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diff --git a/album/lofam3.yaml b/album/lofam3.yaml index b990d318..23c9679a 100644 --- a/album/lofam3.yaml +++ b/album/lofam3.yaml @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Commentary: |- I want so very badly to draw cherubs, Lord English chasing down poor Calliope. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Hi there. I am the guy doing the commentary booklet again. This is one of the few tracks where either the musician or artist didn't leave commentary. Though there aren't enough free pages for an epic tale [[track:cuddlefish|like last time]], I figure I can find something to put to fill in the blanks. @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Commentary: |- Hey there! Bite the Apple is a song about John going from being a goofy kid playing the piano to a goofy kid being launched into SBURB! For me, this was an incredibly refreshing song to write, and I still find it refreshing to listen to! You might even call it... A Breath of fresh Heir. I'm so sorry, I'll never make puns again. Thanks for listening! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) In this piece, John is biting the apple. Clever! @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ Commentary: |- I wrote this song as an art exchange for redux on the forums who wanted more [[Sunsetter|sunsetter]] remixes. - <i>awakesleeping:</i> (track artist) + <i>awakesleeping:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) When I first saw the track's name on it's own I thought of Caliborn's planet quest, but I thought this song was too upbeat for that, so I went with a Derse and Prospit's moons exploding and the Alphas reaching godtier. I really enjoyed drawing Jake and Jane's face. Drawing Derse and Prospit was quite the challenge but I hope I managed something recognizable! I tried to include some pixely elements and most of the godtier update (unfortunately I couldn't find a place for Jake's crotch but hey we all know why he's so shocked). --- @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Upward Movement (Dave Owns) Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Ok so no art OR musician commentary for this page. @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Commentary: |- The word *confinis* is latin for "beside" or "adjacent to" -- in astrology, it is another word for semisextile, which is an aspect of 30°. Such angles only occur when two planets are in two signs next to each other; in this case I'm referring to Cancer and Leo. The song (and image, for that matter) both follow this concept of 'togetherness', no matter what may face them -- and you'll see that The Disciple keeps her promise, as she is found in our night sky beside the prophet Cancerian. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Don't see much art or songs for the Ancestors.<br> Both are pretty. @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ Commentary: |- Of course, this track being so old, I'd long since deleted the original FL Studio project file during spring cleaning, so I didn't have access to any of the MIDI data (the same thing happened with [[Sign of the Scorpion]]). I couldn't even properly remaster the song since I no longer had a lossless source. That's why I made a brand-new arrangement of the piece for LOFAM 3 that captures the piece's ouriginal beauty and romantic feel while only adding to its richness and elegance. Both [[Dance of Thorns]] and [[Endless Climb]] are hinted at in the composition, and while there aren't any quotes from [[album:alterniabound|Alternia/Bound]], the stately elegance of the piece is meant to recall Kanaya. - <i>rosesarecrimson:</i> (track artist) + <i>rosesarecrimson:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) This was a piece where I had the concept from day one. I knew that the piece ought to be ballet-inspired, given the prompt. Grimdark Rose and Kanpire were aesthetic choices - I wanted their duet to be balanced, with neither one taking the background role, and the duality suited the theme nicely. --- @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ Commentary: |- Warweary Villein is a song about my personal favorite character. Inspired by Toby Fox's [[track:mayor-maynot|'Mayor Maynot']] it is about how such a little dude can be such an inspiration for a massive call to arms. My favorite part about the piece is the harmonies. The song was also revamped for the LoFaM3 album and completely remade from the ground up. Hope you enjoy! - <i>piskomil:</i> (track artist) + <i>piskomil:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) He's on a walk with his citizen-cans. They're having a lot of fun if you couldn't tell. @@ -433,11 +433,11 @@ Commentary: |- I thought that a lot of remixes of [[track:atomyk-ebonpyre|this song]] were treading the same ground, and while they were cool I liked this song enough to try my own shot at it using what seems to be becoming my signature style. Well people enjoyed it, but I still think it could have had more... pizazz. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) sooooooo goooooood - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (musician wrangler) + <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (musician wrangler, booklet commentary) no, but really, SOO GOOOOD --- @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ Commentary: |- [[Sburban Jungle]] has been stuck in my head since the moment I first heard it in Homestuck, and the rest of [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Michael Guy Bowman's]] work is equally memorable. For this piece, I chose to mix Sburban Jungle with [[69423]] from his album [[album:comfortable-bugs]]. As for the title, well, I'm thinking of a number [[track:bowmans-credit-score|between 450 and 850]]... - <i>sayachan-art:</i> (track artist) + <i>sayachan-art:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) This music gave me a ton of inspiration for the track art but I ahd to draw a lot of different things and concepts before I actually came down to what I really wanted. For starters, [[Sburban Jungle]] has always been the music that kick started the game for the kids. For a beautiful track like this I felt the need to be a bit more abstract, so as the kids rise up, they bleed this colourful and glitchy glitter and the image itself follows the sequence of the Zodiac Signs (Trolls amde the kids), Green Spirograph (Beta Kids session) and the game reset which amde the Sburb logo red (Alpha kids session). --- @@ -500,13 +500,13 @@ Commentary: |- and I guess Sousa<br> that guy is like the king of marches - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (percussion) + <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (percussion, booklet commentary) i didn't even do anything except duplicate a snare sound that's it also sousa is the best - <i>rosesarecrimson:</i> (track artist) + <i>rosesarecrimson:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I knew from the minute I read it that I wanted it to look something like a Russian propaganda poster. The toughest thing about this was the over composition. Turns out it's reallllllly hard to get a rectangular composition to translate to a square. --- @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ Commentary: |- This is intended as a walkabout track.<br> No guitars this time. - <i>awakesleeping:</i> (track artist) + <i>awakesleeping:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) This piece has a bit of back story that I made up and I suppose I might've been more than a little self-indulgent here with my otp, but it's what the song made me think of. So the idea is that Dirk and Jake are adventuring together on lomax with Sawtooth and Squarewave (who are providing the hip hop backdrop). I imagine Dirk would be very controlling during tomb raids and such, taking the leader role, or at least being manipulative in some way. I think this would really make Jake feel uncomfortable and.... (wait for it) uncertain about his feelings towards Dirk. I think the songs vibe really matches this as well with the cool electronic instrumentation (Dirk) and the walk around looping anxiousness of it (Jack and his adventuring). --- @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ Commentary: |- This is a piece entirely done in a constructed language entirely created by me. Deatils can be found on [the original post](https://melodystuckrosearchive.tumblr.com/post/40875330244/hymn-of-the-horrorterrors-futma-kul-shemtor-be) on tumblr found on the 'melodystuckrose' blog. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Pretty would be an understatement.<br> I partiuclarly like the lacy border. @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ Commentary: |- I did this piece a while back, quite some time ago now. It was a hypothetical theme for Sgrub in the same vein as [[Sburban Jungle]] was. I considered reworking the piece, but everywhere I turned the piece wasn't really getting better, so here it is in all its original Sibelius 6 glory! Imagine this playing as all of the trolls enter the medium for the very first time. Go imagination, go! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Karkat furiously playing the marimba ostinato. --- @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ Commentary: |- Excluding the actual production, the subject and title of the song, "Medium", really stood out to me while I was making it. The Medium holds all of the planets, all of the life, and all of the excitment of S___b. Actually, it holds everything that there is about the game. So, I wanted to make the song sound vast, but I also wanted it to be a bit more personal. Maybe "vastness of the mind" could be a good description. All in all, I'm satisfied with the song, and I hope whoever hears it will be as well. - <i>Scarodactyl:</i> (track artist) + <i>Scarodactyl:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I really enjoyed working on this one. Trying to get the entirety of The Medium into the canvas in a coherent way was an interesting challenge. --- @@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ Commentary: |- I imagined this song would fit Snowman perfectly, so I tried to squish dramatic moonlight and her into the same square and this is the end result. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) MANDELBROT "EAT FRESH" MOON --- @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ Commentary: |- Written for, but not entered in, [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|the Homestuck music contest]]. It would have been submitted for John. It was loosely intended to be a major-key counterpart to my song [[Checkmate]] from [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b|Colours & Mayhem: Universe B]]. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) This art is about John because it was established earlier that Dave is not a hero (see [[track:im-not-a-hero|track 5]]). --- @@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ Commentary: |- HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO HAA HAA HEE HEE HOO HOO - <i>dodostad:</i> (track artist) + <i>dodostad:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I originally drew this on a post it note, and it kept reappearing in weird places and scaring me. It was a sign I had to paint this, I think. --- @@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ Commentary: |- Well, I certainly didn't expect this song to take off like it did! What was originally just another remix suddenly became one of my most well known and recognized songs! It all started when I saw an interesting post speculating what instruments the trolls might've played. There was harp for Aradia, there was guitar for Tavros, and for Terezi it had clarinet. As soon as I saw that, I knew I had to do a jazzed up remix of her theme. So for about two days, I transcribed the melody, worked out some chords, and did up a bassline and drumbeat. It was kind of weird working on this song, since I was using the unconventional 8/4 time rather than 4/4 time. The reason for this was to make the eight-note swing sound like sixteenth-note swing. Although I'm not as much into Homestuck any more and I feel as though I've written better songs since then, I am still pleased that a lot of people liked this song! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) This track was actually slated to be on [[album:lofam2|LOFAM 2]] originally, but got pushed back for some reason or other. This art's been around since then. Very dramatic. --- @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ Commentary: |- I find that a lot of my Homestuck tracks tend to be medleys: One of my first ideas for a track was the Gamzee vs. Dave rap battle with all their motifs as a backdrop (that never really picked off because UGH, LACK OF VOCAL TALENT ON MY PART). This one follows a similar vein; Her Imperious Condescension vs. Lord English's Handmaid. I wanted the track to show how tired of life the Handmaid had become, so a lot of her motifs get cut short quite abrasively by HIC's "attacks", as it were. She puts up a little bit of a struggle sometimes, but eventually she just accepts her fate and lets herself be replaced. So ends the tragic life of the Alternian Ancestors. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) All of scarodactyl's art was actually slightly smaller than the resolution I used for this booklet. Hopefully upscaling it didn't ruin the pixels too much. --- @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ Commentary: |- This song was written for [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|the colours & mayhem contest]], but was never entered. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) There's no sleepy eyes,<br> Just a snoozing Roxy butt.<br> @@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ Commentary: |- Sign of the Scorpion is an old track of mine, about maybe 14 or 15 months old, and while I'm legitimately proud of a lot of compositional elements, the mastering and production horrified me looking back on it. Like [[Dance of Viridian and Violet]], I'd long since deleted the project file, since it was just a one-off Homestuck song that I figured I was unlikely to ever need again, so I made a new arrangement of the piece from scratch, taking elements I liked from the original and putting them in a new context. It doesn't quote any Homestuck themes (I don't believe the original did at all), except for a brief mention of [[Spider's Claw]] right at the end. The new arrangement has a bit more of a hard-rock feel and toned-down orchestral elements, making it a bit more reflective of Vriska as a character. - <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> (track artist) + <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I did a track art for [[track:finale-strife|one of Ascenzo's songs]] back in [[album:lofam2|LOFAM2]] as well and also the art for [[Rust Apocalypse]]. So, when I saw two songs by them on the available songs for track art, I couldn't really help myself. Their songs are great. I know you like it, I can tell. Hope the track art seems suitable, and that you'll enjoy that as well. I have nothing else to say on the matter. That's it. --- @@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ Commentary: |- <small>a pumpkin is a type of gourd that is the pun</small> - <i>dodostad:</i> (track artist) + <i>dodostad:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I loved the sound of this song but had a hard time figuring out what to draw for it, but whenever in doubt draw a sad Roxy inside a pumpkin. --- @@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ Commentary: |- This is a song for Aranea Serket. I originally set out to make this piece for a Hero of Light, mainly for Rose at the conception of the piece, but as I got further into making it, it became clear it was not a "Rose" song. Although I think this song goes off on too many tangents (not sticking to a particular melody or motif throughout the song) I find it suiting for Aranea due to her tendency to jabber away at any chance she gets, often changing the subject multiple times. Or maybe I just made that up now to make it seem like I did it on purpose...The world may never know. I have also been thinking about making a sort of "sequel" set of songs to this one for Vriska and Rose. They would be called "Fortune Stealer" and "Fortune Teller" respectively. - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> (track artist) + <i>Elanor Pam:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Aranea. --- @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ URLs: Cover Artists: - Scarodactyl Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) [[track:katamari-on-the-rocks|NANANANANANANANANANNANANNANANANA<br>BATAMARI DAMACY]] @@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ Commentary: |- A three movement piece based on Rose Lalonde's character developments from normal to grimdark to god tier. It's about 10 minutes all together. Also, the last of the Seer pieces. The first two movements were from early 2011, but the last movement was added after [[flash:4109|Cascade]]. - <i>Racheme:</i> (track artist) + <i>Racheme:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) This beautiful track and it's title is very direct that this is about Rose and how far she has come since Act 1 so I just drew what it told me, I hope it is okay ;; --- @@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>GameBro and GameGrl work the crowd at the Slam Jam, with a little help from QCD.</i> - <i>plaidcushion:</i> (track artist) + <i>plaidcushion:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) This is simultaneously the best and stupidest thing I have ever created. Thank goodness for the 90's. --- @@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ Commentary: |- i was drunk - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) <span style="font-size: 2em; font-family: cursive">John, do the windy thing,<br> John, do the windy thing,<br> @@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Eden Commentary: |- - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) *Halfway there!* @@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ Commentary: |- A 'quick' fact, I had planned to continue the [[track:killed-by-br8k-spider|Killed By 8r8k Spider]] section through over the top of the [[Unite Synchronization]] ostinato, but when I played back the section after the high G, stacatto F into the ostinato, I felt a powerful urge to just get straight back into the final version of Eden, which was written on whim straight into that 4/4 pattern and more fluidly in B minor. It feels like a new life has been breathed into Eden because of it, and I'm so happy to be the man to have done it! - <i>azuzatori:</i> (track artist) + <i>azuzatori:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) scoot did piano<br> i drew piano @@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ Commentary: |- Many of my recompositions tend to be experiments with lemotiffs, and Electric Fireflies is no exception. While largely focused around the light flicks of piano melody within [[Firefly Cloud]] and the song itself by [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]], I found my experiment to take a course of it's own. I tried to follow Jit's carefully integrated elements of [[Doctor]] to discover that his method employed a much more flowing and intertwined realization of instrumental melody; this was something I felt that I did not achieve. I felt refreshing to observe what can only be described as mastery of melody, theme and atmosphere. It was a pleasure to make this piece. - <i>Elanor Pam:</i> (track artist) + <i>Elanor Pam:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Sketched and colored in Paint Tool Sai and color adjusted in Photoshop. @@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ Commentary: |- The Blast is a song written from Aradia's perspective regarding the 'sollux killing her hyped up on Mind Honey' incident. It is about her about to blow up about telling everyone that it is 0kay. The song was written mostly as a 'Can I write a simple and effective only 4 chords song' and I think it was successful. The song was revamped for the LoFaM3 album and completely remade from the ground up. Hope you enjoy! - <i>RaChoTamer:</i> (track artist) + <i>RaChoTamer:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Oh man. "The Blast". I really love this song. Seriously, Snortrax is a very lovely musician. Go listen to his other stuff after you listen to this album! @@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ Commentary: |- Me jumping the gun on making a land theme for Dirk. Had put it forward for [[album:homestuck-vol-9|Vol. 9]] as just a track about him but didn't make the cut. Held onto it for a while hoping I could find some way to make it better, but it's aging on me. - <i>inimitable-nectar:</i> (track artist) + <i>inimitable-nectar:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I listened to the song on loop while I was drawing. I think it ended up being about 36 plays long. --- @@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ Commentary: |- This was back when I cared about getting the first remix of at least one recently released song out for Homestuck. The result is this! I tried elaborating a bit on the material [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit]] gave so far, since at the time there wasn't much to go off of, and I think it fares relatively well. It's hard to feel good about old music sometimes though. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Slick strut! --- @@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ Commentary: |- I made this shortly after LOTAK was first revealed, and I wanted to capture the pressure and paradoxical claustrophobia of that huge space blanketed by a heavy, inert atmosphere. I started with the drums, which were just an attempt to create a kit from scratch that I didn't entirely hate, plus a ton of reverb. Next came the atmospheric elements - the distorted tremolo synth, the piano, the echoing synth bleeps which to me are a signal intended to guide the player, decayed over the aeons the planet has waited for Dirk's arrival, and the nearly-metronomic hat-click to reinforce the sense that, now that he's here, his limited time is rapidly ticking away. Finally I tried a few string melodies for the middle section, but simply nothing says 'towering ancient remains of a lost civilization' as effectively as [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik Scheele's]] [[track:ruins|Ruins]], so I stole it and added a sort of contrapuntal harmony underneath. And now I give it to you. - <i>fueledbyanimation:</i> (track artist) + <i>fueledbyanimation:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I was beyond excited to get to be part of another fan album, especially to be drawing for a song connected to Dirk's planet, since he's one of my absolute favorite characters. Every kid/troll's planet reflects them and also challenges them at the same time. LOTAK is one of the more dangerous planets, with its constant raging lightning storms and the most powerful denizen at it's center, fitting for Dirk who is a determined, skilled fighter. The planet is also a contrast, a planet full of tall buildings for someone who grew up in an ocean surrounded by nothing. I really wanted to show LOTAK as an extension, or part of, Dirk himself. The song itself gives a sense of floating, or as the music artist said themselves, a very spacey feeling, so I tried to capture this as well, with the overview shot of the planet that Dirk appears to be floating over. I hope that others who look at my piece will feel I managed to picture the song well in my drawing for it. --- @@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ Commentary: |- I wrote Contention as a strife theme for Dirk Strider. It's synthesized entirely with FM patches ripped from a ROM of Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and converted to FM8 format, in keeping with the Sega Genesis inspired style of Dirk-related songs like [[track:anbroids-v2|Anbroids]]. The rhythms in this song were largely inspired by the drums in the song ["Tung, The Icelandic Lesbian"](https://lapfox.bandcamp.com/track/tung-the-icelandic-lesbian) by Kitsune^2. I've always been a big fan of heavy 6/8 two-against-three rhythms played with Sonic-style drums, so the choice of time signature for this track was a no-brainer. - <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> (track artist) + <i>melodiousDiscord:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Here we see Dirk, the Prince of Heart, preparing to clash with the Imperial Drones sent by HIC to dispose of him. His loyal and steadfast retainer, Sawtooth, seeks to thin the enemy ranks while Dirk meets the opposing force head on. A fierce and devastating battle ensues, yet the Prince prevails. For now... --- @@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ Commentary: |- Snowman and Spades Slick. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Ooh, complex rhythm. Jazzy. --- @@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ Commentary: |- <big><p style="font-family:'Comic Sans', 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">BWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEeeeeeeeeeflareee<b>eeeee eeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEE EEeEEEEEeeeeEEEEEeee</b></p></big> - <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (track artist) + <i>Veritas Unae:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) <p style="font-family:'Comic Sans', 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">"i don't usually make art<br> @@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ Commentary: |- Although [[track:MeGaLoVania|MeGaLoVania]] is an awesome track for [[flash:3297|[S] Wake]], I felt that it didn't really tell the story of how Aradia arose, and eventually faced Jack and vanished through his frame into the realm of the Green Sun. And with my love of [[psych0ruins]] and [[Liquid Negrocity]] / [[Black]] leading me to sessions on the piano playing around with the song, a steady chain of events started forming as I played around with the medley. Imagine the events of Aradia's half of [S] Wake playing, plus those pages that come a little while after where Aradia stops Jack in time (note the 'ticking' of the high notes late in the piece!) Of course, I had to pay homage to the original track used for the flash. What you hear is played live, too! (albeit through a MIDI keyboard) Many thanks to [[artist:david-ellis|Lunatic]] again for providing assistance - it's insane the air this guy's got. - <i>laroone:</i> (track artist) + <i>laroone:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Since Aradia came back to life she's been entertaining nuts, and I had this image of her sitting with a calm smile on her face while Jack is trapped and PISSED. I thought it would be fun since Aradia takes everything so in stride, and when she first becomes God Tier she freezes Jack mere seconds before he kills her, with a big smile on her face and no worries. I wanted to go with something like this, Jack being trapped in 'time' and Aradia sitting by sweetly. --- @@ -1600,11 +1600,11 @@ Commentary: |- Hello there! I'm very excited to be a part of LOFAM 3! This is the first time I've been a part of a LOFAM album, and this tune is the first one I've ever done as a collaborative project with someone. I had a blast working with Joe. He's been a very supportive friend and music-making mentor and I couldn't imagine working with a better collab partner. I was tossing the idea around for a while to do something for the Draconian Dignitary/Diamonds Droog, so I was very happy when Joe went along with the idea. It turned out a lot different than I expected, but in a very good way! I'm pleased as punch to have been a part of it. - <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> (co-composer) + <i>Joe Ouellet:</i> (co-composer, booklet commentary) This was a collab between me and Cullen! I had a ton of fun working on this with him. It was his idea initially to mash up a few songs featuring DD. I didn't really expect it to turn into a dubstep piece as I had no experience making the genre at all! - <i>plaidcushion:</i> (track artist) + <i>plaidcushion:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I wanted to go with a simple but striking design that worked on two levels: the large diamond with the grey layers, which looks good as a thumbnail on a small ipod screen or similar, and the silhouetted shadowy type DDs that are more apparent when you view the art at full size. I'm really happy with how well it worked out! --- @@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ Commentary: |- A friend of mine made a plush squiddle so I decided to let it have a moment to shine! Also this song is the cutest thing what the heckie. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) SQUIDDLES --- @@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ Commentary: |- I used to do a series of songs/arrangements lining up with stories. I didn't ever really line this one up with anything, but the basic idea was "[[track:unsheathd|Unsheathed]] in a haunted house." I played a lot of Luigi's Mansion for this one. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Pretty sure this is one of them Pisces trolls. Not sure why it is called Scabbard. --- @@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ Commentary: |- Originally supposed to be a practice project so I could learn how to sample, I added in a few piano riffs from [[Black]] and it took on a life of its own. The most obvious sample is from [[track:it-dont-mean-a-thing-if-it-aint-got-that-swing|"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing"]], but other samples in there inclue the trumpet from an old 1940s big band song, and the drums from [[track:paint-it-black|"Paint It Black"]] by the Rolling Stones. For a song that wasn't even originally a song, I think it came out pretty well. Enjoy! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) <small><small>If another one of these commentaries ends with "Enjoy" I am going to punch everyone.</small></small> @@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ Commentary: |- Together (At Last) is a theme for the Beta kids' reunion, obviously made before they reunited in canon. The beginning is supposed to be happy; the beta kids finally unite for the first time after a session gone awry and a 3 year journey through the dark abyss and a mysterious alternate dimension. They hug, cry, fist bump, push each other down a set of friendship stairs, etc. Then Rose drops a bombshell: an unbeatable demon is going around destroying dream bubbles, and in the process, the universe. Things look grave, and Jade and John are startled. But they decide to press on and not give up. Together, with the remaining trolls and the alpha kids, they can defeat, or escape, Lord English once and for all. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Due to miscommunication, we actually ended up with a couple pieces for this track. Both were pretty rad, so we didn't want either to go to waste. The other ended up being the [[track:disk2-lofam3|"Disk 2"]] track art. --- @@ -1809,14 +1809,14 @@ Lyrics: |- <i>Our kin are separated by colour of blood.</i> <i>We are without without love or virture.</i> - <i>However, we are forgiven.</i>) + <i>However, we are forgiven.</i> <i>However, we are forgiven.</i>) Commentary: |- <i>David Ellis:</i> (composer, booklet commentary) I wanted to ruin [[track:iron-infidel|Samm's song]]. Mission accomplished. - <i>Kate Holden:</i> (track artist) + <i>Kate Holden:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Let's be 100% clear here, I freaking love prog rock, so I was pretty pumped listening to this tune over and over while drawing this one. Every piece of track art I've done for this album has been a little different. This one was the easiest to do and only took an hour because this kind of inked comic book art is my bread and butter. I felt that something bold and comic bookish would fit well since it has that epic kind of scope prog rock gets across. Remember how in the eighties the X-men seemed to spend most of their time in space participating in big Space Opera stuff? I wanted to do something like that. @@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ Commentary: |- Thanks also to sayachan for the exceptional track art. - <i>sayachan-art:</i> (track artist) + <i>sayachan-art:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) This song takes me back to when Rose was trying to escape her impending doom and get into the game and then when hearing [[Flare]] I find myself thinking about the tumor, it's countdown, her death and ascension and it makes me realize how much she has grown. So, what I tried to imply with this cover is how that fire she was trying to evade eventually became the flames of the green sun where she accepted her fate and arose anew. --- @@ -1887,7 +1887,7 @@ Commentary: |- *900pm<br> butts per minute* - <i>Kate Holden:</i> (track artist) + <i>Kate Holden:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) I had been wanting to make a full set of functional, repearing titles anyway for use in maybe making a simple platformer, so I decided to make use of them and create a sort of "If mspa was a game in the 16 bit era" thing. The spirtes were also an excellent opportunity to test out the sprite base I've been working on making from scratch. --- @@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ Commentary: |- It's a battle for dominance between Caliborn and Calliope. - <i>Caliboner:</i> (track artist) + <i>Caliboner:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) All I really have to say is that I have never worked as diligently on any art piece, as I have on this. I spent, what, two months psychoanalyzing a painting of a skull, covered in blood. I had several friends critique it through the process, and eventually ended up with this. @@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ Commentary: |- [[artist:veritas-unae|Veritas]] wanted to use [[track:disk2-lofam3|my Together at Last pic]] for this track (since [[track:together-at-last|that one]] already has track art) but I thought it was too contemplative for this song. Hope Remains has something of an "ongoing chase scene" feel for me. So I offered to come up with something more active. Then my comp's power source went and burned... good thing I have a tablet at work! And that work on this day was slow to a ridiculous degree. I had but few interruptions while drawing this one. Whew, crisis averted! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Andre does good musics. This is no exception. --- @@ -1968,7 +1968,7 @@ Commentary: |- But really, it was never meant to. - <i>dodostad:</i> (track artist) + <i>dodostad:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) The song is very uplifting, but you can't really draw Handmaid without making her glare really hard, can you? @@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ Commentary: |- A remix of one of my favorite Homestuck songs, [[Candles and Clockwork]]. It's more of a reimagining of the piece really. There isn't much to say about it in particular other than it was my best mastering work at the time of its completion, I think. It may have also been the first time I stayed away from using endless breakbeat loops in a Homestuck remix. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Ooh, crystalline. Very shiny! --- @@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ Commentary: |- We started this song back in January 2012, during one of our regular hanging-out-<i>probably</i>-drinking collaborative sessions. We got talking about the fact that [[track:frost-vol6|Frost]] had been remixed a couple times (once by us, and [[track:meltwater-lofam|the other]] by [[artist:elaine-wang|orngje223]]). One of us (probably Nick) wondered what Frost would sound like as a really cliched remix, to which Jeremy sarcastically pointed out that the only people who ever remix Frost is himself and his friends. This idea was, obviously, a total joke; nevertheless, we kept at it. The song ended up getting to a point where we realized the joke had been lost, and something awesome took its place. To put it simply, what started out as us dicking around ended up becoming one of the coolest songs we've done together. - <i>devonianecho:</i> (track artist) + <i>devonianecho:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Doing art for a dance remix of [[track:frost-vol6|Frost]] wouldn't have proved tricky if not for a perplexing (but very cool) track title. And so, here we have Jade and some frogs integrated as part of a... metaphoric-circuitboard-type-thing by Echidna. I think if you imagine the song set to a trippy frog-gathering montage on LOFAF with this imagery, you'll get a better idea of what I was aiming for. At any rate, I'm really happy with how it turned out, and I hope I've done the track the justice it absolutely deserves. --- @@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ Commentary: |- 4:00-4:13: One jump cut later, Dualscar is left adrift in a lifeboat as Mindfang's ship, a little worse for the wear, vanishes into the fog. - <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> (track artist) + <i>Ducky Senpai:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) Oh look, it appears I've done yet another track art for Ascenzo. I'm kind of like Willow's artist stalker. --- @@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ Commentary: |- When [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|the Homestuck Music Contest]] first opened well over a year ago, I'd really only just started exploring my love of creating music. This track (which is based around the Exiles years in the future) and one other are actually only the third and fourth tracks I ever composed! I've improved a lot since then but I always had a little bit of love for this one. When LOFAM3 was announced I made a snap decision to spruce up my little deser themed tune and bring tumblr's attention back to it. I'm honoured that such an old track of mine is still considered worthy of LOFAM, to be honest! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) That heavenscape is certainly sunsoaked. Neat! --- @@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ Commentary: |- In fact, people liked it enough that it was nominated for LOFAM 3, no more than a year later. Having improved a lot by that time, I decided to touch it up a little, and this version is the result. I didn't really change all that much, besides adding and tweaking a few instruments, but I hope it sounds better nonetheless! - <i>Lunise:</i> (track artist) + <i>Lunise:</i> (track artist, booklet commentary) My interest in doing Homestuck fanart has waned over the past few months, but I will always have a soft spot for the exiles no matter what. So it is only natural that I do goofy exile art for an [[Explore]] arrangement! Even though I was seriously burned out on art in general when I did this, I think it turned out okay. Goofy, happy exiles always turn out okay! --- @@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ Commentary: |- So, this was one of my first chiptunes. People seem to like it. However, when I listen to it now, two years later, I realize how little I knew about Famitracker, and music composition in genearl. I like to think I've learned a great deal since Ohgodboss. Still, I guess it's catchy enough as it is. Enjoy! - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) <small><small>oh for the love of god!</small></small> @@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@ Commentary: |- Starblaze is a really cool track, and I'm really pleased i got to make the art for it! I tried to stick with the same format as the art for [[track:stargaze|the song it came from]], but a bit more lively- It made me think of the Alpha kids hanging out together at night, lit only by the glow of their lanterns from the tower in LoCaH. - <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor) + <i>Brad Griffin:</i> (booklet editor, booklet commentary) Welp, so ends the third volume of Land of Fans and Music. This album would not be possible without your suggestions and constant support. diff --git a/album/lofam5a2.yaml b/album/lofam5a2.yaml index bd6c8eed..58b75775 100644 --- a/album/lofam5a2.yaml +++ b/album/lofam5a2.yaml @@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ Track: Yellow Yard Artists: - Soapstone Contributors: -- Jordan Sunlight +- Jordan Sunlight (guitar solo) Duration: 2:56 URLs: - https://unofficialmspafans.bandcamp.com/track/yellow-yard diff --git a/album/squiddles.yaml b/album/squiddles.yaml index fbc62bd3..fe19f68c 100644 --- a/album/squiddles.yaml +++ b/album/squiddles.yaml @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ Lyrics: |- They jump because they're joyful They giggle because they're glad - They Squiddle because in Squiddle Land + They squeal because in Squiddle Land No one's ever sad! (All right, now we're going to do the whole song one more time, and this time I want everybody to join in. Parents, that means you too. If you don't know the words just look them up online, I'm sure they're there somewhere. Otherwise, sit real close to your television set and follow the bouncing ball and you're sure to be a winner! Are you ready, kids? All right, here it comes again. And a-one, and a-two, and a-one two three!) @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ Lyrics: |- They jump because they're joyful They giggle because they're glad - They Squiddle because in Squiddle Land + They squeal because in Squiddle Land No one's ever sad! Commentary: |- <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html)) diff --git a/static-page/changelog.yaml b/static-page/changelog.yaml index 3c494284..84cbd0de 100644 --- a/static-page/changelog.yaml +++ b/static-page/changelog.yaml @@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Content: |- - fixed [[track:chamber-complex]] not referencing [[track:penumbra-phantasm]] (thanks, Makin!) - fixed [[track:ham-and-steak]] referencing [[track:rex-english]] instead of [[track:oppa-toby-style]] (thanks, Grace, Kenón!) <!-- crediting fixes --> + - annotated [[artist:jordan-sunlight]] contribution on [[track:yellow-yard]] as "guitar solo" (thanks, Lilith!) - tidied credits for [[track:lifelight-jp]] and [[track:lifelight]] (thanks, ruby!) - moved contributors besides [[artist:hideki-sakamoto]] into contributors, rather than artists - annotated [[artist:hideki-sakamoto]] contributions as "composition and arrangement supervisor" @@ -286,8 +287,14 @@ Content: |- - removed [[tag:ar]] from [[track:freefall]] - removed [[tag:dd]] and [[tag:dave]] from [[track:25x-showdown-combo]] - removed [[tag:dave]], [[tag:jade]], and [[tag:john]] from [[track:melody-of-the-buttocks]] + - removed [[tag:trolls-meteor]] from [[track:my-lady-greensleeves]] (thanks, Makin, Whisper!) + <!-- lyric fixes --> + - fixed a mistaken lyric in [[track:mister-bowman-tells-you-about-the-squiddles]] (thanks, Niklink!) + - was *They Squiddle because in Squiddle Land*<br>now *They squeal because in Squiddle Land* + - fixed a duplicated closing parenthesis in lyrics for [[track:infidels]] (thanks, Lan!) <!-- commentary fixes --> - updated commentary citation for [[track:floweys-laugh]] (and various miscellaneous links) to point to new domain for Undertale wiki (thanks, vriska, Jebb, Lan!) + - fixed commentary entries besides the first on each track not being annotated "booklet commentary" across [[album:lofam3]] (thanks, Whisper, Lan!) <!-- link fixes --> - fixed Bandcamp listening link for [[track:skaian-shrapnel]] (thanks, Surge, Lan!) <h3>directory changes</h3> diff --git a/tags.yaml b/tags.yaml index 4a567ada..aec11c0b 100644 --- a/tags.yaml +++ b/tags.yaml @@ -6048,7 +6048,7 @@ Tag: Sgrub Color: '#8f00ff' --- Tag: Space -Color: '#878787' +Color: '#ffffff' --- Tag: Time Color: '#ff2106' |