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diff --git a/album/foresight-and-retrospect.yaml b/album/foresight-and-retrospect.yaml index 779dded7..ce7df2ff 100644 --- a/album/foresight-and-retrospect.yaml +++ b/album/foresight-and-retrospect.yaml @@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ Additional Files: Files: - Track Commentary.pdf Commentary: |- - <i>nights:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/foresight-retrospect) / [YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2XcAmgH3Ko), excerpt) + <i>Nights:</i> ([Bandcamp about blurb](https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/foresight-retrospect) / [YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2XcAmgH3Ko), excerpt) Oceanfables: Foresight & Retrospect is a solo album by [[artist:wights-end|Wights End]], featuring 11 original tracks based on the characters and story of the webcomic Oceanfalls. The gorgeous cover illustration is also made by Wights End. Get the musician's (Wights End) commentary on the production of this album & its tracks [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pIlcokNr0F-ZWVdv10_WhO9fTwsFjjvcAi8D02H-1NU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.8q7z3s3k6yud). - <i>nights:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/foresight-retrospect)) + <i>Nights:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://nightslights.bandcamp.com/album/foresight-retrospect)) Album, music and artwork by [[artist:wights-end]] --- @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Commentary: |- This track is a dark synth remix of [[Metal and Meat]] off of Oceanfalls Volume Five. Since the original song was very light on actual melodic content, it gave me a lot of flexibility in how I built out the rest of the song; so much so that the similarities could easily be overlooked. Stylistically, I was really inspired by Carpenter Brut, and the retro, cyberpunk aesthetic that goes hand in hand with that sort of music style prompted me to reflect that in the album art as well. - <i>Wights End, nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=62)) + <i>Wights End, Nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=62)) *Wights End:* carpender brut my beloved @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Commentary: |- This track I wrote way back in 2019 and never got around to publishing. The song is pretty shamelessly inspired by some of [[artist:tensei|Joren "Tensei" De Bruin's]] work (but with the twist of being synth centric) which is why I've been so hesitant to release it, but at the end of the day, it wasn't doing any good burning a hole in my harddrive. I now associate this song with the Unforeseen, but coincidentally the title kind of reflects the track itself in a way. - <i>Wights End, nights:</i> ([YouTUbe premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=347)) + <i>Wights End, Nights:</i> ([YouTUbe premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=347)) *Wights End:* this one I wrote back in 2018 I think and never ended up doing anything with it @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Commentary: |- This song was born from me smashing the motifs from [[Right Hand]] and [[Rainfalls]] together like barbie dolls and saying “now kiss.” Much to my surprise it worked way better than I expected, so I expanded it into a whole song. - <i>Wights End, nights:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=524)) + <i>Wights End, Nights:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=524)) *nights:* This jumpscared me<br> Because I was like why is it familiar @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Commentary: |- Selene already has a bunch of music, so I was thinking of ways to put a unique spin on the idea. The answer was jazz. The answer is ALWAYS jazz. Anyway, everything in the song was built off of the main bass riff that manages to hit every single note on its way down. Trying to build chords around that was a challenge, and melodies around those chords even more so. I eventually landed on something I liked, but it took a lot of trial and error. - <i>Wights End, nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=688)) + <i>Wights End, Nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=688)) *Wights End:* anyways, not time for jazz<br> \*now @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ Commentary: |- *nights:* This is because lune is secretly a black cat - <i>Wights End, nights:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1477) during [[Rondo of the Crimson Prince]]) + <i>Wights End, Nights:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1477) during [[Rondo of the Crimson Prince]]) *Freddy Vera:* This album can be used in a fighting game, like skullgirls maybe @@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Commentary: |- Inspired by the mental image of Solis doing his taxes, I really wanted to capture the droll vibe of his former position as a paralegal as well as the less exciting moments of his current vocation. This was one of the easiest times I’ve had writing a song in an odd time signature with the track being in 7/4 (which conveniently lent itself to the inclusion of a topical reference to [[track:money-pink-floyd|Money]] by Pink Floyd.) - <i>Wights End, nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=848)) + <i>Wights End, Nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=848)) *Wights End:* now time for taxes @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Commentary: |- I wrote the main bass riff of this song to play on my actual bass guitar with the intention of playing all the parts of the song on real instruments. After fighting with it for a bit, I opted to swap all the instruments to Megaman X samples which gave me a lot more flexibility with the writing process and also it felt thematically relevant for a Reed track. - <i>Wights End, nights:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1025)) + <i>Wights End, Nights:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1025)) *nights:* I'm really curious if you had specific things or scenes from the comic as inspiration for making some of these @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ Commentary: |- I love my slow–buildup song intros, but I figured it's good to change things up once in a while so I opted to start off this track as punchy as I could manage. The synth solo in the back half was heavily inspired by the solos in songs like [Tornado of Souls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmbo4jQBKVU), [Cowboys From Hell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNHwLicV2g) and [Aqualung](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghi3JERO8_A) as they all have great dynamic shifts. In terms of subject matter, this piece was designed to score a fight against spirits. - <i>Wights End, nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1228)) + <i>Wights End, Nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1228)) *nights:* Also. Incoming peak @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ Commentary: |- Why does most symphonic metal sound so happy? I want my orchestra to sound evil! This track was originally titled “In the Court of the Crimson Prince” as a reference to King Crimson, but after building the song around a rondo structure, I felt like missing out on such a Castlevania-esque name would be a missed opportunity. I didn’t mean for the song to get so long, It just sort of happened. - <i>Wights End, nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1477)) + <i>Wights End, Nights, keyboard cait:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1477)) *Wights End:* alright gamers<br> buckle up since this one is long @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ Commentary: |- The bookend was originally meant to be an expansion on [[track:foresight-oceanfables|the original piano piece]] with a bunch of additional acoustic instruments, but due to the major/minor ambiguity I was going for, I found it really difficult to effectively build on the track. Instead I opted for a simpler approach that reflects the visual presentation of the album and brings us back to where we started. - <i>Wights End, nights:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1904)) + <i>Wights End, Nights:</i> ([YouTube premiere live chat](https://youtu.be/A2XcAmgH3Ko?t=1904)) *Wights End:* and now back to the motif from the start of the album<br> outro track |