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diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml index 7db85de..20e8e88 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml @@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ MIDI Project Files: - Title: MIDI by IronInvoker47 Files: - 'Clockwork Melody - IronInvoker47.mid' +- Title: MIDI by Twix Stix (from Sburbmon) + Files: + - 'Clockwork Melody - Twix Stix.mid' --- Track: Heirfare Artists: @@ -566,6 +569,10 @@ Sheet Music Files: - Title: Piano score by Purple1222119 Files: - 'Crystalanthemums - Purple1222119 (piano score).pdf' +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Twix Stix (from Sburbmon) + Files: + - 'Crystalanthemums - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> (composer, [Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt) @@ -808,6 +815,9 @@ MIDI Project Files: - Title: MIDI by lugiaa (piano) Files: - 'Sunslammer - lugiaa (piano).mid' +- Title : MIDI by Twix Stix (from Sburbmon) + Files: + - 'Sunslammer - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- <i>Aeritus:</i> (anthology artist, [Tumblr](https://aeritus.tumblr.com/post/159537850591/oh-hey-i-can-finally-upload-this-d-this-is-my)) @@ -1094,6 +1104,14 @@ Commentary: |- God knows this is the dumbest thing I've ever created (at least for MSPA). But maybe it's also the most awesome thing because of that? In the process of creating this, I ended up learning a lot about the recording process, but let me tell you, if I ever EVER have to perform this song again, I am officially dropping the key signature a few steps - this song stretched my range pretty dangerously and it shows. Fun fact: did you know [[artist:diane-warren|Dianne Warren]] also wrote [[track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith|"Don't Wanna Miss a Thing"]] from Armageddon? She has like the best career ever, writing the cheesiest, most epic love songs ever for some of the most ridiculous action movies of all time. I actually put a lot of work into it, retaking the vocals and guitar parts entirely before extending the song an extra verse. Nick's drunken air guitar solo remains intact, of course. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer, Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 7/29/2017) + + I put that recording on the forum and knew it was a little bit of a risk, because [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] didn't want to use tracks with vocals. But, I knew if anything would be the exception, this would probably be it. + + Also, [[artist:joseph-aylsworth|Joseph]], who recorded the guitar on [[track:harlequin-rock-version|harlequin]], was missing, and when I solicited an awesome guitar solo, Nick responded out of the blue… And was the only response… So I used that + + I don't think anyone's ever seen from Joseph again --- Track: Dupliblaze COMAGMA Artists: @@ -1193,6 +1211,9 @@ MIDI Project Files: - Title: MIDI by Unknown Files: - 'Lotus - Unknown.mid' +- Title: MIDI by Twix Stix (from Sburbmon) + Files: + - 'Lotus - Twix Stix.mid' --- Track: Ruins (With Strings) Artists: @@ -1222,20 +1243,25 @@ MIDI Project Files: - Title: MIDI by Kieros (piano) Files: - 'Ruins (With Strings) - Kieros (piano).mid' +- Title: MIDI by Twix Stix (from Sburbmon) + Files: + - 'Ruins (With Strings) - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (composer) + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (co-composer) - This one is really hardly me, honest, it's all Bowman. [[track:ruins|Ruins]] was this piano recording I'd put up back when I still hardly knew how to record anything, and then Bowman just went and added magic to it. And the piano track, that's just another one of those "improvisations out of nowhere", no real purpose or theory-thinking beforehand to delegate anything to it. Especially the descending-thirds, no way I could have just thought about that and been like "Yes that is a good thing to be doing", it was just spur of the moment thinking. + This one is really hardly me, honest, it's all [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Bowman]]. [[track:ruins|Ruins]] was this piano recording I'd put up back when I still hardly knew how to record anything, and then Bowman just went and added magic to it. And the piano track, that's just another one of those "improvisations out of nowhere", no real purpose or theory-thinking beforehand to delegate anything to it. Especially the descending-thirds, no way I could have just thought about that and been like "Yes that is a good thing to be doing", it was just spur of the moment thinking. - (Ruins was one of the first things I contributed to the music forum after getting on the team, a small improvisation based around descending seconds which was made back when I still had no idea how to record things properly. Since Earth was kind of a gigantic wasteland planet at that point (and it still is, today), I conceptually tied my recording in with that, and called it Ruins. + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (co-composer, [Tumblr](https://erikscheele.tumblr.com/post/21217208124/ruins), excerpt) - Of course, I really doubt that Ruins would have gotten anywhere if it wasn't for Bowman, who pretty much surprised me sometime before Volume 5 with an updated version of my recording, which made the piano sound better and added a lot of other instruments to it, really adding a lot of depth and atmosphere to an otherwise-shoddy recording. And then, when Volume 5 came around, it was released as "Ruins (With Strings)", which is what you just heard in the update! + [[track:ruins|Ruins]] was one of the first things I contributed to the music forum after getting on the team, a small improvisation based around descending seconds which was made back when I still had no idea how to record things properly. Since Earth was kind of a gigantic wasteland planet at that point (and it still is, today), I conceptually tied my recording in with that, and called it Ruins. - I know I've got a better recording of Ruins kicking around here somewhere, I'll have to see if something can be done with it.) + Of course, I really doubt that Ruins would have gotten anywhere if it wasn't for [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Bowman]], who pretty much surprised me sometime before Volume 5 with an updated version of my recording, which made the piano sound better and added a lot of other instruments to it, really adding a lot of depth and atmosphere to an otherwise-shoddy recording. And then, when Volume 5 came around, it was released as "Ruins (With Strings)", which is what you just heard [[flash:4825|in the update]]! - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (composer) + I know I've got a better recording of Ruins kicking around here somewhere, I'll have to see if something can be done with it. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (co-composer) - Really it's the "(With Strings)" part that is my doing. When [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit]] was first inducted to the team, he did not have access at the time to a proper recording environment or midi controller that he could apply a high-quality piano sound to, so he had recorded his piano demo for "Ruins" on what I'm guessing is an on-board laptop microphone. I thought the composition was really great but knew that it would sound too unpolished to make the cut onto a Homestuck album, so I resolved to write a string accompaniment around his composition. + Really it's the "(With Strings)" part that is my doing. When [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit]] was first inducted to the team, he did not have access at the time to a proper recording environment or midi controller that he could apply a high-quality piano sound to, so he had recorded his piano demo for [[track:ruins|"Ruins"]] on what I'm guessing is an on-board laptop microphone. I thought the composition was really great but knew that it would sound too unpolished to make the cut onto a Homestuck album, so I resolved to write a string accompaniment around his composition. By applying an incredibly enormous amount of reverb to the piano part, I hid the low fidelity of the original recording and made it sound as though it was hauntingly played to the listener from the other end of a cave. Given my lack of any truly convincing string samples, I chose instead to use deliberately mechanical strings, gently de-tuning them to sound a bit reminiscent of early string synthesizers, somewhat inspired by ["Crystal Japan"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AELO0h04P5k), a creepy instrumental by David Bowie. @@ -2142,4 +2168,4 @@ MIDI Project Files: Commentary: |- <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> (composer) - [[artist:clark-powell|Plazmataz]] came up with [[track:homestuck-anthem|a melody]] to use as an anthem for Homestuck, which they then used in Homestuck Anthem. While that was a very driving melody, I opted to come up with something that might be more suitable for credits (opening or end) or a title screen. I really like how this came out; it sounds a bit moody, but still optimistic, which is what I was aiming for. + [[artist:clark-powell|Plazmataz]] came up with [[track:homestuck-anthem|a melody]] to use as an anthem for Homestuck, which she then used in Homestuck Anthem. While that was a very driving melody, I opted to come up with something that might be more suitable for credits (opening or end) or a title screen. I really like how this came out; it sounds a bit moody, but still optimistic, which is what I was aiming for. |