drums and let more rock influence come through. The theme is based on the Folklore theme, which I thought was appropriate and somewhat ironic, since what represented creation before was now being used to represent destruction. The guitar takes over the melody as the meter goes through several changes, and after several consecutive contrasting sections that play with different motives, the guitar once again begins the next section by establishing a triplet ostinato. @@ -433,7 +435,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) Out of destruction comes nothingness, and the only sounds are sparse and atmospheric. The nothingness persists for a bit, a result of the universe's destruction in the previous track. If I were feeling really dark I could just end the album there, but I wanted there to be a sense of conclusion and returning to what once was. What better way than to have the music rise from the ashes and the solo clarinet come back to play a new version of the Pondsquatter theme? The idea behind the countless Genesis Frogs is that they propagate one another, each frog producing the next, and behind this lies the idea of infinity and repeated processes. So I wanted the album to do a Mobius Double Reacharound as it were, and end as it began. So the pairing of Speaker and The Vast Croak echoes the earlier pairing of Prelude and Pondsquatter. This piece even has the same structure and general idea as Prelude before going into a full statement of the modified theme. As a result it is difficult to talk about its composition, since it is virtually the same as Prelude only with varying material. The clarinet emerges out of the atmosphere just as before, and a texture-based section builds this time not into a false climax, but into a fuller orchestration of what the clarinet was doing earlier. It ends simply and quietly in the woodwinds, allowing the next and final track to proceed with its exciting start. --- @@ -460,7 +462,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Thip of the Tongue - Frogs' Intermezzo Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) After six notes from the drumset, the grand finale begins. I still don't have a clear idea what prompted this sort of conclusion to the album. For the longest time I intended to end it the way Speaker did, and that track indeed had a finality of its own. But I wanted something exciting at the end, and I felt like there was still momentum left over from Bilious that I could do something with. So despite only having a vague idea of what the Vast Croak probably was at the time of this composing it, I ran with my assumptions and based the album's last hurrah around that idea. What little information existed implied the Genesis Frog will Croak once He has matured, and I can only assume it signifies the birth of the new universe in some way. I hope my interpretation does not end up conflicting with canon, and even if it does with any luck the music will still match the tone of it and my thoughts will remain hidden in this commentary. Kanaya described the Vast Croak as the most amazing thing she had ever seen. I doubt anything I compose could possibly match the scope of such a cosmic event, but I at least attempted to capture the excitement of such a thing happening. When one thinks of the Vast Croak being put to music I'm sure bombastic orchestrations come to mind, like bass drum hits and gongs swelling, the brass going wild. Maybe that would have been the right direction to go in. Of all the tracks on this album this one probably puzzles me the most, since I'm not sure exactly why I decided to go in the direction I did musically. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people think it isn't appropriate for its namesake, and maybe someone else could compose something more suitable at some point. All I can say is that I wanted to capture the excitement of the moment and create something that felt like joy spilling forth. I wanted the music to have a big sense of happiness and accomplishment, a feeling of "yeah, we did it!" Even if it did not capture the feeling of the Vast Croak in as literal a sense as it could have, the music has the kind of feeling I imagine players would have upon reaching this final, monumental goal. That is my defense, and I am sticking by it. The sense of excitement is what prompted me to bring the drumset back. I thought the piece needed a percussive drive like Bilious had, so I employed the same method. And hell, if I'm going to bring drumset into an orchestral setting then I might as well do it a second time. The Dorian version of the Pondsquatter theme played by the horns and trombones is reminiscent of its use in Prospitian Folklore. In fact, the second phrase appears exactly as it did in that piece and after repeating it goes straight into the Folklore theme. At this point in the music I thought it was appropriate to quote some of the themes from earlier in the album as a sort of "B" section. I mixed together all the Consort themes once the Folklore theme ended and snuck in a little bit of Breeding Duties. I liked the idea of bringing all these themes back, since presumably all of them would have a role once again in the new universe being created. @@ -487,7 +489,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Great LOFAF Expedition of 2009 - Breeding Duties Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) This is the last of the commentary for Genesis Frog. It seems the hype wave has died down since its release by now. I hope people are still enjoying it and continuing to discover little nuances I hid in the music. Thanks so much everyone. <hr> During my Junior year of college, I had the opportunity to have one of my pieces read by the acclaimed Talea Ensemble, a chamber group that was visiting my college and doing a performance there. They graciously offered to read through student works and provide commentary for us. I took advantage of this in an odd way and arranged Pondsquatter for Pierrot Ensemble, an instrumentation that consists of piano, violin, cello, flute, clarinet, and in some cases percussion. This recording was made during a runthrough they did of it, and what you should keep in mind is that this was all sightread. Obviously the performance is not perfect, and I'm slightly afraid of sharing this in case I embarrass the ensemble with it, but I can guarantee that had they prepared it beforehand, it would have been perfect. However, even without prior preparation, the performance is astounding and I thank them dearly. @@ -507,5 +509,5 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Pondsquatter - weird moody horse shit Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (booklet commentary) This was originally going to be in the album, but I excluded it because it didn't fit enough with the orchestral feel and I didn't really know where to go with it after the first minute. It's still a very fun piece though, and I thought it was worth including as a little bonus. I may have employed heavy use of certain frog-related sound effects...it's a bit of a weakness... diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml index ad5041a0..3ee6b1ea 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-1-4.yaml @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ Sheet Music Files: Files: - 'Gardener - lugiaa.pdf' Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt, 4/29/2012) This is part of the Bolin Incident. If you don't know what happened, up until half-way through Act 4 a guy called [[artist:bill-bolin|Bill Bolin]] was on the time, one of the original members. He was a great musician, that much can't be denied; he wrote a lot of tracks that appeared in early act 3; [[track:guardian|Jade's bass solo]], [[track:guardian-v2|the remix of it]], [[track:contention-vol4|the last part of the Dave and Bro battle]]... some others I forget. During [[flash:1720|that flash]] with Dave and Rose on Derse the original music was five Bolin tracks, ones he wasn't all that happy with. He flipped out and did a lot of things that ended up with him dropped from the team, and his music replaced. @@ -521,14 +521,22 @@ URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-original-loop-2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Um9OiP8dU Commentary: |- - <i>Buzinkai:</i> (['Doctor' Explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsG71P_zEIE)) - *Partial transcript:* + <i>Buzinkai:</i> (['Doctor' Explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsG71P_zEIE), partial transcript, 6/10/2014) + Hello internet, my name is George Buzinkai. I am one of the musicians, well, I was one of the musicians for Ms Paint Adventures. I wrote such songs as [[Endless Climb]], [[Showtime (Imp Strife Mix)|Imp Strife Mix? Strife Imp Mix]] I think and of course the wildly remixed Doctor, which I have open in the original software I wrote it in. + I'm about to show you a few things you didn't know about the song Doctor, and I'm going to show you a few things people get wrong when remixing it. I don't find a problem with it because half the time I don't even notice it but sometimes there are some things. I think some people have listened to the song by ear and have attempted to write a remix using that and I get requests a lot to post a MIDI of this. Due to the fact I wrote it in PxTone that's really hard to do. There is also another reason, the song was built in such a way that it's really hard to give certain things from the song and I'll explain that as we go. + First things first all of the instruments except for the main three main three notes of the main chords which you know were written with instruments from the original [[artist:cave-story|Cave Story]]. If you listen to the drum track that's the original Cave Story drum soundtracks. All the other instruments are also from Cave Story. When I was originally writing the song I always wrote top down so believe it or not the first thing I wrote was the bassline. Then as I was going I added the drums, and from there I decided I should add an extra bassline. Once I added the extra bassline I decided it would be a good time to write an actual, you know, melody line. I was originally planning on using strings but I accidentally put in square waves and I fell in love with it right after I did it and I'm like "I can't switch this to strings now so I'm just gonna leave it as it is." + Now the rectangle waves [Note: Referring to the main melody of the song.] I'm focusing on right now are written in a really weird way, not one that I would normally use for writing on a piano or something like that. I wrote the top note first and I wrote the other notes just to harmonize with it. From there I wrote the second note. I obviously didn't write the third one yet, I just wanted to make sure it sounded right. From there I wrote the third note which was kind of a crapshoot but you know, why not. Now, the weird part was once I got to the part where it starts the arpeggiation I already had the instruments here but the problem was I had them on different stereo channels. Like this one was on the left speaker this one was on the right speaker and this one's in the center. + However, the problem was once I got to the arpeggiation I really didn't want to have one track doing the arpeggiation and have to switch each note on the pan menu here. I really didn't want to do that so I was lazy and put each note on a different instrument to make the panning effect so if you play just with the top note this is what it sounds like. Believe it or not I didn't write this first and then write the second one and then write the third one under that because that would've been insane and I think that probably would've made me look a lot better than I actually am. So what I did was I wrote the actual whole thing on the one track on the top and then moved each note manually by having the top one highlighted with all the notes and then just moving it and erasing it from the top. + Also, this is the part of the song [Note: Referring to the melody that starts at 0:27,] that is most often screwed up in remixes and I don't have a problem with that, this is really hard. This is not an easy thing. I've tried. I can play the whole beginning of the song on piano. I can't play this part at all. It's insane, and the reason for this is the notes go all over the place. The reason for that is because I would take a regular chord and then I would put the notes maybe down an octave or just find another note that would fit. I wanted to stretch this chord out as far as I could and still make it fit to the key, which is kind of what made it so weird in the beginning and actually if you look about where my mouse is you can see that this was just one line that just went down. So, since we have you here, I can actually slow this down for you so you can hear what it sounds like slowly. + I don't expect anyone to play that at full speed. I've actually seen someone play about the right thing at full speed and that still freaking amazes me. I wouldn't expect that kind of thing. I thought that was unplayable. Also, this may seem lazy now, but it's probably lazy then too, but I copy and pasted this whole section and then added an extra melody line to make it interesting. + Now here's a secret, why this song is called Doctor, and what this song is based on. Believe it or not this song is actually based on [[track:moonsong|Moonsong]] and Mischievous Robot from [[artist:cave-story|Cave Story]]. I wrote this song right shortly after Super Smash Brothers Brawl came out for the Wii. I know because I was playing that while I wrote it. There is a constant tone much like in Mischievous Robot that plays in the background and it's actually supposed to be a heartbeat monitor. This actually just stays constant the entire time (tone changes) except for when it changes right there (tone changes again) yeah it shows you how much I know about my own music (tone switches to alternating between two different tones.) But I try to keep that a constant side beat in the back there. + We're here to talk about music so if you want to see any more of my music in this fashion, perhaps with a little more in-depth viewer, if you think there's something I missed or something that you're curious about with the music please let me know. I'm actually really open to talking about it, I think it's kind of cool that it went this far. I'm still actually listening to all the freaking remixes of this song that are online right now. You have to understand that I'm completely blown away. diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml index 2209122c..95742a61 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-1.yaml @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Sburban Jungle (Brief Mix) - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) At this point I was just giddy about the release of [[Sburban Jungle|"Sburban Jungle"]], although the version that appears here is deliberately truncated. The full version later released on [[album:homestuck-vol-4|Volume 4]] was already fully written at this point, although we figured that it would be best to give only a taste and otherwise save it for later. --- diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml index a4d8fe41..6e7014aa 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-10.yaml @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Commentary: |- ...Probably. - <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (co-organizer, mastering engineer) + <i>Marcy Nabors:</i> (co-organizer, mastering engineer, booklet commentary) Homestuck Volume 10, the big 1-0! @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Commentary: |- Enjoy the tunes! - <i>Lexxy:</i> (cover artist) + <i>Lexxy:</i> (cover artist, booklet commentary) Homestuck will always hold a warm, nostalgic place in my heart, so despite drafting up a handful of concepts - from the graphic and representational to the tongue-in-cheek referential - I ultimately ended up going with the one that expressed that affection the most. @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ Commentary: |- (yes it was totally that easy.<br> no you can't stop me from pretending this.) - <i>PJ Tush:</i> (track artist) + <i>PJ Tush:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) WOW 7 years of Homestuck. I only hopped on this hectic bandwagon in 2011, but it was definitely worth it. I NEVER would have expected to be able to contribute to and take part in Homestuck itself. This is like a dream come true. THAT BEING SAID: CREATA! @@ -382,31 +382,31 @@ Commentary: |- This was the best remix I ever worked on. There was another remix of this song that didn't make it onto the album, but you can use your imagination for that. - <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer) + <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) actually clark is wrong and u dont have to use ur imagination [[Beatup (Shutdown)|here u go]] ... bye - <i>Clark Powell:</i> (composer) + <i>Clark Powell:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) step on me Riki - <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer) + <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) i step on nobody - <i>Clark Powell:</i> (composer) + <i>Clark Powell:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) pls make an exception for me - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> (project manager) + <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> (project manager, booklet commentary) is that your actual commentary i'll literally put this all in - <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer) + <i>Riki Tsuji:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) yes RJ literally put this in also Clark I love you but this, I cannot make an exception for. Please go step on yourself. - <i>Shan Murphy:</i> (track artist) + <i>Shan Murphy:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) This is a Strider song and I just wanted to draw both Strider bros in action.. @@ -449,23 +449,23 @@ Commentary: |- *You Killed My Father (Prepare To Die) is, as you may have noticed, a collaborative effort from a bunch of fanmusicians, except I guess we're all Homestuck Official now. Homestuck's been a pretty big part of our lives, as you can see from these testimonials:* - <i>pixelseph:</i> (bassist) + <i>pixelseph:</i> (bassist, booklet commentary) Homestuck had been one of the best experiences of my life, and being able to contribute music to it on several occasions fulfilled a few of my dreams. It's been a massive pleasure to work with y'all. - <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> (orchestra, choir) + <i>Willow Ascenzo:</i> (orchestra, choir, booklet commentary) The amount of musical fan activity that came out of Homestuck was really quite incredible, and something I've never seen in any fandom before. For all the highs and lows in the Homestuck fandom the way the fandom appreciated fanmusic was special. - <i>David Dycus:</i> (composer, synths) + <i>David Dycus:</i> (composer, synths, booklet commentary) Homestuck gave me a sense of musical purpose I have not experienced before or since. ...Actually, that sounds stupid. Don't print any of that. - <i>Catboss:</i> (drums, mixing) + <i>Catboss:</i> (drums, mixing, booklet commentary) Literally everyone I know is a Homestuck. @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ Commentary: |- Please kill me. - <i>Mika B.:</i> (track artist) + <i>Mika B.:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Being reeled in both by the song title and the clash between the two characters (and the music, of course), creating art for this was exciting. @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ Commentary: |- That sounds ridiculous though. - <i>Sera B.:</i> (track artist) + <i>Sera B.:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) For this piece I wanted to go really comic book-y, so I leaned towards a Daredevil influence for Terezi (for obvious reasons). Initially, I had her in a more detailed setting in extreme light and shadow, with Gamzee's silhouette looming over her. Totally by accident I ended up deleting the background layers, leaving just the strip of red lava as the orizon-- which looked way cooler than what I had before and gave it the comic-book-cover vibe I was shooting for. @@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ Commentary: |- While [[Harlequin|"Harlequin"]] was the first piece of mine to appear in Homestuck, the first piece I actually wrote for it was [[Aggrieve|"Aggrieve"]], and so I felt it was only fitting to make another mix of it for the final album. Plus it gave me an excuse to try writing it in a metal style! I'm not sure it could still be considered Rose's "official theme" anymore (not after the mountain of excellent music the team's written for her over the years), but I still like to think of it that way. - <i>Rachel Lake:</i> (track artist) + <i>Rachel Lake:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Just, put, like, "It was cool to work on this," I don't know! --- @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ Commentary: |- So, it's "Stride", my little sequel-of-sorts to [[Upward Movement (Dave Owns)|Upward Movement]], featuring samples from [[Moonsetter]] and [[Showdown]], and an updated version of that classic Dave Strider drum loop. - <i>slogbait:</i> (track artist) + <i>slogbait:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Fuck the rug. --- @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ Commentary: |- And a fun fact: the double kick drum is augmented by a sample of the kick drums used in Septic Flesh's song [[track:anubis-septicflesh|"Anubis"]] to give it that perfect death metal punch. - <i>slogbait:</i> (track artist) + <i>slogbait:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Some of the more "mechanical" designs in Sburb were fricken cool. @@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ Commentary: |- So, you know, here it is. Freefall hems pretty close to my original remix's overall arrangement, except it swaps out all the samples for newly recorded material (all me) and riffs way, way more loosely on the song quotes. This song is older than [[flash:4109|[S] Cascade]] is, and I think the difference between the original version from all those years ago and this is one of the most striking comparisons you can make to show how far I've come. - <i>Nico J. Dolloso:</i> (track artist) + <i>Nico J. Dolloso:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I was approached by RJ to do a track art of my choosing for the album and decided to work closely with him for the track "Freefall." The track's subject was the EoA5 flash [[flash:4109|'[S] Cascade']], which was from what I remember a clusterfuck on many levels in the Homestuck universe and for the MSPA wegbsite & Newground's hosting servers. @@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ Commentary: |- So, ultimately, it's a win-win! - <i>Kiko B.:</i> (alternate artworks, [Tumblr](https://kingcheddarxvii.tumblr.com/post/146932969357/some-alternate-flavors-of-castle-one-of-the)) + <i>Kiko B.:</i> (alternate artworks, [Tumblr](https://kingcheddarxvii.tumblr.com/post/146932969357/some-alternate-flavors-of-castle-one-of-the), 7/5/2016) Some alternate flavors of Castle, one of the tracks I did art for in HS vol. 10! I cycled through a bunch of different color schemes before settling on the one in the album! @@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ Commentary: |- (I am sure Mr. Doldinger - much like a certain ill-fated group of bullies - never could have seen THAT one coming.) - <i>Alyssa Lee Dalangin:</i> (track artist) + <i>Alyssa Lee Dalangin:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I wanted to illustrate Skaian Happy Flight when I heard it because the music was so whimsical and uplifting, I knew doing the imagery to match it would be fun. When I asked the musician what their vision was for a scenario or character, they said they didn't have anything in particular in mind (though they mentioned some influences from The Neverending Story, which Homestuck has also referenced. @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ Commentary: |- Even so, the DX suffix is a bit of an homage to the traidtion of releasing enhanced versions of old video games. - <i>ranchuppi:</i> (track artist) + <i>ranchuppi:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Catch me on the roof in my mid 30's pwning a 9th grader with a sword. --- @@ -883,13 +883,13 @@ Commentary: |- Also Paul. - <i>Paul Henderson:</i> (vocals) + <i>Paul Henderson:</i> (vocals, booklet commentary) I recorded some vocals for Explare (as it was called at the time) like a year ago bc marcy was like "hey this might be on the next homestuck album?" and i really wanted to be on a homestuck album, so i show up for like twelve seconds. this is a dream come true anyway bye - <i>slogbait:</i> (track artist) + <i>slogbait:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ @@ -932,27 +932,27 @@ Commentary: |- In the end, I'm glad to finally share it with the world in some form, and I hope the world enjoys it. - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> (producer, arranger) + <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> (producer, arranger, booklet commentary) This is really Luke's song. I started the project file but he made it his own. The crow noises are mine. - <i>PJ Tush:</i> (track artist) + <i>PJ Tush:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Being so high energy, I wanted to make the piece as colorful as possible, but not unattractively saturated. Initially I planned on reflecting the characters in dream bubbles of their respective colors, but decided to depict them in full mugshot instead. Each character is lightly engulfed in a colorful overlay in front of the chaotic, perpetually expanding infinity of gay space. - <i>Fenn:</i> (track artist) + <i>Fenn:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) <i>Feel</i> is a very powerful song full of energy. We were inspired by the tension filled events occuring during the 3 year span of time between those stuck on the troll meteor, flying through space towards an unknowing and terrifying future. - <i>Mika B.:</i> (track artist) + <i>Mika B.:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) When rendering the final rendition of the track art piece, I hoped to give it a complete finish that would accustom the pieces lovely concept art. I enjoyed working to convey the spectacular energy Jade is known to behold, particularly with her hair. Overall, this piece was a great enjoyment to work on, and I was able to accompany two great artists in their work to create art to represent Feel, as well as the teens' spiraling adventure on the gay meteor. - <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yngy9XIzRLY&lc=UgheYBDHMQfgt3gCoAEC)) + <i>Robert J! Lake:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yngy9XIzRLY&lc=UgheYBDHMQfgt3gCoAEC), 6/28/2016) > RJ, if you arranged this piece, then there must be an original you used as a base. Is there some sort of file or sheet for that track? @@ -975,13 +975,13 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:evanescence-maria-schneider - Sea of Derse Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) Originally my thought for this piece was Spades Slick and Ms. Paint on a gondola, something semi-romantic and jazzy and very ship-worthy. Hence the accordion. But then, like any other time I started feeling vaguely like making something into a piece for shipping people, I actually made the piece and got a way better idea for what it would be for, aka post-game everyone-hanging-out reflection-relaxation. And hey, the accordion still worked. I don't expect anyone else to be a Maria Schneider fan and also encounter this piece, but if they do, yes I pretty much took the first 4 bars of [[track:evanescence-maria-schneider|Evanescence]] and used it as the basis for the piece. A few other cues came from that piece as well. - <i>Richard Gung:</i> + <i>Richard Gung:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) A chill tune deserves a classy cover. --- @@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ Commentary: |- Oh if you want to check out Justin's work, [go here](https://www.facebook.com/FliteDnB/). - <i>Lunise:</i> (track artist) + <i>Lunise:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) So I was minding my own business one day, and then all of a sudden Jeremy came and asked me if I wanted to do some art for Volume 10. Naturally, I obliged, and I asked him if he had anything specific in mind that he wanted me to draw for it, and he basically told me to draw whatever came to mind. So I listened to the WIP of the track he sent me a few times to get a feel for what I wanted to draw for it, and jotted down a couple of concept sketches for what I wanted to do! @@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ Commentary: |- Supa hot beats - I drop that.<br> John and Aradia - I ship that. - <i>Tensei, Makin|[[artist:tensei]]:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20160612172425/http://tenseimusic.tumblr.com/post/145791143925/also-call-the-song-ascend-if-theres-any-song)) + <i>Tensei, Makin|[[artist:tensei]]:</i> (Tumblr [(dead link)](https://tenseimusic.tumblr.com/post/145791143925/also-call-the-song-ascend-if-theres-any-song)) > Anonymous asked: Also, call the song "Ascend", if there's any song that's earned the right it's that one @@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ Commentary: |- There's a little bit of Enya influence sneaking in, particularly with all the humming choirs, and then halfway through we go into a bit of Yasunori Mitsuda inspired celtic dance and a little excerpt of [[Darling Kanaya]] before slowing down and ending on the Aggrieve melody again. - <i>Sera B.:</i> (track artist) + <i>Sera B.:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) When Malcolm told me this was a Rose/Kanaya piece I got hung up on the idea of them having a little dance together in the meteor library. I figured it would be a sweet way to demonstrate the darker, more elegant aspects of the song and its liveliness at the same time. @@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ Commentary: |- At least, that's how I'm justifying it. In reality this can be considered a Calliope piece at heart. - <i>slogbait:</i> (track artist) + <i>slogbait:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) This is a realy fantastic song that I'd been rooting for from the start, and when given the chance to do art for it I was intent on making sure it got the beautiful art it deserved. @@ -1307,11 +1307,11 @@ Commentary: |- For obvious reasons I decided to drop one of those words when naming this arrangement. - <i>Worthikids:</i> (track artist) + <i>Worthikids:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) - Alex's original request for this art was "so here's the thing...... - could u draw the what pumpkin logo.... - but with an exclamation point instead of a question mark + Alex's original request for this art was "so here's the thing......<br> + could u draw the what pumpkin logo....<br> + but with an exclamation point instead of a question mark<br> maybe candy corn vampire-problem sleuth could be holding it?" I remember drawing the altered logo all plain by itself and sending that to Alex, @@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ Commentary: |- but I was ultimately irked and redid it with candy corn PS a few days later. - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://rosettimusic.tumblr.com/post/100946585565/pumpkin-cravings-for-orchestra-original-by-seth)) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://rosettimusic.tumblr.com/post/100946585565/pumpkin-cravings-for-orchestra-original-by-seth), 10/25/2014) <b>[[Pumpkin Cravings]] for orchestra</b> @@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ Commentary: |- I'm hopeful that you believe in them, as well. - <i>Kiko B.:</i> (track artist) + <i>Kiko B.:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Look how far we've come! Beatfox did such a spectacular job combining so many early Homestuck themes here. Listening to "Conclude" for the first time was a major nostalgia rush! diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml index ea645a5e..5728f52e 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-2.yaml @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ URLs: Referenced Tracks: - Harlequin Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) The rock version of "Harlequin" sure made a scene, blasting through people's speakers as the background music for the Green Slime Ghost pogo game. Joseph nails the tough bits along with some sweet harmonics on the chorus. @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Upward Movement (Dave Owns) - Unknown B.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> + <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor) Andrew Huo's edits aren't described more specifically, nor credited on Bandcamp; this credit is pulled from [the original MSPA sound credits](https://web.archive.org/web/20100210001701/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/soundcredits.html). It was removed sometime between [June 12, 2012](https://web.archive.org/web/20120621202058/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/soundcredits.html) and [August 5, 2012](https://web.archive.org/web/20120805031705/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/soundcredits.html), when the sound credits were updated with proper links back to Bandcamp. --- @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Commentary: |- I tried towill write something a little more thought provoking this time without too much drummage in the background. It came out smoothly, and I do think it's quite the haunting melody. I was unaware that [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] wanted me to finish the original loop, and someone else remixed a longer ending for it, doing quite a fantastic job. - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (arranger, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) "Explore" was one of Buzinkai's distinctive snippets that I arranged - the melodies she writes are always strong, and the only appropriate scale to work on with that kind of material is grand. diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml index bfb8e5c7..f2206ecf 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-3.yaml @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Ohgodwhat Remix - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (arranger, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (arranger, [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) The remix of Nick's [[track:ohgodwhat|"Ohgodwhat"]] is a terrifying little affair - that I even made it mystifies me. @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Sheet Music Files: Files: - 'Chorale for Jaspers - Zephyr.pdf' Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) My signature efforts from this album, of course, are "Chorale for Jaspers" and its corollary (or chorale-ary?) [[track:pony-chorale|"Pony Chorale"]]. They were the first two Homestuck tracks to feature vocals with me as the cat and [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia]] as Maplehoof - for this I am proud. @@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Pony Chorale - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) My signature efforts from this album, of course, are [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|"Chorale for Jaspers"]] and its corollary (or chorale-ary?) "Pony Chorale". They were the first two Homestuck tracks to feature vocals with me as the cat and [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia]] as Maplehoof - for this I am proud. diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml index ea5cce93..04f0077e 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-4.yaml @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Sburban Jungle - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) "Sburban Jungle" finally comes into its own with its full reveal after being on the shelf for months. That we didn't delay the thing further amazes me considering the scale of the story, although I'm still indebted to [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] for making the animated sequence which the song accompanied especially iconic. Who doesn't love the picture of Rose making her incredibly stylized jump to catch the bottle during the piano break? @@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ Commentary: |- Sburban Jungle was so clearly necessary to expand upon, and I went ahead and just wrote the full thing out, you know, with the big bridge, with the piano breakdown and all that stuff, just to see what would happen. Because, actually, the main emphasis was going to be on loops, originally - we thought that everything that appeared in the comic was just going to be a piece of looping media, the idea that he was going to do full animations, with a beginning, middle and end, that wasn't in the scope of the project yet. Finishing out Sburban Jungle and saying, like, "now *here's* something that could progress from start to finish, and stand on its own," motivated him to later bring it back at [[flash:1149|the end of Act 3]] as this big moment. And that's what ended up happening, with a lot of the project, is [that] people said, you know, "let's move away from just doing loops, and let's also focus on full-length pieces." Everybody just started working that much harder, as we saw that Andrew was willing to do that kind of thing. - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP6916yGx6c), excerpt) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP6916yGx6c), excerpt, 5/26/2023) The theme song of #Homestuck, first appearing as [[track:sburban-jungle-brief-mix|an excerpt]] on [[flash:137|page 137]] and then later in full on page 1149 ([[flash:1149]]). The full song was originally released by What Pumpkin on [[album:homestuck-vol-4]] on April 13, 2010. - <i>Alice Hu:</i> + <i>Alice Hu:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/coccodoodles/718440598164652032/big-thank-you-to-michael-guy-bowman-for-featuring), 5/27/2023) Big thank you to Michael Guy Bowman for featuring my art on this new official upload of Sburban Jungle! @@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ Commentary: |- The arpeggio part at the end goes between the left, both, and right speakers sequentially. I was too lazy to set the channel settings manually, so I did each note on a different instrument, which is set to each speaker channel. Not many people know that, and I think it actually made it a living hell for remixers who got a hold of the original file. + <i>Buzinkai:</i> (["Hi, I'm George Buzinkai, writer of The Doctor and other such songs. AMA?"](https://old.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/1afvkb/hi_im_george_buzinkai_writer_of_the_doctor_and/), 3/17/2013) + <i>(On March 17, 2013, [Buzinkai ran an AMA - "Ask Me Anything" - on the r/Homestuck subreddit.](https://old.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/1afvkb/hi_im_george_buzinkai_writer_of_the_doctor_and/) Select responses are listed below; you can visit the full AMA on the [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20230625011746/https://old.reddit.com/r/homestuck/comments/1afvkb/hi_im_george_buzinkai_writer_of_the_doctor_and/) as well. Banner art below is from a [fundraiser](https://www.gofundme.com/f/buzinkai) ran for their first album in 2016.)</i> <img src="media/misc/buzinkai-banner.png" width="720"> @@ -485,7 +487,7 @@ Commentary: |- I can't thank you all enough for this! - <i>emil:</i> ([Tumblr](https://emil.tumblr.com/post/666266192199172096)) + <i>emil:</i> ([Tumblr](https://emil.tumblr.com/post/666266192199172096), 10/28/2021) i feel like people forget that homestuck had a lot of talented musicians working on it, not just toby @@ -493,13 +495,13 @@ Commentary: |- (edited to include her correct name) - <i>blunttheking:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/blunttheking/666268683781521408/homestuck-doctor-i-know-i-already-reblogged)) + <i>blunttheking:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/blunttheking/666268683781521408/homestuck-doctor-i-know-i-already-reblogged), 10/28/2021) i know i already reblogged this but here's Doctor so you can remind yourself what a great song it is *[Bandcamp embed]* - <i>Clark Powell:</i> ([Tumblr](https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/669762656269484032/the-song-doctor-was-a-collaboration-piece-between)) + <i>Clark Powell:</i> ([Tumblr](https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/669762656269484032/the-song-doctor-was-a-collaboration-piece-between), 12/5/2021) the song Doctor was a collaboration piece between me and Buzinkai. They made the super lush chiptune that’s the backbone of the song, and I arranged it with other instruments to try and really bring it to life. As one of the first songs either of us finished for the comic in those early days, we were both so proud of it ☺️ diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml index 706f2667..03c17268 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Savior of the Waking World - min min (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>cityinthesea:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160163184436/cityinthesea-saviour-of-the-waking-world-my)) + <i>cityinthesea:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160163184436/cityinthesea-saviour-of-the-waking-world-my), sometime 4/13/2017 - 4/30/2017) *saviour of the waking world* @@ -300,11 +300,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Showtime (Piano Refrain) - Harlequin Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) 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 [[track:showtime-original-mix|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. - <i>Sollay:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159969890431/sol-lay-my-second-piece-for-the-vol-5-anthology)) + <i>Sollay:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159969890431/sol-lay-my-second-piece-for-the-vol-5-anthology), sometime 4/13/2017 - 4/25/2017) My second piece for the Vol 5 Anthology project!! --- @@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ Commentary: |- 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. - <i>rose-ebottles:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160188427695/rose-ebottles-heres-my-piece-for-the-vol5)) + <i>rose-ebottles:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160188427695/rose-ebottles-heres-my-piece-for-the-vol5), sometime 4/13/2017 - 5/1/2017) Here’s my piece for the vol5 anthology I did for the song aggrievance! It was really fun to do and everyone’s pieces are fantastic --- @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Chorale for Jaspers - Squiddles! Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) 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 [[artist:toby-fox|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 [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|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 [[track:squiddles|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. @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'An Unbreakable Union - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>cityinthesea:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159956686110/cityinthesea-an-unbreakable-union-my-second)) + <i>cityinthesea:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159956686110/cityinthesea-an-unbreakable-union-my-second), sometime 4/13/2017 - 4/24/2017) *an unbreakable union* @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Commentary: |- Composed by Andrew Huo. Mastering by Seth Peelle using Garritan Personal Orchestra. - <i>awildcale:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://the-cale.tumblr.com/post/159561376331/skaian-ride-heres-my-piece-for-the-vol-5-anthology)) + <i>awildcale:</i> (anthology artist, [tumblr [(dead link)](https://the-cale.tumblr.com/post/159561376331/skaian-ride-heres-my-piece-for-the-vol-5-anthology)) [skaian ride](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride-2) @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'White - silverseer (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>RainbowCookiz:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/rainbowcookiz/159075789231/here-is-the-finished-piece-for-my-album-cover)) + <i>RainbowCookiz:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/rainbowcookiz/159075789231/here-is-the-finished-piece-for-my-album-cover), 4/1/2017) Here is the finished piece for my album cover work! @@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ Commentary: |- <img src="media/misc/white-bonus.jpg" width="300"> - <i>RainbowCookiz:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/rainbowcookiz/159142773116/rainbowcookiz-here-is-the-finished-piece-for-my)) + <i>RainbowCookiz:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/rainbowcookiz/159142773116/rainbowcookiz-here-is-the-finished-piece-for-my), 4/3/2017) made cooler @@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Jungle Commentary: |- - <i>Xagave:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://freckledoctopus.tumblr.com/post/159662103553/forgot-to-post-this-individually-but-this-was-my)) + <i>Xagave:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://freckledoctopus.tumblr.com/post/159662103553/forgot-to-post-this-individually-but-this-was-my), 4/16/2017) forgot to post this individually, but this was my contribution to the HS album [volume 5 Anthology](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159528808107/hey-everyone-its-413-and-that-means-we-have)! the song I was given was Pumpkin Cravings which was described as representing both Homestuck and MSPA as a whole —so to try and fit the song I thought combining both Problem Sleuth and HS was the way to go ^_^ @@ -614,11 +614,11 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Crystalanthemums - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) I composed this one intending it to be the theme of Jade’s land. This is the reason [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit]] has gone on the record as saying [[track:crystamanthequins|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 [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] was responsible for the name, jokingly calling it “crystalanthemums” after I described it as sounding 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. - <i>Chumi:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://chuchumi.tumblr.com/post/159546207889/heres-my-entry-for-the-volume-5-anthology-i-was)) + <i>Chumi:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://chuchumi.tumblr.com/post/159546207889/heres-my-entry-for-the-volume-5-anthology-i-was), 4/13/2017) here’s my entry for the [volume 5 anthology](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/)! i was lucky enough to be able to draw for [crystalanthemums](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8GVlwRrXC8)! (do yourself a favor and check out everyone else’s AMAZING art and the video pls…) @@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ Commentary: |- 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. - <i>Sollay:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160081839912/sol-lay-my-first-piece-for-the-vol-5-anthology)) + <i>Sollay:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160081839912/sol-lay-my-first-piece-for-the-vol-5-anthology), sometime 4/13/2017 - 4/28/2017) My first piece for the Vol 5 Anthology project, plus desktop version :) @@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Clockwork Melody Commentary: |- - <i>Prince:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://catprinx.tumblr.com/post/159545290361/heres-what-i-did-for-the-song-clockwork-sorrow)) + <i>Prince:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://catprinx.tumblr.com/post/159545290361/heres-what-i-did-for-the-song-clockwork-sorrow), 4/13/2017) Here’s what I did for the song Clockwork Sorrow for the @vol5anthology!!! @@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ Art Tags: - Prospit - Derse Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) This is exactly what it sounds like. I went for a whimsical, dreamy feel with this one, expressed through the ¾ meter, waltz patterns, Lydian mode, and ringing, bell-like timbres. There’s not a lot going on in this one, though I think it’s charming in a childlike way. It was the first piece I made upon my return to the music team (I was in it since the beginning, but never made anything worthwhile and left for a few months since I was starting my first year of college). @@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ Commentary: |- For the record, that's not a cell phone vibration, whatever you are hearing is there just by chance. - <i>Dzu:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://dzueni.tumblr.com/post/159588803092/20-phantasmagoric-waltz-heres-the-piece-i), excerpt) + <i>Dzu:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://dzueni.tumblr.com/post/159588803092/20-phantasmagoric-waltz-heres-the-piece-i), excerpt, 4/15/2017) Here’s the piece I did for the [Homestuck Volume 5 Fan Anthology](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/)! Go check the rest out if you haven’t already they’re so goddamn cool u guys @@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Sunslammer - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Aeritus:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://aeritus.tumblr.com/post/159537850591/oh-hey-i-can-finally-upload-this-d-this-is-my)) + <i>Aeritus:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://aeritus.tumblr.com/post/159537850591/oh-hey-i-can-finally-upload-this-d-this-is-my), 4/13/2017) oh hey i can finally upload this! =D<br> This is my piece for @vol5anthology, my song was Sunslammer @@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Lotus - Doctor Commentary: |- - <i>fenkko:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://fenkko.tumblr.com/post/159538809157/i-made-a-fan-cover-of-lotus-land-story-piece-for)) + <i>fenkko:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://fenkko.tumblr.com/post/159538809157/i-made-a-fan-cover-of-lotus-land-story-piece-for), 4/13/2017) i made a fan cover of lotus land story piece for @vol5anthology! please check out the rest of the art, everyone has done [such amazing work](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159528808107/hey-everyone-its-413-and-that-means-we-have) --- @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Chorale for War - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt, 4/29/2012) 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 [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale]] remix by that same name! So I updated my old one under a new name, and [[artist:alex-rosetti|Albatross]] and [[artist:toby-fox|Rad]] created their [[Hardchorale]] remix too. Battle Chorale never made it to publication but these two survived. --- @@ -956,11 +956,11 @@ Art Tags: - Davesprite - LoHaC Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) 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. - <i>egosweetheart:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://egosweetheart.tumblr.com/post/159532007962/ok-yall-i-havent-had-any-time-for-art-recently)) + <i>egosweetheart:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://egosweetheart.tumblr.com/post/159532007962/ok-yall-i-havent-had-any-time-for-art-recently), 4/13/2017) ok y’all, i haven’t had any time for art recently, but here’s my piece for the [volume 5 anthology](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/)!! it’s unsheath’d, the euphimism song. happy 413 you nerds @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Doctor - Penumbra Phantasm Commentary: |- - <i>Meruz:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://meruz.tumblr.com/post/159541441776)) + <i>Meruz:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://meruz.tumblr.com/post/159541441776), 4/13/2017) Planet Healer piece for @vol5anthology !!! i submitted this a month ago and im still changing my mind on the colors ugh!!! @@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ Commentary: |- John had [[track:skaian-dreams-remix|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. - <i>Seagrot:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/dumbbitche/159551398865/my-bed-of-rosesdreams-of-derse-piece-for-the-vol)) + <i>Seagrot:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/dumbbitche/159551398865/my-bed-of-rosesdreams-of-derse-piece-for-the-vol), 4/14/2017) my [bed of rose’s/dreams of derse](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/bed-of-roses-dreams-of-derse-2) piece for the [vol 5 anthology project](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/)..! w a bit of flair. happy 413 yall @@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Skaian Ride Commentary: |- - <i>Aryll:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://aryll.tumblr.com/post/159548324165/oh-hey-i-can-finally-post-this-i-had-the-honour)) + <i>Aryll:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://aryll.tumblr.com/post/159548324165/oh-hey-i-can-finally-post-this-i-had-the-honour), 4/13/2017) Oh hey, I can finally post this! I had the honour of doing track art for the amazing [Volume 5 Anthology](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/). It’s a simple piece since I was super tight for time, but I like it. I hope you do too! @@ -1198,7 +1198,7 @@ Lyrics: |- 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 Commentary: |- - <i>Shoutloaf:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://shoutloaf.tumblr.com/post/159555360401)) + <i>Shoutloaf:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://shoutloaf.tumblr.com/post/159555360401), 4/14/2017) my piece for the [homestuck vol. 5 anthology](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/)! vol. 5 is the only album without individual track art; until now ; ) the song i drew for is dupiblaze COMAGMA! @@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Harlequin Commentary: |- - <i>madragingven:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159979498444/madragingven-since-its-413-and-all-of-the)) + <i>madragingven:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159979498444/madragingven-since-its-413-and-all-of-the), sometime 4/13/2017) Since it’s 4/13 and all of the entries for the [Homestuck Vol. 5 Track Art Fan Anthology](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/) are posted, I thought I’d put my piece up here. @@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ Commentary: |- I also arranged strings for a piece by Erik Scheele, which was called "Ruins". He had submitted [[track:ruins|Ruins]] to the forum, and I said, well, here's my, you know, decoration - my production on top of it, I said, this is Ruins *with strings,* and for whatever reason it was just published on the album as as, you know, "Ruins" - in parentheses - "(With Strings)". Which, I was just like, *yeah,* it's really just Ruins... but you know... whatever. And I like that it had that Myst-like interactive element that went with it. That felt like something that touched home for me. I'm already a big Myst fan, and I would have loved to be somebody making music for Cyan, and so it was sort of a fulfilment of that dream. - <i>ghostpressure:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://ghostpressure.tumblr.com/post/159560433261/my-contribution-for-the-volume-5-anthology-ruins)) + <i>ghostpressure:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://ghostpressure.tumblr.com/post/159560433261/my-contribution-for-the-volume-5-anthology-ruins), 4/14/2017) my contribution for the volume 5 anthology, ruins with strings, plus sketches for Drama. this was fun and everyones stuff turned out so great its a really good collection!! @@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Ectobiology - Putnam (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Kirvia:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160134003103/kirvia-this-was-my-piece-for-vol5anthology-my)) + <i>Kirvia:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160134003103/kirvia-this-was-my-piece-for-vol5anthology-my), 4/13/2017) this was my piece for @vol5anthology; my song was Ectobiology. please consider checking it out as it has 64 more wonderful pieces by talented artists! happy 413! --- @@ -1392,11 +1392,11 @@ Art Tags: - Frog Temple - Ruined Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) 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. - <i>vorpos:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vorpos.tumblr.com/post/159546278177/i-finally-get-to-upload-this-now-heres-my-piece)) + <i>vorpos:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vorpos.tumblr.com/post/159546278177/i-finally-get-to-upload-this-now-heres-my-piece), 4/13/2017) i finally get to upload this now! here’s my piece for Upholding the Law, which can be found in the @vol5anthology!! @@ -1415,11 +1415,11 @@ Art Tags: - John - Tumor Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), excerpt) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), excerpt, 3/25/2012) My other favourite from Volume 5. It started life as a theme for the Aimless Renegade, inspired by a [[track:desperado|"Desperado"]] theme which I believe was written by [[artist:bill-bolin|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. - <i>Koukouvayia:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://koukouvayia.tumblr.com/post/159549489998/happy-413-heres-the-full-version-of-the-thing-i)) + <i>Koukouvayia:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://koukouvayia.tumblr.com/post/159549489998/happy-413-heres-the-full-version-of-the-thing-i), 4/13/2017) Happy 4/13, here’s the full version of the thing I did for the Volume 5 anthology project! I was assigned the song Underworld. @@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Aggrieve - Vagabounce Commentary: |- - <i>Kisbys:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://clock-heart.tumblr.com/post/159537592103/kisbys-heres-the-piece-i-made-for)) + <i>Kisbys:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://clock-heart.tumblr.com/post/159537592103/kisbys-heres-the-piece-i-made-for), 4/13/2017) here’s the piece i made for @vol5anthology !! my song was [land of the salamanders](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/land-of-the-salamanders-2)! all the other artists did a wonderful job with their track art and i recommend checking out the blog to see the other fantastic pieces! --- @@ -1521,11 +1521,11 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Savior of the Waking World Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) [[artist:toby-fox|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. - <i>Nolvini:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://nolvini.tumblr.com/post/159613597019/my-piece-created-for-the-vol5anthology-the-song)) + <i>Nolvini:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://nolvini.tumblr.com/post/159613597019/my-piece-created-for-the-vol5anthology-the-song), 4/15/2017) My piece created for the @vol5anthology!<br> The song I had was [Medical Emergency](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/medical-emergency-2)<br> @@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Endless Climb Commentary: |- - <i>inariijane:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159913568451/inariijane-this-was-my-piece-for-the-volume-5-fan)) + <i>inariijane:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/159913568451/inariijane-this-was-my-piece-for-the-volume-5-fan), 4/13/2017) This was my piece for the volume 5 fan anthology for the rad song vertical motion! Happy 413!! --- @@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ Commentary: |- 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 [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] did with it turning it into [[Skaian Skirmish]] worked really well. There was some vague artistic direction from [[artist:andrew-hussie|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. - <i>innocuoussketches:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://innocuoussketches.tumblr.com/post/159539323467/heres-my-piece-from-the-vol-5-anthology-fan)) + <i>innocuoussketches:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://innocuoussketches.tumblr.com/post/159539323467/heres-my-piece-from-the-vol-5-anthology-fan), 4/13/2017) Here’s my piece from the [Vol. 5 Anthology fan project](http://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/) and illustrated art for the track [Skaian Skuffle](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-skuffle-2). You should check out all of the art from the project because it’s really gorgeous! --- @@ -1739,13 +1739,13 @@ Art Tags: - Dave - Jade Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt, 4/29/2012) 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 - <i>Gene:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://trainwreckgenerator.tumblr.com/post/159539420619)) + <i>Gene:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://trainwreckgenerator.tumblr.com/post/159539420619), 4/13/2017) the piece i did for Throwdown for the @vol5anthology hell yeah hell yeah --- @@ -1870,7 +1870,7 @@ Commentary: |- Homestuck Volume 5, I did Greenhouse, which was dedicated to the location that Jade Harley lived in. - <i>creepyknees:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://creepyknees.tumblr.com/post/159546453749/a-testament-to-jades-living-space-my-piece-in)) + <i>creepyknees:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://creepyknees.tumblr.com/post/159546453749/a-testament-to-jades-living-space-my-piece-in), 4/13/2017) > *“a testament to jade’s living space”* @@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - John Commentary: |- - <i>kindergraph:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/kindergraph/159546407960/here-is-my-contribution-for-the-vol5anthology)) + <i>kindergraph:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/kindergraph/159546407960/here-is-my-contribution-for-the-vol5anthology), 4/13/2017) here is my contribution for the @vol5anthology homestuck fan project!! i did track 52, [space prankster](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/space-prankster-2)! i had SO much fun drawing this and there were so many incredibly talented artists working on the anthology and everything came out looking so good ;___; HAPPY 4/13 EVERYBODY I LOVE HOMESTUCK --- @@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Ecstasy - IronInvoker47 (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), excerpt) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), excerpt, 3/25/2012) 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. @@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ Art Tags: - Serenity - Can Town Commentary: |- - <i>taqibun:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160078120033/taqibun-my-contribution-to-vol5anthology-i)) + <i>taqibun:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160078120033/taqibun-my-contribution-to-vol5anthology-i), sometime 4/13/2017 - 4/28/2017) My contribution to @vol5anthology ! @@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Doctor Cover Art File Extension: jpg Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt, 4/29/2012) I'm sure you all know the story behind the [[Doctor]] remixes. During the Intermission [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] wanted a remix of that [[flash:3079|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. --- @@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Doctor Commentary: |- - <i>imflare:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/imflare/159914301809/i-had-the-honour-of-participating-in-the)) + <i>imflare:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/imflare/159914301809/i-had-the-honour-of-participating-in-the), 4/23/2017) I had the honour of participating in the @vol5anthology fan project, and i got to illustrate the track ‘Doctor Remix’!! here is my piece, and please check out everyone else’s contributions too! --- @@ -2063,7 +2063,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Jade Commentary: |- - <i>the-nothing-maker:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160030220119/the-nothing-maker-this-is-the-drawing-i-did-for)) + <i>the-nothing-maker:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160030220119/the-nothing-maker-this-is-the-drawing-i-did-for), 4/13/2017) This is the drawing I did for the track Biophosphoradelcrystalluminescence of HS Album 5 !! I’m still so proud to have been selected ahah ^^ Check the wonderful covers that people made on @vol5anthology !! Happy 4/13 ! @@ -2121,7 +2121,7 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - Jade Commentary: |- - <i>arosoup:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160150012524/arosoup-this-is-my-art-for-the-vol-5-anthology)) + <i>arosoup:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/160150012524/arosoup-this-is-my-art-for-the-vol-5-anthology), 4/16/2017) This is my art for the [Vol 5 anthology](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com)!! This art is specifically for [Song of Life.](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/song-of-life-2) Everyone was super nice and it was real fun animating some art for the video!! Have a happy rest of the week everybody I’ve been too lazy to post this on 4/13. --- @@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ Commentary: |- Fun fact: It was originally called "Ascend." - <i>queenoftheantz:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://queenoftheantz.tumblr.com/post/159914402779/here-is-my-piece-for-the-vol5anthology-i-got-to)) + <i>queenoftheantz:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://queenoftheantz.tumblr.com/post/159914402779/here-is-my-piece-for-the-vol5anthology-i-got-to), 4/23/2017) Here is my piece for the @vol5anthology! diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml index 312fb1d3..b6da0e71 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml @@ -306,14 +306,32 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) - JohnJRenns (drums).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (alternate artwork, [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-LPPdHEyA)) + <img src="media/misc/gamebro-original-1990-mix.jpg" width="350"> + + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-LPPdHEyA), 1/6/2011) + THE GAMES, WILL, NEVER STOP + THE GAMES WILL NEVER STOP + you know the rest + (alternatively: where the heck did that horrible dude come from get him out of the way of the album art jesus) - I just binged on too much [Go Mario Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkreaWxL224) and [The Heat Is On (bust a groove 2)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cez1x1Gei4) and went out to mow the lawn and came up with it + If you have some money, you should consider getting [the whole album](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt), it'll sound much better from there and there's also a buttload of other great stuff on there. + + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-LPPdHEyA&lc=Ugi8uWiElrLFBngCoAEC.8JU1nbN61lI8JU8OpO0TJn), 10/1/2016) + + > Hussie said to Erik, (creator of the song,)<br> + > "Ok, I want a song that sounds like if the 80's just gave up." + + [[artist:andrew-hussie|hussie]] didn't say anything, I just binged on too much [Go Mario Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkreaWxL224) and [The Heat Is On (bust a groove 2)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cez1x1Gei4) and went out to mow the lawn and came up with it + + > ***** its a joke. + + people suggest way crazier things on a regular basis how was I supposed to know --- Track: Tribal Ebonpyre Artists: @@ -330,10 +348,19 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Atomyk Ebonpyre - Sburban Jungle Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (alternate artwork, [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xStVhvhg1i4)) + <img src="media/misc/tribal-ebonpyre.jpg" width="350"> + + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xStVhvhg1i4), excerpt, 1/6/2011) + naknaknaknaknaknaknaknaknaknak + Although I didn't think the crocodiles would be so low, but whichever + + Also you should check out the whole album here: [(Bandcamp link)](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt) + + Also you apparently need to be in 480p for it to sound correctly. How annoying. --- Track: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Artists: @@ -506,8 +533,11 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Nocturne.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - No special picture this time because -I am lazy- + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UpaT_FjsH8), 1/6/2011) + + No special picture this time because <s>I am lazy</s> + + Also you should check out the whole album, it's amazing and awesome: [(Bandcamp link)](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt) --- Track: Gaia Queen Artists: @@ -763,7 +793,7 @@ Art Tags: Duration: '4:13' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/3-in-the-morning-pianokind-2 -- https://youtu.be/OesxlnyaBGE +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMn9u4BMPE4 Referenced Tracks: - Three in the Morning - Doctor @@ -778,6 +808,15 @@ MIDI Project Files: - Title: MIDI by Galactides Files: - '3 In The Morning (Pianokind) - Galactides.mid' +Commentary: |- + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMn9u4BMPE4), 1/6/2011) + + Man the quality got rather killed for no reason in spots on this. + + ANYWAY 3 IN THE MORNING YEAH. + + Go to the original page here, help support the people who made it: [(Bandcamp link)](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt)<br> + Or alternatively go to the page for this song to hear it better: [(Bandcamp link)](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/3-in-the-morning-pianokind-2) --- Track: A Tender Moment Artists: diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml index 46a34011..6b19da3d 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-7.yaml @@ -94,12 +94,18 @@ Sheet Music Files: Files: - 'Black Rose, Green Sun - Quaddy (piano score).pdf' Commentary: |- - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + So it's the music forum discussion, and there's talk about albums representing each of the kids and discussions on what the styles would be. Some are obvious (like say, Dave) and some are offering a bit more discussion. It comes to Rose and there's a degree of uncertainty, and I suggest that it'd be veering into classical, offering up Saint-Saëns "Dance Macabre" as an example of the sort of thing I'd expect, and then set out to whip something up. + And at this point in the story Rose's set on flying her dream self with the tumor into the green sun to destroy it (Ah remember those days). In a tried and true effort of "trying to predict where Hussie will take the story and make music for it" BR/GS was scribed as a "very sad, yet hopeful, song about Rose's eventual sacrifice" - Hence why it all builds up to a big creshendo and then fades away (and why it's called Black Rose / Green Sun , although there's another reason for that as explained below) + The whole thing is based on yet another piece I made years ago and drafted it out of retirement and made it into something new and useful. The music box was one of the key elements, representing a kind of creepy childlike innocence, and then Rose's signature instrument (the violin, although the sample used is actually a viola and the notes it plays are closer to a cello) begins to kind of build up. Eventually we see the majesty of the green sun, and the rest of the song builds up to the tumors destruction. (All of which never happened even remotely in this way but that's what the song was supposed to be about anyway). The overall style is a kind of very sinister attempt at representing something small vs something huge - Original inspiration was taken from the style of music from Xenogears (Yasunori Mitsuda, being very celtic and awesome). + The scratchy-sfx were my attempt at auralising the green sun's "scratch" effect. I'm not 100% convinced they work but Andrew kept 'em in so whatever. + When Andrew asked to use it, it was going to be for a walkaround, so I needed to make some adjustments to make it loopable for the flash. For the album, I added a second section with a keytar solo (I was mucking about with it at the time) to make it a bit more interesting. Ultimatly it ended up being used for something completely different than originally intended, and oddly the name ("Black Rose") became oddly apt once she went all grimdark and tried to fight Jack ("Green Sun"). + The name was also a reference to a Sonata Arctica song, similarly titled involving colours, except it was called "White Pearl, Black Oceans". --- Track: At The Price of Oblivion @@ -131,13 +137,20 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'At The Price of Oblivion - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + The name comes from a line of Rose's during Act 5 while discussing her options of survival with Doc Scratch: + <code style="color: #b536da">TT: But it's a little disheartening to learn I'm now faced with not one, but two suicide missions at once.</code> + <code style="color: #b536da">TT: One to destroy Jack's power source and defend all of existence, and another to ensure our cosmic progeny at the price of oblivion.</code> + As soon (like, not a minute after) as I saw Rose go grimdark, I decided to wrote some hilariously ANGRY AND KICKASS BATTLE MUSIC for her (presumed inevitable) battle with Jack. The original sort of concept was something like the music of Guilty Gear - All guitars and organs and the like. It took several attempts to try and tone it into something useful, but in the end I decided to dig up Chorale for Jaspers - A previous bit of music used for representing the death of Rose's cat (The main themes here being the death of Rose's mother and the anger she feels afterwords). + So that's where we start, with a kind of messed up, creepy violin rendition of Chorale for Jaspers, before we start to build up and then kick into the main part of the song. Around 1:00 we here the music box chords from Black Rose/ return, then at 1:20 it's another Keytar Solo from me (I'd just bought it and was feeling cocky). The rhythm guitar and guitar solo at the end was also me and also something I was terrified to do since I don't normally do "Live" playing (Everything is usually sequenced). In this case, a lot of it was so difficult to do (Because I can barely play guitar. At all) at this speed most of it was played at a slower tempo and then sped up digitally (HAX!). + The drums were easily the funnest thing to sequence in this thing, mainly all the awesome fills and the double bass step at the end. The final guitar solo is an attempt to reference Rose's original "Strife" theme - Aggrieve. It's very loosely there, and I reckon needs to come back in some fashion since it's actually kind of awesome. + When Andrew told me he was going to use this one for a fight scene I was looking heavily forward to it. Imagine my surprise when just as it's about to kick off... John gets himself stabbed. --- Track: Even in Death @@ -189,12 +202,12 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Terezi Owns - Unknown (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Angela Sham:</i> (alternate artwork, [Tumblr](https://guzusuru.tumblr.com/post/4813339872)) - - Terezi: Engage justice mode. And also stay in the redglare costume for the rest of a while ok, ok. + <i>Angela Sham:</i> (alternate artwork, [Tumblr](https://guzusuru.tumblr.com/post/4813339872), 4/21/2011) <img src="media/misc/terezi-owns-alt.jpg" width="300"> + Terezi: Engage justice mode. And also stay in the redglare costume for the rest of a while ok, ok. + <small>#i like my coffee like i like my justice #covered in bees</small> --- Track: Trial and Execution @@ -222,11 +235,16 @@ Referenced Tracks: - The Lemonsnout Turnabout - Crystalanthemums Commentary: |- - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Not a huge amount to say on this one... The scene inspiring it was obviously Terezi's ancestor Redglare vs Vriska's ancestor Mindfang during the sort of mock-trial that ended in Mindfang mind-controlling the crowd and hanging Redglare. Felt like a nice scene to try some musical accompaniment, so I did. + So a combination of liking Terezi's theme and getting my hands on some new samples and voices, I decided to whip this together. The idea was a very tribal, savage kind of military march (and chanting) to represent the lower class masses baying for blood. It starts off using Lemonsnout Turnabout for Terezi, but then quickly changes to Crystalanthemums -- Specifically for the reference to "Make Her Pay" and Crystamanthequins as a kind of "Vriska vs Somebody" theme. Ideally it would've just evolved into Vriska's theme, but I find that one a bit tricky to work with. + Finally it throws in a string glissando as tension mounts, and then snap! Dead! (The snapping is some kind of double bass string snap.) + The little eerie female vocalist thing didn't really work and is a bit cliched, but I kinda like the rest of the track. Always nice to give character deaths a little celebration + The name's fairly obvious - I was trying to work in some kind of "Trial and Error" gag but I guess this works. --- Track: The Carnival @@ -269,13 +287,20 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Spider8reath - Tensei.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Tensei:</i> + <i>Tensei:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Alright, as requested, I'll do some indepth commentary on already released Homestuck songs, starting off with Spider8reath. + Now, you may have heard this from me before, but Vriska is HANDS DOWN the most fun character to write music for. It's hard to exactly pinpoint the reason for this, but something about her character just invites badass pentatonic blues riffs, squealing guitars and shrill horns all over the place. + Really, when you pick it apart, this song is actually very simple at its basis, containing a pretty typical blues progression, and the constantly repeated guitar/bass riff which is introduced right at the start and then just keeps on going ( dadada DA dada DA dada dada dadadada, it's really fun to sing along actually!) + The horn section actually adds the bulk of the songs 'gravy', providing lots of switch-ups, sometimes playing in unison with the main riff, sometimes splitting up and providing countermelodies or underlining the harmonized guitars. It was also by far the hardest part to write because I had literally no previous experience with brass writing, but I got some great feedback from other music team members. + Actually part of the reason that it was so hard to implement is probably because the song was already more or less 'done' before I thought of putting in a few brass stabs here and there. Then as I was writing the brass became more and more of a foreground element, and that's how Spider8reath became the screamy shrill funfest that it is now. + People who said that the exposed guitar solo at the start reminded them of Van Halen were totally right, because the song 'Eruption' was more or less a direct inspiration for it. I think it turned out really well, and it serves as a great intro to the song! + Really though, the main inspiration for this song simply comes from building on the previous Vriska songs that Radiation did. While the brass was a new, spur-of-the-moment addition, the guitar riffs and melodies were always supposed to be reminiscent of stuff like Spider's Claw, Killed by Br8k Spider and MeGaLoVaNia. People definitely seem to associate this song with Vriska too now, so mission accomplished I guess? --- Track: Lifdoff @@ -293,9 +318,12 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Showtime (Original Mix) Commentary: |- - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Name's fairly obviously a reference to SB&HJ And also the bit where John's car takes off, as the song is a reference to. + Another music team discussion got onto the stereotypical "Airship" themes you get in JRPGs. Homestuck didn't have one, so off I went to fix that! + The original plan was "Showtime in the style of a soaring, brass-filled JRPG Airship theme (ala Highwind, Ragnarawk takes to the skies, Wings etc.) and that's where the first bits come from. Around about 0:56 I wanted to try some cool chord progression as a kind of extension of John's theme (Something I've used in future i.e. Do You Remem8er Me). Someone's recently since pointed out this sounds like the theme of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story which is kind of annoying, since I'd never heard that before and it completely does. Still, I stand by it. --- Track: Awakening @@ -314,10 +342,13 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - track:ruins Commentary: |- - <i>Raizor:</i> ([Tumblr](https://raizor-blog.tumblr.com/post/6033364753/i-fixed-this-up-a-bit-its-nicer-now)) + <i>Raizor:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://raizor-blog.tumblr.com/post/6033364753/i-fixed-this-up-a-bit-its-nicer-now), 5/31/2011) + + <img src="media/misc/awakening-full.gif" width="375"> + I fixed this up a bit. + It's nicer now. - <img src="media/misc/awakening-full.gif" width="375"> --- Track: Havoc To Be Wrought Artists: @@ -331,22 +362,30 @@ Cover Artists: Art Tags: - The Expatriate Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15715289410/eidolons-other-commentary-whatsits), excerpt) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15715289410/eidolons-other-commentary-whatsits), excerpt, 1/12/2012) Havoc to be Wrought was spawned from an idea for a short story I had in my mind about a man climbing the old bell tower of an abandoned church investigating strange sounds that had plagued a small town, only to be forced into a confrontation with the "King of Owls" once he reaches the top, and ending with the KoO cutting the bell rope that the man clung to and screeching in the night. Things changed though. Once I had actually started writing and refining it, I decided to change its message, from a mad owl thing to the mysterious demon in the troll's session which had been [recently mentioned](https://www.homestuck.com/story/2606) in the comic (I wrote this sometime in Fall 2010). Also, yes, that is why there is distorted owl screeches at the end, although they were more meant to evoke the horrorterrors crying out in pain than owls by the time it was finished. Contains some very powerful organ and some great chord progressions, but also some structural choices I am not completely proud of, which remained in the piece until its release months and months later because the original Finale file crashed on me before I had a chance to save it. So, rather than attempt reconstructing it, I went with what I had, and it stuck. - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [YouTube comments](https://youtu.be/E7pBfnN7b1w)) - - Darkleer had no actual connection to my writing of the piece, was actually a Lord English in the outer ring piece. Someone choosing track art just thought he fit for some reason? + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7pBfnN7b1w&lc=UgzVrw4b-zC3DyEzK7B4AaABAg), 6/3/2011) > WHAT IS THAT TERRIFYING SOUND?! The end of this song is freaking me out. + Barn Owl put through distortion. Possibly horrorterrors. Who knows, man, who knows.. + + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7pBfnN7b1w&lc=UgzVrw4b-zC3DyEzK7B4AaABAg), 12/18/2011) + > Well I have a stud horse (stallion), and this kind of sounds like him whinnying slowed down. Barn Owl through distortion, was supposed to be horrorterror sounds, but the person gathering art for the album chose this picture. + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://youtube.com/watch?v=E7pBfnN7b1w&lc=UgjVrXlF97pr7HgCoAEC), 10/27/2014) + + Darkleer had no actual connection to my writing of the piece, was actually a Lord English in the outer ring piece. Someone choosing track art just thought he fit for some reason? + + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7pBfnN7b1w&lc=UgjVrXlF97pr7HgCoAEC.7-H0Z7-UsGf9asBXHlLrOg), 5/11/2022) + > <p>considering it was originally written about lord english, i'd assume the vast honk?</p> - > <p><i>...(another commenter)...</i></p> + > <p><i>(...another commenter...)</i></p> > <p>No? We HEAR it, and it's him saying honk, not random screaming that is supposedly a honk</p> Been a while, but the noises are the horrorterrors being slaughtered @@ -370,7 +409,7 @@ Sheet Music Files: Files: - 'Play The Wind - Kyntello.pdf' Commentary: |- - <i>Suki:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/lemoncotte/6059895866/lart-its-title-is-john-your-shoes-are-a?source=share)) + <i>Suki:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/lemoncotte/6059895866/lart-its-title-is-john-your-shoes-are-a?source=share), 6/1/2011) L'ART its title is "John your shoes are a horrible color yet endearing" also I AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE WITH THOSE AWESOME ARTISTS THERE???????? --- @@ -396,12 +435,12 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Rumble at the Rink - cctv.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Stevie Borbolla:</i> (full-size artwork, [DeviantArt](https://web.archive.org/web/20110601035040/http://stervi.deviantart.com/art/highbloods-202005942)) - - <b>highbloods</b> + <i>Stevie Borbolla:</i> (full-size artwork, [DeviantArt](https://web.archive.org/web/20110601035040/http://stervi.deviantart.com/art/highbloods-202005942), 3/23/2011) <img src="media/misc/rumble-at-the-rink-full.png" width="300"> + <b>highbloods</b> + soooo regarding this 50s au, when i first posted that one doodle of greaser gamzee a while ago on tumblr, thought everyone was going to yell at me or something but @__@ pretty much the opposite happened! and its reaaaaaally cool to have seen this au take off and see so many talented people drawing fanart of it based off my 'designs'?? it's been fun and i just wanna say thank you to everyone that participated cause it really makes me smile and jeez i don't really know how to properly express myself @@ -428,13 +467,13 @@ Lyrics: |- Like robbin' a bank at point blank<br>With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks<br>Unloading, cycling up in the air<br>Flinging backwards, overprepared Like robbin' a bank at point blank<br>With a loaded gun, loaded with blanks<br>Unloading, cycling up in the air<br>Flinging backwards, overprepared Commentary: |- - <i>Siins:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://siins.tumblr.com/post/4727531303/spent-the-most-part-of-my-evening-to-make-this)) + <i>Siins:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://siins.tumblr.com/post/4727531303/spent-the-most-part-of-my-evening-to-make-this), 4/18/2011) + + <img src="media/misc/lets-all-rock-the-heist-full.jpg" width="300"> spent the most part of my evening to make this look not like ass and i probably poked the wrong eye out - - <img src="media/misc/lets-all-rock-the-heist-full.jpg" width="300"> --- Track: WSW-Beatdown Artists: @@ -453,9 +492,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Beatdown (Strider Style) Commentary: |- - <i>Raizor:</i> ([Tumblr](https://raizor-blog.tumblr.com/post/5108985919/and-this-is-what-i-was-taking-a-break-from-its-a)) - And this is what I was taking a break from. It's a gif by the way, though the moving part isn't really important... but I think you should click it anyway because tumblr resized it apparently \>:| + <i>Raizor:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://raizor-blog.tumblr.com/post/5108985919/and-this-is-what-i-was-taking-a-break-from-its-a), 5/1/2011) + <img src="media/misc/wsw-beatdown-full.gif" width="375"> + + And this is what I was taking a break from. It's a gif by the way, though the moving part isn't really important... but I think you should click it anyway because tumblr resized it apparently \>:| --- Track: Earthsea Borealis Artists: @@ -516,9 +557,12 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Doctor - Penumbra Phantasm Commentary: |- - <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> + <i>Malcolm Brown:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Ok, so this one. First main goal was some kind of Doctor remix, on the ground that I never actually did one (Took my hiatus around the time of Vol 5.) so this was partially a jokey attempt to "Join in the fun". Secondary goal was mainly a combination of liking the track this is mostly based on (Waking World) and the concept of Godhood ascension (Didn't have a particular character in mind at the time). There's also a little bit of wanting to try some new instrument samples (Namely choir and guitar) so there was a bit of experimentation in this one too. + The working title for this one was "Doctor on the Bridge", because the choir instrumentation at the start reminded me a bit of "The Bridge of Khazad-dûm" (the bit after Gandalf dies in the LOTR movie). The final product aimed at being a bit closer to the original SotWW so I gave it a kind of darker twist - "Dreaming Dead" worked quite well as a title and Homestuck concept (And kept the alliteration). The ending I like, it channels a bit of danger and kickass before ending rather uncertainly. I wasn't fully 100% on this one to begin with - There were parts I liked and parts I didn't - And it's not as faithful a 'Doctor/Waking World' homage as it could be... The mastering also isn't brilliant - Quite bass heavy in places. + But. After it was used in Cascade, particularly with Rad's additions to the ending and generally going along to the animation of Jade Being Awesome and Universes Being Destroyed it's hard for me not to like it now - Particularly when the end cuts hit and everything's starting to head towards disaster. I don't think it's one of my best, and I would love to go back and try making it better, but I'm happy enough that it was used at one of the biggest moments in the comic, and still stands as a fairly harmless, simple and straightforward bit of music. --- Section: Bonus tracks @@ -559,11 +603,15 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Countdown Commentary: |- - <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> + <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Not long after I made Sburban Countdown, I made a version that rewinds back to the beginning again and called it 'Sburban Reversal', just in case it might be useful someday. Andrew ended up using part of it in act 2 except for the actual reversing part, but still credited it as 'Sburban Reversal', which had people asking me constantly after that if it's a real song. It wasn't really anything except for the reversing, so I eventually decided to extend it out to a full song. Since it was never actually fully in the comic, I recommended it as a bonus track. - <i>Raizor:</i> ([Tumblr](https://raizor-blog.tumblr.com/post/4736228505/dave-hurry-up-and-get-in-the-fucking-game)) - \>Dave: Hurry up and get in the fucking game + + <i>Raizor:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://raizor-blog.tumblr.com/post/4736228505/dave-hurry-up-and-get-in-the-fucking-game), 4/18/2011) + <img src="media/misc/sburban-reversal-full.png" width="450"> + + \>Dave: Hurry up and get in the fucking game --- Track: White Host, Green Room Artists: @@ -583,8 +631,8 @@ Sampled Tracks: - The King in Red (Beta) - Black Rose / Green Sun Commentary: |- - <i>Al Neun:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://mous-bones.tumblr.com/post/5558952951/whats-that-tumblr-youre-simply-dying-for-more)) - - What’s that, tumblr? You’re simply DYING for more silly fake old comics? Well, I suppose I -must- oblige. + <i>Al Neun:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://mous-bones.tumblr.com/post/5558952951/whats-that-tumblr-youre-simply-dying-for-more), 5/16/2011) <img src="media/misc/white-host-green-room-full.jpg" width="280"> + + What’s that, tumblr? You’re simply DYING for more silly fake old comics? Well, I suppose I -must- oblige. diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml index 96cd23e2..d041bd8f 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ Art Tags: - 'cw: blood (abstract)' - 'cw: body horror (abstract)' Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt, 1/9/2012) First off we have Galactic Cancer. What started off as me meandering about with slightly odd chord progressions became a rather meandering piece in general. Originally labeled Nether, at least as the piece began to formulate, the first part quickly developed in what I hoped would be a style reminiscent of Russell Brower’s music for Outland in World of Warcraft, primarily the [Outland Suite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8rcQrqOjaM) and [Netherstorm](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzCLPD9iouE) (what the first name referenced). I completed most of the piece without drums or effects at first, but felt something was missing. After messing around with some different bits of drum samples, I found beats that were suitable for what I was going for, and those helped give more definition to the meter of the piece as much of it was long chords that made it hard to distinguish at times, then added some occasional filter effects to increase the overall spacey feel. After everything was in place, I listened through it multiple times and just began to imagine [Karkat’s monologue](https://www.homestuck.com/story/4003) about how everything was his fault and the phrase “Galactic Cancer” stuck. --- @@ -689,11 +689,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Jungle - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) Commentary: |- - <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://jaydeis.tumblr.com/post/19609363685/someone-sent-me-a-pm-asking-for-some-commentary)) + <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://jaydeis.tumblr.com/post/19609363685/someone-sent-me-a-pm-asking-for-some-commentary), 3/19/2012) Someone sent me a PM asking for some commentary about my two MSPA songs, so here it is. - <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> ([[media:misc/hilary-troiano-commentary.mp3|audio commentary transcript]]) + <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> ([[media:misc/hilary-troiano-commentary.mp3|audio commentary transcript]], 3/19/2012) <i>(Before talking about this song, Hilary talks about her other song, [[track:ace-of-trump]], with those sections transcribed on that song's page.)</i> @@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ Art Tags: - Denizens - LoFaF Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt, 1/9/2012) Bargaining With the Beast was a doozy. With little conscious attempts at maintaining structure (other than the section after the intro, which appears a few times to hold things together), it can come off as a wild ride through a bunch of interesting ideas just sort of strung together like a glass mobile made with craft glue and shiny twine. And that is a pretty accurate description. The piece was sort of an experiment for me, filled with a lot of concepts that might even have needed a separate piece to flesh them out properly, but I made this piece with the Volume 8 submissions deadline looming over head (I think it was a little under a week until final decisions on tracks were supposed to be). This is also an example of a piece where I set out with a clear mindset for what I wanted. Seeing there was no piece based on Echidna and Jade’s encounters ([[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] didn’t show us [[track:frostbite|his tracks]] until around when the order was being decided hehe), I wanted something majestic and regal, something befitting of a monstrous queen in ancient stone halls of a frozen world. Eventually it developed into a sort of audio tour of Echidna’s palace and highlighted the conversation, never fully revealed, that took place between Jade and Echidna as they struck a deal. @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ Art Tags: - WQ - Ruined Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt, 1/9/2012) Questant’s Lament is one of my favorite tracks that I’ve made. Originally for [[album:the-wanderers|The Wanderers]], because there weren’t any WQ tracks and I liked her portrayal in the comic, I wanted something regal, almost stoic, but also forlorn. With the beginning, I imagined her away from the others in their camp, sitting alone on some stone at night and listening to an old music box, one of few possessions that she could have salvaged from Prospit. From there she reminisces, from her perspective, on the progression of the session and her foresight of and departure from the impending devastation of Prospit. In the end, she closes the trinket, accepts her new fate, and returns to her fellow exiles. --- @@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Atomyk Ebonpyre Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt, 1/9/2012) Drift Into the Sun started off as me trying to emulate [the opening choir track](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pv2LgRzvKg) of a black metal EP. Soon some big drums and some spacey guitars found their way into the mix (in my attempts to make something on the line of ambient black or doom metal). Finally, I added Dave’s “blast off” to help Rose with a metal-ified version of [[Atomyk Ebonpyre]] (which people keep requesting a full version of… maybe). This was another track that I had a clear design for, following as best as I could the events surrounding [Rose and Dave’s chat on Derse](https://www.homestuck.com/story/3875) before creating the Green Sun, focusing more on the atmosphere surrounding the debacle than what they talked about. After putting the original version up for the team to see, [[artist:clark-powell|Plazmataz]] offered to spruce things up. And she did. And it was awesome. And then [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] said he could make some crazy drums for the last section. And he did. And it was awesome too. And that was how Virginia was founded! --- @@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Infinity Mechanism - Purple1222119.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15590461411/eidolons-volume-8-hootenanny), excerpt, 1/9/2012) Then we’ve got Infinity Mechanism. I am not sure what to say about it. I played live guitar and cello on it. It was one of the first full guitar based things I wrote for MSPA and the first that I used my computer to record rather than a Tascam mixing board + studio that I had used on my very old works. Its mechanical sound and return to the beginning at its end reminded me of Beat Mesa, and it kind of became my own sort of theme music for The Scratch. Also it is now the first track written by me to be used in an animation and [[flash:4390|it is amazing]]. --- @@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ Commentary: |- Back when we knew Jade as just GG, I wrote the first part of Carefree Action as a possible upbeat strife theme for her. It never ended up getting used, but other people liked it, and eventually a remix of it ([[track:carefree-victory|Carefree Victory]]) made it into the comic. The original was pretty short, so I lengthened it so that I could eventually get it onto an album. Like [[track:sburban-reversal|Sburban Reversal]], I recommended it as a bonus track. - <i>8bitkitten:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/11905462064)) + <i>8bitkitten:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/11905462064), 10/25/2011) Days before the release of *Homestuck Volume 8,* I lucked out and was offered the opportunity to make track art. I chose “Carefree Action” and wound up with a cute 8-bit tune. It’s a lighter version of [[track:carefree-victory|“Carefree Victory”]] from *[[album:homestuck-vol-4|Volume 4]]*. The 8-bit sound and peppiness of the song gave me the idea of Jade and Dave collecting frogs as they would coins in a video game. diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml index cd997fba..532c3e64 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ Commentary: |- Johnathan Griffiths was the track art man of the hour - There's even a mega drive controller there! And how are those shades staying on? All round awesome :) - <i>Jonathan Griffiths:</i> + <i>Jonathan Griffiths:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/greliz/24975647756/my-track-art-for-anbroids-v20-by-malcolm-brown), 6/12/2012) My track art for Anbroids V2.0 by Malcolm Brown off Homestuck Volume 9! @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - track:fin-induction Commentary: |- - <i>Kiko B.:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://kingcheddarxvii.tumblr.com/post/24963011080/since-the-album-is-out-now-i-guess-its-okay-to)) + <i>Kiko B.:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://kingcheddarxvii.tumblr.com/post/24963011080/since-the-album-is-out-now-i-guess-its-okay-to), 6/12/2012) Since the album is out now I guess it’s okay to post this! @@ -702,11 +702,11 @@ Commentary: |- Just in case one or two of you might not know, this song and fifty other great Homestuck tunes are all released together on [Volume 9](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-9-10-with-s-collide-and-act-7)! - <i>Nic Carey:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://tynic.tumblr.com/post/24964072895/full-version-of-the-track-art-i-did-for-clark)) - - Full version of the track art I did for Clark Powell’s track Austin, Atlantis, as seen on Homestuck Volume 9 (get it now go go go music music music) + <i>Nic Carey:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://tynic.tumblr.com/post/24964072895/full-version-of-the-track-art-i-did-for-clark), 6/12/2012) <img src="media/misc/austin-atlantis-full.jpg" width="375"> + + Full version of the track art I did for Clark Powell’s track Austin, Atlantis, as seen on Homestuck Volume 9 (get it now go go go music music music) Review Points: - Date Recorded: January 21, 2024 Field: Commentary @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Five-Four Stress Commentary: |- - <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20130312050422/http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/25866980984/stress-homestuck-vol-9-track-commentary)) + <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20130312050422/http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/25866980984/stress-homestuck-vol-9-track-commentary), 6/25/2012) art by [[artist:p-ro]] at [nomorepros.tumblr.com](https://nomorepros.tumblr.com). P-RO always does a maximally amazing job so why I asked her to draw the art is a non-question. @@ -939,23 +939,21 @@ Commentary: |- What was excellent about working on this track is it's one of the first instances in a while where I had really freed myself from any preconceived goals for the song's form and just decided to write a track from start to finish and see what felt right. I ended up at sort of the golden length - the song begins to loop at 2:15, making it still functional as video game music, and fades out by 2:39. [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia]] pointed out to me that pop songs that run a bit short of 3 minutes tend to be incredibly satisfying, especially for a first time listener, as they ask for your attention for an amount of time that doesn't wear you down. Out of all my tracks for Vol. 9, this is the one I find the easiest to listen to on a loop. - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=2059), adapted to text, 7/20/2024) - - Elephant Gun, I think that one was a bit Frank Zappa influenced. I like the weird breakdown on it that's jumping around. I think if I were playing a game and I had to do a little battle, and (gesturing) press my buttons and pick my attacks while that was playing, I would be pretty hype, and not get, like, bored and driven crazy, the way that sometimes you can be in an RPG. - <i>8bitkitten:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/25391031646), 6/18/2012) I was thrilled to get the opportunity of illustrating your music. It’s always so gosh darn fun. =3 - <i>8bitkitten:</i> ([Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/24979824333), 6/12/2012) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=2059), adapted to text, 7/20/2024) - After listening to this energetic strife theme, I imagined Jake English is hunting down a pesky Tinkerbull. >:3 + Elephant Gun, I think that one was a bit Frank Zappa influenced. I like the weird breakdown on it that's jumping around. I think if I were playing a game and I had to do a little battle, and (gesturing) press my buttons and pick my attacks while that was playing, I would be pretty hype, and not get, like, bored and driven crazy, the way that sometimes you can be in an RPG. <i>8bitkitten:</i> (alternate artwork, [Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/24979824333), 6/12/2012) <img src="media/misc/elephant-gun-bonus.png" width="300"> - <i>8bitkitten:</i> ([Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/24982629793), 6/12/2012) + After listening to this energetic strife theme, I imagined Jake English is hunting down a pesky Tinkerbull. >:3 + + <i>8bitkitten:</i> (alternate artwork, [Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/24982629793), 6/12/2012) <b>Elephant Gun post edit</b> @@ -1048,7 +1046,7 @@ Art Tags: - Jade - Davesprite Commentary: |- - <i>8bitkitten:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/24980972616)) + <i>8bitkitten:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://kitten-burrito.tumblr.com/post/24980972616), 6/12/2012) This soothing track sets the atmosphere for Davesprite, Jade Harley, and John Egbert as they cross the Yellow Yard. UuU --- @@ -1302,13 +1300,13 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Lancer - asmolfirefly.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>clorinspats:</i> ([Tumblr](https://clorinart.tumblr.com/post/24966295286/track-art-for-lancer-by-plazmataz-i-actually)) + <i>clorinspats:</i> ([Tumblr](https://clorinart.tumblr.com/post/24966295286/track-art-for-lancer-by-plazmataz-i-actually), 6/12/2012) Track art for Lancer by [[artist:clark-powell|Plazmataz]]~ I actually have two other versions of this pic. :V I’m very happy that I was given the opportunity to do more track art for the Homestuck albums! :3 - <i>clorinspats:</i> (wiki communications over email, excerpt) + <i>clorinspats:</i> (wiki communications over email, excerpt, 1/18/2024) Honestly I'm super stoked that someone still remembers I did the art for these two tracks! You're very lucky, I do actually have the alternates around still, and I've attached them here. One is a high contrast black and white option I gave to Clark and the other is a softer version, so she'd have the choice of the lot. @@ -1345,7 +1343,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - "Three's a Crowd - Unknown.mid" Commentary: |- - <i>ari:</i> ([Tumblr](https://arijandro.tumblr.com/post/24967175748)) + <i>ari:</i> ([Tumblr](https://arijandro.tumblr.com/post/24967175748), 6/12/2012) Track art for [[artist:robert-j-lake|RJ's]] Three’s A Crowd on the new MSPA album. @@ -1683,7 +1681,7 @@ Commentary: |- <small>#HEAVY BURN FILTER</small> - <i>Worthikids:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://worthikids.tumblr.com/post/22141399172/messy-gif-version-the-texture-doesnt-loop), alternate artwork, 4/30/2012) + <i>Worthikids:</i> (alternate artwork, [Tumblr](https://worthikids.tumblr.com/post/22141399172/messy-gif-version-the-texture-doesnt-loop), 4/30/2012) <img src="media/misc/candles-and-clockwork-alpha-version-bonus.gif" width="300"> diff --git a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml index c9078350..02b952ce 100644 --- a/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml +++ b/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead.yaml @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Commentary: |- The first "fake band" album. Composed and performed by the Midnight Crew. Or it would have been if they were real. - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) The Midnight Crew album was the first of our really high-concept releases with the fake bands, especially since we attempted to invent some kind of goth-jazz genre out of thin air, despite the team's minimal understanding of goth music or jazz. @@ -256,11 +256,9 @@ URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/lunar-eclipse-2 - https://youtu.be/06SVUSwu8Xk Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (co-composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) - The <i>Midnight Crew</i> album was the first of our really high-concept releases with the fake bands, especially since we attempted to invent some kind of goth-jazz genre out of thin air, despite the team's minimal understanding of goth music or jazz. I opted to imitate Weather Report and the sort of spacey, insidious-sounding grooves they put together on Mysterious Traveler to create "Lunar Eclipse". I like the atmospheric nature of the track, plus Fenris' sax solo that I diced up and added a ton of digital reverb to, although Fenris has completely disappeared since recording the solo in 2009. - - *(Continued in [[Hauntjam]]!)* + I opted to imitate Weather Report and the sort of spacey, insidious-sounding grooves they put together on Mysterious Traveler to create "Lunar Eclipse". I like the atmospheric nature of the track, plus Fenris' sax solo that I diced up and added a ton of digital reverb to, although Fenris has completely disappeared since recording the solo in 2009. <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 8/5/2017) @@ -290,9 +288,7 @@ Commentary: |- Hauntjam and Hauntjelly are interesting things. They were actually made based on [[track:haunt-andrew-hussie|a short fruity loop]] that The Big Man Andrew did, called haunt.wav or haunt.mp3 or something like that. A jam on his theme, logically, would therefore be called "hauntjam," with the opportunity for naming puns including [[track:hauntjelly|"hauntjelly."]] His theme appears mostly unchanged as the bassline for the first part of the pieces. At this point in terms of instrumentation, we were still mostly striving for faithfulness to the canon Midnight Crew "band," as can be seen in [the Extras page](http://www.mspaintadventures.com/extras/ps000018.html) wherein the MC fill 'em with midnight (bottom), so Hauntjam employs trombone, string bass, piano, clarinet, and sax (I forget which because I've lost the file and am not a band person, but I think it was alto). From there on, it was fairly straightforward to write a haunting refrain and then solos for each instrument. I will admit I got a little writerblock'd for the second part, which was sort of a brief modulation to the dominant, so it sounds a little strange. But it still has its own little charm, with the almost annoying trill put in for a spooky ghost-like effect. In Hauntjam, Bowman did some good stuff with bringing out moving parts in the first refrain. In Hauntjelly, [[artist:ian-taylor|Xerxes]] emphasizes the spookiness by changing instruments for more electric organ. - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (co-composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) - - *(Continued from [[Lunar Eclipse]]!)* + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) I also went ahead a dropped some good synths and fairly convincing drum part on Andrew Huo's "Hauntjam". @@ -338,10 +334,11 @@ URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/ace-of-trump-2 - https://youtu.be/Leb48RHyrWs Commentary: |- - <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> + <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> ([Tumblr](https://jaydeis.tumblr.com/post/19609363685/someone-sent-me-a-pm-asking-for-some-commentary), 3/19/2012) + Someone sent me a PM asking for some commentary about my two MSPA songs, so [[media:misc/hilary-troiano-commentary.mp3|here it is]]. ([source](https://jaydeis.tumblr.com/post/19609363685/someone-sent-me-a-pm-asking-for-some-commentary)) - <b>Transcript:</b> + <i>Hilary Troiano:</i> ([[media:misc/hilary-troiano-commentary.mp3|audio commentary transcript]], 3/19/2012) So, someone on the MS Paint Adventures Forums asked me if I would be willing to give some commentary on my songs which have appeared on the Homestuck albums. Well, two of them. For those who don't know me, my name is Hilary Troiano, and I'm the artist behind Ace of Trump on the Midnight Crew album and [[track:homefree|Homefree]] on [[album:homestuck-vol-8|Volume 8]]. I'm entirely self taught, I never really took a music theory class or anything, in fact in high school I was trying to learn how to perform music, you know playing trumpet in orchestra... but I wasn't really all that good at it. I spent more of my days in middle school and high school kinda playing around with the music synthesizing program on my computer and I guess somewhere along the way I figured things out. diff --git a/album/one-year-older.yaml b/album/one-year-older.yaml index 0033be31..6a3ac6bd 100644 --- a/album/one-year-older.yaml +++ b/album/one-year-older.yaml @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Commentary: |- [[album:genesis-frog|One more album to go!]] - <i>Killian Ng:</i> ([Tumblr](https://viivus.tumblr.com/post/29518836682/i-was-asked-to-draw-some-things-for-jits-solo), excerpt) + <i>Killian Ng:</i> ([Tumblr](https://viivus.tumblr.com/post/29518836682/i-was-asked-to-draw-some-things-for-jits-solo), excerpt, 8/15/2012) I was asked to draw some things for [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit’s]] solo album, One Year Older which you can get over [here](https://erikscheele.bandcamp.com/album/one-year-older). It was fun working with you, Jit! @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Doctor Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (booklet commentary) So after a quick burst of events and some luck, John finds himself in LOWAS, the Land of Wind and Shade. Everything's dark, except for the stars above, but as we found out, they were really fireflies trapped in the clouds. This was one of the concepts I latched onto rather hard with this piece, the mass of sparkling and blinking above John as he traipsed about. I've been lucky enough to live in a more rural area for most of my life, and being able to watch the stars was always great, so I could only ever imagine what LOWAS's clouds looked like. @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Penumbra Phantasm Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (booklet commentary) This is definitely one of the older tracks on the record, a cover of [[Penumbra Phantasm]] by Toby Fox aka Radiation. At the time of writing this, that track still hasn't been released, but that didn't stop me from making a cover of it. And then re-making that cover, since the first one was kind of crap. @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ Commentary: |- This is also the only piece on the album that doesn't have a specific event to go along with it. Instead, I went for where it appeared in the comic when placing it, and see it as more of a small interlude. The intermission between Act 1 and Act 2 of a musical, if you will. The art is meant to go along with this as well, a sort of non-canon get-together of the first set of trolls and kids we know, and I can imagine them playing this record while they chill. - <i>Killian Ng:</i> ([Tumblr](https://viivus.tumblr.com/post/29518836682/i-was-asked-to-draw-some-things-for-jits-solo), excerpt) + <i>Killian Ng:</i> ([Tumblr](https://viivus.tumblr.com/post/29518836682/i-was-asked-to-draw-some-things-for-jits-solo), excerpt, 8/15/2012) The art for the ‘unlabelled’ track is like a continuation of [[album:one-year-older|the cover]]. From what I remember [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit]] told me that all of the other tracks refer directly to John at some point in Homestuck, but this one did not. And it’s kind of in the middle of the album so we put that one down as a kind of 'intermission’ track. And by intermission, we apparently mean party with all the characters taking a break from the plot, enjoying cake and not trying to murder each other. Also, the gramophone’s a reference to the page the track appeared on. @@ -504,11 +504,11 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Another Chance - Unknown (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (album artist, commentary booklet) + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (album artist, booklet commentary) BONUS TRACK TIME! But since I didn't make this one, I'm not going to talk over it, I'm going to turn this over to Eston for his commentary. So here's Eston: - <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> + <i>Eston Schweickart:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) - Like most of this album, it was made over a year before release - Sound sources include the "stab" sound from [[Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E)|Walk-Stab-Walk]] and a burnt-out lightbulb @@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ Commentary: |- - I took cues from Jit's style of orchestral instruments accompanying synths reminiscent of chiptunes, and though it is largely a re-imagining of Walk-Stab-Walk, I included subtle tips of the hat to his other early works - Yes good that sounded sufficiently pretentious - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (album artist) + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (booklet commentary) Eston is the coolest of bros and makes sick music. But in a good way, not like sick with the flu or whatever. If you want to check out more of his stuff, and you should, you can visit his blog at [siasinsilence.tumblr.com](https://siasinsilence.tumblr.com/). --- diff --git a/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml b/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml index 1945f309..365dbde2 100644 --- a/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml +++ b/album/prospit-and-derse.yaml @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Commentary: |- So, how about it? Hop on over to Bandcamp and spend the last of your summertime daydreams on the moon. That desk ain't a quest bed, buddy. - <i>Lexxy:</i> ([Tumblr](https://lexxercise.tumblr.com/post/9269273665/in-case-it-hasnt-already-been-spammed-on-your)) + <i>Lexxy:</i> (cover artist, [Tumblr](https://lexxercise.tumblr.com/post/9269273665/in-case-it-hasnt-already-been-spammed-on-your), 8/22/2011) In case it hasn’t already been spammed on your collective dash enough yet, music team member [[artist:solatrus|Solatrus]] just dropped his solo MSPA album, Prospit & Derse! Fellow art team member [[artist:molly-gur|SkepticArcher]] and myself have long been planning a collab on this, which finally came to fruition this week. Since I ended up having significant time constraints, we decided I would do the initial drawing, and Skep would take care of the colors. @@ -87,15 +87,9 @@ Commentary: |- And that's when I created [[Darkened Streets]]. - <i>Solatrus:</i> ([2020 rerelease blurb](https://solatrus.bandcamp.com/album/prospit-derse)) + <i>Solatrus:</i> ([2020 rerelease blurb](https://solatrus.bandcamp.com/album/prospit-derse), excerpt) My solo album from Homestuck! - - Homestuck © Homestuck - Music © Solatrus - References to other works © their respective artists - - Copyrighted material used with permission --- Color: '#ffcc00' Section: Prospit @@ -133,37 +127,39 @@ Commentary: |- However, I absolutely adored the art Bea did for this piece, and, well, .. hey wait the art up there is different than it used to be! Yup. Bea decided to update the art for Hallowed Halls, and she did and even better job than before. Oh, and here's the fun part on this: I had no idea she actually was doing this until a few days ago, and she forgot that the anniversary was yesterday! Anyway, here's what she had to say: - <i>Bea:</i> + <i>Bea:</i> (one year anniversary, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) contributing to homestuck, a webcomic thats given me so many opportunities, friends and good memories is a great honor, especially to be involved in an album as conceptually compelling and well executed as the prospit and derse album. i thank solatrus for the opportunity to be a part of his creation and everyone who helped me give back to something that has influenced my life immensely. - <i>Solatrus:</i> + <i>Solatrus:</i> (one year anniversary, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) Thanks for helping me out, Bea. And keep up the good work. I have to say I'm pleased overall with this song, but, like any artist, it's difficult to look back at my works. They never seem completed. Especially the Prospit half for me. - <i>Bea:</i> ([Tumblr](https://beesmygod.tumblr.com/post/189639797200/in-2011-i-was-inexplicably-tapped-to-do-album-art)) - - in 2011 i was inexplicably tapped to do album art for a homestuck song and it was extremely terrible. i redrew it recently and i think its a nice improvement. the halls being empty fits with being the first, introductory song of the album. things are just beginning. - <i>Bea:</i> (original track art) <img src="media/misc/hallowed-halls-original.png" width="300"> - <i>Bea:</i> (alternate artworks, [Tumblr](https://beesmygod.tumblr.com/post/29751107342/whatevr)) - - whatevr + <i>Bea:</i> (alternate artworks, [Tumblr](https://beesmygod.tumblr.com/post/29751107342/whatevr), 8/19/2012) <img src="media/misc/hallowed-halls-bonus1.jpg" width="300"> <img src="media/misc/hallowed-halls-bonus2.png" width="300"> - <i>Bea:</i> (alternate artwork, [Tumblr](https://beesmygod.tumblr.com/post/12870807529/ill-go-with-this-one-for-now-while-i-think-of-more)) + whatevr - ill go with this one for now while i think of more stuff to start putting in my portfolio + <i>Bea:</i> (alternate artwork, [Tumblr](https://beesmygod.tumblr.com/post/12870807529/ill-go-with-this-one-for-now-while-i-think-of-more), 11/16/2011) <img src="media/misc/hallowed-halls-bonus3.jpg" width="300"> + + ill go with this one for now while i think of more stuff to start putting in my portfolio + + <i>Bea:</i> ([Tumblr](https://beesmygod.tumblr.com/post/189639797200/in-2011-i-was-inexplicably-tapped-to-do-album-art), excerpt, 12/13/2019) + + <img src="media/album-art/prospit-and-derse/hallowed-halls.jpg" width="300"> + + in 2011 i was inexplicably tapped to do album art for a homestuck song and it was extremely terrible. i redrew it recently and i think its a nice improvement. the halls being empty fits with being the first, introductory song of the album. things are just beginning. --- Track: The Golden Towers Duration: '3:22' @@ -248,11 +244,11 @@ Commentary: |- It's really hilarious how I used to not appreciate this song, but now I do. I actually enjoy it more than most of the album, and I'm really glad that my opinion changed, and I am also really glad I asked Zoey to do the art for this song, because her art is amazing, and her interpretation of John and Jade is the best. THE BEST. Speaking of, she informed me to tell you all the following: - <i>Zilleniose:</i> + <i>Zilleniose:</i> (one year anniversary, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) Butts - <i>Solatrus:</i> + <i>Solatrus:</i> (one year anniversary, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) Butts indeed. --- @@ -298,7 +294,7 @@ Commentary: |- But I definitely felt like the song was a great closer to this half of the album, and Shelby's art for the piece fit perfectly. - <i>Shelby Cragg:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/9269298819)) + <i>Shelby Cragg:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/9269298819), 8/22/2011) Yay, I finally get to post the art that I did for Solatrus’s awesome solo album, Prospit & Derse! Solatrus is a cool dude and you should all go buy the album RIGHT NOW!! @@ -421,13 +417,13 @@ Commentary: |- Though, maybe it was the name? Maybe it was the amazing art Mixt did? Speaking of, here's what she had to say: - <i>Mixt:</i> + <i>Mixt:</i> (one year anniversary, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) I recall the idea was to draw Rose and Dave jamming on Derse, but the piece itself made me think of space, so they ended up jamming in the space between Derse and its moon instead. Rose's bowhand unfortunately reflects my own terrible grip when playing violin. Also, I laughed when it was discovered that Derse Dreamers made it into [[flash:1720|[S] Rose and Dave: Shut up and jam]] just prior to the album's release. Fandom, you never cease to amaze me. - <i>Solatrus:</i> + <i>Solatrus:</i> (one year anniversary, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) I agree with her there. I was very amused when people noticed the change to that page even before I had the chance to mention it to anyone. Crazy fandom ninjas! @@ -470,7 +466,7 @@ Commentary: |- It's also a nice precursor to my current interest in trip hop music. - <i>Shad Andrews:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/9269099953), excerpt) + <i>Shad Andrews:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/9269099953), excerpt, 8/22/2011) Now I can post this!! @@ -490,7 +486,7 @@ Commentary: |- I'm also very impressed with the art that Shad did, though it wasn't exactly what I had in mind. However, I preferred to let the artists have some free reign, so this actually turned out better than what I was thinking! Here's what she had to say on her piece and the rest of the album: - <i>Shad Andrews:</i> + <i>Shad Andrews:</i> (one year anniversary, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) When I was first asked about doing album art, it was really, really exciting!! Those who know me, know that I'm all about the carapace and everything in general, and having an album based on the kingdoms was really exciting and it was an honor to be confronted about it at all! @@ -510,6 +506,6 @@ Commentary: |- It was really an honor to work on it, and I still listen to the album every now and again, even a year later. I'm really proud of everyone who worked on it and thankful for the album and the art. - <i>Solatrus:</i> + <i>Solatrus:</i> (one year anniversary, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) Aw, thanks Shad! I really appreciate that you enjoy the album so much. diff --git a/album/s-collide.yaml b/album/s-collide.yaml index 8d2e9b7d..7f002bf8 100644 --- a/album/s-collide.yaml +++ b/album/s-collide.yaml @@ -82,9 +82,14 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Oppa Toby Style - TirantBacon.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>James Roach:</i> + <i>James Roach:</i> ([Twitter](https://web.archive.org/web/20191125043922/https://twitter.com/hamesatron/status/1198822641122983938), 11/24/2019) + i love cheers in songs (i edited the cheers into tobys song for [s] collide, and have written them into a few things) so the sword/shield gym theme really does it for me + + <i>James Roach:</i> (dead Twitter tweets, around 11/24/2019) + I JUST VERY SELFISHLY ADDED [THESE CHEERS](https://youtu.be/bjAK8D5ytiU?t=82) TO AN ALREADY GOOD SONG LMAO + toby had written a really cool song but i wanted to give andrew some hits that were less on the downbeat for the animation so while i was editing the tracks down for length and extending bits here and there i ended up adding them in because i wanted the section to feel hype --- Track: Eternity, Served Cold (Canon Edit) @@ -150,6 +155,8 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Heir of Grief - Unknown B.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>James Roach:</i> + <i>James Roach:</i> ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/hamesatron/status/1198830097693691904), 11/24/2019) + the rest of the edits i did for collide were like... timing things. theres a part at the end where we needed one more bar of hits during heir of grief because one extra thing happens (the part where the condesce gets stabbed is the previous 4 bars copied and edited in) + you might notice this if you're music savvy to the point where you're like wait why is there a 12 bar phrase in an otherwise 16 bar pattern. its because that part wasnt long enough for the animation and andrew suggested asking to re-record it and i was like thatll take too long diff --git a/album/sburb.yaml b/album/sburb.yaml index bfa92971..94e4ec1c 100644 --- a/album/sburb.yaml +++ b/album/sburb.yaml @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Commentary: |- You. For listening. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/album/sburb)) Originally written for Homestuck in 2011, Sburb is the first major composition I ever wrote. The pieces were written when I was seventeen, over my junior and senior years of high school and performed and recorded the following summer. The album released about a month before I set off to college and the whole experience was phenomenal. @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ Commentary: |- The Prelude is a piece that I formulated a long time ago. It actually came about from me trying to figure out the chords the harps play in the quiet last section of Saturn from Gustav Holst's The Planets. When I started writing Sburb I decided that it would fit perfectly with the theme that the game creates. The structure of the chords is not unlike how the game actually functions. They work as a juxtaposition of good and evil by using relative major and minor chords. It starts off quietly and on higher octaves to introduce the mood. The next section brings in the [[Homestuck Anthem]] as an introduction to the album itself, signaling the beginning of the entire process. The piece suddenly grows in intensity as the left hand C octave ostinatos enter the phrases followed by the calm of the storm. The piece does not resolve, however it does lead straight into [[Genesis|the next]]. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/prelude)) The introduction to the suite lays the fundamentals and ideas present throughout the rest of the movements. A juxtaposition between major and minor are in every chord creating a backbone of polytonality that I wanted to explore as I formulated the album. @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Commentary: |- This song begins with a c minor chord that both resolves [[track:the-prelude|the last piece]] and immediately sets the mood for this piece. Genesis marks the beginning of the biblical terms as well. The Book of Genesis is the first book of both the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. It is interpreted as the Chosen People being lead to the Promised Land. Sburb is the pathway that leads the kids into the game that is suppose to eventually grow a new universe. It starts off quietly and builds into a fast paced journey. Genesis also introduces my favorite music technique: hemiolas. The right hand plays a melody in triplets while the left hand harmonizes in eighth notes. This creates a strange rhythm and continues the juxtaposition theme created in [[track:the-prelude|The Prelude]]'s chords. Continuing the concept of two extremes but together, the song goes into legato, quiet phrases that are immediately followed by staccato, loud phrases. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/genesis)) [[track:the-prelude|The previous track]] sets up the resolution that the opening measures provide here. This movement introduces the two against three polyrhythm idea that continues throughout the album as well as a few choice hemiolas. Coming from a percussion background, I find a lot of melodic potential in rhythmic content and this whole suite was a place for me to test that out. --- @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Commentary: |- The Garden of Eden is where the first man Adam, and his wife Eve, lived after their creation. It is suppose to be a beautiful, blissful utopia. It also becomes the origin of sin. The piece reflects that concept. The flowing and adventurous nature of the piece is suppose to reflect the beauty and majestic qualities of the land. As far as the kids story goes, it represents the infinite potential of Skaia. This song also continues the same hemiola motif as [[Creation]] with triplets played by the right hand and eighth notes played by the left. The glissandos at the beginning and in the middle is an E flat pentatonic run, which basically means I only played on the black keys. Since it's completely ad libbed I wrote out a small little example. Basically, the left hand just continues up normally while the right hand goes back and forth while slowly climbing up (if looking at the sheet music, each note alternates on the hands). - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/eden)) The goal here was to feel like a breath of air after the first two movements had a much more minor modal center. The three over two polyrhythm keeps powering through the movement as I start introducing bass ostinati that act as the pedal tone to the melodic content. @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Commentary: |- The Book of Exodus comes after the Book of Genesis. It narrates the mass journey out of Israel by Moses. In Sburb, the players must go through a set of tasks to escape impending doom. This song reflects the process of entering the medium. This is why I encorporated [[Sburban Jungle]] into the beginning and end. The first time Sburb is booted up you hear [[Sburban Jungle (Brief Mix)|a bit]] of Sburban Jungle, just like at the beginning of the song you hear the bottom chords. Later, when John enters the medium (as well as Rose) you hear the song in more complete forms like the end of the piece. When playing, the trickiest part is definitely the triplet ostinato that continues throughout the entire song. The best method to pulling this off is by playing the note on the beat (which will always be either E flat or G) with the left hand and the rest of the notes on the right hand. You will notice that when there are lower notes, there are rests in the ostinato so that you can quickly jump down the piano. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/exodus)) Continuing the Homestuck homages, this piece prominently features the bassline from [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Michael Guy Bowman's]] [[Sburban Jungle]]. @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ Commentary: |- Requiem masses are masses for the dead. Requiem is the anthem for everything and everybody lost. One portion of Homestuck never focused on is the direct aftermath of the destruction of the Reckoning. Requiem is a theme for all the people and things lost on Earth. The song itself could be very tricky to play depending on how familiar you are with time signatures. The piece is in 4/4 for the majority of the first half. It enters a 5/4 section with a 4/4 continuation of the "siren" effect overlapping. The hemiola only occurs the first time, the second time bringing in a 5/4 melody to accompany it. Immediately afterwards the piece shifts into mixed meter. The 7/8 section is briefly interupted by an apostrophe of 5/8. The ending shifts to 6/8 as the tone shifts from minor to major. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/requiem)) Continuing my quest to explore rhythm and melody, Requiem's goal was to keep a melody whipping between different time signatures while not feeling jerky or sudden. @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Commentary: |- "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." The Meek is the theme for the Exiles. They are the ones left to fix and save the Earth 413 years after its destruction. It starts off solemn as the concept occurs to them that it is their duty to repopulate and rebuild. As the piece goes on it gets more intense to reflect all of the shenanigans and gun pointing that occurs as they all converge and meet. After the tension dies away the mood from before is recapped before resolving at the end. However, the last run ends in dissonance, because we don't know how the exile's story will play out. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/the-meek)) A really terrible engraving job on the sheet music by yours truly created a repeated note in the beginning motive that I ended up actually digging more than the original version. @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Commentary: |- A chronicle is an account of chronological events. Homestuck does not follow a chronological structure in the slightest. Chronicles is a piano version of [[Candles and Clockwork]]. Candles and Clockwork in itself is a massive hemiola as each voice exists in a different time signature. The melody is adapted in this piece to match the 3/4 arpeggio. The piece keeps changing to reflect each leg of the journey the kids have to experience in order to finish the game, not necessarily in order. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/chronicles)) Chronicles is an adaption of an earlier Homestuck track I wrote, [[Candles and Clockwork]]. It was one of the first compositions I ever finished and, true to form, is a big hemiola. I wanted an ostinato in a different time signature than the melody which is what I focus on during the first section as I introduce the melody. @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Commentary: |- Boss fight music! Kind of. The rapture starts off quietly and peacefully before the sirens break the silence. The sirens lead into a fast paced hectic section before dying down as quickly as it appeared. A sudden destructive force that comes and goes in an instant. This song uses two motifs throughout the album: the siren and hemiolas. Measures 17-19 are more than a little tricky to play. I left a note in the sheet music to help with the ending line. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/rapture)) Rapture was the boss tune of the suite. The big bad of the album, it brings back the bass and sustain pedal heavy ostinato while trying to juxtapose a simple and quiet melody that bookends it. --- @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Commentary: |- The song that means more to me than any song I've ever written and possibly will again. Sburb is all about creating worlds, thus the resolution of the album comes after the storm ([[Rapture]]). No matter how harsh the process may be, the result is beauty and endless potential. This song is completely based around the hemiola motif and the origin of it. It is also designed like a day. The song starts off quiet and slow as the sun rises and slowly gets more complex and full fledged as it rises until mid day when it is most busy. As the sun sets into the later half of the day the song slows down and gets quieter toward the sunset. It resolves with the [[Homestuck Anthem]] to imply the loop to the beginning. Worlds are created and the process of Skaia starts again. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/creation)) This movement is framed as a sunset. Starting off quiet, building to a peak before shying away to where it started. @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ Commentary: |- The first movement starts off as a note in the distance, a growing concept. To the sound of a siren it grows and rushes into a full blown idea. The [[Homestuck Anthem]] is briefly mentioned to imply a connection but it just keeps going leaving it in the dust. There are better things to get to. It slowly breaks down and flows into the next movement. - <i>James Dever:</i> (Bandcamp rerelease) + <i>James Dever:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://jamesdever.bandcamp.com/track/revelations-i)) Revelations is a three part finale that is completely centered on the sextuplet dominant/tonic motive introduced earlier in the album. Each movement was more exploration of how I can use the same general accompaniment but completely change the melody. --- diff --git a/album/squiddles.yaml b/album/squiddles.yaml index 1fd12884..f7168d44 100644 --- a/album/squiddles.yaml +++ b/album/squiddles.yaml @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ Duration: '4:15' URLs: - https://youtu.be/3KdAsyPq4UM Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) For the <i>Squiddles</i> album, I dropped in a good three tracks of fun for the whole family. "Tangled Waltz" is a little piece that [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia]] repeatedly insists should be set to the image of a million squiddles building a castle out of little blocks. The waltz gets its name from how it gets "tangled" in the middle, turning into some kind of march in quintuple time. @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ Duration: '3:05' URLs: - https://youtu.be/U1H0Q6FjGyc Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([new Homestuck album!](https://web.archive.org/web/20100618035217/http://www.iambowman.com/), 06/13/2010) "Squiddle Samba", after a few false starts in the writing process, ended up going this whole latin-fusion direction I rather like, complete with a guitar solo that is delightfully out of tune. @@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ Lyrics: |- They Squiddle because in Squiddle Land No one's ever sad! Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, from [Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) "Mister Bowman Tells You About the Squiddles" is maybe 50% Donovan and 50% pure evil, although you wouldn't know it considering I ended up cutting a set of alternate lyrics that would have been more sadistic than the album's bizarre conclusion. Tavia gets her cameo as the little girl and some of the backup Squiddle voices. diff --git a/album/the-felt.yaml b/album/the-felt.yaml index 2c89a30b..e1151b79 100644 --- a/album/the-felt.yaml +++ b/album/the-felt.yaml @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ URLs: Referenced Tracks: - Clockwork Apocalypse Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> ([Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15715289410/eidolons-other-commentary-whatsits), excerpt) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> ([Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15715289410/eidolons-other-commentary-whatsits), excerpt, 1/12/2012) Clockwork Reversal was my second contribution to the Felt. I love the melody of [[Endless Climb]]. I loved the [[track:clockwork-melody|music box]]-[[track:clockwork-contrivance|esque]] [[track:clockwork-sorrow|remixes]] on [[album:homestuck-vol-5|Volume 5]] even more. Before I got on the team, I had written [[Clockwork Apocalypse]], an orchestrated version of [[Clockwork Melody]]. After realizing Audacity could reverse music, I started experimenting. Since the Endless Climb melody was so memorable and it had served as good sort of interlude tracks on Volume 5, I decided to try to make something in a similar vein. Oddly enough, I think the reversed version of the Clockwork Reversal sounds even better than both Clockwork Reversal and Clockwork Apocalypse. --- @@ -201,20 +201,32 @@ Sheet Music Files: Files: - 'Chartreuse Rewind - almostsix.pdf' Commentary: |- - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> + <i>Solatrus:</i> (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + I was honest to God surprised that Chartreuse Rewind made the cut for the Felt. It's not nearly as strong of a song as Swing of the Clock, but it still has its interesting moments. + Originally it was a song called Ascension that I was writing outside of Homestuck. Amusingly, it was inspired off of the work from the Felt, but it was a little too electronic to really fit the album's overall atmosphere. + Long story short, I remixed Ascension into Charteuse Rewind and, out of hilarity, Ascension itself was scrapped. So, the remix of one of my songs survived and the original did not. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> + + <i>Solatrus:</i> ("commentary redux", via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + To start off, I did not expect this song to make it on to The Felt. + Why? Well, it's not nearly as good as Swing of the Clock. I didn't think I deserved two songs on the album (versus other pieces that didn't make it), but nonetheless, that's what happened. + So, where did this song start? Well, it started as inspiration off of The Felt but also from my interest in drum and bass music. Yeah. This song sounded very different at one point. As in, in my head, as a concept. + I never actually did make the version I originally set out to create, instead I made something that kind of sounded like the final version, except a bit more focused on the electronic stuff (e.g. the second half of the official release). + This song's name came out of a subtitle I was using, because this was the remix, not the original. The original was called Ascension, but it ended up getting scrapped. The other peeps on the team started to reference this song as Chartreuse Rewind alone instead of Ascension (Chartreuse Rewind), and the name stuck. + What else... oh, I really love bass clarinet. Before I met Marcy Nabors [she] told me she really liked to play the bass clarinet part. And she actually has played the part for me. Not like it's difficult. + All of my work repeated itself way too friggin' much back then. + There are pieces here and there that are in reverse, yet forward in the chord progression (the xylo, for example, though it ends up flipping turnways in wibbly wobbly time near the end). + Is it a bad song? Oh, no. I've made worse. Far worse. But it isn't particularly an amazing song, to me, anyway. I guess a lot of you liked it, though, and that's all that matters. :D --- Track: The Broken Clock @@ -258,7 +270,8 @@ URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trails-2 - https://youtu.be/rzL0-oyDy7s Commentary: |- - <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> + <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + At its heart, Trails is basically a fugue, with a melodic line being repeated and played over the previous one. Trace and Fin follow past and future trails, so I made the first melody in the first half hollow and somewhat indistinct, since it is a "future trail" for the second melody that will come in a few bars later. In the second half I reverse this and have the indistinct melody come afterwards, a "past trail" of the melody that just played. --- Track: Baroqueback Bowtier (Scratch's Lament) @@ -328,7 +341,8 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Omelette Sandwich - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> + <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + I imagined this song being played by Eggs and Biscuits. Shortly after the melody plays, it stops and rewinds back to the beginning, adding more instruments and speeding up the song slightly. This repeats until it is barely the same song anymore, fast and furious instead of the simple cello and viola duet that it starts with. After all the parts are in place, the parts start dropping out one by one until it goes back to the simple start. I went with the abrupt sound of a tape recorder instead of something more subtle, because Eggs and Biscuits aren't know for their subtlety. --- Track: Temporal Piano @@ -361,7 +375,7 @@ Sheet Music Files: Files: - 'Time Paradox - Thomas Ferkol (piano score).pdf' Commentary: |- - <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> ([Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15715289410/eidolons-other-commentary-whatsits), excerpt) + <i>Thomas Ferkol:</i> ([Tumblr](https://eidolonorpheus.tumblr.com/post/15715289410/eidolons-other-commentary-whatsits), excerpt, 1/12/2012) Alrighty, first off is Time Paradox. This was the first piece I submitted for an album once I got on the team. Basically what happened was: I am visiting somewhere in Chicago with only my phone’s connection to the internet, check the MSPA forums and find a message notification waiting for me. [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] congratulates me on getting on the team. After some moments of sputtering disbelief, I read on. He says if I want to get started on something, the Squiddles was being [[album:squiddles|finished up]] and the Felt was on the table. So, for the next couple hours I was invigorated, consumed wholly during the car ride and time in the hotel before I finally fell asleep with working on a track for the Felt. Time Paradox was made. Originally, I made it imagining the recruitment of the Felt, picturing Doc Scratch warping across time and space, assembling the green goons from who knows where, and then witnessing the construction of the Felt manor. It’s a fun track, more energetic than a lot of things I had worked on and definitely influenced by Radiation’s style. The last two sections are still some of my favorite phrases that I’ve written. --- diff --git a/album/the-wanderers.yaml b/album/the-wanderers.yaml index 575ec83e..09730941 100644 --- a/album/the-wanderers.yaml +++ b/album/the-wanderers.yaml @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Art Tags: - Ruined Earth - Can Town Commentary: |- - <i>Shad Andrews:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/7604054819)) + <i>Shad Andrews:</i> ([Tumblr](https://whaoanon-old.tumblr.com/post/7604054819), 7/14/2011) Aaaa, aside from the democracy poster, this is the other thing for the exile album that I drew! @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ Art Tags: - Serenity - Ruined Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), excerpt) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), excerpt, 3/25/2012) My most recent contribution to Homestuck's music, and another of my favourites. This piece is actually pretty old, going back to before [[album:homestuck-vol-5|Volume 5]], where it was much simpler (playing out more like a round) and with poorer sound quality in general. Like most of my music it was inspired by a similar piece from somewhere else - in this case, [the original Bionicle flash adventure game](https://biomediaproject.com/bmp/play/web-games/mnog/) that used to be on the Lego website way back. If you've played it, you might notice the similarity, at least as far as instrumentation goes. It had been many years since I'd last even seen the game, long after it fell off the site, so I couldn't recognise what I liked about the piece and so the imitation I'd made was pretty poor! @@ -371,12 +371,10 @@ Commentary: |- The other is Ruins Rising, which is, again, another treatment of [[track:ruins|Ruins]] by Erik Scheele. This one, the guitar intro is kind of drawn from the Frippertronics technique of Robert Fripp, and, it actually features a lot of re-re-record scratches and cool textures that I hadn't really experimented with before. *(Caption: "God bless the fruity scratcher")* - <i>Raizor:</i> (full-size artwork, 06/27/2011) + <i>Raizor:</i> (full-size artwork, [Tumblr](https://raizor-blog.tumblr.com/post/6984292673/redrew-an-idea-i-had-a-while-ago-except-way), 06/27/2011) <img src="media/misc/ruins-rising-full.png" width="320"> - <i>Raizor:</i> (track artist, [Tumblr](https://raizor-blog.tumblr.com/post/6984292673/redrew-an-idea-i-had-a-while-ago-except-way), 06/27/2011) - Redrew an idea I had a while ago, except way better and quicker and whatnot. --- Track: What a Daring Dream @@ -410,12 +408,10 @@ Commentary: |- Speaking of bonuses, [[artist:noot]] did the art we used for this track. It was one of a few pieces of track art that weren't commissioned. I happened to be looking around for artists and saw this, and I already knew it was perfect. - <i>Noot:</i> (full-size artwork) + <i>Noot:</i> (full-size artwork, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/shikana/art/Dreams-of-red-and-sunder-215885568), excerpt, 6/30/2011) <img src="media/misc/what-a-daring-dream-full.png" width="500" warning="blood (abstract)"> - <i>Noot:</i> (track artist, [DeviantArt](https://www.deviantart.com/shikana/art/Dreams-of-red-and-sunder-215885568), excerpt, 6/30/2011) - <b>Dreams of red and sunder</b> A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.<br> |