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diff --git a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml index fd01cf1..677fe6c 100644 --- a/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml +++ b/album/homestuck-vol-9.yaml @@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ Commentary: |- Stress is actually a pretty faithful arrangement of an original track by Buzinkai. Buzinkai has been responsible for several HS-important melodies like [[track:doctor]], [[track:endless-climb]], and [[track:explore]] and [her] work, for me, has always established a certain “essence” of what Homestuck is. My goal for this piece was actually to create a classic strife theme for Dirk with the core feeling of earlier pieces like [[track:showtime-original-mix|Showtime]] or [[track:doctor]], so basing the piece off of something with that “essence” was important.* I can’t say why Buzinkai wrote this piece the way she did, so I’ll instead highlight the differences between the original and my arrangement. - <p>Updated the instrumentation. Buzinkai’s usage of PXTONE is indeed charming and nostalgic-sounding, but I wanted to push things bit further. One major difference is the arrangement of the strings - Buzinkai’s PXTONE strings have an sharp attack to them, while mine come on a bit softer but are thicker. My strings then sound more “lush” but less “urgent.”</p> - - <p>I added a section between the original A section and B section with lower intensity. This was because the song got a bit too repetitive and static simply repeating like Buzinkai’s. Oddly, the repeats didn’t bother me in his track. I think this is partially because MY loop point, unlike Buzinkai’s, lowers the intensity a LOT more by removing a bunch of instruments where his simply flows into a repeat. I need to think about that more.</p> + - <p>I added a section between the original A section and B section with lower intensity. This was because the song got a bit too repetitive and static simply repeating like Buzinkai’s. Oddly, the repeats didn’t bother me in her track. I think this is partially because MY loop point, unlike Buzinkai’s, lowers the intensity a LOT more by removing a bunch of instruments where hers simply flows into a repeat. I need to think about that more.</p> - <p>Added an introduction and a true ending to make it more of a proper start-to-finish song.</p> About the similarity to [[Teal Hunter]] and a fun syncopation lesson: - <p>This was unintentional - I not only started my arrangement of this song before the contest was conceived, Buzinkai made the original song back in 2010. THOUGH as soon as I heard Teal Hunter I KNEW people would call out the similarities because, surprise, there are plenty of them! Here’s the big one: @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ Commentary: |- By the end of the process, things had evolved <a href="https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/jane-dargason-2">quite a bit</a>. I also want to take a moment to say that my good friend Dawn did a spectacular job on the track art! She has a wondrous way with colors, and her drawings of the Homestuck kids have a childlike optimism about them. Nothing could have been a more perfect match for a track like this one! (<a href="https://plazmataz.tumblr.com/post/23084666959/and-for-your-listening-pleasure-a-snippet-of">Tumblr</a>) - And for your listening pleasure, [[media:misc/jane-dargason-another-sketch.mp3|a snippet]] of something called Jane Dargason. It is an unfinished track, part of my work lately putting together some music for Homestuck Volume 9. [[site:album/homestuck-vol-9/princess-of-helium.jpg|The beautiful artwork]], for which the music is arguably just a vehicle, is brought to you by the astounding talent of Tavia Morra. + And for your listening pleasure, [[media:misc/jane-dargason-another-sketch.mp3|a snippet]] of something called Jane Dargason. It is an unfinished track, part of my work lately putting together some music for Homestuck Volume 9. [[media:album-art/homestuck-vol-9/princess-of-helium.jpg|The beautiful artwork]], for which the music is arguably just a vehicle, is brought to you by the astounding talent of Tavia Morra. You remember [[Jade Dragon]], right? The rich wall of sound therein owes itself to the fact that it samples Viva la Vida, from its namesake Coldplay album. Jane Dargason is a spiritual successor, using samplework from Life in Technicolor off the same album. All of this is combined here to surprisingly lovely effect with sounds from an unreleased track by RJ (who, as we have discussed, is the coolest). In short, we have an anthemic Jane tune in the workings! <i>Quasar Nebula:</i> |