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diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml index 20a4d479..da362b62 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-8.yaml @@ -383,11 +383,13 @@ Art Tags: Referenced Tracks: - Ocean Stars Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20120118163148/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/), 1/16/2012) + + For those of you who don't know, [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]], the man behind such great Homestuck tracks as [[Harlequin|"Harlequin"]], [[Skies of Skaia|"Skies of Skaia"]], and the single [[album:song-of-skaia|"Song of Skaia"]] is also the oldest member of the music team - in the last year he also became a father. Consider this track my baby shower gift to him. The [[album:squiddles|Squiddles]] album gets no love. There, I said it. I've mentioned before how awesome it is and how dramatically it has undersold compared to the rest of our material, but apparently everyone is too terrified of its My Little Pony meets Cthulu approach to give it a shot. Trust me, you'll like it more than you think you will. - Anyway, one of the most surprising tracks on that particular album is [[track:ocean-stars|"Ocean Stars"]], a peaceful, mysterious little ditty imagined by [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark]] with a nautical theme in mind. I thought it had a beautiful little structure, and I guess the song must have stuck with me because at some point I found myself playing its chords over and over on my keyboard faster and faster until I was sure it would make for a great little indie rock inspired track. So I did just that. + Anyway, one of the most surprising tracks on that particular album is [[track:ocean-stars|"Ocean Stars"]], a peaceful, mysterious little ditty imagined by Mark with a nautical theme in mind. I thought it had a beautiful little structure, and I guess the song must have stuck with me because at some point I found myself playing its chords over and over on my keyboard faster and faster until I was sure it would make for a great little indie rock inspired track. So I did just that. This song takes its cues most heavily from ["Regatta de Blanc"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN-nXWHkVpA) by the Police and [[track:life-in-technicolor|"Life in Technicolor"]] by Coldplay - the meditatively simple rock backup is accompanied by a huge chorus of wordless vocals provided by countless overdubs of [[artist:tavia-morra|Tavia]] and myself. These middle voices are bookended by the twinkling bell sounds in the high range and the rumbling drums and guitar in the low range to make for a very full mix that really surprised me with its depth. I threw in some slowed-down bubble sounds (the same samples from [[track:mister-bowman-tells-you-about-the-squiddles|"Mister Bowman Tells You About the Squiddles"]]) to create the ocean ambiance, something I'd really gotten the chance to hear on a scuba dive I'd done over the summer. |