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diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml index 4c37571e..e0cf2d95 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-6.yaml @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ Album: 'Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent' Directory: homestuck-vol-6 +Directory Suffix: vol6 Date: January 5 2011 Date Added: November 15, 2019 URLs: @@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ Groups: Art Tags: - John - Jade +- Riflekind - LoFaF Banner Artists: - Andrew Hussie @@ -27,58 +29,140 @@ Wallpaper Artists: - Andrew Hussie Wallpaper Style: 'opacity: 0.55;' Additional Files: -- Title: Bandcamp Background +- Title: Bandcamp background Files: - bg.jpg -- Title: What Pumpkin Site Banner +- Title: What Pumpkin site banner + Description: >- + Banner on ["about the albums"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035128/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/albums.html) page. Files: - vol6_wp_banner.jpg +- Title: Cover artwork export + Description: >- + Cover artwork Andrew Hussie drew and shared as a download with the album announcement. + Files: + - vol6_wpp.jpg Commentary: |- - <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> + <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> ([MSPA news post](https://web.archive.org/web/20110114120911/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/), excerpt) + This is pretty easily my favorite album so far. It's such a great mix of silly songs and kickass songs and all the wonderful moments where those two types of songs intersect. Sometimes those moments even span <i>entire songs</i>. Please enjoy this. Awesome job by the guys as usual. Nice mastering work by [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy]], author of the first and last songs. + + I drew the cover in case you couldn't tell. I have a feeling SOMEBODY out there might ask for a desktop version so before you get all flustered about that, [[media:album-additional/homestuck-vol-6/vol6_wpp.jpg|here it is]] to be adapted to your viewing device however you choose. + + <i>Cindy Dominguez:</i> ([whatpumpkin.com news post](https://web.archive.org/web/20110208011641/http://whatpumpkin.com/)) + + Alright, you guys can stop begging for Vol. 6. Or, if you want to engage in a bit of pedantry (and boy do I ever!), Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent. We did it, it is done. And it is incredible. + + Hmm. I wonder how many times I can imply that these guys have outdone themselves before people start thinking I am a bit of a liar? Well, I suppose all you have to do is listen to the album and promptly feel silly for ever doubting me. + + I tip my hat (and implore you to do the same) to [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]] for doing a standout job at mastering this bad boy. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([whatpumpkin.com side blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110208011641/http://whatpumpkin.com/)) + + The sixth official Homestuck album, and the first with a cool subtitle. A mere number-title alone cannot possibly hope to do this album justice. + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([whatpumpkin.com "about the albums" blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718035128/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/albums.html)) + + The sixth official Homestuck album......... IS GREAT! + + <i>Homestuck:</i> ([Bandcamp credits blurb](https://web.archive.org/web/20110108034132/https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-6-heir-transparent)) + + Music by:<br> + [[artist:kalibration|Robert Blaker]]<br> + [[artist:michael-guy-bowman]]<br> + [[artist:buzinkai|George Buzinkai]]<br> + [[artist:tensei|Joren "Tensei" de Bruin]]<br> + [[artist:toby-fox|Toby "Radiation" Fox]]<br> + [[artist:mark-j-hadley|Mark Hadley]]<br> + [[artist:solatrus|Jeremy "Solatrus" Iamurri]]<br> + [[artist:david-ko]]<br> + [[artist:rj-lake|Robert J! Lake]]<br> + [[artist:seth-peelle|Seth "Beatfox" Peelle]]<br> + [[artist:clark-powell|Clark "Plazmataz" Powell]]<br> + [[artist:alex-rosetti|Alexander Rosetti]]<br> + [[artist:erik-scheele|Erik "Jit" Scheele]] + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([How to Bronze Bowman](https://web.archive.org/web/20110530044130/http://iambowman.com/2011/01/how-to-bronze-bowman.html), 01/05/2011) + + > bowman needs to be bronzed so we never lose him<br> + > someone google "how to bronze bowman" - [Jitka](https://web.archive.org/web/20110530071815/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34415-Homestuck-Vol.-6-Heir-Transparent&p=4475117&viewfull=1#post4475117) + + Hi Jitka! + + Volume 6 of Homestuck is out today with my small contribution to it, [[track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing|a cover]] of [[track:i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-aerosmith|"I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing,"]] best known to most of us as that ridiculously over-the-top love ballad that [[artist:aerosmith]] sang in Armageddon. Between this and [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version|my last little movie ballad]] (by the [[artist:diane-warren|same writer]] even) I have almost completely sold out before even having established myself as a working musician, but that is NOT MY CONCERN. My concern is that you go ahead and buy this album and support not just me but all the wonderful artists working on the MSPA music team. + + My concern is also that now I might be on the fast-track to being a wedding singer if I keep recording love songs from 90's action movies, although that ain't such a bad gig. Any Homestuck fans out there who want to buy me a plane ticket so I can crash your day of holy matrimony? --- Track: Frost -Directory: frost-vol6 +Suffix Directory: true Artists: - Solatrus Art Tags: - Jade -Duration: '5:05' +- LoFaF +Duration: 5:05 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frost-3 - https://youtu.be/57FwbcQ4LIA Referenced Tracks: - track:flow-solatrus +- Vertigo Sheet Music Files: - Title: Piano score by almostsix Files: - 'Frost - almostsix (piano score).pdf' Commentary: |- - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> - Anyway, man, where to begin on this one? My most famous song, one of the proudest moments of my musical career, etc. etc. I could go on. - But I'll start with the roots. - Frost didn't start off as the theme for the Land of Frost and Frogs. It started off as the theme for the Land of Thought and Flow. As I've mentioned in a previous post on this song, you really need to look at <a href="https://www.homestuck.com/images/storyfiles/hs2/02522.gif">this image</a> to understand what went through my head. - Remember that image? Yeah. Okay. Now then, go listen to the first 30 seconds of Frost while staring at that image. - Got it? - Good. - That's how it started. - And then Andrew asked me to use it in the animation and it got renamed. But, considering half of the song no longer fit the new theme, I rewrote the second half to include a lot more percussive instruments to give that icy feeling. - Frankly, I'm not sure what's more well known, the really ethereal arpeggio that opens the song, or the industrial drums that drive it. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> + <i>Solatrus:</i> ("commentary redux", via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + I can't really make a post about this song without mentioning the above flash animation and the following image: + <img src="media/misc/02522.gif" width="550"> + Because, really, if I didn't, I wouldn't be explaining a significant amount of the story behind this song. + This image of Terezi standing in the Land of Thought and Flow is what inspired the opening arpeggio for Frost. The whole Land's environment is fascinating to me, and I simply had to write a theme for that medium world. As I have probably mentioned, my preference in writing music is for settings, which gives me my really ambient sound, contrary to other musicians on the team who prefer to write melodical songs describing emotions and people. + I ended up realizing an industrial kit would work extremely well for an unusual drum beat, particularly to contrast the incredibly ethereal sound I had already established. Hell, this song is so ambient people have a hard time telling what the melody is... and no, it's not the french horn. :D + Eventually the arping bassline comes in and all is good. + Anyway, I was really hoping that Terezi's land would be explored more, but that never happened. I ended up getting contacted by Andrew to feature this in the comic, and I was really ecstatic. My music went from a few dozen people listening to it regularly, before I joined the team, to probably a few thousand after Volume 5. And then with this feature, I jumped to having hundreds of thousands of people listening to one of my songs. And it's grown since then. + That was a really mind blowing, and really awesome. I've had very few proud moments in my life more worthy than this one. + After the feature, though, I scrambled to improve the song's quality. I changed around a few things in the first half (most notably making the whole mix a bit quieter), and pushed the melody a bit more forward. The second half, I basically swapped out this very strange sounding piano improvisation I did with the percussion (vibes, glockenspiel) instruments and a saw pad for lead. The replacements work incredibly well for trying to give an icy sound, and I'm pleased with how it turned out. + I don't know if I'll ever go back to doing songs that are this ambient and minimalist, because my composing skills have progressed significantly since then, and I require much more complexity in my work. Also, now that this song is actually over two years old (for me), I've noticed how flawed it is. + But nonetheless, this is probably one of my best songs, and it's well loved by the Homestuck fandom. That's good enough for me. + + <i>Solatrus:</i> (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + + Anyway, man, where to begin on this one? My most famous song, one of the proudest moments of my musical career, etc. etc. I could go on. + + But I'll start with the roots. + + Frost didn't start off as the theme for the Land of Frost and Frogs. It started off as the theme for the Land of Thought and Flow. As I've mentioned in a previous post on this song, you really need to look at [this image](https://www.homestuck.com/images/storyfiles/hs2/02522.gif) to understand what went through my head. + + Remember that image? Yeah. Okay. Now then, go listen to the first 30 seconds of Frost while staring at that image. + + Got it? + + Good. + + That's how it started. + + And then Andrew asked me to use it in the animation and it got renamed. But, considering half of the song no longer fit the new theme, I rewrote the second half to include a lot more percussive instruments to give that icy feeling. + + Frankly, I'm not sure what's more well known, the really ethereal arpeggio that opens the song, or the industrial drums that drive it. + + <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 12/4/2024) + + The [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]], which was originally the only source for most commentary on the wiki, annotates the first commentary entry on this page as "commentary redux", and places it second. For the wiki we assume this is an error and place it first, because in the other (and ostensibly original) entry, Solatrus refers to "a previous post" where he shared [the panel](https://www.homestuck.com/images/storyfiles/hs2/02522.gif) that's part of both posts. The commentary collection has no source links or dates, and we haven't found sources for either post on this track, so this is just our best read of the text itself. + + Note, though, that for [[track:crystalanthology]] (the other track by Solatrus on this album), the commentary collection *does* seem to order its two entries correctly. --- Track: Courser Artists: @@ -86,20 +170,25 @@ Artists: - Alex Rosetti Art Tags: - Becquerel -Duration: '4:37' +- Reckoning +Duration: 4:37 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/courser-2 - https://youtu.be/EmdRALDqt7k Referenced Tracks: - Sburban Jungle - Lotus +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Twix Stix (from Sburbmon) + Files: + - 'Courser - Twix Stix.mid' --- Track: Umbral Ultimatum Artists: - Toby Fox Art Tags: - Jade -Duration: '3:33' +Duration: 3:33 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/umbral-ultimatum-2 - https://youtu.be/OEB1uh0T9UA @@ -107,6 +196,7 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Penumbra Phantasm - An Unbreakable Union - Courser +- track:sburban-jungle - track:carefree-action - Homestuck Anthem Sheet Music Files: @@ -127,7 +217,9 @@ MIDI Project Files: Track: GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) Artists: - Erik Scheele -Duration: '3:24' +Art Tags: +- GameBro +Duration: 3:24 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gamebro-original-1990-mix-2 - https://youtu.be/k_-LPPdHEyA @@ -219,23 +311,41 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) - JohnJRenns (drums).mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (alternate artwork, [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-LPPdHEyA)) + <img src="media/misc/gamebro-original-1990-mix.jpg" width="350"> + + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-LPPdHEyA), 1/6/2011) + THE GAMES, WILL, NEVER STOP + THE GAMES WILL NEVER STOP + you know the rest + (alternatively: where the heck did that horrible dude come from get him out of the way of the album art jesus) - I just binged on too much <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkreaWxL224">Go Mario Go</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cez1x1Gei4">The Heat Is On (bust a groove 2)</a> and went out to mow the lawn and came up with it + If you have some money, you should consider getting [the whole album](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt), it'll sound much better from there and there's also a buttload of other great stuff on there. + + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube comment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-LPPdHEyA&lc=Ugi8uWiElrLFBngCoAEC.8JU1nbN61lI8JU8OpO0TJn), 10/1/2016) + + > Hussie said to Erik, (creator of the song,)<br> + > "Ok, I want a song that sounds like if the 80's just gave up." + + [[artist:andrew-hussie|hussie]] didn't say anything, I just binged on too much [Go Mario Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkreaWxL224) and [The Heat Is On (bust a groove 2)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cez1x1Gei4) and went out to mow the lawn and came up with it + + > ***** its a joke. + + people suggest way crazier things on a regular basis how was I supposed to know --- Track: Tribal Ebonpyre Artists: - Erik Scheele Art Tags: - Dave -- Consorts +- Crocodiles (consort) - LoHaC -Duration: '1:48' +Duration: 1:48 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/tribal-ebonpyre-2 - https://youtu.be/xStVhvhg1i4 @@ -243,17 +353,29 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Atomyk Ebonpyre - Sburban Jungle Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> (alternate artwork, [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xStVhvhg1i4)) + <img src="media/misc/tribal-ebonpyre.jpg" width="350"> + + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xStVhvhg1i4), excerpt, 1/6/2011) + naknaknaknaknaknaknaknaknaknak + Although I didn't think the crocodiles would be so low, but whichever + + Also you should check out the whole album here: [(Bandcamp link)](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt) + + Also you apparently need to be in 480p for it to sound correctly. How annoying. --- Track: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman Art Tags: - John -Duration: '3:57' +- Ben Affleck +- Bruce Willis +- Liv Tyler +Duration: 3:57 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-want-to-miss-a-thing-2 - https://youtu.be/383DEqnj71w @@ -325,11 +447,40 @@ Lyrics: |- The sweetest dream could never do I'd still miss you, babe And I don't wanna miss a thing + Yeah, yeah, yeah Commentary: |- - <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Music and Stuff](https://web.archive.org/web/20110326020456/http://www.iambowman.com/music.html), sometime 1/5/2011 - 3/26/2011) + Yeah yeah yeah, uh, there's not too much to say about this one other than I once again did an over-the-top summer movie song and now I'm starting to turn into some weird irony-laden crooner. If I keep this thing up, I'll end like Bryan Ferry, slowly mutating from a bizarre parody of a lounge lizard into the real deal. When you guys find me in Vegas playing to some bar full of people scratching their heads or playing at some rich guy's wedding, please dose me with some smelling salts so that I can figure out where I am and what the hell is going on. Anyway, recording "I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" is something that proved especially difficult, as I ended up cobbling the thing together whilst briefly staying at my parents' house (oh, those deadlines!) which wouldn't make things so hard except that they went ahead and painted the place and changed all the floors to wood paneling just before I arrived. What this means is that the rooms I recorded in were live as hell and it took a lot of work to hide the extra noise whilst being unable to pad the freshly-painted walls with anything that could possibly dampen the sound. Enjoy the results! + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> (Bowmantown Discord, excerpt, 8/4/2017) + + I do not like this recording at all and was high on paint fumes when I recorded it. + + But I am glad it at least made people laugh. I think there wasn't enough of a joke to it other than how stupid and dramatic the original is, so I just imitated the dumb inflection Steve Tyler put on it + + But honestly I should have either just done it for real or done it way worse + + I feel like it ends up weirdly in the middle<br> + I guess that's just how Homestuck is + + <center>Everything's WEIRDLY IN THE MIDDLE</center> + + "is it serious"<br> + "is it stupid trolling"<br> + "it's homestuck" + + I blame my dad for painting while I was staying over at the house + + Did the bedroom really need a new coat of paint then and there? Could it not have waited? + + Guess I just don't know hospitality. + + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> ([Michael Guy Bowman Talks About His Homestuck Music](https://youtu.be/85VXWZTg-vo?t=1324), adapted to text, 7/20/2024) + + I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - (scoff) I was, like... totally high on paint fumes when I recorded that one. I think I would have liked, [[track:how-do-i-live-bunny-back-in-the-box-version|once again]], to have tried a little harder to do it, like, *well,* instead of just sarcastically do it. But, I liked kind of making fun of the dramatics of the Aerosmith recording. I liked weaving in all the other little themes on that. I kind of did a light remaster, [when I went to the Requiem Café](https://youtu.be/QzF-zd-C0K0?t=3139), I dug through my junky computer and found all the stems and went, oh, my god, I would never do it like that today! --- Track: MeGaLoVania Directory: MeGaLoVania @@ -339,15 +490,17 @@ Contributors: - Tensei (guitar) Art Tags: - Vriska -Duration: '2:47' +Duration: 2:47 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/megalovania-2 - https://youtu.be/xbUTyGfolX0 Referenced Tracks: -- track:megalovania-halloween +- track:megalovania-ebhh - Spider's Claw - Sunsetter - The La2t Frontiier +Sampled Tracks: +- track:megalovania-ebhh Sheet Music Files: - Title: Tabs by Tensei (original guitarist) Files: @@ -365,6 +518,28 @@ MIDI Project Files: - 'MeGaLoVania - Unknown B.mid' - 'MeGaLoVania - Unknown C.mid' - 'MeGaLoVania - Unknown D.mid' +Commentary: |- + <i>Toby Fox:</i> ([MSPA forums](http://web.archive.org/web/20160315094158/http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34415-Homestuck-Vol-6-Heir-Transparent&p=4486950&viewfull=1#post4486950), excerpts, 1/7/2011) + + Megalovania wasn't intended to be anybody's anything but if people want to perceive it as Vriska's theme it's fine. I just figured that if the trolls had chapters to themselves a la Live-A-Live, it might be the chapter boss theme. + + Namewise yes, it is a direct reference to [[MEGALOMANIA]] from Live A Live. I've seen a few people pick up on that because that's cool. The chords are kind of similar but I wouldn't say it's a huge inspiration for the COMPOSITION of the song itself but it's TOTALLY attempting to be the kind of a badass song that might be suitable for a similar purpose. + + A little more in-depth: I originally made it for that [[album:earthbound-halloween-hack|Halloween EarthBound hack]] forever ago (and by forever ago I mean "back in high school") and people were ripping the song themselves from the game. I felt like maybe I should do a semi-official release ripped straight from the music editor program (the song actually lags in-game). I realized the song didn't have a name, so I took the inspiration for the track and the whole idea of the final battle (Megalomania) and just slammed some Halloweeniness into it (transylVANIA) and boom Megalovania. + + Theeeen by Album 6 there were 3 different versions of the songs so I threw weird capitals into it. + + Also as long as I'm talking about the track, I've heard some people complain about the new guitar recordings versus the supervibrato crazy fakeguitars I usually use.* If the recordings sound bad, it's basically because I didn't alter the original crazy parts to make them playable, plus all of my written parts were REALLY stretching the area that a guitar can play without sounding screechy and stupid (this was aided by the fact that [[artist:tensei]]'s guitar goes a whole note higher than most guitars can). I think I just made it so it was badass enough to make up for the fact that I kinda messed that up (the track sounds good to me and Tensei, so whatever). I tried alternatives, but the fakeguitars sounded muddy when I tested them down an octave (because of the original SNES track in the background was already occupying that space, and the SNES track is essentially uneditable - which, again, resulted in me writing a pretty uncreative solo section with the same chords complete with fade lolololol) + + So, that was a learning experience for me! Next time I'll start the piece off with non-screechy parts that are physically possible to play, and... also I won't have an SNES track in the background (I kinda felt that was the purpose of the song SO I JUST COULDNT TAKE IT OUT) so the parts won't have to be in the upper octave and be screechy and the chords won't be the same... so I'll be able to actually... compose a real B section. + + That being said... I'm still pretty damn happy with it as a first try, especially given the whole Super Nintendo thing. + + *People complain about literally everything but I feel like this is at least kinda a legit complaint. + + <i>Andrew Hussie:</i> (Homestuck Book 6: Act 5 Act 2 Part 2, p. 101, excerpt) + + Also, upon loading, this Flash cues up the song "Megalovania" by Toby Fox, which, you know, at the time was no big deal. Just another cool song from the greater discography dropped into one of these animations. But then years later he [[track:megalovania-undertale|used it again]] in *Undertale,* thus somewhat rebranding the public's association with it. Does that mean it's fair to say it's more of an *Undertale* song than a *Homestuck* song now? This question, of course, is completely ridiculous, since the answer is: it's neither. It still is, always has been, and always will be, a Vriska song. --- Track: Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) Artists: @@ -373,7 +548,7 @@ Art Tags: - Jack Noir - Karkat - LoPaH -Duration: '3:29' +Duration: 3:29 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/walk-stab-walk-r-e-2 - https://youtu.be/4UpaT_FjsH8 @@ -384,8 +559,11 @@ MIDI Project Files: Files: - 'Walk-Stab-Walk (R&E) - Nocturne.mid' Commentary: |- - <i>Erik Scheele:</i> - No special picture this time because -I am lazy- + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UpaT_FjsH8), 1/6/2011) + + No special picture this time because <s>I am lazy</s> + + Also you should check out the whole album, it's amazing and awesome: [(Bandcamp link)](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt) --- Track: Gaia Queen Artists: @@ -393,8 +571,10 @@ Artists: Art Tags: - Jade - Dave +- Riflekind +- Echidna - LoFaF -Duration: '3:06' +Duration: 3:06 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gaia-queen-2 - https://youtu.be/MU0eoyziRrU @@ -412,7 +592,7 @@ Artists: Art Tags: - Dave - LoHaC -Duration: '2:09' +Duration: 2:09 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/elevatorstuck-2 - https://youtu.be/9namZe_rorQ @@ -429,6 +609,9 @@ MIDI Project Files: - Title: MIDI by lugiaa Files: - 'Elevatorstuck - lugiaa.mid' +- Title: MIDI by Twix Stix (from Sburbmon) + Files: + - 'Elevatorstuck - Twix Stix.mid' --- Track: Wacky Antics Artists: @@ -438,8 +621,10 @@ Art Tags: - WV - AR - Serenity +- Eggy-Looking Base +- Frog Temple - Ruined Earth -Duration: '2:05' +Duration: 2:05 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/wacky-antics-2 - https://youtu.be/X7x3cKse9YI @@ -452,18 +637,19 @@ Artists: Art Tags: - HB - Horses -Duration: '4:13' +Duration: 4:13 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/horschestra-2 - https://youtu.be/rm8exhakcIY --- Track: Heir Transparent Artists: -- Robert J! Lake +- rj lake Art Tags: - John - Skaia -Duration: '4:01' +- 'cw: blood' +Duration: 4:01 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/heir-transparent-2 - https://youtu.be/bcUrTlpTKPU @@ -472,10 +658,10 @@ Referenced Tracks: --- Track: Boy Skylark (Brief) Artists: -- Robert J! Lake +- rj lake Art Tags: - John -Duration: '2:46' +Duration: 2:46 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/boy-skylark-brief-2 - https://youtu.be/p2cEangTsWY @@ -487,7 +673,7 @@ Sampled Tracks: Track: Squidissension Artists: - Mark J. Hadley -Duration: '2:44' +Duration: 2:44 Art Tags: - Jade - Squiddles @@ -499,31 +685,44 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Dissension (Original) - Squiddles! Commentary: |- - <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> + <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Not a lot to say here aside from it being a combination of the Squiddles Theme and Dissension. I always enjoy finding ways to combine two themes together, and this worked better than I had hoped. I did have to move the Squiddles to a minor key for it to work though. --- Track: Blackest Heart +Additional Names: +- Name: Blackest Heart (Miracles Edition) + Annotation: earlier MSPA credit Artists: - Mark J. Hadley Art Tags: - Gamzee +- Jade's home - 'cw: blood' -Duration: '2:32' +Duration: 2:32 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/blackest-heart-2 - https://youtu.be/t12NlwsrlAQ Referenced Tracks: - Liquid Negrocity Commentary: |- - <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> + <i>Mark J. Hadley:</i> (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + It's extremely subtle, but the cello tremolos are playing a very slow version of the theme from the beginning of Liquid Negrocity (and Black). I wrote this just after Jack Noir retreated from John and the rabbit. I didn't know what he'd be doing at the time, nor what his motivation would be, so I imagined him retreating to some castle and brooding as he contemplated his next move. Later on, Blackest Heart would be applied (rather effectively) to Gamzee instead. --- Track: Nic Cage Song +Additional Names: +- Name: two shitty nic cage songs + Annotation: earlier MSPA credit, see also [[Nic Cage Romance]] Artists: - Toby Fox Art Tags: - Vriska -Duration: '2:45' +- Nicolas Cage +- John Cusack +- Meg Ryan +- Trolls' Meteor +Duration: 2:45 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/nic-cage-song-2 - https://youtu.be/dxVXLeX9FXY @@ -531,16 +730,16 @@ Referenced Tracks: - Drop It Like It's Hot - Alphabet song - Nic Cage Romance -Sampled Tracks: -- The Wicker Man -- The Rock -- Leaving Las Vegas -- Vampire's Kiss -- Gone in 60 Seconds -- Snake Eyes -- Matchstick Men -- 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets' -- 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans' +# Sampled Tracks: +# - The Wicker Man +# - The Rock +# - Leaving Las Vegas +# - Vampire's Kiss +# - Gone in 60 Seconds +# - Snake Eyes +# - Matchstick Men +# - National Treasure: Book of Secrets +# - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Lyrics: |- You tell me another and I'll arrest you myself, that is a promise! Miss... Rose. Sister Rose. @@ -614,8 +813,12 @@ Artists: Art Tags: - Karkat - Gamzee -- Meteor -Duration: '3:18' +- Ness (EarthBound) +- Paula (EarthBound) +- Jeff (EarthBound) +- Poo (EarthBound) +- Trolls' Meteor +Duration: 3:18 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phrenic-phever-2 - https://youtu.be/8rlgjJgyhyw @@ -627,10 +830,10 @@ Artists: - Erik Scheele Art Tags: - Snowman -Duration: '4:13' +Duration: 4:13 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/3-in-the-morning-pianokind-2 -- https://youtu.be/OesxlnyaBGE +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMn9u4BMPE4 Referenced Tracks: - Three in the Morning - Doctor @@ -645,13 +848,25 @@ MIDI Project Files: - Title: MIDI by Galactides Files: - '3 In The Morning (Pianokind) - Galactides.mid' +Commentary: |- + <i>Erik Scheele:</i> ([YouTube description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMn9u4BMPE4), 1/6/2011) + + Man the quality got rather killed for no reason in spots on this. + + ANYWAY 3 IN THE MORNING YEAH. + + Go to the original page here, help support the people who made it: [(Bandcamp link)](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-5-6-with-the-felt)<br> + Or alternatively go to the page for this song to hear it better: [(Bandcamp link)](https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/3-in-the-morning-pianokind-2) --- Track: A Tender Moment Artists: - Toby Fox Art Tags: - Jade -Duration: '2:17' +- Jadesprite +- Fenestrology +- Jade's home +Duration: 2:17 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/a-tender-moment-2 - https://youtu.be/hyP0FFPcL0c @@ -667,31 +882,53 @@ Artists: - Solatrus Art Tags: - Vriska -Duration: '4:44' +Duration: 4:44 URLs: - https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/crystalanthology-2 - https://youtu.be/3wsZuqG5IY0 Referenced Tracks: - Crystalanthemums Commentary: |- - <i>Solatrus:</i> - <i>(original commentary)</i> + <i>Solatrus:</i> (via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + It's a chill drum and bass song, and one of my best productions for Homestuck. It was also my first remix since I made that Skaia remix. + Have I mentioned that Alex Rosetti's compositions are pretty incredible? They are. You should go give him some love. - <i>(commentary redux)</i> + + <i>Solatrus:</i> ("commentary redux", via [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]]) + Woo, my first official remix since my Skaia remix on Volume 5! + So as I've probably mentioned, I'm a huge fan of Alex Rosetti's work, and this song is absolutely no exception. I had been wanting to do something with Crystalanthemums since first listening to it. Coincidentally, it immediately proceeded my Skaia remix. + At the time, I really had no idea on who anyone was on the team, so it never really sunk in that I should do that remix until December of 2010. + Obviously at this point I had gained an interest in drum and bass music, which explains the sound, yet I still had a very soft and ethereal sound reminiscent of the original song. + Of course, I really pushed the energy up, which made it a lot of fun. I jokingly said to Alex after Volume 6 came out that while his song was at the top of the echeladder, my remix was god tier, in part due to Vriska in her God Tier outfit being there. :D + Anyway, on to the song. + So the song opens with a really interesting sounding ostinato, which is actually the same notes that open Crystalanthemums: E, D, B, A, E, D, B, D. + However, I really gated the length of the note to make it become such a short blip that the sound barely registers. On top of that I gave it a delay and combined with the gate it sounds nothing like the original motif. + And then when I open the gate on the note length you hear the ostinato faaaaar better. + A lot of people missed this, actually. :D + I have to say I really love the chord progression Alex went with in Crystalanthemums, and it was incredibly fun to make that bassline, which is actually a layered bass, but not a note-for-note bass. This is actually a pretty common thing to do, with the lower bass just playing simple sustained notes, and the higher bass is more animated. + Though I've definitely grown to prefer warm sawtooth basslines, this bass has a really nice quality that's almost a square. The filter based attack is pretty sweet sounding, too. + I really was happy with how the drum beats layered in at 2:16, though honestly, I was really out of practice of doing any sort of breakbeat stuff. + Fun fact, this was the first song I used Gross Beat on. What's Gross Beat? It's something a Time Lord of Gallifrey would approve of in music. :D If you listen to the stutter effects heard in the song, mostly in the latter half, that's where I start using Gross Beat to do some crazy time shifting stuff. + Man, I really love what I did on this song. + ...I need to do another Homestuck remix, don't I? + + <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> (wiki editor, 12/4/2024) + + In contrast to [[track:frost-vol6]] (the other track by Solatrus on this album), the [[media:misc/commentary-collection.txt|early commentary collection]] appears to order its first entry, not annotated, and its second entry, "commentary redux", correctly. Solatrus says in the second entry, "as I've probably mentioned, I'm a huge fan of Alex Rosetti's work" - and he did shout Alex Rosetti out in the first, probably earlier entry. |