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diff --git a/album/archive.yaml b/album/archive.yaml index 334769c..65780fd 100644 --- a/album/archive.yaml +++ b/album/archive.yaml @@ -1,21 +1,28 @@ Album: Archive +Directory: archive Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman Date: July 19, 2016 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 +Date Added: April 13, 2024 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwrc2bi-Eb7q9mvtmLZxyV7nUEYnW5l6o -Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: -- Hadron +- Michael Guy Bowman Color: '#89aebe' Groups: - Michael Guy Bowman - Beyond Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Commissions, novelty tracks, experiments in electronica from 2012-2016. Download features 10 bonus tracks. + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20160910052459/bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive)) + + A compilation of non-album tracks going back a few years presented in reverse chronological order. Tracks 1-4, 12-13 are commissions from various projects, including [[track:jungle-boogie|"Jungle Boogie"]], an outtake from [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Homestuck Vol. 10]]. Tracks 5-11 are single tracks off of Soundcloud selected from 2013. Tracks 14-30 were created by request as rewards for [my Kickstarter from 2012](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/206640136/send-bowman-and-his-band-to-sxsw-2012/). Tracks 31 and 32 are remixes by a couple of friends of tracks off of [[album:ithaca|Ithaca]]. + + There's a lot of jingle length stuff on here, so individual tracks less than a minute long are pay-what-you-want. Enjoy! + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20160910052459/bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive)) + + Written and produced by [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Michael Guy Bowman]]. [[track:aba-daba-honeymoon-archive|"Aba Daba Honeymoon"]] written by Arthur Fields and Walter Donovan. Featuring [[artist:clark-powell|Clark Powell]] (cello; [[track:awake-2012-version|track 17]]), [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik Scheele]] (piano; [[track:ismelda-the-bearded-mermaid|track 23]]), and [[artist:riki-tsuji|Riki Tsuji]] (additional synths, vocals, arrangement; [[track:get-start|track 25]]). [[track:old-buggy-now|"Old Buggy Now"]] remixed by [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy Iamurri]] ([[track:old-buggy-now-solatrus-remix|track 31]]). [[track:ithaca|"Ithaca"]] remixed by [[artist:jamie-paige|Jamie Paige]] ([[track:ithaca-hrmnzr-remix|track 32]]). Banner Artists: - Hadron Banner Dimensions: 975x100 @@ -29,15 +36,50 @@ Additional Files: - banner.png - bg.jpg --- -Group: Main album +Track: Jungle Boogie +Duration: '4:00' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df9m1mux-BU +Referenced Tracks: +- Sburban Jungle +--- +Track: Crimesters Theme +Duration: 0:57 +Referenced Tracks: +- Crimesters Credits --- -Track: Awake (2012 Version) -Contributors: -- Clark Powell (cello) -Duration: '3:32' +Track: Crimesters Credits +Duration: '1:24' URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2012-version -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RhvFHAbB0 +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/emerys-theme +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqCIGInFoA8 +--- +Track: Just Destroy It +Duration: '1:30' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/just-destroy-it +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QZ-3oBnzOI +--- +Track: Got It? +Duration: '2:52' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/got-it +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScxdTiqjD5U +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726025558/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/got-it)) + + Feeling very electric. +--- +Track: Awake +Directory: awake-archive +Always Reference By Directory: true +Duration: '3:28' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2013-version +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmKaslOTrXs +Referenced Tracks: +- Awake (2012 Version) Lyrics: |- Awake again Here in my bed @@ -67,17 +109,19 @@ Lyrics: |- I rise to meet the coming day But someone's laughing far away Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Kaolin Maia Cash, 2012 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726105226/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/awake-2013-version)) + + A new version of "Awake" which I'm very fond of as far as songs go. --- -Track: Got It? -Duration: '2:52' +Track: Polyominoes +Duration: '3:56' URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/got-it -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScxdTiqjD5U +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/polyominoes +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Nkz4nKzNo Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727190307/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/polyominoes)) + + Little blocks stacked together. --- Track: Airwaves Duration: '3:02' @@ -114,9 +158,279 @@ Lyrics: |- Blow away everybody you pass Just a bunch of peculiar people Looking for a party to crash +--- +Track: Gondwanaland +Duration: '2:36' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/gondwanaland +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79TReINYQ0 +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727215042/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/gondwanaland)) + + Continents drifting together and apart - hundreds of millions of years of geological history illustrated in a few minutes. +--- +Track: Slow Bay +Additional Names: +- Slow Day Bay (SoundCloud) +Duration: '2:41' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/slow-bay +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feyHwRVnPWE +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726011509/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/slow-day-bay)) + + Another calm piece. This might become a thing for me. +--- +Track: The New Window +Duration: '2:26' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-new-window +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ZLS3bp13s +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726081932/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/the-new-window)) + + Something short for all the daydreamers. +--- +Track: Electroverture +Duration: '2:38' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/electroverture +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9O7DOmuEqk +--- +Track: Aba Daba Honeymoon +Directory: aba-daba-honeymoon-archive +Duration: '1:27' +Referenced Tracks: +- track:aba-daba-honeymoon +Lyrics: |- + Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab + Said the chimpie to the monk + Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab + Said the monkey to the chimp + + All night long they chatter away + All day long they were happy and gay + Swingin' and singin' + In their honkie tonkie way + + Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab + Means Monk I love but you + Baba daba dab in monkey talk + Means Chimp I love you too + + Then the big baboon one night in June + He married them and very soon + They went upon their aba daba honeymoon + + Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab + Said the chimpie to the monk + Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab + Said the monkey to the chimp + + All night long they chatter away + All day long they were happy and gay + Swingin' and singin' + In their honkie tonkie way + + Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab + Means Monk I love but you + Baba daba dab in monkey talk + Means Chimp I love you too + + Then the big baboon one night in June + He married them and very soon + They went upon their aba daba honeymoon +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726032413/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/aba-daba-honeymoon)) + + As commissioned by [[artist:chris-sweet|Chris Sweet]] for Effing Decaf's Transdimensional Mormon Summer Vacation! + + "[[track:aba-daba-honeymoon|Aba Daba Honeymoon]]" is a classic song by [[artist:arthur-fields|Arthur Fields]] and [[artist:walter-donovan|Walter Donovan]] from 1914. This particular butchering is an assault on the senses with the whimsical sci-fi flavor we've come to know and love from the many adventures chronicled in Effing Decaf, specifically a recent episode concerned with a variety of magic words. Enjoy! + + READ THE COMIC: [effingdecaf.blogspot.com/](https://effingdecaf.blogspot.com/) + + <i>Chris Sweet:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/aba-daba-honeymoon.png" width="300"> +--- +Track: Valentine To Sarah From Julian +Additional Names: +- sandpaper.flp (sketch filename) +- To Sarah From Julian (SoundCloud) +Duration: '2:12' +Lyrics: |- + Nobody + Would ever have guessed we'd be homebuddies + Or that you even would be somebody + To someone you barely knew like me + + Like me + Like me + Like me + + I met you + Through a mutual friend + Oh, we were introduced + All I knew was you liked Doctor Who + I guess that was good enough for me + + For me + For me + For me + + I wanna play that + Like a snow-baked thing + I couldn't say that + 'Cuz this ain't just a fling + I wanna know you + Like the back of my hand + I gotta show you + The person I really am + + We'll make our own world + Where we can run away + To where it's all play + All day + Yeah yeah yeah + + [Scatting] + + You called me + Just seconds before I tried to + Make my plea + For you to entertain this + Fantasy + So glad to know that it was + Not just me + + Just me + Just me + Just me + + Now you're here + We're sharing together in these golden years + And though our lives have many hopes and fears + I'll be there with you and me + + You and me + You and me + You and me + You and me + + (Mwah!) +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727185808/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/to-sarah-from-julian)) + + New commission: a love letter from fundraiser backer Julian Low to his girlfriend Sarah. In it I recount the story of their relationship as Julian recounted it to me. + + This track is so saccharine that I was almost too embarrassed to upload it. It's based around a sketch I wrote back in 2009 which just laid around on my computer as "sandpaper.flp" for the longest time. Now it's got me doing scat on it. + + Hope you enjoy it, Sarah! Julian cares for you deeply and I hope it comes across in this song. +--- +Track: Make It Bounce +Duration: '1:47' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/make-it-bounce +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Z9FMR4R_E +Lyrics: |- + Make it bounce + Make it bounce + Make it bounce +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727190648/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/make-it-bounce)) + + Commissioned by McKinley Freeman. The request was simply "Butts". When you listen, imagine all of humanity twerking as one in perfect harmony. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/make-it-bounce.jpg" width="300"> +--- +Track: Diamonds and Diamonds and Diamonds +Duration: '1:56' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQVevEiNKM +Lyrics: |- + Hidden from the naked eye + Beyond the view of telescopes + Behind the diamonds in the sky + From where the oldest light elopes + Nothing written in the waves + The signal's clear, the picture's black + Nothing standing in the way + The anti-matter stares straight back + Nothing to see but diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds + + Objects brighter than the sun + Shift to red and fade away + A universe built on the run + Eclipsed so easily by the day + Nothing written in the waves + Event horizon, no return + Nothing standing in the way + Perhaps these things cannot be learned + Nothing there but diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727181631/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/diamonds-and-diamonds-and)) + + Commissioned by Michael Orr for the fundraiser and all that. + + Here's the request: "A song about... space? More specifically black holes, dark matter, objects slipping beyond the horizon of the visible universe. Things we observe without seeing, and things we will never be able to observe." + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds.jpg" width="300"> +--- +Track: Awake (2012 Version) +Additional Names: +- Name: >- + Awake (feat. Clark Powell) + Annotation: >- + SoundCloud +Contributors: +- Clark Powell (cello) +Duration: '3:32' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2012-version +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RhvFHAbB0 +Lyrics: |- + Awake again + Here in my bed + Eyes staring up at the ceiling + + A breath of air + Light in my window + Heart still aglow with the feeling + I was dreaming + + Another time, another place + A strange and yet familiar face + Buried deep within my bed + I wade through memories in my head + + My sock's half on + Hand in a book + Finger is still on the chapter + + We both were there + I told a joke + I can't recall what came after + Just your laughter + + Clock goes off across the room + And time restarts and life resumes + I rise to meet the coming day + But someone's laughing far away Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150725095228/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/awake-feat-clark-powell)) + + Commissioned by Samuel Bennallick. Cello by [[artist:clark-powell|Clark Powell]]. + + Request was as follows: "...the confusion one feels upon waking up from a particularly intense dream; good or bad. The struggle to come to terms with some shocking imagery or, if it was a particularly good dream, the realisation that you're not in that euphoric state you dreamt about and waking up into the dull monotony of life." + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/awake-2012-version.jpg" width="300"> --- Track: Mad Science Duration: '3:14' @@ -199,8 +513,49 @@ Lyrics: |- "Okay, back to work." Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Nich Maragos, 2012 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727191746/http://soundcloud.com:80/michael-guy-bowman/mad-science)) + + Another commission! This one was requested by Nich Maragos and celebrates a certain legendary character trope. + + Request was as follows: "I would like a song celebrating mad science. Those fools at the institute said it couldn't be done! But you'll show them! Ahahaha!" +--- +Track: This Sunset +Duration: '3:20' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/this-sunset +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzAs-WDXdNU +Lyrics: |- + As I watch this sunset + The enchantment of the long night descends around me + Through the fading blue sky, stars arrive quietly + And the chirps of crickets herald the golden hour + + The day is at an end + And there are ten million things I'll have to do before I sleep + In the morning, there will be ten million, yet still + And then again, a sunset + + But in this moment + The sun is not just some giant ball put there to make me feel small + It is an old friend who I have known longer than anyone else + And this evening, I am by its side to tuck it into bed + + In this moment + I can feel only the grace of the world around me + This calm, this light, this air, this body + This sunset +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727213154/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/this-sunset)) + + This is a chill-as-ice spoken word track commissioned by Leigh-Ann Peach called "This Sunset". If "[[track:awake-2012-version|Awake]]" is my ode to dawn, this is my ode to dusk. The original request is as follows: + + "I'd like a song about being happy for the sake of it, featuring blue skies and space. Because those two things are cool. anything hopeful and would cheer people up if they were sad too." + + Enjoy. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/this-sunset.jpg" width="300"> --- Track: Millennium Bug Duration: '3:33' @@ -208,11 +563,51 @@ URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/millennium-bug - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzogRWBZ1E Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Sixar, 2012 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150725200632/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/millenium-bug)) + + Another commission! This one is a full-length instrumental requested by Sixar for use in a forthcoming project. + + Request is as follows: "I'd like you to write a theme for one of the worlds that features prominently in a project I've been working on behind the scenes. It'd serve as a theme song for both the planet in question and maybe the project in general..." + + "...Basically, I'd like something adventurous, perhaps a little dark, and a bit sci-fi. Instrumental would be fantastic." + + Better than a music video, here's the fantastic projection-based Christmas display Yuletide Lights by Pollyck: [youtu.be/8yAoG1wbonw](https://web.archive.org/web/20121224202049/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yAoG1wbonw&gl=US&hl=en) +--- +Track: Know That You're Mine +Duration: '1:58' +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/know-that-youre-mine +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4cJj6lakM +Lyrics: |- + I'll pack a blanket, a handwoven basket + Of red roses and wine + Rest with me here on this bed made of grass + And I'll know, know that you're mine + + In the cool of the evening the sound of your breathing + Seems all that you dare need to say + With incense and flowers, the minutes and hours + Like fluttering leaves slip away + + The sky turns from blue to an orange to black + With the slow passage of time + We ought to be home, but you know that I'm yours + And I know, know that you're mine + + We will look to the skies with our twinkling eyes + And we'll write out our names in the stars + Though it's dark here on land, when we're both holding hands + All the lights up above will be ours +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150725185437/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/know-that-youre-mine)) + + A delightful little song commissioned by Kalen Boley for my SXSW fundraiser. + + Request is as follows: "Something kinda romantic or nostalgic, about stargazing with a sweetheart?" --- Track: Far Away Directory: far-away-archive +Always Reference By Directory: true Duration: 0:53 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/far-away @@ -231,48 +626,40 @@ Lyrics: |- Body of the aether's night Takes you on your maiden flight! Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Jon Drobny, 2012 ---- -Track: Gondwanaland -Duration: '2:36' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/gondwanaland -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79TReINYQ0 -Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150725065715/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/far-away)) + + Another dang commission from my fundraiser. This one, called "Far Away" is a jingle commissioned by Jon Drobny. Original request as follows: + + "I was thinking about space exploration - something about being farther away from one's home than anyone's ever been before." + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/far-away.png" width="300"> --- -Track: Diamonds and Diamonds and Diamonds -Duration: '1:56' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQVevEiNKM +Track: Ismelda The Bearded Mermaid +Additional Names: +- Name: >- + Ismelda the Bearded Mermaid (feat. Erik Scheele) + Annotation: >- + SoundCloud +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (piano) +Duration: 0:52 Lyrics: |- - Hidden from the naked eye - Beyond the view of telescopes - Behind the diamonds in the sky - From where the oldest light elopes - Nothing written in the waves - The signal's clear, the picture's black - Nothing standing in the way - The anti-matter stares straight back - Nothing to see but diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds - - Objects brighter than the sun - Shift to red and fade away - A universe built on the run - Eclipsed so easily by the day - Nothing written in the waves - Event horizon, no return - Nothing standing in the way - Perhaps these things cannot be learned - Nothing there but diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds and diamonds + (Ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct privilege to bring the sounds of Ismelda, the Bearded Mermaid!) + (Once again, faster!) + (Faster, still!) + (Yes!) Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Michael Orr, 2012 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726121301/http://soundcloud.com:80/michael-guy-bowman/ismelda-the-bearded-mermaid)) + + Commissioned by [[artist:brad-griffin|Brad Griffin]] for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser. Featuring the piano stylings of [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik Scheele]]. + + Request: "I have no preference as far as topic, but something in 6/8 time would be awesome." --- Track: Bandages +Directory: bandages-archive +Always Reference By Directory: true Duration: 0:56 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/bandages @@ -292,64 +679,104 @@ Lyrics: |- The Bandages The Bandages Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Colin "Bandages" Burns, 2012 ---- -Track: Electroverture -Duration: '2:38' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/electroverture -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9O7DOmuEqk -Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Commission for Cari Garafalo, 2013 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727222114/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/bandages)) + + The personal anthem of Colin Burns, known as "Bandages" on various forums. Commissioned for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/bandages.png" width="300"> --- -Track: Emery's Theme -Duration: '1:24' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/emerys-theme -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqCIGInFoA8 +Track: Get Start! +Additional Names: +- Name: >- + Get Start! (feat. Astro Kid) + Annotation: >- + SoundCloud +Duration: '1:48' +Artists: +- Michael Guy Bowman +- Riki Tsuji (arrangement) +Contributors: +- Riki Tsuji (additional synths, vocals) Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Commission for Emery Ferguson, 2015 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726011326/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/get-start)) + + Commissioned by Alex Coady for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser. Featuring vox and additional sequencing by Astro Kid. + + Request was to make a 1-2 minute song that was "upbeat, melodic, and happy". --- -Track: Know That You're Mine -Duration: '1:58' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/know-that-youre-mine -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4cJj6lakM +Track: You Are The Birthday Girl +Duration: 0:26 Lyrics: |- - I’ll pack a blanket, a handwoven basket - Of red roses and wine - Rest with me here on this bed made of grass - And I’ll know, know that you’re mine + Hooray for you, kid + It's your birthday + Let's all sing along - In the cool of the evening the sound of your breathing - Seems all that you dare need to say - With incense and flowers, the minutes and hours - Like fluttering leaves slip away + Birthday + Birthday + Birthday + Birthday + You are the birthday girl - The sky turns from blue to an orange to black - With the slow passage of time - We ought to be home, but you know that I’m yours - And I know, know that you’re mine + Birthday + Birthday + Birthday + Birth + You're the best girl in the world - We will look to the skies with our twinkling eyes - And we’ll write out our names in the stars - Though it’s dark here on land, when we’re both holding hands - All the lights up above will be ours + You're one year older than you were last year + So let's all have a big three cheers + For this is the best day of the year + Happy birthday to Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Kalen Boley, 2012 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726074549/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/you-are-the-birthday-girl)) + + This is a birthday song you can sing whenever wherever - I don't care if it's in a movie or any derivative work of any kind! Let the jerks that own "Happy Birthday To You" go straight to hell! + + PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS: Play either this song or its alternate version, "[[track:you-are-the-birthday-boy|You Are the Birthday Boy]]" and then say their name at the end after "Happy Birthday to..." + + Commissioned by fellow MSPA musician [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy Iamurri]] for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser whose birthday was a couple of days ago and for whom I attempted to make this birthday jingle. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/you-are-the-birthday-girl.png" width="300"> --- -Track: Just Destroy It -Duration: '1:30' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/just-destroy-it -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QZ-3oBnzOI +Track: You Are The Birthday Boy +Duration: 0:26 +Lyrics: |- + Hooray for you, kid + It's your birthday + Let's all sing along + + Birthday + Birthday + Birthday + Birthday + You are the birthday boy + + Birthday + Birthday + Birthday + Birthday + You are the pride and joy + + You're one year older than you were last year + So let's all have a big three cheers + For this is the best day of the year + Happy birthday to Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Commission for Lindsay Hejl, 2014 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726141343/http://soundcloud.com:80/michael-guy-bowman/you-are-the-birthday-boy)) + + This is a birthday song you can sing whenever wherever - I don't care if it's in a movie or any derivative work of any kind! Let the jerks that own "Happy Birthday To You" go straight to hell! + + PARTICIPATION INSTRUCTIONS: Play either this song or its alternate version, "[[track:you-are-the-birthday-girl|You Are the Birthday Girl]]" and then say their name at the end after "Happy Birthday to..." + + Commissioned by fellow MSPA musician [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy Iamurri]] for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser whose birthday was a couple of days ago and for whom I attempted to make this birthday jingle. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/you-are-the-birthday-boy.png" width="300"> --- Track: In The Marching Band Duration: '1:00' @@ -383,21 +810,17 @@ Lyrics: |- Testing our attention span Oh why'd we join the marching band? Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Mason Herschberg, 2012 ---- -Track: Make It Bounce -Duration: '1:47' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/make-it-bounce -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Z9FMR4R_E -Lyrics: |- - Make it bounce - Make it bounce - Make it bounce -Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for McKinley Freeman, 2012 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727175329/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/in-the-marching-band)) + + Commissioned by Mason Herschberg for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser. + + Original request as follows: + + "Marching Band really changed my life in 2011 so I figured a neat little jingle about Marching Band would be a fun thing to use as a ringtone and show my friends that also know about your music! I'd like like it to be funny and lighthearted." + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) + + <img src="media/misc/in-the-marching-band.png" width="300"> --- Track: Explosion Force (They Do It Right) Duration: '1:57' @@ -447,306 +870,49 @@ Lyrics: |- When the war is over, then you'll see why Explosion Force, they do it right! Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Jeremy Geist, 2012 ---- -Track: The New Window -Duration: '2:26' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-new-window -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03ZLS3bp13s -Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 ---- -Track: Polyominoes -Duration: '3:56' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/polyominoes -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Nkz4nKzNo -Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 ---- -Track: Slow Bay -Duration: '2:41' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/slow-bay -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feyHwRVnPWE -Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 ---- -Track: This Sunset -Duration: '3:20' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/this-sunset -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzAs-WDXdNU -Lyrics: |- - As I watch this sunset - The enchantment of the long night descends around me - Through the fading blue sky, stars arrive quietly - And the chirps of crickets herald the golden hour + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726010937/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/explosion-force-they-do-it)) - The day is at an end - And there are ten million things I'll have to do before I sleep - In the morning, there will be ten million, yet still - And then again, a sunset + Commissioned by Jeremy Geist for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser. - But in this moment - The sun is not just some giant ball put there to make me feel small - It is an old friend who I have known longer than anyone else - And this evening, I am by its side to tuck it into bed + Original request as follows: - In this moment - I can feel only the grace of the world around me - This calm, this light, this air, this body - This sunset -Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Kickstarter reward for Leigh-Ann Peach, 2012 ---- -Track: Jungle Boogie -Duration: '4:00' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df9m1mux-BU -Referenced Tracks: -- track:sburban-jungle -Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Outtake from [[album:homestuck-vol-10]], 2016 ---- -Track: Awake (2013 Version) -Duration: '3:28' -URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2013-version -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmKaslOTrXs -Referenced Tracks: -- Awake (2012 Version) -Lyrics: |- - Awake again - Here in my bed - Eyes staring up at the ceiling - - A breath of air - Light in my window - Heart still aglow with the feeling - I was dreaming + "I and some of my friends at college enjoy playing a game called 'Hunter: The Vigil'. It's a tabletop role-playing game where you're a bunch of hunters attempting to take down the assorted horrors of the night. Our characters are members of VASCU, a secret section of the FBI dedicated to taking down supernatural serial killers. - Another time, another place - A strange and yet familiar face - Buried deep within my bed - I wade through memories in my head + Our cell name is 'Explosion Force'. - My sock's half on - Hand in a book - Finger is still on the chapter + If you couldn't tell, we quickly shifted the tone of the game from 'Supernatural' to 'The A-Team'. - We both were there - I told a joke - I can't recall what came after - Just your laughter + The characters are:<br> + -Arthur Spencer, a hardboiled detective with nothing to lose.<br> + -Felix Gant, a graduate student investigating the disappearance of his father. A vengeful spirit named Alan lives in his arm.<br> + -David Bramble, an ex-military agent who enjoys guns, threatening people, and throwing his weight around.<br> + -Brian McLane (my character!), a grizzled fellow who joined WitSec after VASCU put the blame on him in order to cover up mass Meso-American mummy murder. Both the team driver and the team drunk. - Clock goes off across the room - And time restarts and life resumes - I rise to meet the coming day - But someone's laughing far away -Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Soundcloud, 2013 ---- -Group: Bonus tracks ---- -Track: Aba Daba Honeymoon -Directory: aba-daba-honeymoon-archive -Duration: '1:27' -Has URLs: false -Referenced Tracks: -- track:aba-daba-honeymoon -Lyrics: |- - Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Said the chimpie to the monk - Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Said the monkey to the chimp - - All night long they chatter away - All day long they were happy and gay - Swingin' and singin' - In their honkie tonkie way - - Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Means Monk I love but you - Baba daba dab in monkey talk - Means Chimp I love you too - - Then the big baboon one night in June - He married them and very soon - They went upon their aba daba honeymoon + The Explosion Force drives around in the Explosionmobile, a large van with the most bitchin' van art of all time: On the left side, a wizard plays guitar that shoots blue lightning, while on the right, a bear plays guitar that shoots green lightning. The lightning bolts meet in the back of the van and cause an explosion. The van also has a giant laser cannon under the hood. - Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Said the chimpie to the monk - Baba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Said the monkey to the chimp + Every team needs a faceless, shadowy organization to fight, and in this case it's the Cult of Scars, full of people who love scars and/or human experimentation. - All night long they chatter away - All day long they were happy and gay - Swingin' and singin' - In their honkie tonkie way + Long story short, we've all chipped in for you to write the Explosion Force theme song (as if it were a weekly TV show). Do cheesy, yet inspirational '80s rock like 'Eye of the Tiger' or 'The Touch'." - Aba daba daba daba daba daba dab - Means Monk I love but you - Baba daba dab in monkey talk - Means Chimp I love you too + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) - Then the big baboon one night in June - He married them and very soon - They went upon their aba daba honeymoon ---- -Track: Valentine To Sarah From Julian -Duration: '2:12' -Has URLs: false -Lyrics: |- - Nobody - Would ever have guessed we'd be homebuddies - Or that you even would be somebody - To someone you barely knew like me - - Like me - Like me - Like me - - I met you - Through a mutual friend - Oh, we were introduced - All I knew was you liked Doctor Who - I guess that was good enough for me - - For me - For me - For me - - I wanna play that - Like a snow-baked thing - I couldn't say that - 'Cuz this ain't just a fling - I wanna know you - Like the back of my hand - I gotta show you - The person I really am - - We'll make our own world - Where we can run away - To where it's all play - All day - Yeah yeah yeah - - [Dare you to transcribe this part, Niklink!] - - You called me - Just seconds before I tried to - Make my plea - For you to entertain this - Fantasy - So glad to know that it was - Not just me - - Just me - Just me - Just me - - Now you're here - We're sharing together in these golden years - And though our lives have many hopes and fears - I'll be there with you and me - - You and me - You and me - You and me - You and me - - (Mwah!) ---- -Track: Ismelda The Bearded Mermaid -Contributors: -- Erik Scheele (piano) -Duration: 0:52 -Has URLs: false -Lyrics: |- - (Ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct privilege to bring the sounds of Ismelda, the Bearded Mermaid!) - (Once again, faster!) - (Faster, still!) - (Yes!) ---- -Track: Emery's Theme (Fast Version) -Duration: 0:57 -Has URLs: false -Referenced Tracks: -- Emery's Theme + <img src="media/misc/explosion-force-they-do-it-right.png" width="300"> --- Track: Conro Corp Anthem Duration: 0:36 -Has URLs: false ---- -Track: Get Start! -Duration: '1:48' -Has URLs: false ---- -Track: You Are The Birthday Boy -Duration: 0:26 -Has URLs: false -Lyrics: |- - Hooray for you, kid - It's your birthday - Let's all sing along - - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - You are the birthday boy - - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - You are the pride and joy - - You're one year older than you were last year - So let's all have a big three cheers - For this is the best day of the year - Happy birthday to ---- -Track: You Are The Birthday Girl -Duration: 0:26 -Has URLs: false -Lyrics: |- - Hooray for you, kid - It's your birthday - Let's all sing along +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, [SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150725112211/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/conro-corp-anthem)) - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - You are the birthday girl + Commissioned by Connor Norris for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser. - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - Birth - You're the best girl in the world + Original request as follows: - You're one year older than you were last year - So let's all have a big three cheers - For this is the best day of the year - Happy birthday to + "For a series called 'untitled' about some guys who have a magic office building with an elevator to other universes. There'd be a lot of video game stuff referenced. They all work for a company called Conro Corp which is an actual group that will make games and other things. Pretty much I would like a jingle that could function as the Conro Corp jingle both in the show and in actual things, the theme for the show, and has a 8-bit like vibe to it. If it could be instrumental, great." --- Track: Old Buggy Now (Solatrus remix) Artists: - Solatrus Duration: '4:04' -Has URLs: false Referenced Tracks: - Old Buggy Now Lyrics: |- @@ -755,7 +921,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Hear me radio, play the song I know Take me where I long to go - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now + 'Cause there's nobody nobody now Who can hear me or stop me now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now @@ -765,17 +931,17 @@ Lyrics: |- Somewhere in the sky a satellite on high Watches with its lonely eye - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now + 'Cause there's nobody nobody now Who can hear me or stop me now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now + 'Cause there's nobody nobody now + 'Cause there's nobody nobody now + 'Cause there's nobody nobody now + 'Cause there's nobody nobody now - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now + 'Cause there's nobody nobody now Who can hear me or stop me now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now @@ -792,9 +958,8 @@ Lyrics: |- --- Track: Ithaca (hrmnzr remix) Artists: -- Jamie Paige Stanley +- Jamie Paige Duration: '4:14' -Has URLs: false Referenced Tracks: - Ithaca Lyrics: |- @@ -804,7 +969,7 @@ Lyrics: |- For this moment A time to call my own, a place to call my homeland - It’s come here far too soon + It's come here far too soon I sit around my room Hatching my plans and schemes I mostly leave forgotten @@ -812,8 +977,8 @@ Lyrics: |- Amused but still deranged, divided on the inside Returning to the core - The place I can’t ignore - The wonder behind the fear I just can’t seem to shake off + The place I can't ignore + The wonder behind the fear I just can't seem to shake off Oo-ee-oo To dream or do @@ -830,7 +995,7 @@ Lyrics: |- To Ithaca I sailed And though I have not failed - My home is a fleeting camp, the journey’s just beginning + My home is a fleeting camp, the journey's just beginning Oo-ee-oo To dream or do |