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diff --git a/album/9.yaml b/album/9.yaml index bbeb1db6..8c9274fc 100644 --- a/album/9.yaml +++ b/album/9.yaml @@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ Lyrics: |- D-D-D-D-DO IT! Commentary: |- <i>Cryptanark:</i> (Composer) - Okay so when I make songs I usually start out with a dumb gimmick and then I haphazardly flesh it out to an acceptable point (ex. with 72.0x SHOWDOWN COMBO it was the name, with [[track:tick|Tick]] and [[track:tock|Tock]] it was the songs being able to be layered and panned, and with [[track:ringleader-canmt|Ringleader]] it was the time signature). Here I sort of started out with that--I was buying Dr. Pepper for a meme at the grocery store when an 11/8 tune came into my mind and I decided to run with it. It was pretty standard, and as usual I made progress rather slowly. The idea was to slowly build up time signatures to reflect the song building up in intensity and soundscape thickness (you might be able to pick out the song going from 11/8, to 12/8, to 13/4, to 14/8, to 4/4). Then later that week [[artist:cecily-renns|JohnJRenns]] gave a whole spiel on how people take too long to make songs for the sake of making them "the best ever" and that in order to improve we should be maximizing speed over quality to gain experience in retrospect. At first I said "okay that's a good idea maybe I'll do that" but then I thought to myself "no, f*** that, I'm going to do whatever the hell I want with this dumb song, it doesn't even need a gimmick". So I did that, and it took a long time, and it was a little bit tiring, but it was fun. I'll probably do this more often: just having fun. + Okay so when I make songs I usually start out with a dumb gimmick and then I haphazardly flesh it out to an acceptable point (ex. with 72.0x SHOWDOWN COMBO it was the name, with [[Tick]] and [[Tock]] it was the songs being able to be layered and panned, and with [[track:ringleader-canmt|Ringleader]] it was the time signature). Here I sort of started out with that--I was buying Dr. Pepper for a meme at the grocery store when an 11/8 tune came into my mind and I decided to run with it. It was pretty standard, and as usual I made progress rather slowly. The idea was to slowly build up time signatures to reflect the song building up in intensity and soundscape thickness (you might be able to pick out the song going from 11/8, to 12/8, to 13/4, to 14/8, to 4/4). Then later that week [[artist:cecily-renns|JohnJRenns]] gave a whole spiel on how people take too long to make songs for the sake of making them "the best ever" and that in order to improve we should be maximizing speed over quality to gain experience in retrospect. At first I said "okay that's a good idea maybe I'll do that" but then I thought to myself "no, f*** that, I'm going to do whatever the hell I want with this dumb song, it doesn't even need a gimmick". So I did that, and it took a long time, and it was a little bit tiring, but it was fun. I'll probably do this more often: just having fun. The song uses a lot of synths, which is relatively new to me. But it was interesting to get a little bit more room to work with, EQ-wise. Also, my motif spacing was really weird. There's this one section before the piano Aggrieve where I vomited out like 3 or 4 motifs because I realized I wasn't being canwc-relevant enough. Probably the hardest part of making the song was the length. In general, it's really hard for me to make anything longer than 2 minutes because I hate looping/repeating sections. - At the end of the day I guess the song was supposed to serve as the next in a long line of "songs that Crypt made to experiment with new genres"" but I think Spacetime Starstriker sounds too much like a more realized form of [[track:light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel|Light at the End of the Tunnel]] from [[album:call-and-new-2-locomotif|Train Game]]. But hey, it got me to listen to more electronic music, which I almost never do outside of Homestuck. If I never release my solo album, imagine this as track three. Well, have fun with the rest of the album. It's probably our best one. Don't let [[artist:makin|Makin]] tell you otherwise. MEME + At the end of the day I guess the song was supposed to serve as the next in a long line of "songs that Crypt made to experiment with new genres"" but I think Spacetime Starstriker sounds too much like a more realized form of [[Light at the End of the Tunnel]] from [[album:call-and-new-2-locomotif|Train Game]]. But hey, it got me to listen to more electronic music, which I almost never do outside of Homestuck. If I never release my solo album, imagine this as track three. Well, have fun with the rest of the album. It's probably our best one. Don't let [[artist:makin|Makin]] tell you otherwise. MEME --- Track: Harlecoaster (Not Voul. 1 Mix) Artists: @@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ Sampled Tracks: - track:redial-bomberman-hero Commentary: |- <i>Difarem:</i> (Composer) - I'm not really pleased with how this one turned out, especially the ending. It was originally concieved as a corresponding jungle for [[artist:mrcheeze|MrCheeze's]] [[track:cool-and-new-countdown|Cool and New Countdown]], from [[album:call-and-new|call and new]]. + I'm not really pleased with how this one turned out, especially the ending. It was originally concieved as a corresponding jungle for [[artist:mrcheeze|MrCheeze's]] [[Cool and New Countdown]], from [[album:call-and-new|call and new]]. <i>groeuf:</i> (Artist) sounded like some mission impossible shit. idk ive got nothing @@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ Sampled Tracks: - track:moshi-moshi Commentary: |- <i>WHATISLOSTINTHEMINES:</i> (Composer) - I'm so fucking sick of [[track:moshi-moshi|Moshi Moshi]] + I'm so fucking sick of [[Moshi Moshi]] <i>Wheals:</i> (Someone, Somewhere) they're good melodies bront @@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - track:frost-vol6 Commentary: |- <i>Viridian:</i> (Composer) - This originally started as a sequel to [[track:of-orchids-and-roses|Of Orchids and Roses]]. I wanted to remix Mutiny, it was incredibly necessary. It is also probably the only reason this song exists. I also wanted to experiment with slightly more discordant and offputting compositions. + This originally started as a sequel to [[Of Orchids and Roses]]. I wanted to remix Mutiny, it was incredibly necessary. It is also probably the only reason this song exists. I also wanted to experiment with slightly more discordant and offputting compositions. <i>olkiswerve:</i> (Artist) please listen to the phenomenal "still bummed" album by the bandcamp artist "nouns". it's fucking incredible and I love it. link at [https://nounss.bandcamp.com/album/still-bummed](https://nounss.bandcamp.com/album/still-bummed) @@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ Commentary: |- I started off trying to make a parody of [[track:oppa-toby-style|OTS]] but using [[artist:cookiefonster|cookie's]] Rex Mille Geromius motif which is quite beautiful in itself. I then lost track and started making chaotic bullshit. I think it turned out well. (I haven't made a decent song since I made this, and it was 5 weeks ago, please help) <i>Makin:</i> (Artist) - This was originally for [[track:the-souns-of-justis|The Souns of Justis]], but someone forgot to mention they had already done art for it, so I moved the art to something with femora's elitemotif. I painstakingly composed "justice must be a serve" using the Wub Machine DAW (Digital Audio Wubstation). Too advanced for most people. Don't even look it up. + This was originally for [[The Souns of Justis]], but someone forgot to mention they had already done art for it, so I moved the art to something with femora's elitemotif. I painstakingly composed "justice must be a serve" using the Wub Machine DAW (Digital Audio Wubstation). Too advanced for most people. Don't even look it up. <i>ft-rj:</i> (Composer) what the fuck is an elitemotif @@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ Commentary: |- I had fun messing with synths and then suddenly sunsetter happened <i>XenoZane:</i> (Artist) - im not an artist but its fun to mess with some of gimp's default brushes. if that jhon looks good its because he was basically traced from the [[track:conclude|conclude]] art. + im not an artist but its fun to mess with some of gimp's default brushes. if that jhon looks good its because he was basically traced from the [[conclude]] art. Lyrics: |- [Nonsense Vocaloid syllables] --- @@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ Commentary: |- <i>StarlightCalliope:</i> (Composer) Dear god, where do I even start talking about this song? As I’m pretty darn sure you can tell based on both the title, theme, and general feel of the song, this song is intended to be a, “Descend-like,” medley for Cool and New Webcomic. It’s taken a long time to finish working on, (300 hours and work on it since January!!), but I am honestly really proud of how this song turned out. In the song, I referenced... about 44 different songs? Primarily songs released by this very Cool and New Music Team, with a decent bit of songs coming from the Homestuck Music Team, and one reference to a song from the, “[[album:weird-puzzle-tunes|Weird Puzzle Tunes]],” album. - I think one of my favourite things about this, at least in terms of composing, was setting up specific musical ideas/motifs (and that’s the regular use of the term motif, not leitmotif/reference you fricks) and capitalizing on those ideas/motifs throughout the song. One of the most key ideas to the song as a whole, that’s rather integral to it feeling as fast as it does in certain sections, is the use of 32nd notes during portions using Synths. This is first set up during the Moshi Moshi section, and I used this repeatedly in the song both as a way to build tension and keep the listener engaged, and to add an extra bit of cohesivness to the piece as a whole. Repeating references/ideas is another method I used. Such as ending the song the same way it started, with this weird synthy thing from Final Fantasy 6 that has a bunch of delay on it playing a chord. I started the song using an E Minor chord using that thing, and ended the song on a big resolution using an E Major chord. Another example of this was through starting the song off using the same clocks that were used in [[track:cascante|Cascante]], and ending the song with those same clocks. (Albiet, it’s the end of the main part of the song, before the [[Penumbra Phantasm|Penumbra]]-esque bit on the piano with the Horrorterror noises.) + I think one of my favourite things about this, at least in terms of composing, was setting up specific musical ideas/motifs (and that’s the regular use of the term motif, not leitmotif/reference you fricks) and capitalizing on those ideas/motifs throughout the song. One of the most key ideas to the song as a whole, that’s rather integral to it feeling as fast as it does in certain sections, is the use of 32nd notes during portions using Synths. This is first set up during the Moshi Moshi section, and I used this repeatedly in the song both as a way to build tension and keep the listener engaged, and to add an extra bit of cohesivness to the piece as a whole. Repeating references/ideas is another method I used. Such as ending the song the same way it started, with this weird synthy thing from Final Fantasy 6 that has a bunch of delay on it playing a chord. I started the song using an E Minor chord using that thing, and ended the song on a big resolution using an E Major chord. Another example of this was through starting the song off using the same clocks that were used in [[Cascante]], and ending the song with those same clocks. (Albiet, it’s the end of the main part of the song, before the [[Penumbra Phantasm|Penumbra]]-esque bit on the piano with the Horrorterror noises.) Honestly, this track is by and far the song that I’ve put the most effort into out of everything that I’ve tried to make thus far, and I really am proud of it. Although, I do feel like the mixing is a tad lacklustre and there’s literally no mastering. I suppose this shows that I probably should try to improve in terms of Production, though according to a decent portion of the team I am fairly good at Composition, as based on this piece. Really, I am happy with it, and I’m glad to have finally made a song for a main album, as this is my first time doing so. I really hope you folks enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed composing it! :) --- |