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diff --git a/album/black-raid-remix.yaml b/album/black-raid-remix.yaml index a045fde3..d4837f59 100644 --- a/album/black-raid-remix.yaml +++ b/album/black-raid-remix.yaml @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Commentary: |- [[Black]] is a Homestuck tune I really like. It's so chaotic and frenzied. Whenever I hear it, I get a sense of urgency or imminent danger. I've been hoping to cover it for a while, but I was a bit hesitant because I thought I'd fuck up the piano and synth parts because they're so fast. They sound more or less OK here, I think. I used some audio editing magic to make them sound less terrible. Only a little bit of magic involved, though. Not too much. I want to keep it human. - Before doing this arrangement, I'd always made sure to avoid using the virtual instrument voice presets that came with my keyboard, like the tenor sax voice I used here. I thought they sounded tacky and strange. But I made an exception for this track because [[artist:toby-fox|Toby Fox]]'s original version uses a virtual sax and it still sounds great. So I thought I'd imitateh im here. And maybe stop being so dismissive of virtual instruments, even if they sound hella fake. The fakeness of the sound does imbue the music with a certain distinctive character, however. I suppose that's something some people might desire and intentionally aim for. This video-gamey, low-fidelity, scrappy kind of character. It does sound good at times. + Before doing this arrangement, I'd always made sure to avoid using the virtual instrument voice presets that came with my keyboard, like the tenor sax voice I used here. I thought they sounded tacky and strange. But I made an exception for this track because [[artist:toby-fox|Toby Fox's]] original version uses a virtual sax and it still sounds great. So I thought I'd imitate him here. And maybe stop being so dismissive of virtual instruments, even if they sound hella fake. The fakeness of the sound does imbue the music with a certain distinctive character, however. I suppose that's something some people might desire and intentionally aim for. This video-gamey, low-fidelity, scrappy kind of character. It does sound good at times. I was pretty ambitious with this track. Throwing together a ton of parts, altering the track structure to add my own percussion break and solo section, doing a one-man drumline thing with the percussion break, playing a damn virtual guitar on my keyboard. Well. If you thought this was a lot of experimentation for a single video, brace yourself. I got something else coming soon. Get ready. --- diff --git a/album/i-warned-you-about-stairs.yaml b/album/i-warned-you-about-stairs.yaml index 768784b7..2ef1d641 100644 --- a/album/i-warned-you-about-stairs.yaml +++ b/album/i-warned-you-about-stairs.yaml @@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ Commentary: |- <i>Raid:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://rudecustard.bandcamp.com/album/i-warned-you-about-stairs)) Composer: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> - Arranger: Rude Custard<br> - Producer: Rude Custard<br> - Recording engineer: Rude Custard<br> - Drums and percussion: Rude Custard<br> - Upright piano: Rude Custard<br> - Keyboards and synthesizers: Rude Custard<br> - Electric guitar: Rude Custard<br> - All other instruments: Rude Custard<br> - Mixing engineer: Rude Custard<br> - Mastering engineer: Rude Custard<br> - Photographer: Rude Custard<br> + Arranger: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + Producer: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + Recording engineer: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + Drums and percussion: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + Upright piano: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + Keyboards and synthesizers: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + Electric guitar: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + All other instruments: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + Mixing engineer: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + Mastering engineer: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> + Photographer: [[artist:raid|Rude Custard]]<br> unless otherwise specified. [[Doctor|"Doctor"]] by [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]], [[artist:clark-powell]], and [[artist:michael-vallejo]].<br> @@ -128,21 +128,47 @@ URLs: Referenced Tracks: - Doctor - Heir Conditioning -#- Racing into the Night -#- Dream Lantern +- Racing into the Night +- Dream lantern - Duet - Unite Synchronization - Showtime (Original Mix) -#- track:shindo-kaku -#- track:routine-silent-siren +- Shindo-kaku +- track:routine-silent-siren - track:highscore-panda-eyes-teminite - Moonsetter Commentary: |- - <i>Raid:</i> ([YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCJ2Z0HOSLs) description) + <i>Raid:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCJ2Z0HOSLs), excerpt) It's April 13!!!! Here's the Homestuck tune you were promised. I present to you Out of Breath, a tune I worked pretty hard on. It's got real electric guitars, a little chiptune intro, some intense drumming, a lot of quoted material from songs I like, and an 80-bar piano solo. There's a LOT of piano in this tune. It's very piano-centric, for reasons apparent to anyone who's ever read the comic. This is the first of the three new tracks to be released on my upcoming compilation album of all my old Homestuck music, titled "I Warned You About Stairs". The album will come soon-ish. + + <i>Raid:</i> ([personal website](https://raidsrc.me/content/posts/6-out-of-breath), album progress and commentary, 4/12/2024) + + <big>ASDFJASDFASDFAKSDF UDPATE AGSDHDFGJHKL</big> + + Yo! Update time. I've finally begun listening to my old Homestuck tracks and polishing the mixes to get them ready for <i>I Warned You About Stairs</i>. I've got some preliminary mixes done. And lemme tell ya, they sound so much better now that I actually somewhat understand what I'm doing. I released the first versions of these tunes years ago. Some I released as far back as 2020 or 2021. And back then I didn't know a damn thing about mixing. I was just recording myself playing the instruments and then smushing all the tracks together and exporting the whole mess and calling it a day. It's not like I'm a mixing gneius now, either, but at least now I know how to work a highpass filter (at the very least!). And I understand the basic principles of mixing multitrack recordings. So expect the remastered versions of these tunes that will appear on the album to sound a lot better, a lot clearer, a lot smoother. + + So. "Out of Breath". It's a tune about [[flash:3696|that one time John got stabbed through the chest by Bec Noir and died.]] He came back to life soon after, but for a brief moment, he was... Out of Breath. <i>cue uproarious applause</i> + + This tune was a lot of fun to make. It took me forever, and so much blood and sweat and tears was shed. But I'm proud of the end result. A lot of stuff went wrong because I tried to expand my horizons. You know how it is. I'm always wanting to try something new, and grow, and learn, and all that jazz. And that usually results in me making a lot of mistakes and getting a lot of stuff wrong and learning from the experience. I've never incorporated electric guitars into a tune this extensively, for one. Mostly because I only recently learned to play electric guitar at all. Recording guitars is hard in ways I wasn't prepared for. Fret buzz, string noise, feedback, amp hum, improper muting... ugh. Guitar is hard. Mixing is hard too. Music in general is hard! + + I'm also working with a new kick mic for my drum kit. You can see it in the video, actually, right at the start. Can you hear the difference? The snare and kick may jump out at you a bit more, and everything may be a little more defined and clear.<br> + 'Least that's how it sounds to me. That must be the new kick mic and new effects bus I threw together during mixing. I had to spend a while working on the effects for the drums. But I think the drums here sound better than ever. + + Composing <i>Out of Breath</i> didn't actually take that long. I've always fucked with [[Heir Conditioning]] kinda heavy, so I knew I wanted to draw inspiration from there, and there were hella other homestuck/j-rock/osu! songs I wanted to quote melodies and progressions from because I'm a fucking nerd. + + And neither did recording. I'm very familiar with the key of C minor on piano, so coming up with ideas and playing stuff and improvising other stuff was pretty straightforward. And the drumming was (relatively) simple and fun to make happen.<br> + None of that took very long. + + It was the mixing that took forever. I hate mixing. I'm just sitting at my computer, hunched over, tweaking knobs on effects, wondering if my tune sounds too "muddy" or "boxy" or "harsh" or if the piano's low-mids need a slight cut (they do). Staring at the damn thing until my eyes glaze over. I already sit at a PC all day for my day job, so you can imagine that I'm not too enthusiastic to get right back in front of one.<br> + Mixing isn't very fun. Playing my instruments? Now that's fun. + + Now let's talk about the future, about the other upcoming tracks, and about the album's release. As is the case with most things in my life... I didn't really plan this out. I just kinda announced that I would be compiling all my old Homestuck music, applying a fresh coat of paint, remastering it all, and composing a couple new tunes, and then wrapping all of it up into a nice neat little package and releasing it as an album. My first ever "real" album, I guess. I think I will shoot for a release date of 10/25. Because what other date would I possibly pick? Plus I've got to give myself time to get everything ready. I still need to figure a lot of stuff out. I'd rather give myself more time and get everything right, and not rush it and mess it all up. + + On 6/12 I will release the next of my newly composed tunes. This is the tune that a lot of people seemed to get excited for. It was the tune that played during the announcement/teaser video that hyped people up! What's it called? What kind of tune is it? What does the whole track sound like? You'll just have to wait until June 12th. + --- Track: I Warned You About Stairs!!!!!!!! Duration: 5:51 @@ -153,6 +179,24 @@ URLs: - https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-warned-you-about-stairs/1776208370?i=1776208379 Referenced Tracks: - Atomyk Ebonpyre +- Endless Climb +- track:routine-silent-siren +- track:re-re +- Love Theme from Spartacus +- track:synthesis-tn-shi +- I'll Face Myself +- Showtime (Original Mix) +- Crying for Rain +Commentary: |- + <i>Raid:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbt75VrB9YA), excerpt) + + It's 6/12. Have some Homestuck music. From the composition to the arrangement to the performance to the mixing to the everything, I really like how this one turned out. + + This is the title track off of my compilation album of HS tunes coming later this year, "I Warned You About Stairs." + + Sometimes the video doesn't match up perfectly with the audio because I went back and re-recorded a part and didn't bother filming myself playing again, but who cares. Who cares about whether or not the video is synced up. The music is what matters. That's how I feel. + + The guitar solo isn't very fast or flashy. I'm still a guitar newbie, mind you. --- Track: On Still Wings Duration: 8:24 @@ -162,4 +206,17 @@ URLs: - https://open.spotify.com/track/7H85H1W8hCrJv1Wl5JoOkY?si=36b8714836e34e8d - https://music.apple.com/us/album/on-still-wings/1776208370?i=1776208380 Referenced Tracks: -- English \ No newline at end of file +- English +- Green Ghost +- Bec Noir +- Another Medium +Commentary: |- + <i>Raid:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnrl2l3kZOw), excerpt) + + I present to you On Still Wings, the tenth track and final new composition on I Warned You About Stairs, the compilation album of many of the Homestucky tunes I've made over the years (coming October 25th!!!). + + It took me a while to record this one because I diced my fingertip off like I mentioned in the video, meaning that I couldn't play guitar or piano for over a month as the wound healed. Eventually I decided to suck it up and play as much guitar as I could without using my left index finger, and as soon as the wound was like three-quarters-healed, I decided to suck it up even harder and play through the pain. + + Well, now that I've finished recording this track, all that's left for me to do is mix and master all the tracks on the album and prepare for release! October 25th. Save the date. + + I've also got a video with more informatioln about the album coming out at some point. I may release that video before or after I release this video. I dunno. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml b/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml index d5695961..20162677 100644 --- a/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml +++ b/album/references-beyond-homestuck.yaml @@ -11133,6 +11133,16 @@ Duration: '2:38' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpc8K-zQoYM --- +Track: Crying for Rain +Additional Names: +- Kawaki wo Ameku +Artists: +- Domestic Girlfriend +- Minami +Duration: 4:11 +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YF8vecQWYs +--- Track: Crystal Kingdom - Part One Artists: - Griffin McElroy @@ -11473,6 +11483,17 @@ Duration: '2:36' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V4ClJZME4 --- +Track: Dream lantern +Artists: +- Your Name +- RADWIMPS +Contributors: +- Yojiro Noda (composition, lyrics) +Duration: 2:11 +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtLHwqbE1eI +#track has non-English (Japanese) lyrics, not yet added +--- Track: Dr. Robotnik's Theme (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog) Duration: 0:48 Artists: @@ -12637,6 +12658,16 @@ Lyrics: |- Row! Row! Fight the power! Row! Row! Fight the power! --- +Track: Love Theme from Spartacus +Artists: +- Alex North +- Yusef Lateef +Contributors: +- Yusef Lateef (performance) +Duration: 4:15 +URLs: +- +--- Track: Mailtime Directory: mailtime-blues-clues Always Reference By Directory: true @@ -13659,7 +13690,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Track: Snow halation Artists: - Love Live! -- Takahiro Yamada +- artist:takahiro-yamada-love-live Contributors: - Aki Hata (lyrics) Duration: '4:19' @@ -13706,7 +13737,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Track: soldier game Artists: - Love Live! -- Takahiro Yamada +- artist:takahiro-yamada-love-live Duration: '3:41' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot2LMV0d1Ac @@ -14784,7 +14815,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Track: Trouble Busters Artists: - Love Live! -- Takahiro Yamada +- artist:takahiro-yamada-love-live Duration: '5:19' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D74VvLM63Go @@ -36769,6 +36800,24 @@ Lyrics: |- I'm not yours, and you're not mine But we can sit and pass the time --- +Track: Racing into the Night +Additional Names: +- Yoru ni Kakeru +Artists: +- YOASOBI +- Ayase (songwriter, production) +- Ikura (vocals) +Contributors: +- Takeruru (guitar) +- Mayo Hoshino (based story writer) +- Takayuki Saitō (vocal recording) +- Masahiko Fukui (mixing) +- Hidekazu Sakai (mastering) +Duration: 4:21 +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cmu1z82kXM +#track has non-English (Japanese) lyrics, not yet added +--- Track: Rain Always Reference By Directory: true Directory: rain-rob-scallon @@ -36945,6 +36994,17 @@ Lyrics: |- Oh, those Russians --- +Track: 'Re:Re:' +Duration: 3:48 +Artists: +- ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION +Contributors: +- Masafumi Gotoh (lyrics, composition) +- artist:takahiro-yamada-asian-kung-fu (composition) +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v_Voe5KD1M +#track has non-English (Japanese) lyrics, not yet added +--- Track: Ready Let's Go Duration: '1:00' Artists: @@ -37618,6 +37678,16 @@ Lyrics: |- Bass --- +Track: Routine +Directory: routine-silent-siren +Always Reference By Directory: true +Artists: +- Silent Siren +Duration: 4:01 +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcZu8--IxoY +#lyrics are non-English, not added yet +--- Track: Rubber Band Artists: - msx @@ -38315,6 +38385,16 @@ Lyrics: |- And I know, I'm not alone, you'll be watching over us Until... --- +Track: Shindo-kaku +Artists: +- ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION +Contributors: +- Masafumi Gotoh (lyrics & composition) +Duration: 2:27 +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQQpvAw0w2g +#track has non-English lyrics, not yet added +--- Track: (sic) Duration: '3:19' Artists: @@ -39550,6 +39630,16 @@ Duration: '3:42' URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETDqBYBdDFA --- +Track: Synthesis. +Directory: synthesis-tn-shi +Always Reference By Directory: true +Artists: +- tn-shi +Duration: 3:54 +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOP7G5J755s +- https://soundcloud.com/tn-shi/synthesis +--- Track: SWING, SWING, SWING Artists: - Joe Daniels And His Hot Shots diff --git a/artists.yaml b/artists.yaml index 87d9bce1..f573a03d 100644 --- a/artists.yaml +++ b/artists.yaml @@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ URLs: --- Artist: Alex Mankin --- +Artist: Alex North +--- Artist: Alex Rosetti Aliases: - Alexander Rosetti @@ -823,6 +825,8 @@ URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/this-asian-is-trash - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7LzsHMzys6ILP8n5vUohjA --- +Artist: ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION +--- Artist: Asiul URLs: - https://purenonsens.tumblr.com/ @@ -990,6 +994,8 @@ URLs: --- Artist: Ayaka --- +Artist: Ayase +--- Artist: Aysha U. Farah URLs: - https://www.ayshaufarah.com/ @@ -3140,6 +3146,8 @@ URLs: --- Artist: Domble --- +Artist: Domestic Girlfriend +--- Artist: dominodamsel Aliases: - Domino @@ -4870,6 +4878,10 @@ Artist: Ikimaru URLs: - https://ikimaru.tumblr.com/ --- +Artist: Ikura +Aliases: +- Lilas Ikuta +--- Artist: IllusionWorks --- Artist: imflare @@ -6990,6 +7002,8 @@ Artist: Masami Horisawa --- Artist: Masami Ueda --- +Artist: Masafumi Gotoh +--- Artist: Masafumi Ogata --- Artist: Masafumi Takada @@ -6998,6 +7012,8 @@ Artist: Masafumi Ueda --- Artist: Masaharu Iwata --- +Artist: Masahiko Fukui +--- Artist: Masahiro Andoh --- Artist: Masahiro Ikariko @@ -7122,6 +7138,8 @@ URLs: - https://soundcloud.com/isthatwhatyoumint - https://twitter.com/mayakern --- +Artist: Mayo Hoshino +--- Artist: MC Hammer Aliases: - M.C. Hammer @@ -7358,6 +7376,8 @@ Artist: Mila Kunis --- Artist: Mildred Hill --- +Artist: Minami +--- Artist: Minecraft --- Artist: Minish @@ -8887,6 +8907,8 @@ URLs: --- Artist: Radiohead --- +Artist: RADWIMPS +--- Artist: Rage Against the Machine --- Artist: ragnarozzy @@ -10129,6 +10151,8 @@ URLs: - https://silentneptune.tumblr.com/ - https://silentneptune.carrd.co/ --- +Artist: Silent Siren +--- Artist: Silverwater URLs: - https://fire-cycle.tumblr.com/ @@ -10832,6 +10856,10 @@ Artist: Takafumi Sato Artist: Takahiro Fukada --- Artist: Takahiro Yamada +Directory: takahiro-yamada-asian-kung-fu +--- +Artist: Takahiro Yamada +Directory: takahiro-yamada-love-live --- Artist: Takahito Eguchi URLs: @@ -10849,6 +10877,9 @@ Artist: Takatomo Kurosawa --- Artist: Takayuki Kobara --- +Artist: Takayuki Saitō +Directory: takayuki-saito +--- Artist: Takayuki Yoshimura --- Artist: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi @@ -10858,6 +10889,8 @@ URLs: --- Artist: Takeru Kanazaki --- +Artist: Takeruru +--- Artist: Takeshi Taneda --- Artist: Takeshi Kuramochi @@ -12182,8 +12215,12 @@ Artist: YK from 有感覚 --- Artist: Yo La Tengo --- +Artist: YOASOBI +--- Artist: Yohske Yamamoto --- +Artist: Yojiro Noda +--- Artist: Yoko Kanno --- Artist: Yoko Shimomura @@ -12250,6 +12287,8 @@ Artist: Your Favorite Martian URLs: - https://www.youtube.com/@Yourfavoritemartian --- +Artist: Your Name +--- Artist: Yousuke Yasui --- Artist: yoyoYolo @@ -12299,6 +12338,8 @@ Artist: yura --- Artist: Yuri Habuka --- +Artist: Yusef Lateef +--- Artist: Yusuke Kudo --- Artist: Yusuke Nakano @@ -12990,6 +13031,8 @@ Artist: Hideaki Kuroda --- Artist: Hidehisa Sasaki --- +Artist: Hidekazu Sakai +--- Artist: Hideki Naganuma URLs: - https://hidekinaganuma.bandcamp.com/ @@ -13794,6 +13837,11 @@ Artist: thespacemaid Dead URLs: - https://thespacemaid.tumblr.com/ --- +Artist: tn-shi +URLs: +- https://www.youtube.com/@tn-shi +- https://soundcloud.com/tn-shi +--- Artist: topperflop URLs: - https://twitter.com/topperflop |