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diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml index 459c5d1a..e2797fe0 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-5.yaml @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Additional Files: Files: - vol5.jpg Commentary: |- - <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> ([MSPA news post](https://web.archive.org/web/20100719132135/http://www.mspaintadventures.com:80/?game=autosave&s=6&p=001901), excerpt) + <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> ([MSPA news post](https://web.archive.org/web/20100719132135/http://www.mspaintadventures.com:80/?game=autosave&s=6&p=001901)) Homestuck Vol. 5 is here. To call it a mega-album is an understatement. <b>IT HAS 71 SONGS.</b> @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Commentary: |- (Check out the [Vol. 5 Anthology Presentation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyxgBfhPEG8) for an awesome animated showing of the anthology art and original tracks!) - <i>allyssinian:</i> (anthology announcement, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/154730733932/vol5anthology-homestuck-vol-5-track-fan-art), excerpt, 12/20/2016) + <i>allyssinian:</i> (anthology announcement, [Tumblr](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/post/154730733932/vol5anthology-homestuck-vol-5-track-fan-art), 12/20/2016) Homestuck Vol. 5 Track Fan Art: Call for Artists! @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Commentary: |- Hey everyone! It’s 4/13, and that means we have the official release for the Vol. 5 Anthology Fan Anthology! Please enjoy the hard work of all the lovely artists who participated. - <i>Sollay:</i> (anthology team, [Tumblr](https://sollay-b.tumblr.com/post/188094230423/hello-a-couple-of-years-ago-allyssinian), excerpt, 10/2/2019) + <i>Sollay:</i> (anthology team, [Tumblr](https://sollay-b.tumblr.com/post/188094230423/hello-a-couple-of-years-ago-allyssinian), 10/2/2019) Hello! A couple of years ago, [[artist:allyssinian|@allyssinian]], [[artist:cityinthesea|@cityinthesea]] and I (but first of all ally, lest we forget) gathered a large group of artists to draw the missing art of Volume 5, but the collective download link is no longer up and none of us has access to the official Tumblr account anymore, so I’m making this post now to share a new one! @@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Showtime (Piano Refrain) - Harlequin Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), 4/5/2012) This piece is one of the strongest examples of how much better my old music could have been if I had used better samples. But I had nothing but cheap stuff at the time, so I think this one suffers a lot. Personal regret aside, I composed this as an ode to John, so it features the themes from [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] and [[Harlequin]]. I wanted something big and dramatic, so I went the semi-orchestral route, and completely transformed the context of the two melodies I used to suit the mood of the piece. In particular, Harlequin seems almost unrecognizable unless you’re paying attention or have a good ear. I think its attempt to come off as big and noble is a little heavy-handed at times, but it would definitely be a fun one to come back to and update. @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Chorale for Jaspers - Squiddles! Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), 4/5/2012) I’ve always considered the creation of this song a “classic story”. It came about in a strange, almost fateful way, and I think the final product reflects that. It was the first thing that [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] and I worked on together, and it was through Hardchorale that our friendship started. He approached me with a MIDI file he had made, intending it to be a sort of “boss battle” arrangement of [[Chorale for Jaspers]] in the style of [[Harleboss]]. He asked if I would be interested in producing it, since at the time he was just starting out and had no means to do so. I agreed, Chorale being one of my favorite Homestuck tunes. So I produced it in a DAW to make it sound “good”, and relative to the MIDI file it sounded great, and we were both really happy with it. Radiation got [[artist:michael-guy-bowman|Bowman]] to record some heavy metal meows, which he apparently almost got kicked out of his apartment for recording and claims to have video of, though I have yet to see it. Once I found out it was going to be on Vol. 5, I added a section to it (roughly the last third of the piece) and at the very end sneaked [[track:squiddles|the Squiddles theme]] just because I could. I realize that was more of a narrative than a commentary, but it’s the history behind this piece that I find fun to talk about more than the piece itself. @@ -517,11 +517,11 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Aggrieve - Showtime (Original Mix) Commentary: |- - <i>Andrew Huo:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20130530033449/http://andrewhuo.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride), excerpt) + <i>Andrew Huo:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease about blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20130530033449/http://andrewhuo.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride)) Symphonic piece made in Sibelius 5. Composed for MS Paint Adventures. - <i>Andrew Huo:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20130530033449/http://andrewhuo.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride), excerpt) + <i>Andrew Huo:</i> ([Bandcamp rerelease credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20130530033449/http://andrewhuo.bandcamp.com/track/skaian-ride)) Composed by Andrew Huo. Mastering by Seth Peelle using Garritan Personal Orchestra. @@ -587,11 +587,11 @@ Commentary: |- The "made cooler" post has the cover that's literally cooler (in blue tones), and the artwork anthology download includes that version, so it's the main artwork on this track page. The original version (secondary on this page) was posted a couple weeks earlier. Referencing Sources: |- - <i>HunZhen:</i> ([[static:feedback|email feedback]], excerpt, 2/25/2025) + <i>HunZhen:</i> ([[static:feedback|email feedback]], 2/25/2025) At 1:07 in "White", there is a little reference about [["Skies of Skaia"]] from vol.1 - <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> ([HSMusic Discord](https://discord.com/channels/749042497610842152/1353743089164095548/1381953184569884754) re: [[track:skies-of-skaia]] ref, excerpt, 6/10/2025) + <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> ([HSMusic Discord](https://discord.com/channels/749042497610842152/1353743089164095548/1381953184569884754) re: [[track:skies-of-skaia]] ref, 6/10/2025) Does this go before or after the existing [[Liquid Negrocity]] reference? I'm presently placing it before (and committing this ref), because the Liquid Negrocity motif is really obviously and unambiguously used at the end of the track, ~1:18. But there's probably a case that the main looping motif in the track is also derived from LN to the point of being a reference, so the LN ref comes up and should be placed first. --- @@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Crystalanthemums - Twix Stix.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), 4/5/2012) I composed this one intending it to be the theme of Jade’s land. This is the reason [[artist:erik-scheele|Jit]] has gone on the record as saying [[track:crystamanthequins|Crystamenthequins]] was intended to accompany Jade’s island being destroyed/her entering her land (I’m pretty sure that’s how he described it) was because of this song. It’s actually a really simple tune, and I’ve wanted to expand on it for ages but never got around to it. The entire piece consists of the same simple chord progression, but it’s a good, if played out, progression. That and the beautiful harmonies one is guaranteed to find with it is why I think this is one of my more popular songs. It’s not as well-composed as I’d like it to be, but it is definitely catchy. And [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] was responsible for the name, jokingly calling it “crystalanthemums” after I described it as sounding like a crystalline flower. I decided that was as good a name as any, and I’ve had the pleasure of infecting its two remixes with such silly-sounding titles. @@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ Commentary: |- Thanks so much for letting me participate in this! Referencing Sources: |- - <i>HunZhen:</i> ([[static:feedback|email feedback]], excerpt, 2/25/2025) + <i>HunZhen:</i> ([[static:feedback|email feedback]], 2/25/2025) At 0:41 in "Clorkwork Sorrow" there is a melody that reference to David's another track [["Dissension (Remix)"]] at 0:17 (vol.3) @@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ Track Artwork: - Prospit - Derse Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), 4/5/2012) This is exactly what it sounds like. I went for a whimsical, dreamy feel with this one, expressed through the ¾ meter, waltz patterns, Lydian mode, and ringing, bell-like timbres. There’s not a lot going on in this one, though I think it’s charming in a childlike way. It was the first piece I made upon my return to the music team (I was in it since the beginning, but never made anything worthwhile and left for a few months since I was starting my first year of college). @@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ Commentary: |- For the record, that's not a cell phone vibration, whatever you are hearing is there just by chance. - <i>Dzu:</i> ([Tumblr](https://dzueni.tumblr.com/post/159588803092/20-phantasmagoric-waltz-heres-the-piece-i), excerpt, 4/15/2017) + <i>Dzu:</i> ([Tumblr](https://dzueni.tumblr.com/post/159588803092/20-phantasmagoric-waltz-heres-the-piece-i), 4/15/2017) Here’s the piece I did for the [Homestuck Volume 5 Fan Anthology](https://vol5anthology.tumblr.com/)! Go check the rest out if you haven’t already they’re so goddamn cool u guys @@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Chorale for War - Unknown.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt, 4/29/2012) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), 4/29/2012) This one predates my time on the music team! It started life as a midi called Battle Chorale (obviously, a pun on "battle royale"). It was pretty popular, if I recall correctly, though there wasn't a lot of fan music around in those days to compare to. Some time after joining the team, one of the other musicians created their own hard rock [[track:chorale-for-jaspers|Chorale]] remix by that same name! So I updated my old one under a new name, and [[artist:alex-rosetti|Albatross]] and [[artist:toby-fox|Rad]] created their [[Hardchorale]] remix too. Battle Chorale never made it to publication but these two survived. --- @@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ Track Artwork: - Davesprite - LoHaC Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), 4/5/2012) I based this off a short tune I wrote as a composition exercise. It turns out the tune was really short, since this song clocked in at a little under a minute. I had intended it to be associated with Dave, hence the style and Hip-Hop sounding lead. Not much to say about this one either other than I should definitely use this theme in the future for something more worthwhile. @@ -1416,7 +1416,7 @@ Commentary: |- "How Do I Live" is, of course, about the stupidest thing I've ever made - 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> (Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 7/29/2017) + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, 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. @@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ Commentary: |- 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. - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([Tumblr](https://erikscheele.tumblr.com/post/21217208124/ruins), excerpt, 4/16/2012) + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([Tumblr](https://erikscheele.tumblr.com/post/21217208124/ruins), 4/16/2012) [[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. @@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ Track Artwork: - Frog Temple - Ruined Earth Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), 4/5/2012) I consider this an important piece to myself, but not to Homestuck music in general. Actually, it’s probably the lowest quality thing I have ever released as Homestuck music. It’s just sloppy. But there’s a bit more to it than that, and that lies in its instrumentation. This was the first piece I ever composed where I explored colorful and playful orchestration. The xylophone and pizzicato strings that I was playing around with would become my bread and butter a couple years later. I’m not currently known among the Homestuck musicians as being an orchestral composer, but I’ve reached the point where there’s nothing I like composing more than fully orchestrated pieces. At least as far as soundtrack music goes. And not just fully orchestrated either, there’s a certain sense of color I love exploring and I like making lighter sounds despite using a bigger and more imposing ensemble. I haven’t released anything that showcases that yet, but I definitely will be in the future, so I think that’s something to be excited about. @@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ Track Artwork: - John - Tumor Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), excerpt, 3/25/2012) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), 3/25/2012) My other favourite from Volume 5. It started life as a theme for the Aimless Renegade, inspired by a [["Desperado"]] theme which I believe was written by [[artist:bill-bolin|Bolin]] back when he was still part of the team. I wasn't really running on any particular goal of contributing so much as liking the style and wanting to make something similar. Imagine the piece as it is now played by some sort of mariachi band and you might have the right idea of what it originally sounded like. Naturally, it didn't quite fit. I liked the melody but it just wasn't working for the whole desert hero thing. So I flipped through my library of voices (small though it was back then) and came across the more electronic one that plays the melody now. I re-tooled the accompaniment to fit, and it became a piece that I always considered a theme for Derse. Hence its title. @@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ Track Artwork: Referenced Tracks: - Savior of the Waking World Commentary: |- - <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), excerpt, 4/5/2012) + <i>Alex Rosetti:</i> ([Tumblr](https://albatrossthesoup.tumblr.com/post/20545830112/my-vol-5-music-commentary), 4/5/2012) [[artist:toby-fox|Radiation]] gave me a MIDI of [[Savior of the Waking World]] to remix shortly before he figured out how to do it himself. It’s based on a prototype of that song and goes in a completely different direction, complete with a cheesy electric guitar synth. I think the opening ended up sounding really cool, but the rest of it just sounds kind of dumb in its execution, not that the material itself isn’t good. @@ -2073,7 +2073,7 @@ Track Artwork: - Jade - Caledfwlch Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt, 4/29/2012) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), 4/29/2012) Man, this track goes way back. I'm talking years. One of my really early midi compositions. It sounded like the coolest shit when I was 14. It's practically unchanged besides being synthesised with non-midi voices. Same instruments and all. @@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Ecstasy - IronInvoker47 (piano).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), excerpt, 3/25/2012) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/19896197965/could-you-do-some-commentary-on-your-homestuck), 3/25/2012) Probably remains my favourite of my pieces, while also being one of the ones with the least real thought put into it. The whole thing was written more or less on the fly. The chord pattern is one that I'd liked for several months, possibly even a year or two, without ever having come up with something good enough to write to it. Then, one evening while I was in the shower (all of my best ideas come from the shower) my mind pulled together a half-remembered bassline from an obscure-ish Sonic the Hedgehog game and a brief snippet from an old quiz show called Catchphrase, and strung them into the main harmonies of the piece. From there I just lay an improvised piano melody on top. @@ -2388,7 +2388,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Doctor Cover Art File Extension: jpg Commentary: |- - <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), excerpt, 4/29/2012) + <i>Steve Everson:</i> ([Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/tenebrais/22073497978/ooo-commentaries-could-you-give-some-commentary), 4/29/2012) I'm sure you all know the story behind the [[Doctor]] remixes. During the Intermission [[artist:andrew-hussie|Andrew]] wanted a remix of that [[flash:3079|to use for LOWAS]] and everyone jumped at the chance. This was my contribution. It's a pretty straight transcription to different instruments. Nowadays I find that a little disappointing. I started writing a new version not long ago; maybe one day I'll finish it and post it here. --- |