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diff --git a/album/archive.yaml b/album/archive.yaml index a302be73..89904a57 100644 --- a/album/archive.yaml +++ b/album/archive.yaml @@ -2,19 +2,18 @@ Album: Archive Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman Date: July 19, 2016 -Date Added: February 12, 2021 +Date Added: January 29, 2025 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lwrc2bi-Eb7q9mvtmLZxyV7nUEYnW5l6o +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k06fobJe_L17Ls3-0TVjlL3JhF1AlJUn0 +- https://open.spotify.com/album/1dK7fSX1T8dAcSRrNGpBds +- https://music.apple.com/album/archive/1774149625 Cover Artists: - Hadron -Color: '#89aebe' +Color: '#e3c4d5' 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. Banner Artists: - Hadron Banner Dimensions: 975x100 @@ -24,19 +23,265 @@ Wallpaper Artists: Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.7;' Additional Files: - Title: Bandcamp Banner and Background + Description: >- + From the original 2016 release. Files: - banner.png - bg.jpg +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive), 10/11/2024) + + Extraneous tracks from 2012-2016 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. Tracks 31 and 32 are remixes by a couple of friends of tracks off of [[album:ithaca|Ithaca]]. + + <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 10/12/2024) + + Archive was originally released on Bandcamp on [[date:7/19/2016]]. Due to a copyright claim on the stock cloud photo in its cover artwork, that release was taken offline in July 2018. After workshopping a new cover made from original assets, Bowman worked with [[artist:hadron]] to create the final artwork for a rerelease on or around [[date:9/24/2018]]. + + Although all 32 tracks remained present, the 2018 track order was quite different. + + <details><summary>2018 track list details</summary> + + The first 22 tracks were public on Bandcamp and also listenable on streaming platforms: + + 1. [[track:awake-2012-version|Awake (2012 Version)]] + 2. [[track:got-it|Got It?]] + 3. [[track:airwaves|Airwaves]] + 4. [[track:mad-science|Mad Science]] + 5. [[track:millennium-bug|Millennium Bug]] + 6. [[track:far-away-archive|Far Away]] + 7. [[track:gondwanaland|Gondwanaland]] + 8. [[track:diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds|Diamonds and Diamonds and Diamonds]] + 9. [[track:bandages-archive|Bandages]] + 10. [[track:electroverture|Electroverture]] + 11. [[track:crimesters-credits|Emery's Theme]] (née "Crimesters Credits") + 12. [[track:know-that-youre-mine|Know That You're Mine]] + 13. [[track:just-destroy-it|Just Destroy It]] + 14. [[track:in-the-marching-band|In The Marching Band]] + 15. [[track:make-it-bounce|Make It Bounce]] + 16. [[track:explosion-force-they-do-it-right|Explosion Force (They Do It Right)]] + 17. [[track:the-new-window|The New Window]] + 18. [[track:polyominoes|Polyominoes]] + 19. [[track:slow-bay|Slow Bay]] + 20. [[track:this-sunset|This Sunset]] + 21. [[track:jungle-boogie|Jungle Boogie]] + 22. [[track:awake-2013-version|Awake (2013 Version)]] (née "Awake") + + The remaining 10 were exclusively available as bonus tracks from Bandcamp: + + 23. [[track:aba-daba-honeymoon-archive|Aba Daba Honeymoon]] + 24. [[track:valentine-to-sarah-from-julian|Valentine To Sarah From Julian]] + 25. [[track:ismelda-the-bearded-mermaid|Ismelda The Bearded Mermaid]] + 26. [[track:crimesters-theme|Emery's Theme (Fast Version)]] (née "Crimsters Theme") + 27. [[track:conro-corp-anthem|Conro Corp Anthem]] + 28. [[track:get-start|Get Start!]] + 29. [[track:you-are-the-birthday-boy|You Are The Birthday Boy]] + 30. [[track:you-are-the-birthday-girl|You Are The Birthday Girl]] + 31. [[track:old-buggy-now-solatrus-remix|Old Buggy Now (Solatrus remix)]] + 32. [[track:ithaca-hrmnzr-remix|Ithaca (hrmnzr remix)]] + + </details> + + In October 2024, Bowman restored the track list of Archive to its original 2016 order - making all 32 tracks public on Bandcamp and available on streaming. Retained from the 2018 release, [[track:awake-2013-version]] remains named so, rather than just "Awake" as it was originally called. The 2018 release's cover artwork was also kept. + + Bowman shared some background for the album, and the motivation for these changes, in the Bowmantown Discord server: + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 10/7/2024) + + I'd like to talk about something I'm mulling over which is restoring Archive back to its original track listing. + + When I originally put out the album I was making up for the fact that so much material had been shuffled off to random corners of the Internet with no real plan for a formal release. I'd held onto that stuff for so long because it didn't really form a coherent album and I think I was being fairly protective of there being some image involved here. + + That said, it looked like the culture of the Internet had gotten so oriented toward just churning out and dumping content that I felt like maybe I was being too precious by not putting it all out there. Considering things like C148's mega-long albums of just random scraps or people like Andrew Huang and Jonathan Coulton I felt weirdly like the dark horse trying to do the classic album cycle recording process. + + So I went ahead and just compiled all that stuff from 2012 to 2016 that had been finished to some degree and released it as one album. + + Looking back I think it was basically the best solution to the problem of having "unreleased" material that people were already semi-attached to. But I think the neurotic feeling that it was somehow a botched release got to me and rearranging it was meant to make it more programatic. + + But creating a situation where 10 tracks were completely behind a paywall never to be streamable on so many different platforms, especially now that streaming is basically the main way people listen to music, seems incredibly short-sighted. + + Also seeing the confusion it's created for the homestuck music wiki really gets me! + + <details><summary>So here's I'm considering doing ASAP</summary> + + 1. The album will go back to its original running order with no bonus tracks - Bandcamp customers will be able to download the album in its restored format as soon as it's available if they so choose. + + 2. The new album art will remain in place due to the copyright claim on my original art, personally I think it's superior work anyway and I'm satisfied with what [[artist:hadron|Hadron]] was able to cook up for me. + + 3. [[track:crimesters-theme|"Crimesters Theme"]] and [[track:crimesters-credits|"Crimesters Credits"]] will have their titles restored. + + 4. [[track:awake-2013-version|"Awake (2013 Version)"]] and [[track:awake-2012-version|"Awake (2012 Version)"]] will remain labeled as such, I think choosing one version over the other to not have a dated version behind it would overemphasize one or the other which doesn't really make sense. + + 5. It will be re-distributed to platforms, replacing the currently uploaded version. This may create some issues with playlists, but I'd rather have one single complete edition of the album available rather than competing versions. + + <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 10/12/2024) + + From when Bowman's discography was first added to the wiki ([[news-entry:retrace-retexture|February 2021]]), the sole album entry for Archive had been based on the 2018 release. Later on (around [[news-entry:lets-make-this-a-thing|April 2024]]), we learned about the original 2016 release. Because of the differences in track order and cover artwork, we decided to represent both versions of Archive on the wiki - but practically speaking, this made Archive look like as though it was *two* albums. + + From later 2024 on - following discussion in Bowmantown about the presentation of Archive, and various wiki concepts - these two entries are consolidated as a single album on the wiki. We reflect the track list from 2024, with tracks [[track:crimesters-theme]], [[track:crimesters-credits]], and [[track:awake-2013-version]] getting their earlier-release names as "additional names". Commentary from the various releases and platforms is all here, too. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (original artwork) + + <img src="media/misc/archive-original-cover.jpg" width="300"> + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord re: artwork for 2018 release, excerpts, 9/4/2018) + + I've been playing with some ideas for a new version of the cover, I wanted to see what you thought. + + Here's a really rough one I put together a few days ago: + + Unfinished "Archive" 2nd edition cover. + + <img src="media/misc/archive-2018-wip.jpg" width="300"> + + > oh wow that’s really cool too<br> + > that could be pretty sick<br> + > although I don’t know how well it fits the calmer songs like awake + + Interesting, is the EYE too abrasive? + + I've considered versions with an all-seeing Illuminati-esque eye on the screen. + + What do you think of using a laptop + + It's the actual one I used until 2012 so it has special significance. + + It's been shopped a little to make it more symmetrical, just like the old picture. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, excerpts, 9/24/2018) + + [[artist:hadron|@Hadronus]] did great work on the new art and gave me way more than I expected from the new computer he rendered + + The hand was his idea<br> + The clouds are not mine but are purchased with a royalty-free license<br> + I added the same gradient map as before + + It should be on Spotify soon and I’ll make a new “best of” playlist + + This has been hanging over me for a while so I’m glad to get this done + + <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 10/12/2024) + + 2024's Bandcamp about and credits blurbs are mostly based on the 2016 release's, although there are slight differences. The 2018 release had only a short about blurb. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20160802045455/https://bowman.bandcamp.com/), 7/19/2016) + + 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 about blurb, 9/24/2018) + + Commissions, novelty tracks, experiments in electronica from 2012-2016. Download features 10 bonus tracks. +Credit Sources: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20160802045455/https://bowman.bandcamp.com/), excerpt, 7/19/2016) + + 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]]). + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/archive), excerpt, 10/11/2024) + + Music by [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Michael Guy Bowman]]. [[track:aba-daba-honeymoon-archive|"Aba Daba Honeymoon"]] written by [[artist:arthur-fields|Arthur Fields]] and [[artist:walter-donovan|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]]), [[artist:riki-tsuji|Riki Tsuji]] (additional synths, vocals, arrangement; [[track:get-start|track 25]]), [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy Iamurri]] (remix; [[track:old-buggy-now-solatrus-remix|track 31]]), and [[artist:jamie-paige|Jamie Paige]] (remix; [[track:ithaca-hrmnzr-remix|track 32]]). + + Cover art by [[artist:hadron|Hadron]]. --- -Section: Main album +Track: Jungle Boogie +Duration: 4:00 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXD_CB_BBZ8 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/23HB9x4SalFIW1K0C5CYQ5 +- https://music.apple.com/album/jungle-boogie/1774149625?i=1774149626 +Referenced Tracks: +- Sburban Jungle +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Tumblr](https://web.archive.org/web/20181217214421/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/147710798005/figured-id-just-make-a-special-post-to-shout-out), 7/20/2016) + [Bandcamp embed](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie) + + Figured I’d just make a special post to shout out to the Homestuck types who still lurk Tumblr’s haunted halls. “Jungle Boogie” was produced for [[album:homestuck-vol-10]] and is a new arrangement of [[Sburban Jungle|“Sburban Jungle”]], my first track for the project from 2009. I felt this would be a fitting denouement to my contributions, but I put this together late in the development cycle for the album and was denied a slot on the final track list. + + I’ve made the song available on Archive, my new compilation which is 60+ minutes of music from various projects, including remasters of my Kickstarter stuff you might remember from way back in 2012. Have a look… AND a listen. + + JUNGLE BOOGIE: https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/jungle-boogie)) + + Outtake from [[album:homestuck-vol-10|Homestuck Vol. 10]], 2016 --- -Track: Awake (2012 Version) -Contributors: -- Clark Powell (cello) -Duration: '3:32' +Track: Crimesters Theme +Additional Names: +- Name: Emery's Theme (Fast Version) + Annotation: 2018 release +Duration: 0:57 URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2012-version -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2RhvFHAbB0 +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/crimesters-theme +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-v6FHLKoo +- https://open.spotify.com/track/7tWKdeADU1IITg4LdzQjvG +- https://music.apple.com/album/crimesters-credits/1774149625?i=1774149628 +Referenced Tracks: +- Crimesters Credits +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/crimesters-theme)) + + Commission for [[artist:emery-ferguson|Emery Ferguson]], 2015 +--- +Track: Crimesters Credits +Additional Names: +- Name: Emery's Theme + Annotation: 2018 release +Duration: 1:24 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/crimesters-credits +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEc6jAXG1TI +- https://open.spotify.com/track/553l3U5o0j6qxlADQDoyd9 +- https://music.apple.com/album/crimesters-credits/1774149625?i=1774149628 +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/crimesters-credits)) + + Commission for [[artist:emery-ferguson|Emery Ferguson]], 2015 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 10/15/2017) + + [[artist:emery-ferguson|Emery Ferguson]] (who did track art for [[Another Countdown]]) was working on a podcast that never came to fruition and commissioned those. I've got some music in his current thing called ["The Museum of Natural Mystery"](https://pomemag.wpengine.com/category/pomecast/) +--- +Track: Just Destroy It +Duration: 1:30 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/just-destroy-it +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ8k1vWY7T8 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/5twBstgHee3J5gICFIDWKl +- https://music.apple.com/album/just-destroy-it/1774149625?i=1774149629 +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/just-destroy-it)) + + Commission for Lindsay Hejl, 2014 +--- +Track: Got It? +Duration: 2:52 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/got-it +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKBUtDf_Jp8 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/4KDxTMcOmw8RJ1BzqXc4gG +- https://music.apple.com/album/got-it/1774149625?i=1774149630 +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/got-it)) + + Soundcloud, 2013 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726025558/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/got-it)) + + Feeling very electric. +--- +Track: Awake (2013 Version) +Additional Names: +- Name: Awake + Annotation: 2016 release +Duration: 3:28 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2013-version +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5IL-8ny0iw +- https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZqtuvCrGUnl5DDMfx0jNj +- https://music.apple.com/album/awake-2013-version/1774149625?i=1774149631 +Referenced Tracks: +- Awake (2012 Version) Lyrics: |- Awake again Here in my bed @@ -66,23 +311,37 @@ 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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2013-version)) + + Soundcloud, 2013 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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=N5tUGt0pHQI +- https://open.spotify.com/track/6vKMyMH4JC0RPYfA5qE5TZ +- https://music.apple.com/album/polyominoes/1774149625?i=1774149632 Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/polyominoes)) + Soundcloud, 2013 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150727190307/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/polyominoes)) + + Little blocks stacked together. --- Track: Airwaves -Duration: '3:02' +Duration: 3:02 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/airwaves -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbyW60mQzWk +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg5JhSQ4Udc +- https://open.spotify.com/track/1ipb8QL7unfwnH20cdxsBP +- https://music.apple.com/album/airwaves/1774149625?i=1774149633 Lyrics: |- Keep your eyes on the airwaves Don't look down if you don't want to fall @@ -114,14 +373,350 @@ Lyrics: |- Just a bunch of peculiar people Looking for a party to crash Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/airwaves)) + Soundcloud, 2013 --- +Track: Gondwanaland +Duration: 2:36 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/gondwanaland +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGM10RebVQ +- https://open.spotify.com/track/4Pa6jHSQuaEARSF25RLgrn +- https://music.apple.com/album/gondwanaland/1774149625?i=1774149634 +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/gondwanaland)) + + Soundcloud, 2013 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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=mm18cY1hZPI +- https://open.spotify.com/track/0WXT0iSsNg2FsPzwRTtyMh +- https://music.apple.com/album/slow-bay/1774149625?i=1774149635 +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/slow-bay)) + + Soundcloud, 2013 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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=0lmdQzO_TfQ +- https://open.spotify.com/track/7iVxDNXivejUw9WRZSZwuV +- https://music.apple.com/album/the-new-window/1774149625?i=1774149636 +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/the-new-window)) + + Soundcloud, 2013 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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=ySABH7V7xG4 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/5Kv05DOhXxPwOfdmvLHwrr +- https://music.apple.com/album/electroverture/1774149625?i=1774149637 +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/electroverture)) + + Commission for Cari Garafalo, 2013 +--- +Track: Aba Daba Honeymoon +Suffix Directory: true +Duration: 1:27 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/aba-daba-honeymoon +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsP8ZTWBqOY +- https://open.spotify.com/track/5YjHBycXizbbgNOvTK3IOz +- https://music.apple.com/album/aba-daba-honeymoon/1774149625?i=1774149638 +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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/aba-daba-honeymoon)) + + Commission for Chris Sweet, 2013 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/valentine-to-sarah-from-julian +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjl2fKIUjT8 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/0TAc2reL8VFLO1ByUMVc9Z +- https://music.apple.com/album/valentine-to-sarah-from-julian/1774149625?i=1774149639 +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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/valentine-to-sarah-from-julian)) + + Kickstarter reward for Julian Low (dedicated to Sarah), 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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=fuawve1veQk +- https://open.spotify.com/track/3Fj7ASZNyTOExhOF6hlVDO +- https://music.apple.com/album/make-it-bounce/1774149625?i=1774149640 +Lyrics: |- + Make it bounce + Make it bounce + Make it bounce +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/make-it-bounce)) + + Kickstarter reward for McKinley Freeman, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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=YPv_3OoUcz8 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/08PIw0MbNbEfdHCgvZ2uy6 +- https://music.apple.com/album/diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds/1774149625?i=1774149642 +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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds)) + + Kickstarter reward for Michael Orr, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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=Xco1vfk2b4Q +- https://open.spotify.com/track/5QtMwivRCt1bcSGwimpxLO +- https://music.apple.com/album/awake-2012-version/1774149625?i=1774149643 +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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/awake-2012-version)) + + Kickstarter reward for Kaolin Maia Cash, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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' +Duration: 3:14 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/mad-science -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2u8XytSCQ +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0km6Gx-_nfc +- https://open.spotify.com/track/7bMvrOyaHcXZgsiu10OiYw +- https://music.apple.com/album/mad-science/1774149625?i=1774149644 Lyrics: |- "Yes! This thunderstorm is just what I need to bring my creation life! LIFE!" @@ -198,24 +793,129 @@ Lyrics: |- "Okay, back to work." Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/mad-science)) + Kickstarter reward for Nich Maragos, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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=FEVamg0eEvI +- https://open.spotify.com/track/3npJncph1c09nDyaLui2BM +- https://music.apple.com/album/this-sunset/1774149625?i=1774149645 +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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/this-sunset)) + + Kickstarter reward for Leigh-Ann Peach, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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' +Duration: 3:33 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/millennium-bug -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzogRWBZ1E +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aOzky5Xxhc +- https://open.spotify.com/track/4B6kaTgrQYBFeZ7S0D33Tc +- https://music.apple.com/album/millennium-bug/1774149625?i=1774149646 Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/millennium-bug)) + Kickstarter reward for Sixar, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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=ZguasE5ZgkY +- https://open.spotify.com/track/1NBmJOZGMxMjTITvsAXHdS +- https://music.apple.com/album/know-that-youre-mine/1774149625?i=1774149647 +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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/know-that-youre-mine)) + + Kickstarter reward for Kalen Boley, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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 +Suffix Directory: true +Always Reference By Directory: true Duration: 0:53 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/far-away -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAiKtjk1Q9g +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY1mbR62LV8 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/28BLbPjBw7XTD8H9PC8YT1 +- https://music.apple.com/album/far-away/1774149625?i=1774149648 Lyrics: |- So far away Way out beyond @@ -230,54 +930,59 @@ Lyrics: |- Body of the aether's night Takes you on your maiden flight! Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/far-away)) + Kickstarter reward for Jon Drobny, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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: 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 ---- -Track: Diamonds and Diamonds and Diamonds -Duration: '1:56' +Track: Ismelda The Bearded Mermaid +Additional Names: +- Name: >- + Ismelda the Bearded Mermaid (feat. Erik Scheele) + Annotation: >- + SoundCloud +Contributors: +- Erik Scheele (piano) +Duration: 0:52 URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/diamonds-and-diamonds-and-diamonds -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDQVevEiNKM +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/ismelda-the-bearded-mermaid +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ0DNP2hDPc +- https://open.spotify.com/track/3WOyzleMSpfzDyS6V5jfaE +- https://music.apple.com/album/ismelda-the-bearded-mermaid/1774149625?i=1774149739 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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/ismelda-the-bearded-mermaid)) + + Kickstarter reward for Brad Griffin, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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 +Suffix Directory: true Always Reference By Directory: true -Duration: 0:56 +Duration: 0:46 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/bandages -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsOz_7QFr68 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFJO_iB0P6A +- https://open.spotify.com/track/0CopjaGhsDNCDf3M2N3vjY +- https://music.apple.com/album/bandages/1774149625?i=1774149740 Lyrics: |- Colin Burns But he does not char @@ -293,70 +998,143 @@ Lyrics: |- The Bandages The Bandages Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/bandages)) + Kickstarter reward for Colin "Bandages" Burns, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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: 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 ---- -Track: Emery's Theme -Duration: '1:24' +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) URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/emerys-theme -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqCIGInFoA8 +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/get-start +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-sDTjZi6sU +- https://open.spotify.com/track/1pFymHKpHGd4Sq4g6b8fTc +- https://music.apple.com/album/get-start/1774149625?i=1774149741 Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> - Commission for Emery Ferguson, 2015 + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/get-start)) + + Kickstarter reward for Alex Coady, 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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' +Track: You Are The Birthday Girl +Duration: 0:26 URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/know-that-youre-mine -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag4cJj6lakM +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/you-are-the-birthday-girl +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9GLUGbKExc +- https://open.spotify.com/track/0dG10Kiu753PyoDWR0BmdX +- https://music.apple.com/album/you-are-the-birthday-girl/1774149625?i=1774149742 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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/you-are-the-birthday-girl)) + + Kickstarter reward for [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy Iamurri]], 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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' +Track: You Are The Birthday Boy +Duration: 0:26 URLs: -- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/just-destroy-it -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QZ-3oBnzOI +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/you-are-the-birthday-boy +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9zFDgn1B3I +- https://open.spotify.com/track/7yKLdDube1N47eTgVCJTyL +- https://music.apple.com/album/you-are-the-birthday-boy/1774149625?i=1774149743 +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> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/you-are-the-birthday-boy)) + + Kickstarter reward for [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy Iamurri]], 2012 + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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' +Duration: 1:00 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-marching-band -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEfXNE2Rpw +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkuioynRDuc +- https://open.spotify.com/track/2FwhS3jYdZMt4mNOisAW8e +- https://music.apple.com/album/in-the-marching-band/1774149625?i=1774149744 Lyrics: |- Some bands only play in small bars Show up in their own cars @@ -384,27 +1162,29 @@ Lyrics: |- Testing our attention span Oh why'd we join the marching band? Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-marching-band)) + 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> ([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' +Duration: 1:57 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/explosion-force-they-do-it-right -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gtR6iQAPGQ +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzIdaKlzas8 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/23bKmGpUwV2TRWGUoueTJw +- https://music.apple.com/album/explosion-force-they-do-it-right/1774149625?i=1774149745 Lyrics: |- When the moon is high and the night has fell They ride like demons out of hell @@ -448,297 +1228,67 @@ 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 - - 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> - 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: -- 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 - - Another time, another place - A strange and yet familiar face - Buried deep within my bed - I wade through memories in my head + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/explosion-force-they-do-it-right)) - 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 ---- -Section: Bonus tracks ---- -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 + Kickstarter reward for Jeremy Geist, 2012 - 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' -Lyrics: |- - Nobody - Would ever have guessed we'd be homebuddies - Or that you even would be somebody - To someone you barely knew like me + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://web.archive.org/web/20150726010937/http://soundcloud.com/michael-guy-bowman/explosion-force-they-do-it)) - Like me - Like me - Like me + Commissioned by Jeremy Geist for the "Send Bowman and His Band to SXSW 2012" fundraiser. - 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 + Original request as follows: - For me - For me - For me + "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. - 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 + Our cell name is 'Explosion Force'. - We'll make our own world - Where we can run away - To where it's all play - All day - Yeah yeah yeah + If you couldn't tell, we quickly shifted the tone of the game from 'Supernatural' to 'The A-Team'. - [Dare you to transcribe this part, Niklink!] + 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. - 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 + 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. - Just me - Just me - Just me + 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. - 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 + 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'." - You and me - You and me - You and me - You and me + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (alternate artwork, SoundCloud) - (Mwah!) ---- -Track: Ismelda The Bearded Mermaid -Contributors: -- Erik Scheele (piano) -Duration: 0:52 -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 -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 ---- -Track: Get Start! -Duration: '1:48' ---- -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 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/conro-corp-anthem +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE_JPHI2uP0 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/7pHrLpYww8llgrRd0JE5Ut +- https://music.apple.com/album/conro-corp-anthem/1774149625?i=1774149746 +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/conro-corp-anthem)) - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - Birthday - You are the pride and joy + Kickstarter reward for Connor Norris, 2012 - 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 -Lyrics: |- - Hooray for you, kid - It's your birthday - Let's all sing along + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([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' +Duration: 4:04 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/old-buggy-now-solatrus-remix +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sURPvo0Vf3U +- https://open.spotify.com/track/1aclGWCiQH2gX8xYIdIi55 +- https://music.apple.com/album/old-buggy-now-solatrus-remix/1774149625?i=1774149747 Referenced Tracks: - Old Buggy Now Lyrics: |- @@ -785,7 +1335,12 @@ Lyrics: |- Track: Ithaca (hrmnzr remix) Artists: - Jamie Paige -Duration: '4:14' +Duration: 4:14 +URLs: +- https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/ithaca-hrmnzr-remix +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05WxO0QUYb8 +- https://open.spotify.com/track/0O3b3PloAtv1bdPczu8U55 +- https://music.apple.com/album/ithaca-hrmnzr-remix/1774149625?i=1774149749 Referenced Tracks: - Ithaca Lyrics: |- |