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diff --git a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml index 30c17339..a8a7e5cb 100644 --- a/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml +++ b/album/coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-b.yaml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Date: April 13, 2012 Date Added: November 15, 2019 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a-b -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD729D6C2BFB4844C +- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVpmehyaOFbJk29t02T9DPkpAm59HmRZ Cover Artists: - Shelby Cragg Color: '#a5d2e2' @@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ Commentary: |- I wrote some track commentary for my tunes, thought I’d post it here as I don’t know when/if all the submitted commentary will be posted. Feel free to ask me stuff if there are things about the songs I don’t cover that you want to know about or if you have any recording questions. - When I started writing the pieces for the contest I knew I wanted one of them to be based around a theme that already existed. Running through a few ideas I landed on doing a kind of jazzy shuffle piece around the main theme from [[track:the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent|'The Beginning of Something Really Excellent’]]. As soon as I hit the first chord with the Rhodes piano it became smooth. The writing process was really quick and the piece was almost completely sketched out on the keyboard in one go. As the piece was intended for Jade - given the use of the earlier theme - I added in a little bass solo. + When I started writing the pieces for the contest I knew I wanted one of them to be based around a theme that already existed. Running through a few ideas I landed on doing a kind of jazzy shuffle piece around the main theme from [['The Beginning of Something Really Excellent’]]. As soon as I hit the first chord with the Rhodes piano it became smooth. The writing process was really quick and the piece was almost completely sketched out on the keyboard in one go. As the piece was intended for Jade - given the use of the earlier theme - I added in a little bass solo. Technical note: Sometimes when I think I've finished writing something I'll find that it's a bit too long and something needs to change, this was one of those times. The sound you hear at 3:53 is the sound of me finding a way to avoid playing an extra intro/verse and tightening up the song a bit. Using almost the same build up heard earlier in the piece and changing the resolution at the end has the added advantage of (hopefully) making you think it's heading back towards the intro riff until the key shifts in the last bar and the song jumps straight to the final chorus. @@ -458,13 +458,25 @@ Duration: 2:36 Color: '#f2a400' URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/orange-hat-2 -- https://youtu.be/sMkNFjy8xcU +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMVgbTOiOc Cover Artists: - Meggie Fox Art Tags: - Dirk - Brobot - Dirk's bots +Commentary: |- + <i>Plumegeist:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMVgbTOiOc), excerpt) + + Roughly two months ago I submitted two tracks to the Homestuck music contest, and they both won a spot. The first track I submitted was [[Rust Maid]], and it appeared on the album [[album:coloUrs-and-mayhem-universe-a|"coloUrs and Mayhem: Universe A"]]. This is the second track I submitted, and it appeared on the follow up album that was released today. This is a track for the character Dirk Strider, and it's called Orange Hat. + + I'd like to extend some special thanks to [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] for helping me master and tweak this track, and also the music team and [[artist:andrew-hussie]] for letting me be a part of this project. It's been a fantastic experience which I will never forget. + + <i>Plumegeist:</i> ([YouTube comments](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMVgbTOiOc), 4/18/2012) + + > Congrats on getting on BOTH albums! Were your tracks originally made for Aradia and Dirk? + + Thank you! Yes, both were made with Aradia and Dirk in mind. The original title for [[Rust Maid]] was Apocalypse Maid while this track was originally titled Breakdown since I envisioned a sort of futuristic, spiritual successor to [[track:beatdown-strider-style|Beatdown]]. --- Track: Emerald Terror Additional Names: @@ -967,7 +979,7 @@ Commentary: |- <b>TIME/TEMPO:</b> 5'55"/127/135/120/16 0/105 BPM (4/4 and 6/4 time)<br> <b>KEY:</b> C Minor - <b>ORIGINAL THEMES:</b> [[Beatdown (Strider Style)|"Beatdown (Strider Style)"]] and [[Beatdown Round 2|"Beatdown Round 2"]] by [[artist:curt-blakeslee]], [[Atomyk Ebonpyre|"Atomyk Ebonpyre"]] by [[artist:toby-fox]] and [[track:upward-movement-dave-owns|"Upward Movement (Dave Owns)"]] by [[artist:kalibration]]. Some melodic work in the breakdown of "Beatdown" by Joseph Brown (pixelseph/viaSatellite).<br> + <b>ORIGINAL THEMES:</b> [["Beatdown (Strider Style)"]] and [["Beatdown Round 2"]] by [[artist:curt-blakeslee]], [["Atomyk Ebonpyre"]] by [[artist:toby-fox]] and [["Upward Movement (Dave Owns)"]] by [[artist:kalibration]]. Some melodic work in the breakdown of "Beatdown" by Joseph Brown (pixelseph/viaSatellite).<br> <b>MIDI TRANSCRIPTIONS:</b> "Beatdown (Strider Style)" and "Atomyk Ebonpyre" by [[artist:mrcheeze|MrCheese]] on the MSPA forum. "Upward Movement" was transcribed for piano by BRPXQZME on the MSPA forum. @@ -1115,7 +1127,7 @@ Commentary: |- <hr> - The second of my three entries to the Homestuck Music Contest, the other two being [[track:guns-blazing|[Guns Blazing\]]] and [[track:daywalker-rise-contest|Daywalker ~Rise~]]. + The second of my three entries to the Homestuck Music Contest, the other two being [[[Guns Blazing\]]] and [[track:daywalker-rise-contest|Daywalker ~Rise~]]. This one actually got in! It can be found on coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B, the second of two albums released as a result of the contest. @@ -1124,12 +1136,18 @@ Commentary: |- Also: this actually isn't the album version. I updated it because the album version was actually over-compressed; I'm still not sure how I let that pass... --- Track: Dord Waltz +Additional Names: +- Name: >- + Dord (Density) Waltz (Final) + Annotation: >- + [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/hesperidia/dord-density-waltz-final) Artists: - Elaine Wang Duration: 2:09 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/dord-waltz-2 - https://youtu.be/e-fb2fUGNIE +- https://soundcloud.com/hesperidia/dord-density-waltz-final Cover Artists: - Merrigo Cover Art File Extension: png @@ -1145,33 +1163,61 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Dord Waltz - adamus.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Elaine Wang:</i> (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + <i>Elaine Wang:</i> ([Tumblr](https://shutthedord.tumblr.com/post/16053204204/something-something-homestuck-music-contest), WIP commentary, excerpt, 1/18/2012) - Fun facts: + …something something Homestuck music contest. + + [...] + + Given Roxy Lalonde’s penchant for ~drunk typing~ lexicographical creativity, I thought it was appropriate. The accidentals, at least as much so. As for the waltz part of it… well, I have no idea either. + + I don’t know how to end this piece quite yet; that’s why it’s a WIP. But it’s reasonably close. + + <i>Elaine Wang:</i> ([SoundCloud description](https://soundcloud.com/hesperidia/dord-density-waltz-final)/ [Tumblr](https://shutthedord.tumblr.com/post/16556672829/dord-final-version-intended-for-the-homestuck), 1/26/2012) + + Dord, final version, intended for the Homestuck music contest. "Dord" is a rather amusing typographical error that occured back in 1934 when someone in the Merriam-Webster editing staff misread "D or d", intended as abbreviations for density, as "Dord" and... made up a pronunciation for it. (Whoops.) Given Roxy Lalonde's penchant for drunk typing^W^W lexicographical creativity, I thought it was appropriate. The accidentals, at least as much so. As for the waltz part of it... well, I have no idea either. - It was written as a Roxy song. It will now be a Roxy song until the end of the Internet. + <i>Elaine Wang:</i> ([Tumblr](https://shutthedord.tumblr.com/post/21037296442/wow-im-happy-that-i-got-onto-the-album-but-the), 4/13/2012) + + > So is this the part where I go + > "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee + > eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee + > eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee + > eeeeeeee*breathes\*eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee + > eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, ect" for you? :D - I came up with the title first and the music second. The accidentals were there the first time I put down the notes. (They are going to stay there.) + > i see your song got onto the album!! congrats!!! - The above is not normal for me. I have more recently taken to using random word generators to title my music, because I often struggle with that. + > Congrats on getting into the album, dang! - I am told that the song has some similarities to Endless Climb. That part is most definitely not deliberate. Not going to rule out subconscious influences though. + > Congrats on making it onto the fan album with Dord Waltz! O: - The album art is by merrigo. She (?) does cool work. Go look at her tumblr too. + Wow, I’m happy that I got onto the album, but the fact that everyone else is happy is making me grin like a lunatic. - "Dord" is a real thing that happened in the Merriam-Webster in the 1934 edition. Read the article for more information. + …Not that that’s a bad thing, mind you. - A dord is also a kind of instrument. There's none of them in the song, just so's you know. + My song’s Dord Waltz, which I am actually quite surprised got on considering how good all the other songs are too! + + Fun facts: - Although if you're willing to play Dord on a dord I can send you sheet music. + 1. It was written as a Roxy song. It will now be a Roxy song until the end of the Internet.<br> + 2. I came up with the title first and the music second. The accidentals were there the first time I put down the notes. (They are going to stay there.)<br> + 3. The above is not normal for me. I have more recently taken to using random word generators to title my music, because I often struggle with that.<br> + 4. I am told that the song has some similarities to [[Endless Climb]]. That part is most definitely not deliberate. Not going to rule out subconscious influences though.<br> + 5. The album art is by [[artist:merrigo|merrigo]]. She (?) does cool work. Go look at her tumblr too.<br> + 6. "Dord" is [a real thing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord) that happened in the Merriam-Webster in the 1934 edition. Read the article for more information.<br> + 7. A dord is also [a kind of instrument](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord_(instrument)). There's none of them in the song, just so's you know.<br> + 8. Although if you're willing to play Dord on a dord I can send you sheet music.<br> + 9. Full disclosure: I'm not actually finished with the Dord sheet music. Remind me in two weeks and I'll probably have something.<br> + 10. The above two points also apply even if you aren't going to play Dord on a dord. (I have no idea what the range of that instrument is, so whatever.) - Full disclosure: I'm not actually finished with the Dord sheet music. Remind me in two weeks and I'll probably have something. + If you’re still interested in my stuff you can go look at my [Soundcloud](http://soundcloud.com/hesperidia). I’d point you to my personal website but I haven’t fixed it in forever, so unless you want to help me redesign it? - The above two points also apply even if you aren't going to play Dord on a dord. (I have no idea what the range of that instrument is, so whatever.) + (That’s a serious inquiry by the way.) --- Track: Rustless Fall Artists: |